SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH #1 Makes the Year’s Most Spellbinding Debut – In Comic Shops Everywhere October 7th!

By Carlos Morales

on September 3, 2026

JUST IN TIME FOR HALLOWEEN, EVERYONE’S FAVORITE WITCH NEXT DOOR IS BACK WITH AN ALL-NEW ONGOING SERIES … AND ONE OF THE YEAR’S MOST ANTICIPATED DEBUTS! Oni Press – the multiple Eisner and Harvey Award-winning publisher of groundbreaking comics and graphic novels since 1997 – and the world-renowned Archie Comic Publications, Inc. are proud to unveil an extended look inside SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH #1, the latest in the stunning and fun-fueled new line of Archie comics coming from Oni Press this fall! On October 7th, join Hugo Award-nominated writer Corinna Bechko (Green Lantern: Earth One, EC’s Blood Type) and Eisner Award-nominated artist Kano (Daredevil, EC’s Cruel Universe) to summon a new spell of magic and mischief in a brand-new ongoing series hell-bent on launching comics’ most iconic sorceress-in-training into a spectacular new era for Archie Comics!

“Writing Sabrina has been an absolute blast!” said writer Corinna Bechko. “I can’t wait for readers to see what she’s up to this October, especially since Kano’s spectacular art is sure to enchant. And I think fans of fictional felines will be thrilled to fall under Sabrina’s spell too.”

Who’d ever want to be ordinary when you could be a teenage witch instead? Still reeling from the surprise revelation of her secret birthright and with Halloween just around the corner, high schooler Sabrina Spellman is honing her craft one hex at a time and figuring out how to balance her magical new life with the crushing responsibilities of being 16 years old. But when her feline familiar Salem drops a mythical trickster on Sabrina’s literal doorstep, she might not be able to keep her two worlds from smashing together like two busted pumpkins on All Hallow’s Eve. No time for fate. No time for destiny. No time for homework. Being a teenager is far from magical . . . even when you’re a witch!

“October is the time for changing leaves, porch pumpkins, and a little bit of magic from our favorite teenage witch,” said Editor Megan Brown. “Sabrina Spellman is brought to life in wicked awesome fashion by the fabulous talents of Corinna Bechko and Kano. I hope readers see these pages and know a happy Halloween is just around the corner!”

More than a month before it hits stands, get ready to find out why Oni’s milestone reinvention of Archie’s most magical icon is already turning heads as one of the 2026’s most dazzling new series debuts

The fun starts on MIDNIGHT (12:01 AM, to be precise) on Wednesday, October 7th as Oni Press invites readers and retailers to open up their doors in the dead of night and ring in the witching hour with an early, midnight release for Oni’s SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH #1 – featuring a devilishly wicked, open-order “Pyre Satanic” variant cover by cover artist Chloe Brailsford (Lobo, The Deadman) produced especially for retailers celebrating Sabrina’s return with their own midnight mass! Plus: Don’t miss out on the SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH #1’s enchanting array of shelf covers and incentive variants, including phantasmagorical pieces by main cover by series artist Kano as well as regular and limited edition variants by Kano, Eisner Award-nominated cover artist Marguerite Sauvage (Action Comics), Naomi Franq (Tales from Harrow County: Death’s Choir), Eisner Award–winning cartoonist Caroline Cash (PeePee PooPoo), legendary Archie Comics artist Dan Parent (Life with Kevin), Eisner Award–winning artist Erica Henderson (The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl), and Mahmud Asrar (Conan the Barbarian)!

But the milestone comic publishing event of 2026 doesn’t stop there!

This September, a new day is dawning in Riverdale as New York Times bestselling writer, Edgar Award and Philip K. Dick Award winner, and Eisner Award nominee Ben H. Winters (The Last Policeman Trilogy, Benjamin) joins multiple Eisner Award–winning artist Fábio Moon (Daytripper, Casanova) and multiple Shuster Award-winning cover artist Stuart Immonen (All-New X-Men, New Avengers) to reintroduce America’s favorite teenager! For his entire life, 17-year-old Archie Andrews has had it all: adoring friends, football glory, and a natural charm that always seems to make him the center of attention. Now, through his eyes, experience the warmth and wonder of Riverdale and its near-infinite roster of residents—the popular kids, the endearing oddballs, and everyone in between—as Archie embarks on a whirlwind, all-star adventure through his town’s past, present, and future . . . beginning with a local film festival that’s about to turn everything upside down! And, at the center of it all, lies an enigmatic paradox that only Archie’s pal Jughead Jones can possibly unravel . . . Plus: Puzzles! Pin-ups! And a veritable sweet shop of surprises that all link to the same inextricable mystery . . . Finally, your antidote for postmodern malaise has arrived. Welcome to the all-new ARCHIE #1 this September!

Then, in November, the inferno begins in ARCHIE IN HELL #1! In another time, in another Riverdale, Archie Andrews’ radiant life is about to turn pitch black. Separated from his friends and bound by a terrible curse, there’s only one way to save Archie: to damn him. But he won’t be alone for long . . . The next smash hit in Archie’s wildly successful horror line is ARCHIE IN HELL! Join multiple Eisner Award winner Patrick Horvath (Beneath the Trees where Nobody Sees) and Eisner Award nominee Tyler Crook (Out of Alcatraz, Harrow County) as they forge a brand-new legend of Archie horror, leaving a blood-stained trail from 1690 to the present day.

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