Sabrina Annual Spectacular #1

(October 2023)

Power of Three (Table of Contents: 1)

Sabrina / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Jamie Lee Rotante (credited as Jamie L. Rotante)

Pencils

Holly Golightly (credited as Holly G.)

Inks

Jim Amash (credited)

Colors

Glenn Whitmore (credited)

Letters

Jack Morelli (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Sabrina's aunts and cat familar Salem, along with head witch Encahnatra, are missing!

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Sabrina the Teenage Witch

Genre

fantasy-supernatural; teen

Presenting Sabrina the Teen-Age Witch (Table of Contents: 2)

Sabrina / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

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Letters

Vincent DeCarlo (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hi! My names is Sabrina!

Genre

humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen

Characters

Sabrina; Salem; Della; Archie Andrews (cameo); Betty Cooper (cameo)

Synopsis

Meet Sabrina, a sexy teen witch who lives a typical teen-age life -- except that her job is to hex her fellow teens. She introduces us to the rules of witchery: witches can't cry, can't sink when they're in the water, and if they ever fall in love, they lose their powers.

Reprints

• from Archie's Madhouse (Archie, 1959 series) #22 (October 1962)

Indexer Notes

First appearance of Sabrina, her cat Salem, and Della the Head Witch.

Much of this early version of Sabrina appears to be based on the play "Bell, Book and Candle" and the film version, starring Kim Novak. The rule about witches losing their powers if they fall in love and the inability of witches to cry (both of which were dropped in subsequent versions of Sabrina) were used in "Bell, Book and Candle," and Sabrina's cat Salem is similar to Pyewacket, the witch's familiar in "Bell, Book and Candle."

In The COMICS v10 #5 G. Gladir states that Sabrina was named after a woman he remembered from his teens who he later found out was actually named Sabra not Sabrina. He also states that he wrote all Sabrina and Hilda stories until Sabrina went to Saturday morning animation in 1969.

Spook Out (Table of Contents: 3)

Sabrina / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Al Hartley (credited)

Pencils

Al Hartley (credited)

Inks

Joe Sinnott (credited)

Colors

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Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Oh, drat! I'm out of bat wings!

Genre

humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen

Characters

Sabrina Spellman; Aunt Hilda; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

Sabrina has to get bats wings from a haunted house for Aunt Hilda's brew. Archie and Jughead offer her a ride, and the three explore the house and all of its creepiness.

Reprints

• from Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (Archie, 1971 series) #5 (April 1972)

The Court Jester (Table of Contents: 4)

Sabrina / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Dick Malmgren (credited)

Pencils

Harry Lucey (credited)

Inks

Marty Epp (credited)

Colors

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Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Archie! Will you get off the court before you get hurt?

Genre

humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen

Characters

Sabrina; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Coach Kleats

Synopsis

Sabrina puts a spell on Archie that turns him into a great basketball player.

Reprints

• from Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (Archie, 1971 series) #2 (July 1971)

Keywords

basketball

Scardey Cat (Table of Contents: 5)

Salem / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Ian Flynn (credited)

Pencils

Chad Thomas (credited)

Inks

Chad Thomas (credited)

Colors

Glenn Whitmore (credited)

Letters

Jack Morelli (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Salem here! You know me as Sabrina's handsome, sassy cat companion.

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Young Salem

Genre

children; fantasy-supernatural; anthropomorphic-funny animals

The Wicked Trinity (Table of Contents: 6)

character profile / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Vincent Lovallo ?

Inks

Vincent Lovallo ?

Colors

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Letters

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Editor's Notebook / in-house column / 1 page (report information)