Zatara

Zatara is a magician and member of the Justice League.

Characteristics
Zatara is a middle-aged man with a prominent black mustache and is distinguished by his gentlemen-like wardrobe. He wears three layers of clothing, which consists of a white shirt with a red bow-tie attached, over which there is a yellow vest, which is finally topped by a black blazer.

History
On July 4, Zatara contacted the Justice League at the Hall of Justice, informing them about an attempt by the sorcerer Wotan to block out the Sun by using the Amulet of Aten. He requested full League assistance. He was later present at the Cadmus facility after the Team's battle with Blockbuster.

After Red Tornado's "betrayal," and the Team's mission to Northern India along with Captain Marvel, Zatara became the Team's next supervisor. Then, the Injustice League threatened to destroy Gotham City, Star City, Taipei and Paris unless the United Nations paid them 20 billion dollars. Zatara suggested with Wotan's involvement, sorcery was at work. Zatara helped use his magic to locate the Injustice League in a boyou in Louisiana. When the Team was sent to stop the Injustice League, Zatara went with Batman and Captain Marvel to destroy the plant spore in Gotham.

When Wotan was about to blast Aqualad, Zatara arrived with the rest of the Justice League. Joker attempted to commit suicide and poison everyone with his Laughing Gas. Aqualad (as Doctor Fate) used his magic to absorb the gas and save everyone.

Powers and abilities

 * Magic: Zatara is capable of accessing powerful magical abilities, when he is speaking backwards, it allows him to perform any number of magical feats.
 * Energy hover disc: When Zatara arrived with the rest of the League to confront the Team at Cadmus, he arrived floating down from the sky on a glowing energy disc.

Other series

 * This marks John Zatara's second animated appearance. His first was during the DCAU series Batman: The Animated Series episode "Zatanna". He appears in flashbacks, during which he and his daughter Zatanna train a young Bruce Wayne in being an escape artist. Unlike the Young Justice series however, this version of Zatara showed no real magical powers.
 * John Zatara is referenced to many times in the live action show Smallville by his daughter Zatanna.