Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
| Chilling Adventures of Sabrina | |
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Cover of Chilling Adventures of Sabrina #2 (April 2015).
Art by Robert Hack |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Archie Horror |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Format | Ongoing series |
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| Publication date(s) | October 2014 – present |
| No. of issues | 6 (as of July 2016 cover date) |
| Creative team | |
| Created by | Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa Robert Hack |
| Written by | Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa |
| Artist(s) | Robert Hack |
| Letterer(s) | Jack Morelli |
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina is an American comic book published by Archie Horror, an imprint of Archie Comics, beginning in 2014, focusing on Sabrina Spellman during her teenage years in the 1960s. It is written by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, with art by Robert Hack, and is inspired by the appearances of Sabrina in Aguirre-Sacasa's other Archie series, Afterlife with Archie.
Due to the positive reception of issue #6 of Afterlife with Archie, which centered on Sabrina, a solo series starring her was announced in June 2014. It was released in October 2014. The series went on a six-month hiatus before returning in April 2015 with issue #2 under the new Archie Horror imprint which it shares with its companion series, Afterlife with Archie.
Though the two series share several characters, they are each set in their own reality and are not directly related to each other.
Set during the 1960s, Sabrina lives with her aunts, Hilda, and Zelda, as well as her cousin Ambrose, in the town of Greendale. Nearing her sixteenth birthday she must choose whether to stay a witch or become mortal forever. Madam Satan, a former flame of her deceased father, has returned from Hell and wants revenge on the Spellman family.
The events of the first arc have come to a head. Sabrina’s father, Edward Spellman, is back among the living inhabiting the body of Harvey Kinkle. With Madame Satan’s master plan finally revealed will Sabrina’s aunts be able to keep Sabrina safe and what lengths will they go to in order to protect her?
Betty Cooper and Veronica Lodge make minor appearances in issue #2 (April 2015) as young witches from Riverdale who were trying to summon a succubus to help them settle a blood-rivalry but instead accidentally summoned Madam Satan from Gehenna. They return in issue #4 as part of a Riverdale High-led search party after Harvey Kinkle goes missing.
The first two issues sold out.Comic Book Resources called it "a surprisingly successful little horror sub-imprint" and "that Aguirre-Sacasa and Hack have created a horror comic that would work well even if it wasn't attached to the iconic 'Sabrina.'" while The Mary Sue said that it was "a refreshing change of pace for a story we all think we know already."IGN gave the first issue an 8.9 out of 10 calling it "something that fans of Afterlife and horror in general will be wanting more of by issue’s end."Comics Alliance called it "a pretty incredible accomplishment" saying that "in a time when we’re getting some fantastic horror comics on the stands, Sabrina might just be the best of the bunch."
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