Since then he has made sporadic appearances in the afterlife, including resurrecting Mason O'Dare in "Starman" (vol. 2) #80, and the "Seven Soldiers: Zatanna" miniseries. In the "Reign in Hell" miniseries, Zatara is part of a general resistance movement operating in Hell. He is caught up in the various conflicts and is slain a second time in Hell by a rampaging Lobo. As with most of the 'dead', he risks becoming fodder for Hell, a torment where the physicality of the damned is used for general resources, such as building material. By manipulating his blood to form words, he asks Zatanna to consign his soul to the 'Abyss', a realm that Hell cannot touch. Zatanna does so, tormented that she must now destroy her father's essence.