“Archie and Sabrina”—Archie #705
One of the biggest mysteries looming over Riverdale’s sixth season is whether Sabrina might stick around after she brings a bit of magic to Riverdale, and teaches Cheryl a thing or two about reading out old spells you don’t understand. Because the show’s aged its characters up and taken them to points in their lives that Archie Comics hasn’t spent too much time exploring, there’s no one set arc that Riverdale might directly borrow from. That being said, there have been some interesting runs in the last few years that might serve as a solid basis for whatever Riverdale’s cooking up. Nick Spencer’s time on Archie established Archie and Sabrina as a new couple dating in secret, much to the annoyance of Betty and Veronica, who spent a fair amount of time trying to figure out who the new blonde girl in town is.
Where most Archie comics have treated Sabrina as a featured player who’s always waiting in the wings for a guest spot, the recent Archie comics have turned her more into one of Riverdale’s regulars, and a witch moving to town honestly wouldn’t be the oddest thing to happen in Riverdale history. What’s more likely, though, is that whatever happens in Riverdale’s sixth season will in some way factor into The Occult World of Sabrina, writer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and artist Audrey Mok’s upcoming comic book continuation of the Netflix series.
