The Complete Sabrina the Teenage Witch: 1962-1971 by Archie ComicsMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
The Complete Sabrina the Teenage Witch volume one collects 500+ pages of Sabrina comics from 1962 to early 1972.
I'm an Archie guy from way back and this was only $4.99 at the Archie shop BEFORE the discount. I've read more Archie books during the quarantine than during the previous 20 years combined.
Sabrina engages in typical Archie-style teenage hijinks with the added bonus of being a witch and dealing with matters of the witching world. Most of the stories are drawn in the Archie house style and many of those are drawn by Dan DeCarlo, innovator of the Archie style. In fact, I found myself skipping the stories that were drawn off-model.
The stories are fun fluff, much like the Archie books. There are no overly memorable stories aside from the one where Sabrina meets Santa Claus and that one was mostly memorable because Joe Sinnott drew it in the typical Archie style with some Marvel-esque touches. Sabrina suffered from the lack of a robust supporting cast other than her family until she moved to Riverdale and became part of the Archie cast.
Since the Archie style isn't hyper detailed or heavily inked, the lack of color hurt the collection a little. It's fun watching Sabrina experience timely things like hippies and woman's liberation. And wearing hot pants in one story. It's also fun seeing what elements have made it into the more recent, more serious Sabrina books. Poor Harvey has no idea what is in store for him.
The Complete Sabrina the Teenage Witch is good for hours and hours of wholesome, slightly occult fun. Three out of five burning witches.
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