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STORY: Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
ART: Robert Hack
LETTERS: Jack Morelli
COVER: Robert Hack
VARIANT COVER: Moritat
40pp, Color, $4.99 U.S. (August 2017)
“Witch-War” Chapter One: “The Truth About Demonology”
Rated Teen + (Violence and mature content)
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina is one of two Archie Comics series that were re-imagined as horror comic books and and published under the “Archie Horror” imprint. [The other is the zombie apocalypse series, Afterlife with Archie, a play on the title Life with Archie.] Chilling Adventures of Sabrina takes the traditionally lighthearted Sabrina the Teen-Age Witch and re-imagines Sabrina's four-color world as a place of witchcraft, Satanism, and murder-most-foul.
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina is written by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa; drawn by Robert Hack; and lettered by Jack Morelli. The story is set in the 1960s, with the current story line largely taking place in 1967. Sabrina Victoria Spellman is a 16-year-old who lives in Greendale with her aunts, Hilda and Zelda (two witches of the Satan-serving variety); her cousin, Ambrose (a warlock); and her familiar, a cat named Salem (once a human).
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina #7 (“The Truth About Demonology”) opens at midnight, the “Witching Hour.” Harvey Kinkle, Sabrina's boyfriend, is back... or is he? Harvey was murdered by the coven because he innocently interrupted Sabrina's initiation ceremony into the Church of Night. Sabrina had help bringing Harvey back to life, but that “help,” Madame Satan, has other plans. Now, Edward Spellman, Sabrina's long-missing father, is back, and he has an origin story to tell.
I recently discovered that a close friend of mine is also a big fan of Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. Anyone who reads this comic book will find it hard not to love this chilling, occult series. It is one of the darkest, most Satanic-skewing comic book that I have ever read. Writer Roberto Aquirre-Sacasa writes that he is a fan of and has been influenced by writers such as Edgar Allen Poe, H.P. Lovecraft, Stephen King, and Clive Barker and comic book writers like Alan Moore and Neil Gaiman. Chilling Adventures of Sabrina is a work worthy of being influenced by these greats.
Artist Robert Hack's work here is a creepy sight to behold. It is also supreme horror comics storytelling, truly brilliant, atmospheric, (dare I say) chilling work. The process of reading these stories feels sinister against my eyes. Yes, I am recommending this series.
[This issue includes the classic Sabrina story, “Castle Hassle” by writer George Gladir, artists Bob Bolling (pencils) and Rudy Lapick (inks); colorist Barry Grossman; and letterer Bill Yoshida.]
A+
10 out of 10
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Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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