You're referring to Identity Crisis? Horrible PIS-induced DS punking GL Identity Crisis? 🤨
And no. Zatanna has been training with her father since she was an infant. Add centuries in magical realms with Conastine and Kalken, and she's anything but inexperienced with her magic. She's very adept at using it.
I'm actually leaning more towards Magneto. At the word go she has to conjure a spell while he just has to shift the polarity of already present atoms and electrify her. That split second is the difference between life and death it seems from people's posts in this thread. Magic can do things Magneto can't, but I think he'd strike first.
Also, Magneto thinks very quickly. He's assembled complex machinery with his mind and powers in mere seconds before (if I wasn't at work and I had access to a scanner I'd prove it). He's not Superman or Data from Star Trek by any means, but he's far from a High School sophmore with ADD as well.
I think people put too much into the whole "speed of thought" argument anyway. Not every person thinks or reacts at a speed you can measure and use as a guage. Some people think faster than others just like some people have better memory or reflexes than others. It's not something you can quantify.
But anyway, unless Zatanna's first spell is a spell of protection, I'm siding with Magneto.
One more thing:
Originally posted by Draco69
Concentrating on wielding the mulititude of electromagnetic energies to throw at his opponent.Or simply imagining your opponent is a pink bunny?
That's where experience comes in.
Magneto is far more experienced with his abilities than Zatanna is with hers. Manipulating the EM spectrum comes naturally to him. I don't think it takes him a few seconds to realize a human is susceptible to electricity, lasers, radiation, etc. when he's been using his powers to kill for over 40 years.
Originally posted by Draco69
You're referring to Identity Crisis? Horrible PIS-induced DS punking GL Identity Crisis? 🤨And no. Zatanna has been training with her father since she was an infant. Add centuries in magical realms with Conastine and Kalken, and she's anything but inexperienced with her magic. She's very adept at using it.
Centuries with Constantine?
Why does almost every DC hero have some adventure when they are fighting outside of the time line for centuries and then come back to normal continuity and only like 5 minutes have past on Earth?
Originally posted by long pig
Depends on how much experience you have at it.It's natural for Magneto to do it, hell, he has done it on reflex.
Zatanna on the other hand, is a 20ish year old broad who has to: Stop, Think, Visualize, Execute and pray she doesn't get knocked off track in the process.
Slade took her out by running up on her from 15 feet away. Magneto can let out electricity that moves a few thousand feet per second.
Its just as natural for Zatanna to act on reflex. She doesnt have to stop think and visualize and pray. Its all fluent and pretty instant.
You bring up that CIS when Slade took out the JLA? Good defence.
Originally posted by illadelph12
I'm actually leaning more towards Magneto. At the word go she has to conjure a spell while he just has to shift the polarity of already present atoms and electrify her. That split second is the difference between life and death it seems from people's posts in this thread. Magic can do things Magneto can't, but I think he'd strike first.But anyway, unless Zatanna's first spell is a spell of protection, I'm siding with Magneto.
One more thing:
That's where experience comes in.
Magneto is far more experienced with his abilities than Zatanna is with hers. Manipulating the EM spectrum comes naturally to him. I don't think it takes him a few seconds to realize a human is susceptible to electricity, lasers, radiation, etc. when he's been using his powers to kill for over 40 years.
Zatanna's first spell can be a shield, freezing, or teleport spell. It doesnt have to be a projectile. Can Mags shoot beams while inside the ff? I dont think he can. Zatanna can.