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Sabrina, the Teenage Witch is the name of a comic book series published by Archie Comics about the adventures of a teenage fictional character named Sabrina Spellman. The comic's characters have also appeared in various other media formats. One format was a long-running television comedy series. Prior to that, there was an animated series produced by Filmation Associates. Another format was a series of paperback novels written by various authors, including Nancy Holder, Diana G. Gallagher, and Mel Odom, as well as a retelling in which Sabrina discovers her powers while in junior high.

Sabrina, who's really a witch (technically a half-witch—her mother was a "mortal", as the comics called ordinary humans, while her father was a warlock), lives with her two aunts, Hilda and Zelda (both witches themselves), in the fictional town of Greendale, which was located somewhere near Riverdale, the home of Archie Andrews. Also living with the three women was the family pet, Salem Saberhagen, an American Shorthair cat.

Most of Sabrina's adventures consist of Sabrina either trying to use her powers in secret (witches generally not being allowed to tell mortals about their abilities), learning more about her powers (either through her aunts or from trips to the "Other Realm", an extradimensional plane that was the home of various magical creatures, including witches), or trying to deal with the day-to-day trials of being a teenager. Sabrina also has a (mortal) boyfriend named Harvey Kinkle, who like nearly all the other mortals in Sabrina's world, is unaware his girlfriend is a witch. In the live-action sitcom, Harvey would eventually learn Sabrina is a witch on his own.

Contents 1 Sabrina's first appearance in 1962 2 Archie's TV Laugh-Out comic book 1969-1985 3 Sabrina The Teenage Witch comic book 1971-1983 4 Other comic books with Sabrina 5 Manga 6 Characters 7 External links

Sabrina made her first appearance in issue 22 of the comic book Archie's Mad House in 1962. At the time, she was intended to be a one shot character. Since readers liked her character, she continued to appear in some later issues of that title. [1], [2], [3] Her character was inspired by the movie Bell, Book and Candle. [4]

Sabrina made regular appearances in the comic book Archie's TV Laugh-Out. The title was published from 1969 to 1985, and consisted of 106 issues. [5]

The comic book Sabrina The Teenage Witch was published from 1971 to 1983, and ran for 77 issues. [6], [7], [8]

Sabrina also occasionally appears in other Archie Comics as a visiting acquaintance of Archie, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, and Jughead Jones.

The Japanese "magical girl" genre of manga shares some similarities to the Sabrina series.

The Sabrina manga/comics are a new design of Sabrina. It has new characters and has 1 graphic novel released.

• Sabrina Spellman: the lead character of the series.
• Hilda Spellman: Sabrina's aunt.
• Zelda Spellman: Sabrina's aunt.
• Della the Head Witch: Often checks to make sure her witches are performing "bad deeds" like they should be. Disapproves of Sabrina's doing good deeds.
• Harvey Kinkle: Sabrina's boyfriend, a mortal who's unaware of Sabrina's being a witch (in the sitcom, Harvey would eventually learn, on his own, that Sabrina was a witch)
• Salem: the Spellmans' cat; Salem was formerly a warlock turned into a cat as punishment by the Witches' Council for attempting to take over the world. Salem has the ability to talk and possesses a sarcastic and somewhat self-centered attitude.
• Ambrose: Sabrina's cousin, a warlock.
• Esmeralda: Sabrina's other younger cousin, also a witch; Esmeralda has an obnoxious, bratty attitude.
• Shinji: A teenage warlock who Sabrina met while attending a spellcasting school. He tries to compete with Harvey for Sabrina's affections.
• Drell: Head of the witches council. (Played by Penn of Penn and Teller)
• Skippy: Assistant to Drell. Doesn't talk. (Played by Teller of Penn and Teller)

• Witches' Council: A council of powerful witches that oversees the Other Witches.

Note: All Witches in the Character List have names ending in A. This phenomenon also occurred in the series Bewitched

• Official Archie Comics website
• Toonopedia entry

Archie Comics
Main publications	Archie Comics | Pep Comics | Betty and Veronica Magazine | Jughead Magazine | Jughead's Double Digest | Sabrina, the Teenage Witch | Josie and The Pussycats | That Wilkin Boy | Li'l Jinx | Katy Keene | Archie's Holiday Fun Digest Magazine
Characters and info	Archie Andrews | Betty Cooper | Veronica Lodge | Reggie Mantle | Jughead Jones | Archie Comics Characters | Riverdale High School | Riverdale Town | Bob Montana
TV series	The Archie Show | Groovie Goolies | Josie and The Pussycats | The New Archies | Archie's Weird Mysteries | Sabrina, the Teenage Witch | Sabrina: The Animated Series | Sabrina: Friends Forever | Sabrina's Secret Life
Films	Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again | Sabrina the Teenage Witch | Sabrina Goes to Rome | Sabrina Down Under | Josie and The Pussycats
Music	The Archies | "Sugar, Sugar" | Josie and The Pussycats | The Veronicas | Jughead's Revenge
Other publications	The Punisher Meets Archie | Mighty Comics | Red Circle Comics | Sonic The Hedgehog | Knuckles the Echidna | Sonic X | Sonic Spin City | Adventures of the Fly/Fly-Man | Mighty Crusaders | The Shield | Terrific Three | The Comet | Adventures of the Jaguar | The Web