He's a hypnotist, hypnotist of Ozma

I finished the last story in the most recent Oziana, "Dr. Byz Zaar in Oz," last night. It was about a mesmerizer who came to the Emerald City allegedly to put on a show, but who really had more sinister motives. Not the most original idea, perhaps, but I found it to be implemented quite well. I liked Dr. Zaar's hypnotism of Cap'n Bill and Jack Pumpkinhead, and the characterization of the Wizard of Oz. (I suppose it sometimes takes one con-artist to spot another.)