I’m a little
mystified by Mystik U., the new Harry Potter – uh, I mean, series where
all DC’s magic characters gather at a mysterious school that teaches magic
while the students are constantly exposed to terrible danger.
Of course,
DC did this years ago with Books of
Magic in 1990, which featured young Tim
Hunter, who was Harry-like seven years before the Potter stories started.
(Created by Neil Gaiman, who dismissed comparisons between the two characters –
Gaiman insisted both he and J.K. Rowling were “drinking from the same well.”)
This series
focuses on the young magician Zatanna as
her powers first (tragically) appear, and she’s sent to a special school to
learn her skills.
There she
meets other students who exhibit varying magical powers – some for good, some
not so much.
It’s not bad
as such things go, though the continuity and where each character fits in the
DC Universe may make your head hurt (presumably this is set five or 10 years in
the past, but I could be wrong there. DC’s continuity is a thorny beast indeed).
I mostly
enjoyed it – young heroes in school is certainly a worthy story setting – but this
one may be drinking a little too freely from the Potter well.
Maybe if it
had focused on Tim Hunter instead.
Grade:
B
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