First Appearance of Zatanna: Hawkman #4 (1964) Value

Zatanna first appeared in Hawkman #4, created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Murphy Anderson. The issue is bimonthly and cover-dated October–November 1964, which is why Wikipedia gives November 1964 and other guides give October 1964; PriceCharting lists it as the "1st appearance and origin of Zatanna".

Her father, the stage magician Zatara, is much older: Wikipedia notes that he first appeared in Action Comics #1, the same 1938 issue that introduced Superman.

Zatanna's early story was a search for her missing father that ran across several DC titles and ended in Justice League of America, also written by Fox (Wikipedia). The Comics Price Guide blog lists her first appearances in this order:

• Hawkman #4 (October 1964): first appearance.
• The Atom #19 (July 1965): first cover appearance, as a floating head.
• Green Lantern #42 (January 1966)
• Detective Comics #355 (September 1966)
• Justice League of America #51 (February 1967): explains that the witch in Detective Comics #336 (February 1965) was Zatanna in disguise, a retroactive appearance.
• The Flash #198 (June 1970): her first solo story.

After the reunion with her father, Wikipedia says she was elected a member of the Justice League of America.

PriceCharting values retrieved September 25, 2026:

• Ungraded: $312.50 (about one sale a week)
• 4.0: $455.89
• 6.0: $650.00
• 8.0: $1,615.00
• 9.2: $4,148.00
• 9.8: $27,038.39 (rare)

Prices roughly double or more with each step from 6.0 up, and the 9.8 figure is more than six times the 9.2. The Atom #19, her first cover, is a separate collectible; we did not find a PriceCharting figure for it to quote. PriceCharting figures are estimates built from recorded sales of CGC-graded copies; when a grade trades only about once a year, one sale can push it above the next grade up.

They have known each other since childhood. Wikipedia says Zatanna and Bruce Wayne were childhood friends and that her father Zatara trained the young Bruce in escape artistry. In Identity Crisis, Zatanna wiped part of Batman's memory with a spell (Wikipedia).

Wikipedia's article does not identify Zatanna as LGBTQ, and we found no DC statement confirming it. For DC's first openly gay superhero, see the FAQ below.

On screen, Wikipedia lists Serinda Swan as Zatanna in the final seasons of Smallville, Jennifer Hale voicing her in Justice League Unlimited, and Lacey Chabert in Young Justice.

Photograph the front cover straight on, then the indicia (the small print on the first page or inside cover with the title, issue number and date). ComicLens reads the title, issue number and cover from the photo, matches the likely issue with a confidence indicator you can correct by hand, and shows a reference price range that moves with the grade you pick. For Hawkman #4, the cover is a Hawkman cover, so the app matches it by title and issue number; confirm the number is 4 in the indicia, since Zatanna also appears in many later issues that are much cheaper. There are free scans every day; the range is a reference estimate, not an appraisal or an offer.

Research and drafting were assisted by AI and checked line by line against the sources listed on this page. Prices are the figures shown by the named source on the date given; they change with the market. Pages we tried to open but could not read (Key Collector Comics, Reddit, Facebook, eBay and Fandom returned errors) are not used as sources.