I'm sad Kyle and Wally didn't get to hang with him like this, but they might'a thrown Batman in the volcano to keep him like that.

You have probably seen some panels from this one and not realized it, too: from 2008, Superman/Batman #46, "K, chapter 3: Varietals" Written by Michael Green and Mike Johnson, pencils by Shane Davis, inks by Matt "Batt" Banning.

Superman and Batman are midway through a quest to rid the earth of all forms of Kryptonite; with Batman working tirelessly, methodically, and tactically...and surprisingly, with Superman following suit. In his action-figure ready anti-K armor, Supes rips the heart out of Metallo; replacing it with a non-Kryptonite power source, that would keep him alive but not much else. Although he wants to take a break and see Lois, Superman keeps pushing; and next, Batman's satellite scan finds another small amount, at the Oblivion Bar, which I believe was mostly from Shadowpact: think dive bar for DC's magic guys and gals. (And the Creeper, who makes a cameo!) After Detective Chimp gets them in the door, the Phantom Stranger helps them find what they were looking for: a mysterious silver-ish charm, which Superman is compelled to touch, knocking him out.

Taking him up to the Watchtower, Batman gets a bit of a lecture from Zatanna: despite, oh, I dunno, everything, Batman seems stubbornly resistant to acknowledging "magic" as a thing. Then, Superman wakes up...and sees the Leaguers in attendance as cartoony versions, and has the munchies, and no attention span. Hmm. That seems familiar somehow; I can't put my finger on it. Anyway, Batman had already had John Stewart thrown the silver-K into the sun, but Zatanna explains they need the other half of the amulet to break the spell, and it was on Dinosaur Island...because why wouldn't it be? Zat says it's because the island, like the Oblivion Bar, was outside of normal space/time: yeah, that only narrows it down to like 20 other places in that hemisphere...Batman continues to be kind of a jerk the whole trip, saying magic still had rules, and could be broken down and understood; while Zatanna tells a tyrannosaurus to "tis!" (Editor's note: Read Zatanna's magic spells backwards!)

The locals explain, the amulet was inside a volcano, because they felt it was too dangerous for anyone to have. And, the old gods wouldn't allow magic in there; so Batman would have to go himself, with his talisman drawn on his chest. While Superman makes a run to the sun, to see if he could still get a hit off'a the first half of the amulet; the second half tempts Batman, with his parents alive, and Zatanna...wow, Superman is fu--oh, Batman resists. Then, when Zat asks him what he saw, he plays it off as huffing too much volcanic gases. She knows that's not it, but Batman doubles-down; I think because he doesn't want to let her get too close. (In the sense of, he feels like letting anyone get close to him would either undermine his effectiveness or open him up for future pain; not because of any Identity Crisis/lingering mindwipe resentment.) Superman recovers, and acknowledges that the amulet had done something for him: given him the break he didn't even know he needed. But, doesn't everyone need a break? Except Batman, of course...Batman ends the issue, alone, looking out the window at earth, presumably with a scowl that can be heard in space.

Superman hangs out and plays video games for a bit, with Supergirl, Red Arrow, and Red Tornado: Supergirl seems mildly afraid of him, while he sees Red Tornado as a wind-up toy robot, which is kind of condescending? I suppose we're just lucky this was Roy in his Red Arrow days and not Speedy...I wish Kyle and Wally had been there instead, although I could see them exacerbating the situation. If it had been Blue Beetle and Booster Gold...no, Batman would never have left Superman with them, never mind.

I feel like this one's reminding me to do something this weekend...oh, yeah, go see the new Superman movie, duh. Yes. That. 

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I'm sure New Yorkers would be thrilled Superman and Wonder Woman ceded jurisdiction to a jock and Professor McFloatyhead.

90% sure this isn't a rule when Batman's on the JLA. Ever. From 1982, Fury of Firestorm #4, "The Icy Heart of Killer Frost!" Written by Gerry Conway, pencils by Pat Broderick, inks by Rodin Rodriguez.

Killer Frost has sucked the heat out of most of New York, freezing everyone except Firestorm in their tracks: in the best comic tradition, instead of being corpsecicles, everyone could be revived, maybe, if the Nuclear Man can stop her. But, she knows she's got him over a barrel, and starts making demands: namely, for Firestorm to bring her Burt Reynolds Curt Holland from Hollywood. Before Firestorm can run that little errand, he just has to maybe fight his way past the Justice League, who arrive to take over the situation. But, Firestorm worries they would only make things worse, pointing out Superman himself got beat by Frost before, and he was fighting to save his friends and family.

A short fight, before the distraught hero realizes that wasn't helping. Despite describing themselves as the "pros," the Leaguers are pretty understanding, too; with Zatanna pointing out an "unspoken rule" of the team: "The hero on the spot has primary responsibility." In the JLA satellite, Firestorm catches them up on the situation, and reveals what had been a secret to most of them: his true identities, Ronnie Raymond and Professor Martin Stein. While Stein works on a portable refridgeration unit to stop Frost (despite being able to do stuff like launch icicles, she didn't have traditional ice powers; she drained heat, so if she herself was frozen she was powerless) Ronnie and Red Tornado try to recruit Curt Holland, who declines. Still, Ronnie has a plan, and Firestorm brings "Holland" to Frost, who immediately tries to murder him with a kiss. It was really a disguised Red Tornado, who had the freezer implanted in his android body; and he and Firestorm are able to draw enough heat from her to knock her out. The pair are then able to gradually heat up New York and save the citizens, glossing over what would be a ton of flooding and water damage; yay, happy ending!

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...and, I don't think I had more to say about this book, sorry! Take the rest of the week off! (From 2007, cover for tcapwodahS--er, Shadowpact #16 by Tom Derenick and Wayne Faucher. Read more!

This is going to wreck the team, the title, most of the DCU; but at least it's pretty.

I honestly thought I harped on about this more often here, but I really, really hate Identity Crisis. ("Both wildly popular and reviled," per its Wikipedia page, although I suspect that could apply to any DC event crossover since.) And despite some of its dodgier choices (like Deathstroke no-selling half the Justice League, or killing off Captain Boomerang for some reason) I was still excited to read the last issue! I remember reading the first six issues during lunch the day the final chapter was released, because I wanted to see if there were clues to Sue Dibny's killer; and I can not think of anything that has failed to stick the landing as badly as that last issue did. It was a murder mystery that completely forgot it was a murder mystery in the last mile. It was like a Sherlock Holmes story, where instead of the big reveal at the end, Holmes decides to go to America because Watson hid evidence to another, unrelated case, years before. Anyway, let's check out a crossover issue! I'm sure you're enthused for that now! From 2005, JLA #117, "Crisis of Conscience, part three" Written by Geoff Johns and Allan Heinberg, pencils by Chris Batista, inks by Mark Farmer.

Long-time JLA baddie Despero--who seems to have given up pants--confronts J'onn J'onzz on the team's hypocrisy, siting an earlier occasion where J'onn violated his mind. (Justice League America #39 or thereabouts, where J'onn pulls a power out of his Martian ass to trap Despero in a happy fantasy.) Despero says he had restored the memories mindwiped by Zatanna, to all her "victims." Dr. Light, the Secret Society of Super-Villains, even perhaps Batman. He thought the League would destroy itself, which frees him up to destroy J'onn. Meanwhile, Wally was trying to be everywhere at once, making sure everyone was safe, since the Secret Society knew their secret identities again. Visiting Zatanna, they don't have much time to delve into why she did what she did, before getting a mystic warning, of danger at the Daily Planet. Flash gets to Lois first, but the Society is there, intent on getting everyone the Justice Leaguers had ever loved.

Meanwhile, a recovering Catwoman checks on a noticeably crabbier than usual Batman, who had been repairing Red Tornado. Getting an alert on the Planet attack, a surprised Catwoman asks if he's going to contact the League? Hard. No. But Bats can't seem to reach Superman, either; although he's there in time to save Lois from the usual fall. The rest of the team arrive to help beat the Society but Superman notices they called him "Clark." Batman had told Supes about the mindwipes before he quit the JLA, and Superman wondered if he shouldn't quit. But since the Secret Society's memories had returned, what next. Hawkman, bluntly, suggests: "We vote."


The Secret Society had recovered a Star Sapphire--she wasn't Carol Ferris, and I thought the Society's version had been dead for years. This was a callback to a classic three-parter from Justice League of America #166-168, but the Society then had Blockbuster and Reverse-Flash; this issue they added Chronos, Felix Faust, and Matter Master. I think the bad guys were mindwiped just as a matter of course in that one: got to put that genie back in the bottle, one way or another.
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I have not been keeping up on DC books--although I need to get that issue of Young Justice guest-starring Warlord--but has Bart Allen been rolled back to Impulse? His runs--so to speak--as Flash and Kid Flash did not seem to take, possibly because DC seems steadfastly opposed to any legacy heroes moving up the ladder; but also because Impulse just works. There's also piles of material waiting to be mined teaming him up with some poor sap--um, lucky hero, every month. Editorial should consider a DC Comics Presents style book for him--or Brave and the Bold, if you wanted Bart to ask which one he was every month. But, today from his old book. from 1996, Impulse #17, "Quicker than the Eye" Written by Mark Waid, pencils by Humberto Ramos, inks by Wayne Faucher.

Bart's mentor Max Mercury is always trying to teach him patience, often by dragging his own feet; but he might have a treat for him today: a backstage visit to Zatanna! Whose regular assistant is out, so why not use Bart? Although Zat seems to know Max's secret, she doesn't seem to realize Bart is Impulse, and Max can't explain in public. Despite having a handle on talking backwards, Bart is terrible onstage, with a frustrated Zatanna eventually blurting out "Trab--teg tsol! (EDITOR: Read Zatanna's magic spells backwards!) Bart disappears, possibly the first successful trick of the evening, so he shouldn't read too much into the thunderous applause it gets.

Bart appears in the mystic land of Kroz, which he treats like a videogame and largely walks all over its assorted dangers like giants, mummies, and Chun-Li types. Having followed him, Zatanna is having less luck, since her magic isn't working there. Or, at least it only works on Bart, but he's still able to defeat the final boss and recover the mystic power doodad; which he uses to make a pile of videogames, dress up Max as a maid, and summon dozens of rabbits for Zat before she takes it away and sends them home. The doodad doesn't work back on earth, but Bart graciously thanks Zatanna for the 'game' and offers to help clean up; she politely declines, figuring Max was waiting for him...


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One of the cool things about the WB's Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover is that--mild spoiler alert--Black Lightning has a seat at the table with...the Super Friends, or whatever their team is going to be, since I sincerely doubt they'll get to use the Justice League name. I think his series still has to act like he couldn't get Flash or Supergirl to help out in Freeland; but it's still far better treatment than this issue! From 1979, Justice League of America #173, "Testing of a Hero!" Written by Gerry Conway, pencils by Dick Dillin, inks by Frank McLaughlin. (I don't usually post the cover, but this was a coverless copy; so I need the reminder so I don't grab it again!)

The JLA's Superman, Flash, Green Lantern, and Zatanna join Green Arrow in observing a new hero: Black Lightning! While he's impressive, Flash makes a comment about accepting a "token black" on the team, and Ollie jumps down his throat. Flash explains they shouldn't take him as a token, and he wasn't sure if he agreed with Ollie's assessment of Lightning. Green Lantern defends his old friend as not being himself, since he had lost his wife fairly recently. To settle the issue, Superman suggests they test Lightning; which they set out to do...which is kind of dicked up, but nobody asked.

For his part, Black Lightning is visiting his police contact, Inspector Henderson; who mentions the Metropolis city council was considering an ordinance against vigilantes. (Henderson's a white guy here; he's black on the show.) Perhaps over-optimistically, Lightning laughs that off, since he thinks there's no way they would pass a law that would affect Superman. Still, leaving the police station, he's jumped by ape-woman Primak and the glowing Human Starburst! While he defeats them quickly, the cops give him the hassle as becoming "a target for weirdoes!" But the cops notice something about Primak and the Starburst that you may have already guessed.

While a rat-controlling villain attacks a S.T.A.R. Labs, Black Lightning is himself attacked by the ghostly Trans-Visible Man, who runs circles around him...perhaps literally. Frustrated, Lightning takes it out on his next foe, the Swashbuckler; but stops himself from killing him. Revealing himself as Green Arrow, he apologizes and explains how they tested him; with Zatanna playing against type as Primak, GL as the Human Starburst, and the Flash as the Trans-Visible Man. Although he had passed, Lightning may be less than thrilled, and declines membership, saying he had too much to do in Suicide Slum. Disappointed, the JLA wonders if they would see him again, and they would--the next issue! Then probably next on the cover of Batman and the Outsiders #1, where he would join Batman's new team with another longtime JLA holdout, Metamorpho. They'd both sign eventually.
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Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice has its problems, but one (of several...) that got me was that Gotham City and Metropolis were so close together. In terms of geography, that is: Metropolis is all sunshine and glass while Gotham all crime and gloom, but they were basically across the street from each other. Yet they were still treated like separate jurisdictions...but why? They were right there! I always figured they were at least a couple states apart; but today's book provides evidence to support BvS! From 1982, World's Finest #275, "Summer Nights, Winter Days!" Written by Paul Kupperberg, pencils by Rich Buckler, inks by Frank McLaughlin.

Today's weather calls for unseasonable heat in Metropolis, and a full-blown blizzard in Gotham; even though they're "not a dozen miles apart." Putting aside "since when?" the guys already have their hands full, with Batman dealing with looters, and Superman with a warehouse fire. Like every single other day, then...teaming up to work the case, Bats starts working through the usual suspects for weather control, while Supes checks for a missing NASA satellite. Neither lead really goes anywhere yet still points to the culprit: Mr. Freeze, in an abandoned but posh Russian satellite. (Perhaps Freeze refitted it, with his one henchman.) Freeze had been siphoning heat from Gotham and dumping it on Metropolis, presumably because it had to go somewhere; and his big plan was to turn Gotham into his "own perpetual winter wonderland!" and secede from the U.S. with it. Well ahead of his time there, even though his old costume here looks weird now. His revamp in "Heart of Ice" was still ten years away.

Also this issue: "Archer in a Cage" Written by Mike W. Barr, pencils by Trevor Von Eeden, inks by Larry Mahlstedt. Huh, we blogged the next issue in 2012, around when Arrow was first announced, replacing the proposed movie, which would've featured Green Arrow in a "super max" prison. The final season for Arrow was recently announced, and they just finished a lengthy Ollie-in-prison storyline! I don't know that they necessarily were inspired by this run, though. With Ollie still in prison for refusing to name a source, Dinah has to do the legwork this month, saving a bank-robber's illegal immigrant family from a shakedown by a mob wannabe.

Next was "Soul Shriek!" (Written by Gerry Conway, art by Dan Spiegle.) Onboard a cruise ship, Zatanna fights a restaurant critic who has mysteriously picked up a magic scream power. No fishnets in this one, though.

Then, Hawkman in "Matter, Matter Everywhere!" (Written by Bob Rozakis, pencils by Alex Saviuk, inks by Rodin Rodriguez.) After Shayera had left him (she could do better!) Hawkman is a complaining wreck, but still trying to clear her name in the theft of some artifacts from the museum they both worked in. Flash makes a brief appearance to tell him, hey, at least your wife's still alive. (That page has the smallest panel for the longest awkward silence ever.) Hawkman finds one of the stolen artifacts had in fact been replaced, with a duplicate made of pure aluminum; which would be even more difficult to make than stealing the original!

It's the work of recurring Hawk-villain Matter Master, who has a wand not unlike Weather Wizard, and a complete wizard outfit to boot! (Which of course is completely obscured by a hat and trenchcoat, even with his wizard hat under that!) MM's plan was to change the artifacts into "fakes," wait for them to be discovered, then steal them from police lockup and change them back. But his capture doesn't clear Shayera, as he claims to have had an accomplice...

Lastly, "The Snatching of Billy Batson!" (Written by E. Nelson Bridwell, pencils by Don Newton, inks by Dan Adkins.) A mobster kidnaps Billy Batson, in order to extort Captain Marvel into killing a gangland rival. You see the flaw in his plan, there. It's up to Captain Marvel Jr. to save him, with the help of a close-enough lookalike: their friend Magnificus Sivana! Who is rocking the same look as Peter Hinwood in Rocky Horror Picture Show. Wonder if that was intentional...

And a Hembeck strip on the Daily Planet page!
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80-Page Thursdays: Countdown Special: Eclipso #1!

The last of the Countdown specials I have: from 2008, Countdown Special: Eclipso #1, featuring stories by Robert Loren Fleming and John Ostrander, with art by Colleen Doran and Ray Kryssing and Tom Mandrake.

Huh, for some reason I thought this was going to have a reprint of Eclipso's first appearance, but we saw that in another 80-page reprint several years back! Instead, this one leads with a highlight of Eclipso's 90's book, "Black Pieces," featuring a chess match with Eclipso vs. Darkseid! (Which reminded me of an old Thor Annual with Odin playing Dormammu, and man, I've been blogging a long time.) Moreso than the actual match, the conversation is key: Eclipso tells that story about Noah's ark again, which Darkseid probably doesn't believe. Darkseid reveals the secret origin of Desaad, which may or may not be true either, but is genuinely disturbing. Eclipso explains a little about his black diamonds...and why he can't kill his former host Bruce Gordon, or Bruce's long-suffering girlfriend Mona Bennet. Yet. And before the game ends in a draw, Darkseid confesses why he had his own mother assassinated: revenge, for her murder of Darkseid's first wife and only love. (Of course, consider the sources: any or all of the above could be lies. Or retconned.)

Next we have a two-parter from the 90's Spectre series: "Into the Dark Side" and "Final Judgments." On the cover for the latter, the planet-sized Spectre appears to be giving earth the People's Elbow...That would be entirely too playful and fun for this series, yeah. As occasionally happens, long-time ghost Jim Corrigan has had it up to here with being the Spectre. He wasn't able to save the life of the woman he loved, and the general ongoing awfulness of humanity has gotten on his last nerve. This leaves him open to possession by Eclipso, who argues that he's been where the Spectre is, and humanity isn't any more worth saving now than when he was God's angel of vengeance. The Phantom Stranger puts together a mystic all-stars team to confront the Eclipsed-Spectre--the Demon, Zatanna, and the female Dr. Fate--but snubs Madame Xanadu, for telling him his terrible plan won't work. Xanadu then, with Father Richard Craemer and Ramban, pulls the spirit of Corrigan out of the Spectre, leaving him soulless and completely controlled by Eclipso! This seems like a ridiculously bad idea, and the Stranger's team gets clobbered.

Even released from Eclipso's power, Corrigan doesn't want to become the Spectre again, but Father Craemer convinces him not to doom the earth out of grief and loneliness. While Eclipso possesses Zatanna and the Demon, and nearly gets Dr. Fate; when Corrigan comes back it's over pretty quickly. The Spectre imprisons Eclipso in his black diamond, then seemingly crams his black fortress in there as well, and then reduces all of it to ash. Afterwards, it's difficult to tell if the Spectre is chagrined or unrepentant, but he declares he can not judge humanity as a whole, only one by one, as he finds them. I believe that would be the last (in-continuity) Eclipso appearance for almost a decade, until an altered (and ultimately unsuccessful) version appeared in 2004's JSA #56.
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80-Page Thursdays: Justice League of America 80-Page Giant #1!

This issue has the traditional break-off into teams, regroup for the conclusion format of so many classic JLA stories, and guest-stars like the Crimson Avenger, Cinnamon, the Bride of Frankenstein, the Shining Knight, the Black Pirate--and Snapper Carr? Well, we can't have everything, I guess.

From 2009, Justice League of America 80-Page Giant #1, "Wrinkles in Time" Written by JT Krul, Rich Vogel, Josh Williamson, Chuck Kim, and more; with art by Justin Norman, Daxiong, BIT, Mahmud Asrar, and more. Fighting Epoch, the League is thrown into different times; as Epoch plots to kill the newborn infant grandmother of his foe, the Time Commander. To save himself, and incidentally everyone else, TC enlists the aid of Snapper Carr and his girlfriend, Cheetah. Cheetah isn't really keen on helping save Wonder Woman, but plays along. (This ties into a Final Crisis tie-in I didn't read, Resist.)

The scattered Leaguers have a variety of adventures, like Vixen subbing in for the Shining Knight in a duel during the fall of Camelot; or Dr. Light and Superman meeting a new version of Samurai in feudal Japan. I liked the Firestorm and Green Arrow meet the Bride of Frankenstein one, where GA wants to not mess with the time stream, until he has the opportunity to try and punch out Ra's al Ghul.

In the end, Snapper gets the JLA back, and disarms Epoch; but also realizes too late the Time Commander may have played him for a sap. I liked seeing some of the various guest-stars, but your enjoyment of this issue may depend on your tolerance for Snapper Carr...
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Which Tarot card symbolizes "abject poverty" again?

We mentioned the Tarot-reading Madame X a week or so back, without scanning any of her Tarot cards. So why not check out some Justice League of America Tarot cards? From 1981, Justice League of America #194, "Destiny is a Stacked Deck" Written by Gerry Conway, pencils by George Perez, inks by John Beatty.

Separately and together, several Leaguers are attacked by forces out of the Major Arcana of Tarot symbology, like the Hermit, the Magus, and the Fool. Zatanna knows what they represent right away, and although she's temporarily struck blind by the Devil, she's still able to track the Tarot's "Ectoplasmic trail" to long-time JLA bad guy Amos Fortune. (I'm sure he's appeared somewhere other than JLA, but I'm hard-pressed to tell you where...!)

Amos Fortune is by no means an A-list villain, and this isn't an A-list plot. It may in fact have been killing time waiting for next month's JLA/JSA event. But George Perez can still carry that one a long way.

Meanwhile, yesterday I had to take my dog to the vet, since he's been a bit listless and lost some weight. Then he fought me like Mike Tyson in his heyday to avoid giving blood. He wouldn't even give a urine sample freely, and that dog would pee constantly if he could. Generally, he's the worst dog-patient in the world, and I think I remember why every time I take him to the vet, I only take him once before I have to find another vet. Embarrassing. Anyway, he's got a ton of pills to look forward to, that should hopefully do him some good. If not, I'll have to take them--they cost me enough, somebody's eating those pills.
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Superman has obviously never seen a scary movie:

Otherwise, he'd know better than to mess around with the Necronomicon. Presumably, Superman didn't see The Evil Dead...

I do miss the days when Superman seemed to have a lot of side projects and experiments running in his spare time, and every once in a while he would do something kind of crazy like try to cure his weakness to Kryptonite, or as in this issue, to magic. Since all his other powers obey scientific, physical laws--stop laughing!--Supes can't figure out why magic wrecks him, and tries to define magic's place on the electromagnetic spectrum.

Meanwhile, Zatanna and her dad Zatara have been doing a little research on her mom's race, homo magus. That race of humans could use magic instinctively, and occasionally bred with normal homo sapien humans, passing on some magical ability; although the magic ability would be diluted. This theory conveniently also explains why Superman, an alien with no homo magus genes, is vulnerable to magic.

While Superman tries to "immunize" himself against magic, and Zatanna tries to contact the magic dimension of her mom, some impish looking fellows--they look like they're from Mr. Mxyzptlk's fifth dimension--were also trying to contact earth, so now everything's gone ka-blooey: the magic dimension has sprung a leak, spewing magic into this world. Don't worry, explains one: the leak will stop when the energy levels have equalized between the two worlds, although that would probably leave earth full of who knows what, and the magic dimension sucked dry. Magic is going nuts on earth, the old villain Caligro now has full-on magic juice, Zatanna's lost her powers, and Superman has magic as well.

It's good see Superman knows Ray Harryhausen, though.

Luckily for everyone involved, the wizard Caligro teleports Zatanna and Superman to him, intent on revenge; but they're actually the only ones who might be able to fix things. (And they didn't meet this issue until 13, 14 pages in!) While Superman is bewildered by magic, Zat is pretty capable of talking Supes through it, and the Man of Steel is able to ape her backwards-magic talk. Wiping the floor with poor Caligro, the heroes reverse the flow of magic, returning both worlds to normal; although Superman charitably is concerned for Cal and anyone else who saw magic for a moment, before it disappeared again...

From 1980's DC Comics Presents #18, "The Night it Rained Magic!" Written by Gerry Conway, art by Dick Dillin and Frank Chiaramonte. Zatanna is wearing her less-often seen superhero leotard and cape, which is nowhere near as iconic as her traditional magician's outfit and fishnet stockings.
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"Sleepless."

I figure Deadman's always able to ghost into different houses and catch up on whatever's on TV; but playing video games might be a little more problematic. And I don't know if I'd want to live in Constantine's body, either.

Zatanna actually pulls that spell on John in Totems, a Vertigo one-shot. At a New Year's Eve party--1999!--a visibly soused John is a little more forward than he is here; and Zatanna isn't having it. Dig it up!
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