Title: Sabrina the Teenage Witch Holiday Special
Issue: 1
Date: 2024
Publisher: Archie Comics
Writer: Kelly Thompson, Danielle Page
Artist: Veronica Fish, Veronica Johnson
Letterer: Jack Morelli
Colorist: Matt Herms
Cover: Jay Kennedy
Editor: Jamie Lee Rotante, Vincent Lovallo, Stephen Oswald
Two stories here. The first one has Sabrina and a crew of girls at the Academy of Unseen Arts pulling off a bold plan to rescue a fellow student who was abducted by a batlike demon. Sabrina ventures into the demon's dimension while her classmates keep the portal open and prepare a reception for the demon. This was fun, tightly written and delightfully girl-powered. It was nice to see a serious-but-fun side of Sabrina.
The second story is a flashback to Hilda and Zelda as teenagers, and involves a less-confident Hilda calling up a trickster spirit that threatens to cause all sorts of mayhem on the Solstice. I didn't really have the background knowledge to fully appreciate this, and the level of the threat the characters faced seemed to be a bit ill-defined. I did appreciate the exploration of the themes of family and tradition.
It was also nice to see a holiday-themed comic that kept its focus fully on Solstice.
Rating: 7/10
