It occurs to me that Zatanna is the kind of book that goes about it's business, telling decent little stories until the day you turn around and it's cancelled.  I've no idea what the sales are like but there seems to be very little talk about the comic, although the Chiang fill in coming soon could change that.  It's a good book and deserves attention, but at the same time I have to take the time to address what could be wrong here.

First I noticed that there was a guest writer this month, in the shape of Adam Beechen.  That's not necessarily a bad thing, he's not a real favourite but he can hold his own.  He keeps to the tone that Dini has set down perfectly, and tells a story about spirits coming to life in a magic museum with a nice lighthearted sense of fun.  Thing is, that's the definition of where this title may have to shake things up.  Don't misunderstand me.  I don't need anything of the "earthshaking reboot" variety here.  Dini's given us some strong character foundation, along with a likeable supporting cast and he's even managed to somewhat redeem Zatanna's cousin Zatara.  Now they need to do something with this groundwork and move things along.

I like single issue stories as much as the next guy, but I'm not sure an ongoing series should function that way.  I like a through line in a book I'm following and we're seven issues in now, so I think it's time to have some momentum.  At the moment each issue feels like a variation on the theme of magical villain/entity from the past arrives, chaos ensues in a fun manner.  It;s entertaining, it's always well drawn and let's be honest, superheroines in fishnets always go a long way.  I'm just kind of in need of something with a little more substance....