Mystik U Comic Sends Zatanna to DC's Hogwarts

Time for Zatanna to earn her magical diploma.

By Jesse Schedeen

DC Comics has revealed Mystik U, a new limited series that should appeal to fans of franchises like Harry Potter or The Magicians. This new book will put Zatanna back in the spotlight as it explores her college years at a magical school cut from the same cloth as Hogwarts and Brakebills.

Mystik U will focus on the young Zatanna and four other magician peers - Felix Faust's son, Sebastian, The Enchantress, magical prodigy Sargon the Sorcerer and new character Pia Morales. The series will follow their growth in the magical arts while also exploring the mystery of which of these five spellcasters will fall to darkness and betray the others.

Mystik U is written by Alisa Kwitney (Destiny) and drawn by Mike Norton (Revival). The series will be published in a format similar to last year's Deadman: Dark Mansion of Forbidden Love, with three prestige format issues being released bimonthly beginning in November.

In an interview with DC, Kwitney revealed that the series will be as much about these five characters discovering themselves as it is about their magical growth. "The first year of college is a kind of theater where people improvise themselves—sometimes they change their names, and they might adopt a whole new way of dressing along with a new passion. It’s also a place where you might discover that, after years of being on the bottom of the food chain in high school, there are people who recognize your talents. But the opposite can also occur—you realize that you’re no longer the best in the class at something. Mystik U is very much a story of freshman orientation for Zatanna and the others, but on magickal steroids."

DC fans might remember that the company first teased this series in early 2015, back when DC announced the end of the New 52 and the start of the "DC You" initiative. At the time, the series was spelled "Mystic U" and was slated to feature Harley Quinn and Her Gang of Harleys artist Mauricet. Clearly, some things have changed since then, but it's good to finally see Mystik U becoming a reality.

Look for Mystik U #1 to hit stores on November 29.

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