Justice League of America #51
Justice League of America #51
Cover Credits
Penciller: Mike Sekowsky
Inker: Joe Giella

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Title: "Z -- as in Zatanna -- and Zero Hour"
Pages: 23

Feature(s):
Justice League of America (of Earth-1)

Writer: Gardner F. Fox
Penciller: Mike Sekowsky
Inker: Sid Greene

Reprinted In:
Justice League of America #110 (1974)
Justice League of America Archives Vol. 7 HC (2001)
JLA:Zatanna's Search TPB (2004)
Showcase Presents:Justice League of America Vol. 3 TPB (2008)
Justice League of America:The Silver Age Omnibus Vol. 2 HC (2016)

Feature Character(s)

Guest Star(s)

Villain(s)

  • Allura (an evil elemental; no further appearances)
  • The Beast-men of Belphagor (inhabitants of Kharma; no further appearances)
  • Amen-Hotep (last appearance in Action Comics #5; no further appearances)
  • Amen-Hotep's creatures (his creatures; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

  • Magical counterparts of Atom, Batman, Elongated Man, Green Lantern, and Hawkman (no further appearances)
  • Allura II (the good twin of Allura; no further appearances)

Cameo Appearance(s)

Comments:
This story reveals that Zatanna was secretly the witch who served the Outsider in the first story of Detective Comics #336.

Synopsis:
The three JLA members who had previously aided her in her quest for her father, plus Batman and non-member Elongated Man, are summoned to the Secret Sanctuary by Zatanna the Magician.

Zatanna relates how she was able to conjure magical counterparts of the five heroes to aid her in finally locating the missing Zatara. While battling the perils that beset her in the mystical dimension of Kharma, the duplicates discovered that these menaces were actually sent against her by her own father, in an effort to exorcise an evil elemental that possessed her. Allowing the exorcism to take place, they witnessed a battle between the evil spirit and her good twin, both named Allura, in which the good Allura, an ally of Zatara, was victorious.

Father and daughter are united at last.


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