Hello again everyone and welcome to another month spent with some of DC’s finest. This month’s theme centers around some of the great women characters that are part of the DC Universe. Each one of these characters holds a special place in my heart and I know the same is true for a lot of fans of these characters.
As with last month I will be posting information on each of the following characters along with links to stories featuring those characters and other tidbits of information. Be sure to look for those additional posts @CharactersOfDC.
Here’s the complete list for this month.
Week One (9/1-9/7): Zatanna Zutara: Mistress of Magic Chronology
Week Two (9/8-9/14): Jessica Cruz: Green Lantern Chronology
Week Three (9/15-9/21): Cassandra Cain: Black Bat Chronology
Week Four (9/22-9/28): Courtney Whitmore: Stargirl Chronology
Zatanna Zutara is the daughter of Giovanni Zutara and a magical being named Sindella. She is famed for both her showmanship and her magical skills. She has also been a member of several teams over the years.
Detective Comics #336
" Batman’s Bewitched Nightmare"
(The “Unnamed Witch” character was retconned to be a brainwashed Zatanna. I’m not sure it works but I included it anyway.)
Atom #19
“World of the Magic Atom”
(This issue has yet to be digitized so this is just a summary unfortunately.)
Feel free to also read any other story listed above or issues of JLD or Zatanna’s solo or Mystic U. if you wish and discuss those. Since there are other characters we are covering this month I am trying not to overwhelm anyone with to much reading.
Do you like this new format for the club were we feature a group of characters together in a month or do you prefer the original one character a month approach?
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See you all next week when we delve into Jessica Cruz.
I wish it was as well @Green_Loontern. I was annoyed to find out it wasn’t when I planned for this story to be the focus one. At least the other issues of this particular story were available here.
What makes this story special besides it including Zatanna’s first appearance (in Hawkman #4) is the fact that this is the first crossover story ever done. That’s pretty amazing in and of itself but what I find most interesting is that it’s a story that is concentrating on a new character.
Jessica Cruz is a recent addition to both the Green Lantern Corps and to the DCU. She is a young woman struggling with a crippling anxiety that left her afraid to even venture outside her door until the ring of Volthoom chose her because of that fear. From that moment on her life changed.
The reason I chose Darkseid War for this is because it is the story in which her actions lead to her being chosen by a Green Lantern ring. Being freed from the Ring of Volthoom was an important step forward for her character.
Just checking in. I’ve been on a tear reading through the Green Lantern Corps 2006 and Green Lantern 2005 books and while I am aware of Jessica Cruz, and her anxiety, I haven’t read much of her and Simon’s storyline. That being said, I found this topic and wanted to see what else I could find out about her. I gotta say, “A Day in the Life” really hit home for me. What a great story! Comics don’t usually make me tear up, but this one did. Especially when Simon was waiting for Jess with breakfast and what he said. It wasn’t much, no pep talk, no promises, just, I’m here. It really got to me. What a great read!
@bcarder2: ‘A Day in the Life’ is one of my favorite stories ever and it was because it hit me in the feels as well. I have a cousin who went through a traumatic experience that left her with a similar PTSD issue as Jess. Like Jess, every day is a struggle for her so this particular story felt very real and genuine. It hit close to home for me.
The daughter of David Cain and Lady Shiva and the adopted daughter of Bruce Wayne AKA Batman, Cass is one of DCUs top martial artists and fighters. I’d even call her the best one but of course its a matter of opinon. Her speciality is reading the body language of her opponents which gives her the edge in combat. She was given the Batgirl mantle by Barbara Gordon and would later work out of Hong Kong under the name Black Bat. She also has the distinction of being the first Batgirl to have a solo title.
