Line #61 ComicBook/ChillingAdventuresOfSabrina


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2	After the success of ''ComicBook/AfterlifeWithArchie'' it became clear that Creator/ArchieComics really could take a well-known, family friendly franchise and give it a horrifying twist. So why not try it again with their ''other'' popular series?
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4	Born to a human mother and a warlock father, Sabrina is a teenage girl being raised by her two aunts, Zelda and Hilda. While hiding her powers from her mortal peers, she must juggle being a witch with love, friendships, and all the hardships of being a high schooler.
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6	The series, written by Creator/RobertoAguirreSacasa, is a horror twist on the original ''ComicBook/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'' mythos. Characters like cousin Ambrose are brought back and the overall story is more similar to the pre-[[Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch sitcom]] incarnations, but with a darker mood.
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8	A television adaptation of the comic aired on Creator/{{Netflix}} for four seasons. It was originally announced as being in development at the Creator/TheCW, where it would serve as a spin-off to their other Creator/ArchieComics series ''Series/{{Riverdale}}''. Creator/KiernanShipka (''Series/MadMen'') played the title character.
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10	!!This Comic Book Provides Examples Of:
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12	* AdaptationDyeJob:
13	** Zelda traditionally has green hair but here it's black.
14	** Salem is larger than usual and has longer fur.
15	* AdaptationalVillainy: The aunts weren't originally the most heroic characters but here their comedic side is nonexistent and their creepiness is dialed up.
16	* AlternativeContinuity: To the original comic series and to ''ComicBook/AfterlifeWithArchie'' despite sharing the same character of Sabrina the Teenage Witch and head writer.
17	* AscendedExtra:
18	** Cousin Ambrose is brought back into the limelight after being DemotedToExtra in the main comics.
19	** After they appeared in cameos in #1 and #4, Betty Cooper and Veronica Lodge returned and played a major role in the story, first by bringing back Madam Satan and later [[spoiler:Edward Spellman's spirit in Harvey's body]].
20	* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy:
21	** Janet Leigh was apparently a witch.
22	** Ann Margaret was a witch,
23	** Giles Corey, a victim of the Salem Witch Trials, is [[SalemIsWitchCountry stated to have been an actual warlock]].
24	** Creator/RudyardKipling is implied to be another example. Turns out he's Ambrose's uncle and the one who gave him Nag and Nagaina.
25	* BodySnatcher: [[spoiler:Edward Spellman takes over Harvey's body after he dies.]]
26	* BlueAndOrangeMorality: The entire witches' council is portrayed this way due to their worship of Satan. Things like driving mortals insane, bringing back the dead, cannibalism and goat slaughtering to summon Satan is part of a witch's routine.
27	* CameBackWrong: [[spoiler: Harvey]], who came back with Edward Spellman wearing him as a skinsuit.
28	* CatsAreSnarkers: Salem, who is probably the character least changed from previous incarnations.
29	* CatsHaveNineLives: Salem says he would have killed himself nine times if he had no hopes of returning to his human form.
30	* DarkerAndEdgier: While the comedic edge is still present to some degree, this series is very clearly a horror story.
31	* DayInTheLimelight: Issue #6 focuses on the backstories of Salem, Nag and Nagaina.
32	* DealWithTheDevil: Edward Spellman [[spoiler:tried to summon Satan but eventually decided to summon a shapeshifting demon to trick the witch community. As payment, the demon took the soul of a dark priest who was an obstacle between Edward and his goal.]]
33	* DeliberateValuesDissonance: The 1960s attitude about race, women, single mothers, and homosexuality is frequently mentioned in the story.
34	* DogsAreDumb: Referenced. Zelda states that dogs aren't smart enough to be {{familiar}}s.
35	* EvenEvilHasStandards: Edward is seriously twisted, but he draws the line at using his current disguise as [[spoiler: Harvey]] for the sake of VillainousIncest.
36	* FateWorseThanDeath: Salem would have killed himself if he didn't have any hopes of returning to human form.
37	* GodivaHair:
38	** Madam Satan, in her nude scenes, and whenever her breasts aren't conveniently in shadows.
39	** Same with the naked witches who curse Samuel/Salem.
40	* {{Glamour}}: According to Sabrina Glamours are Vanity Spells Fairy Magic Ambrose corrects her and explains that Glamours are Protection Spells And that Witches not Fairies invented them
41	* ImAHumanitarian: Sabrina's aunts are heavily implied to eat fresh human corpses.
42	** [[spoiler:Edward-in-Harvey's-body kills and eats Harvey's parents. It ain't pretty.]]
43	* ImagineSpot: [[spoiler:After Harvey is killed, Sabrina imagines how their lives would have been if she chose the mortal side of her heritage.]]
44	* MagicIsEvil: The series gleefully embraces the "witches = HollywoodSatanism" paradigm that non-Chilling Sabrina generally avoids.
45	* MistakenForGay: Veronica mistakes Madam Satan for a lesbian at first, who implies that many witches are mistaken for gay women.
46	* MythologyGag: The title is a reference to an otherwise unrelated 70s ''Sabrina'' series named "''Chilling Adventures in Sorcery as Told By Sabrina"'', which also had horror stories in it.
47	* NakedOnArrival: When we first see Madam Satan, she has just been summoned up from Hell, and wanders around naked for a while until she finds a blanket to wrap herself in.
48	* OnlySaneMan: Salem has a tendency to slip into this role. He even {{Lampshades}} it:
49	-->"Since when did ''I'' become the voice of reason? ...I don't enjoy it."
50	* PeriodPiece: Written in TheNewTens but it takes place in TheSixties.
51	* PollyWantsAMicrophone: In issue #2, a man named Martin Coslaw is killed (indirectly) by Madam Satan and brought back as her familiar, a talking crow.
52	* PrecisionFStrike: After her husband steals their infant daughter from her arms after her failed attempt at escaping him.
53	-->Diana: '''Damn you''', Edward, she's our daughter!!
54	* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: Zig-Zagged a little with Ambrose's snake familiars, Nag and Nagaina. They're a little creepy and don't seem to have much of a conscience, but they're really no worse than any of the other familiars in the series, and are downright affectionate towards Ambrose.
55	* SameCharacterButDifferent: In the older ''Sabrina'' comics, Ambrose was stout, mustachioed and middle-aged, and the calm, reasonable counterpoint to the short-tempered, impulsive Hilda. In this comic he's slim, clean-shaven, teenaged and impetuous, having been expelled from boarding school for magical DisproportionateRetribution over a minor prank.
56	* ShoutOut:
57	** The three thugs that attempt to chase down and stab young Harvey Kinkle share their names with three of the gang members in ''Film/StandByMe'' and the novella it was based on: Billy and Charlie retain their first names with the characters from the latter, while Johnny Merrill lost his "Ace" nickname but kept his last name. The relations are also similar, with one of the goons being the older brother of the victim's best friend, and the younger brother telling the protagonist about the thing they're searching for (dirty magazines vs. a dead body).
58	** Appropriately enough, Nag and Nagaina are the names of the cobras in Kipling's "Rikki-Tikki-Tavvi".
59	* SnarkyNonhumanSidekick: There are four in the comic so far. There's Salem for Sabrina, of course; Nag and Nagaina for Ambrose, and Martin Coslaw for Madam Satan.
60	* StrongFamilyResemblance: Sabrina resembles her mother quite a bit, more so when her hair was still blonde.
61	* WasOnceAMan:
62	** Salem was once Samuel, an immigrant who came to live in Salem and was transformed by a witch before the infamous witch trials.

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