{"id":28769,"date":"2023-10-19T08:00:43","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T08:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/?p=28769"},"modified":"2023-10-18T18:46:39","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T18:46:39","slug":"sabrina-the-teenage-witch-the-complete-collection-volume-1-1962-1972-sabrinas-spellbook-book-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/2023\/10\/19\/sabrina-the-teenage-witch-the-complete-collection-volume-1-1962-1972-sabrinas-spellbook-book-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Sabrina the Teenage Witch The Complete Collection volume 1: 1962-1972 (Sabrina\u2019s Spellbook Book 1)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/sabrina-vol-1-frt.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1081\" height=\"1553\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-28771\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/sabrina-vol-1-frt.jpg 1081w, https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/sabrina-vol-1-frt-150x215.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/sabrina-vol-1-frt-250x359.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/sabrina-vol-1-frt-768x1103.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/sabrina-vol-1-frt-1069x1536.jpg 1069w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><br \/>\nBy <strong>George Gladir<\/strong>, <strong>Frank Doyle<\/strong>, <strong>Dick Malmgren<\/strong>, <strong>Al Hartley<\/strong>, <strong>Dan DeCarlo<\/strong>,<strong> Joe Edwards<\/strong>, <strong>Rudy Lapick<\/strong>, <strong>Vince DeCarlo<\/strong>, <strong>Bob White<\/strong>, <strong>Bill Kresse<\/strong>, <strong>Bill Vigoda<\/strong>, <strong>Mario Acquaviva<\/strong>, <strong>Jimmy DeCarlo<\/strong>, <strong>Chic Stone<\/strong>, <strong>Bill Yoshida<\/strong>, <strong>Stan Goldberg<\/strong>, <strong>Jon D\u2019Agostino<\/strong>, <strong>Gus LeMoine<\/strong>, <strong>Harry Lucey<\/strong>, <strong>Marty Epp<\/strong>, <strong>Bob Bolling<\/strong>, <strong>Joe Sinnott<\/strong> &amp; various (Archie Comic Publications)<br \/>\nISBN: 978-1-936975-94-5 (TPB\/Digital edition)<\/p>\n<p>Created by George Gladir &amp; Dan DeCarlo, <strong>Sabrina the Teen-Age Witch<\/strong> premiered in <strong>Archie\u2019s Mad<\/strong> <strong>House<\/strong> #22 (cover-dated October 1962): a throwaway character in a gag anthology which was simply one more venue for comics\u2019 undisputed kings of kids comedy. She proved popular enough to become a regular in the burgeoning cast surrounding the core stars <strong>Archie Andrews<\/strong>, <strong>Betty Cooper<\/strong>, <strong>Veronica Lodge<\/strong> and <strong>Jughead Jones<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>By 1969, the high school enchantress had grown popular enough to win her own animated Filmation TV series (just like <strong>Archie<\/strong> and <strong>Josie<\/strong> <strong>and the Pussycats<\/strong>) and graduated to a lead position in <strong>Archie\u2019s TV Laugh Out<\/strong> before finally winning her own title in 1971.<\/p>\n<p>That first volume ran 77 issues (from 1971-1983) and, when a hugely successful live action TV series launched in 1996, ed comic book adaptation followed in 1997. That version folded in 1999 after a further 32 issues.<\/p>\n<p>Volume 3 &#8211; simply entitled <strong>Sabrina<\/strong> &#8211; was based on new TV show <strong>Sabrina the Animated Series<\/strong> ran for 37 issues (2000- 2002) before a back-to-basics reboot saw the comic revert to <strong>Sabrina the Teenage Witch<\/strong> with #38, carefully blending elements of all previous print and TV versions.<\/p>\n<p>A creature of seemingly infinite variation and variety, the mystic maid continued in this vein until 2004 and issue #57 wherein &#8211; acting on the global popularity of Japanese comics &#8211; the company switched format: transforming series into a manga-style high school comedy-romance in the classic Shoujo manner.<\/p>\n<p>Another recent version abandoned whimsy altogether, depicted Sabrina as a vile and seductive force of evil in <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/2016\/10\/31\/chilling-adventures-of-sabrina-book-1\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chilling Adventures of Sabrina<\/a><\/strong>. This no-frills. massively monochrome compilation re-presents all her appearances &#8211; even cameos on covers of other Archie titles &#8211; from that first decade, starting with an informative and educational <em>Introduction<\/em> courtesy of Editor-in-Chief Victor Gorelick before unleashing the wonderment in a year-by-year cavalcade of magic, mystery and mirth.<\/p>\n<p>Clearly referencing Kim Novak as seen in <strong>Bell, Book and Candle<\/strong>, <em>\u2018Presenting Sabrina the Teenage Witch\u2019<\/em> (George Gladir, Dan DeCarlo, Rudy Lapick &amp; Vince DeCarlo from <strong>Archie\u2019s Mad<\/strong> <strong>House<\/strong> #22) showcased a sultry seductress with a wicked edge preying on mortals at the behest of <em>Head Witch Della<\/em>, all whilst secretly hankering for the plebeian joys of dating\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Leading off the next year\u2019s chapter, the creatives reunited in <strong>Archie\u2019s Mad<\/strong> <strong>House<\/strong> #24 (February 1963), with <em>\u2018Monster Section\u2019<\/em> depicting Sabrina bewitching boys the way mortal girls always have, whilst <em>\u2018Witch Pitch\u2019<\/em> sees the young beguiler ordered to ensorcel the High School hockey team &#8211; with mixed results\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>AMH<\/strong> #25 (April) focuses on the supernatural clan\u2019s mission to destroy human romance. In <em>\u2018Sister Sorceress\u2019<\/em> Della orders Sabrina to split up dating couple <em>Hal<\/em> and <em>Wanda<\/em> &#8211; with catastrophic results &#8211; before <em>\u2018Jinx Minx\u2019<\/em> (#26, June) sees Sabrina go too far with a love potion at a school dance\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Bob White\u2019s <strong>Archie\u2019s Mad House<\/strong> #27 cover (August 1963) leads into #28\u2019s <em>\u2018Tennis Menace\u2019<\/em> (inked by Marty Epp) as Sabrina\u2019s attempts to enrapture a rich lad go infuriatingly awry. <strong>AMH<\/strong> #30 (December) offers pin-up <em>\u2018Teen-Age Section\u2019<\/em> drawn by Joe Edwards, with Sabrina comparing historical ways of charming boys with modern mortal methods\u2026<\/p>\n<p>The 1964 material opens with a love potion pin-up <em>\u2018Teen Section\u2019<\/em> by Edwards (<strong>AMH<\/strong> #31, February) before Gladir &amp; Edwards\u2019 <em>\u2018Ronald the Rubber Boy Meets Sabrina the Witch Queen\u2019<\/em> finds the magic miss disastrously swapping abilities with an elastic-boned pal.<\/p>\n<p>Issue #36 (October, by Edwards) sees her failing to jinx her friends\u2019 recreational evening in <em>\u2018Bowled Over\u2019<\/em>, after which (<strong>AMH<\/strong> #37, December) finds Gladir reunited with Dan &amp; Vince DeCarlo for a spot of <em>\u2018Double Trouble\u2019<\/em> when gruesome <em>Aunt Hilda<\/em> tries to fix Sabrina\u2019s appalling human countenance, only to become her unwilling twin\u2026<\/p>\n<p>In 1965 Sabrina\u2019s only appearance was a Harry Lucey-limned ad for <strong>Archie\u2019s Mad House<\/strong> <strong>Annual<\/strong>, whereas a year later she triumphantly returned with illustrator Bill Kresse handling Gladir\u2019s script for <em>\u2018Lulu of a Boo-Boo\u2019<\/em> (<strong>AMH<\/strong> #45, February 1966). Here the witch-girl\u2019s attempts to join the In-Crowd constantly misfire whilst <em>\u2018Beach Party Smarty\u2019<\/em> (#48, August) confirms this new trend, as her spells to capture a hunky beau go badly wrong\u2026<\/p>\n<p>For <em>\u2018Go-Go Gaga\u2019<\/em> (<strong>AMH<\/strong> #49, September) Gladir &amp; Kresse pit the bonny bewitcher against a greedy entrepreneur planning to fleece school kids in his over-priced dance hall, whilst #50\u2019s <em>\u2018Rival Reversal\u2019<\/em> finds her failing to conjure a date before <em>\u2018Tragic Magic\u2019<\/em> proves even sorcery can\u2019t keep a teen\u2019s room clean\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Art team Bill Vigoda &amp; Mario Acquaviva join Gladir for 1967\u2019s first tale. <em>\u2018London Lore\u2019<\/em> (<strong>AMH<\/strong> #52, February) with Sabrina transporting new boyfriend <em>Donald<\/em> to the heart of the Swinging Scene (it meant something else back then) but ill-equipping him for debilitating culture-shock, after which <em>\u2018School Scamp\u2019<\/em> (Gladir + Dan, Jimmy &amp; Vince DeCarlo, from <strong>AMH<\/strong> #53, April) again proves magic has no place in human education\u2026<\/p>\n<p>In #55 Gladir, Dan DeCarlo &amp; Lapick prove Sabrina\u2019s wishing to help a doubly dangerous proposition in <em>\u2018Speed Deed\u2019<\/em>, whilst in #58 (December, Chic Stone &amp; Bill Yoshida) the trend for ultra-skinny fashion models leads to a little shapeshifting in <em>\u2018Wile Style\u2019<\/em>\u2026<\/p>\n<p>1968 opens with Gladir, Stone &amp; Yoshida exploring the downside of slot-car racing in <em>\u2018Teeny-Weeny Boppers\u2019<\/em> (<strong>AMH<\/strong> #59, February) after which <em>\u2018Past Blast\u2019<\/em> (#63, September by Gladir, Stan Goldberg, Jon D\u2019Agostino &amp; Yoshida) sees our mystic maid time-travel in search of <em>Marie Antoinette<\/em>, <em>Pocahontas<\/em> and Salem sorceress <em>Hester<\/em>. The year wraps up with <em>\u2018Light Delight\u2019<\/em> (Gladir, White, Acquaviva &amp; Yoshida: <strong>AMH<\/strong> #65, December) as Sabrina\u2019s aunts <em>Hilda<\/em> and <em>Zelda<\/em> try more modern modes of witchy transport\u2026<\/p>\n<p>With Sabrina\u2019s television debut, the end of 1969 saw a sudden leap in her comics appearances to capitalise on the exposure and resulted in a retitling of her home funnybook. Again crafted by Gladir, White, Acquaviva &amp; Yoshida, <em>\u2018Glower Power\u2019<\/em> comes from <strong>Mad House Ma-Ad Jokes<\/strong> #70 (September) with her duelling another teen mage before the cover of <strong>Archie\u2019s TV Laugh-Out<\/strong> #1 (December: by Dick Malmgren &amp; D\u2019Agostino) leads into <em>\u2018Super Duper Party Pooper\u2019<\/em> and the instant materialisation of a new sitcom lifestyle for the jinxing juvenile.<\/p>\n<p>Sabrina yearns to be a typical High School girl. She lives in suburban seclusion with Hilda &amp; Zelda and <em>Uncle Ambrose.<\/em> She has a pet cat &#8211; <em>Salem<\/em> &#8211; and is tentatively \u201cseeing\u201d childhood pal <em>Harvey Kinkle<\/em>. The cute but clueless boy reciprocates the affection, but is far too scared to rock the boat by acting on his own desires.<\/p>\n<p>He has no idea that his old chum is actually a supernatural being\u2026<\/p>\n<p>This opening sally depicts what happens when surly Hilda takes umbrage at the antics of Archie and his pals after they come over for a visit, whilst <em>\u2018Great Celestial Sparks\u2019<\/em> (pencilled by Gus LeMoine) reveals what lengths witches go to when afflicted with hiccups\u2026<\/p>\n<p>A full-on goggle-box star, Sabrina blossomed in 1970, starting with a little flying practice in <em>\u2018Broom Zoom\u2019<\/em>; boyfriend trouble in <em>\u2018Hex Vex\u2019<\/em>; fortune-telling foolishness in <em>\u2018Hard Card\u2019<\/em>; amulet antics in <em>\u2018Witch Pitch\u2019<\/em> and kitchen conjurings in <em>\u2018Generation Gap\u2019<\/em>: all by Gladir, LeMoine, D\u2019Agostino &amp; Yoshida from <strong>Mad House Ma-Ad Jokes<\/strong> #72 (January). The issue also offered sporting spoofs in <em>\u2018Bowl Roll\u2019<\/em> (Dan DeCarlo).<\/p>\n<p>The so-busy cover of <strong>Archie\u2019s TV Laugh-Out<\/strong> #2 (March 1970) segues into Gladir, Dan D, Lapick &amp; Yoshida\u2019s <em>\u2018A Plug for The Band\u2019<\/em> with Sabrina briefly joining <em>The Archies<\/em>\u2019 pop group, whilst LeMoine contributes a brace of half-page gags &#8211; <em>\u2018Sassy Lassy\u2019<\/em> and <em>\u2018Food Mood\u2019<\/em> &#8211; and limns <em>\u2018That Ol\u2019 Black Magic\u2019<\/em>, wherein the winsome witch\u2019s gifts cause misery to all her new friends in Riverdale\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Dan D\u2019s &amp; Lapick\u2019s June cover for <strong>Archie\u2019s TV Laugh-Out<\/strong> #3 leads into Malmgren-scripted <em>\u2018Double Date\u2019<\/em>, with hapless Harvey causing chaos at home until Ambrose finds a potential putrid paramour for Aunt Hilda. The creatives then launch an occasional series on stage magic with <em>\u2018Sabrina Tricks\u2019<\/em> pages, before single-pagers \u2018<em>Goodbye Mr. Chips\u2019<\/em>, <em>\u2018The Hand Sandwich\u2019<\/em>, <em>\u2018The Sampler\u2019<\/em>, <em>\u2018Never on Sundae\u2019<\/em> and <em>\u2018Finger Licken Good\u2019<\/em> reveal a growing divide between house-proud Hilda and accident-prone, ever-ravenous Harvey.<\/p>\n<p>Interspersed by three more <em>\u2018Sabrina Tricks\u2019<\/em> pages, mystic mayhem continues with mini-epic <em>\u2018I Wanna Hold Your Hand\u2019<\/em> (Malmgren, LeMoine, D\u2019Agostino &amp; Yoshida) as our witch girl disastrously attempts to make Jughead Jones more amenable to <em>Big Ethel<\/em>\u2019s amorous overtures. The food fiascos resume with LeMoine-limned <em>\u2018Good and Bad\u2019<\/em>, as Sabrina\u2019s every good intention is accidentally twisted to bedevil her human pals.<\/p>\n<p>Taken from <strong>Mad House Glads<\/strong> #74 (August 1970), Gladir &amp; LeMoine\u2019s half-page chemistry gag <em>\u2018Strange Session\u2019<\/em> is oddly balanced by the painterly <em>\u2018Blight Sight\u2019<\/em> of long-forgotten never-was <em>Bippy the Hippy<\/em>, before we\u2019re back on track and at the beach for <strong>Archie\u2019s TV Laugh-Out<\/strong> #4 (September, by Gladir, Vigoda, Lapick &amp; Yoshida). In <em>\u2018To Catch a Thief\u2019<\/em> Sabrina again assists Ethel in pinning down elusive, love-shy Jughead, and rounding out the issue are single page pranks <em>\u2018Beddy Bye Time\u2019<\/em> (DeCarlo &amp; Lapick), another <em>\u2018Sabrina Tricks\u2019<\/em> lesson and seaside folly <em>\u2018In the Bag\u2019<\/em> from LeMoine &amp; D\u2019Agostino.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ATVL-O<\/strong> #5 (November) offers up Gladir, Vigoda &amp; Stone\u2019s <em>\u2018I\u2019ll Bite\u2019<\/em> as Sabrina\u2019s hungry schoolfriends learn the perils of raiding Hilda\u2019s fridge and Gladir, DeCarlo &amp; Lapick\u2019s <em>\u2018Hex Vex\u2019<\/em> as Della storms in, demanding tardy Sabrina fulfil her monthly quota of bad deeds\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Sabrina is an atypical witch: living in the mundane world and assiduously passing herself off as normal, and 1971 opens with DeCarlo &amp; Lapick\u2019s cover for <strong>Archie\u2019s TV Laugh-Out<\/strong> #6 (February) and <em>\u2018Match Maker\u2019<\/em> by Frank Doyle, Harry Lucey &amp; Epp as Hilda tries getting rid of Harvey by making him irresistible to Betty &amp; Veronica. No way that can go wrong\u2026<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2018Sabrina the Teen-Age Witch\u2019<\/em> (Gladir, LeMoine, D\u2019Agostino &amp; Yoshida) then uses her powers openly with some kids and learns a trick even ancient crone Hilda cannot fathom. Bolstered by a <em>\u2018Sabrina Tricks\u2019<\/em>, <em>\u2018Carry On, Aunt Hilda\u2019<\/em> (Malmgren, LeMoine &amp; Lapick) hilariously depicts lucky stars shielding Harvey from the wrath of irascible Aunt Hilda\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Bowing to popular demand, the eldritch ingenue finally starred in her own title from April 1971. Dan D &amp; Lapick\u2019s cover for <strong>Sabrina the Teen-Age Witch<\/strong> #1 hinted at much mystic mirth and mayhem which began with <em>\u2018Strange Love\u2019<\/em> (Doyle, Dan D &amp; Lapick). This revealed a jealous response to seeing Harvey with another girl, supplemented by <em>\u2018Sabrina and Salem\u2019s Catty Quiz\u2019<\/em> before hippy warlock <em>Sylvester<\/em> comes out of the woodwork to upset Hilda\u2019s sedate life in <em>\u2018Mission Impossible\u2019<\/em> (Malmgren, LeMoine &amp; D\u2019Agostino).<\/p>\n<p>Another <em>\u2018Sabrina Puzzle\u2019<\/em> neatly moves us to Doyle, Dan D &amp; Lapick\u2019s <em>\u2018An Uncle\u2019s Monkey\u2019<\/em> with Harvey and a pet chimpanzee pushing Hilda to the limits of patience and sanity\u2026<\/p>\n<p>The cover of <strong>Archie\u2019s TV Laugh-Out<\/strong> #7 (May) precedes a long yarn by Doyle, Bob Bolling &amp; D\u2019Agostino as <em>\u2018Archie\u2019s TV Celebrities\u2019<\/em> (the animated Archies, Sabrina and <strong>Josie and the Pussycats<\/strong>) star in <em>\u2018For the Birds\u2019<\/em> with a proposed open-air concert threatened by the protests of a bunch of old ornithology buffs.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Malmgren, LeMoine &amp; D\u2019Agostino, our celebrity pals tackle an instrument-stealing saboteur in <em>\u2018Sounds Crazy to Me\u2019<\/em>, before Sabrina cameos on the cover of <strong>Jughead<\/strong> #192 (May, by Dan DeCarlo &amp; Lapick) before heading for the cover of her second issue (DeCarlo &amp; Lapick, July). Within those pages Malmgren scripts <em>\u2018No Strings Attached\u2019<\/em> as The Archies visit their bewitching buddy just as Hilda turns Harvey into an axe-strumming rock god\u2026<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2018Witch Way is That\u2019<\/em> sees Hilda quickly regret opening her house to Tuned In, Turned On, Dropped Out <em>Cousin Bert<\/em>, prior to Malmgren, Lucey &amp; Epp showing Archie suffering the jibes and jokes of \u2018<em>The Court Jester\u2019<\/em> <em>Reggie<\/em> &#8211; until Sabrina adds a little something extra to the Andrews boys\u2019 basketball repertoire..<\/p>\n<p>At this time the world underwent a revival of supernatural interest and Gothic Romance was The Coming Thing. In a bold experiment, Sabrina had a shot at a dramatic turn as Doyle, Bolling, Joe Sinnott &amp; Yoshida crafted <em>\u2018Death Waits at Dumesburry\u2019<\/em>: a relatively straight horror\/mystery with Sabrina facing a sinister maniac in a haunted castle she inherits\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Rendered by LeMoine &amp; D\u2019Agostino, the cover of <strong>Jughead\u2019s Jokes<\/strong> #24 (July 1971) brings us back to comedy central, as does their cover for <strong>Archie\u2019s TV Laugh-Out<\/strong> #8 (August) and Malmgren\u2019s charity bazaar-set tale <em>\u2018A Sweet Tooth\u2019<\/em>, with the winsome witch discovering even her magic cannot make Veronica\u2019s baked goods edible\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Dan DeCarlo\u2019s cover for <strong>Sabrina the Teen-Age Witch<\/strong> #3 (September) foreshadows a return to drama but in modern milieu as <em>\u2018House Breakers\u2019<\/em> (Malmgren, DeCarlo &amp; Lapick) finds Harvey and Sabrina stranded in an old dark mansion with spooks in situ, after which <em>\u2018Spellbinder\u2019<\/em> (Doyle, Al Hartley) sees Hilda cringe and curse when human catastrophe <em>Big Moose<\/em> pays Sabrina a visit.<\/p>\n<p>Hartley &amp; D\u2019Agostino fly solo on <em>\u2018Auntie Climax\u2019<\/em> as irresistibility spells fly and both Archie and Hilda are caught in an amorous crossfire before Malmgren, Bolling &amp; Lapick show our cast\u2019s human side in <em>\u2018The Tooth Fairy\u2019<\/em> as Archie, Jughead and Sabrina intervene to help a juvenile thief caught in a poverty trap \u2026<\/p>\n<p>A trio of DeCarlo &amp; Lapick covers &#8211; <strong>Archie\u2019s TV Laugh Out<\/strong> #9 (September), <strong>Archie\u2019s Pals \u2018n\u2019 Gals<\/strong> #66 (October) and <strong>Sabrina the Teen-Age Witch<\/strong> #4 (October) segue into the teen thaumaturge\u2019s fourth solo issue, where Doyle, Goldberg &amp; D\u2019Agostino set the cauldron bubbling with <em>\u2018Hex Marks the Spot\u2019<\/em> as Aunts Hilda and Zelda nostalgically opine for their adventurous bad old days but something seems set on thwarting every spell they cast, after which <em>\u2018Which Witch is Right?\u2019<\/em> (LeMoine pencils) finds obnoxious <em>Reggie Mantle<\/em> uncovering Sabrina\u2019s sorcerous secrets.<\/p>\n<p>Goldberg &amp; Sinnott illustrate <em>\u2018Switch Witch\u2019<\/em> as officious Della suspends Sabrina\u2019s powers as a punishment and can\u2019t understand why the girl is delirious instead of heartbroken, whilst Hartley &amp; Sinnott contribute a run of madcap one-pagers from Gladir, Malmgren and Doyle with clue-packed titles such as <em>\u2018Out of Sight\u2019<\/em>, <em>\u2018Beauty and the Beast\u2019<\/em>, <em>\u2018The Teen Scene<\/em>\u2018, <em>\u2018So That\u2019s Why\u2019<\/em> and <em>\u2018Time to Retire\u2019<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Wrapping up the issue is <em>\u2018The Storming of Casket Island\u2019<\/em> by Doyle, LeMoine &amp; D\u2019Agostino, blending stormy sailing, sinister swindling skulduggery and menacing mystic retribution\u2026<\/p>\n<p>More covers follow: <strong>Archie<\/strong> #213 and <strong>Archie\u2019s TV Laugh Out<\/strong> #10 (both November by Dan D &amp; Lapick) and <strong>Archie\u2019s Christmas Stocking<\/strong> #190 (December, Hartley &amp; D\u2019Agostino), which latter also contributes Hartley &amp; Sinnott\u2019s <em>\u2018Card Shark\u2019<\/em>, with Sabrina joining Archie and the gang to explore the point and purpose of seasonal greetings postings. DeCarlo &amp; Lapick\u2019s cover of <strong>Betty and Me<\/strong> #39 brings the momentous year to a close\u2026<\/p>\n<p>The last year covered in this titanic tome is 1972, kicking off with DeCarlo &amp; Lapick\u2019s cover for <strong>Archie Annual<\/strong> #23, before their <strong>Sabrina\u2019s Christmas Magic<\/strong> #196 cover (January) opens on a winter wonderland of seasonal sentiment. It all starts with <em>\u2018Hidden Claus\u2019<\/em> (by featured team Hartley &amp; Sinnott) as Sabrina ignores her aunt\u2019s mockery and seeks out the real Father Christmas &#8211; just in time to help him with an existential and labour crisis\u2026<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2018Sabrina\u2019s Wrap Session\u2019<\/em> offers tips on gifting and packaging whilst <em>\u2018Hot Dog with Relish\u2019<\/em> sees the witch woman zap Jughead\u2019s mooching canine companion and make him a guy any girl could fall for. Doyle, Goldberg &amp; Sinnott concocted <em>\u2018The Spell of the Season\u2019<\/em>, depicting our troubled teen torn between embracing Christmas and wrecking it as any true witch would. Guess which side wins the emotional tug-of-war?<\/p>\n<p>More handicraft secrets are shared in <em>\u2018Sabrina\u2019s Instant Christmas Decorations\u2019<\/em> before Hartley &amp; Sinnott\u2019s <em>\u2018Sabrina Asks<\/em><em>\u2026<\/em><em> What Does Christmas Mean to You?\u2019<\/em> and <em>\u2018Sabrina Answers Questions About Christmas\u2019<\/em>, after which cartoon storytelling resumes with <em>\u2018Mission Possible\u2019<\/em> as Hilda &amp; Zelda find their own inner Samaritan.<\/p>\n<p>Despite a rather distressing (and misleading) title <em>\u2018Popcorn Poopsie\u2019<\/em> reveals a way of making tasty decorative snacks whilst <em>\u2018Sabrina\u2019s Animal Crackers\u2019<\/em> tells a tale of men turned to beasts before a yuletide <em>\u2018Sabrina Pin-Up\u2019<\/em> and exercise feature <em>\u2018Sabrina Keeps in Christmas Trim\u2019<\/em> return us to the entertainment section.<\/p>\n<p>An all-Hartley affair, <em>\u2018Sabrina\u2019s Witch Wisher\u2019<\/em> examines what the vast cast would say if given a single wish, after which Doyle, Goldberg &amp; Sinnott conclude this mammoth meander down memory lane by revealing how an evil warlock was punished by becoming <em>\u2018A Tree Named Obadiah\u2019<\/em>. Now &#8211; decked out in lights and tinsel &#8211; he\u2019s back and making mischief in Veronica\u2019s house\u2026<\/p>\n<p>An epic, enticing and always enchanting experience, the classic adventures of <strong>Sabrina the Teenage Witch<\/strong> are sheer timeless comics delight that no true fan will ever grow out of &#8211; and who says you have to?<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/sabrina-vol-1-bk.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2105\" height=\"1496\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-28770\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/sabrina-vol-1-bk.jpg 2105w, https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/sabrina-vol-1-bk-150x107.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/sabrina-vol-1-bk-250x178.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/sabrina-vol-1-bk-768x546.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/sabrina-vol-1-bk-1536x1092.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/sabrina-vol-1-bk-2048x1455.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><br \/>\n\u00a9 1962-1972, 2017 Archie Comic Publications, Inc. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By George Gladir, Frank Doyle, Dick Malmgren, Al Hartley, Dan DeCarlo, Joe Edwards, Rudy Lapick, Vince DeCarlo, Bob White, Bill Kresse, Bill Vigoda, Mario Acquaviva, Jimmy DeCarlo, Chic Stone, Bill Yoshida, Stan Goldberg, Jon D\u2019Agostino, Gus LeMoine, Harry Lucey, Marty Epp, Bob Bolling, Joe Sinnott &amp; various (Archie Comic Publications) ISBN: 978-1-936975-94-5 (TPB\/Digital edition) Created &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/2023\/10\/19\/sabrina-the-teenage-witch-the-complete-collection-volume-1-1962-1972-sabrinas-spellbook-book-1\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Sabrina the Teenage Witch The Complete Collection volume 1: 1962-1972 (Sabrina\u2019s Spellbook Book 1)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[141,113,102,66,97,328,225,127,210],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archie-comics","category-comedy","category-fantasy","category-horror-stories","category-kids-all-ages","category-music","category-mystery","category-nostalgia","category-sport"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4AFj-7u1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28769"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28769\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28773,"href":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28769\/revisions\/28773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}