“Super Duper Party Pooper”—Archie’s TV Laugh-Out #1
After Sabrina’s first appearance in Archie’s Madhouse #22—a short story explaining how the teen witch was tasked with causing trouble for other young mortals—she began showing up in other Archie Comics projects like Archie’s TV Laugh-Out, a comedy series starring characters like Archie, Betty, Veronica, and Jughead. In her earliest appearances, Sabrina wasn’t yet being depicted as a full-on servant of the devil, but rather one of many young witches tasked with conjuring up small-scale mischief for mortals while hiding the nature of her magical abilities.
These early comics established Sabrina’s relationship with her Aunt Zelda and Cousin Ambrose, but they also brought Sabrina herself into the orbits of the Riverdale teens with whom she made fast friends. Though Sabrina’s solo adventures involving the people from her own life often focused on the idea of witches wanting to stay separate from mortals, her antics with Archie and the gang all highlighted how, despite her upbringing and Zelda’s distaste for humans, Sabrina couldn’t deny wanting to socialize and be friendly with her fellow youths.
