#fulcanelli

Not much interaction between them in subsequent JLA/JSA crossovers but we did get this great spread by George Perez in Justice League of America Vol 1 #195 in which Zatanna is shown opposite to Dr Fate as their team’s respective magic user:   

Then during the annual JLA/JSA team ups (specifically Justice League of America Vol 1 #195), she can be seen chit chatting with Dr Fate. Up until this point there has only been one Dr Fate and it was Kent Nelson:  

Sadly, we never got to see her interact with Inza Nelson Fate: 

Edit: I just learned that she did interact with Inza Nelson’s Dr Fate in Spectre Vol 3 #17 during a story arc where the Spectre had snapped and was trying to pass judgement on all of humanity.  Zee, Inza and Etrigan were all part of group gathered by the Stranger to stop the Spectre. To make things more complicated, Eclipso has possessed Spectre: 

Though to my knowledge, Zee has never met the kind of creepy and utterly bizarre Eric/Linda Strauss incarnation:

Later, in the 90′s, we got an edgier version of Dr Fate or Fate as he was called, whose real name was Jared Stevens who was ex mercenary who discovered the helmet of Fate and he melted it down so he can shape it into a knife because *that* is what real men do. /sarcasm

He also didn’t wear the classic Dr Fate costume, instead he dressed like your typical edgy 90′s hero with a long trench coat or leather jacket with bits of armors and course tattoos: 

Somehow he scored an ongoing title called Fate and after that was cancelled he got a second title called Book of Fate.   His first ongoing, even scored a short lived spin off title called Scare Tactics, as far as solo’s goes, Jared certainly had better luck than any other Dr Fate’s that came before and after him.   

Fate #10 was notable because it had Zatanna on the cover and she’s essentially the co lead of the story.   

The plot of the issue involves Jared Stevens on the run after being framed for a plane explosion.  So Jared is on the run and looking for a place to hide which leads him to this venue where Zatanna is performing under the pseudonym ‘Ms Katonic’. Prior to going on stage, she seemed nervous and unsure of herself and not her usual bubbly confident self.      

The show goes wrong (as they usually do) when they are attacked by a cult called the Firebringers whose leader Tyson believes that there is a truer reality than the one we see now and commits ritual sacrifice  in order to reach his goal.  

After getting aquainted with Jared, Zee takes on the villain Strega and we learn why Zatanna isn’t being her usual self:   

Afterwards, we’re introduced to  Evan Fulcanelli whom Zatanna describes as her father’s oldest friend. Evan is an alchemist, either he was named after the real life French alchemist Fulcanelli  or he is the real deal himself:  

 Later in the issue, Fulcanelli sacrifices himself fighting Strega who wants the secret of his alchemy. Notably Zatanna calls him uncle and Fulcanelli calls her ‘niece’:   

Could it be just an affection description of their relationship or could Fulcanelli actually be Zatara’s brother by blood. In that case, is he Zachary Zatara’s father and that’s why Zachary’s magic doesn’t work on organics? Because his father is an alchemist?  

At the end of the issue, Zatanna and Jared go out on a date although she turns down the possibility of going back to his place:   

She later appeared in Fate #14 on the last page alongside Alan Scott and the Phantom Stranger to recruit Jared for the Underworlds Unleashed event:   

Jared is often bemaoned for being representative of the 90′s extreme Dr Fate but some of his stories were actually quite descent.  Especially the Keith Giffen stuff.  

In Fate #20 he accidentally stumbles into her dressing room whilst she was changing as he was meeting one magical character after another looking for advice and she reacts exactly as any woman would in that kind of situation:  

Later we see her interacting with the Hector Hall incarnation of Dr Fate in JLA/JSA: Secret Files & Origins:   

The ‘cold shiver’ would be followed up in the ‘JLA/JSA: Virtue and Vice’ crossover.  

I find it funny how Hector just slaps on the helmet when he hears Zatanna coming downstairs.  Given his history and personality, I can only imagine he is thinking of his missing wife whilst making this face:   

To my knowledge Zatanna didn’t get to meet the Kent V Nelson incarnation of Dr Fate. She also wasn’t part of the Helmet of Fate series of one shots when the helmet sought out various established DC characters as it’s hosts.

She does have an established friendship with the Khalid Nassour incarnation of Dr Fate and they interacted in JLD Vol 2′s Annual #1: 

and even served as his mentor in YJ S4.  

In the YJ verse, she is time sharing the helmet of Fate between herself and her students. In many ways, she and her father are the Dr Fate of Earth 16.