The new series will be titled CHILLING ADVENTURES OF SABRINA. It will be released in October 2014. It will be written by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and penciled by Robert Hack. It will be an all-out horror comic book featuring witches and demons and dark magic. It doesn't sound like it's a direct spin-off of AFTERLIFE WITH ARCHIE. In fact, it sounds like it's a stand alone series:
Sabrina straddles the real world and an ancient pagan place while mastering her powers, but she also maintains a secret identity, unlike the Sabrina in the current non-horror Archie comics.I'm very excited to learn about Madame Satan's inclusion. She is a golden age MLJ character, but was most recently seen in THE FOX #1.
No one knows she's a witch, not even her mortal boyfriend Harvey Kinkle, says Aguirre-Sacasa. "And the cost of anyone finding out her secret — which happens at the end of the first issue — comes with dire, deadly consequences."
Sabrina's longtime supporting cast will be in the series, from her aunts Hilda and Zelda to Salem Saberhagen, a witch who's been turned into a talking cat. Madame Satan will be one of the core villains, appearing along with the Enchantress, the Witches' Council, Sabrina's Greendale High rival Rosalind and various supernatural creatures and curses.
Needless to say, this title will be added to my comic book pull-list!