
Salem first appeared alongside Sabrina in Archie's Mad House #22 in 1962, and was created by George Gladir and Dan DeCarlo.Įarlier comics portray Salem as a normal orange-colored feline who does not speak. A formerly human witch, Salem was sentenced by the Witch's Council to spend 100 years as a cat, as punishment for trying to take over the world. Salem is an American Shorthair cat who lives with Sabrina Spellman, Hilda Spellman and Zelda Spellman in the fictional town of Greendale, located near Riverdale. Salem Saberhagen is a fictional character from the American Archie Comics comic series Sabrina the Teenage Witch. As a witch, possessed a wide range of magical powers, including the ability to time travel, fly and shape-shift Luke Cook ( Chilling Adventures of Sabrina)Īmerican Shorthair cat, formerly a wizardĪs a cat, possesses either very limited or no magical abilities.
Ian James Corlett ( Sabrina: Secrets of a Teenage Witch) Maurice LaMarche ( Sabrina's Secret Life) Nick Bakay (Sitcom series, Sabrina: The Animated Series) Art by Gisele "Gil" (pencils), Rich "Richele" Koslowski (inks) “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” will premier on Netflix on Friday, October 26th.Salem in Archie #636 (August 2012). The series stars Kiernan Shipka, Ross Lynch, Miranda Otto, Lucy Davis, Jaz Sinclair, Chance Perdomo, Michelle Gomez, Richard Coyle, Bronson Pinchot and Tati Gabrielle.


Aguirre-Sacasa executive produces alongside Riverdale collaborators Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, Archie Comics CEO Jon Goldwater and Lee Toland Krieger. Riverdale showrunner Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, who also serves as chief creative officer of Archie Comics, penned the script for the series.

Tonally in the vein of Rosemary’s Baby and The Exorcist, this adaptation finds Sabrina wrestling to reconcile her dual nature - half-witch, half-mortal - while standing against the evil forces that threaten her, her family and the daylight world humans inhabit.” Synopsis: “The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, starring Kiernan Shipka, imagines the origin and adventures of Sabrina the Teenage Witch as a dark coming-of-age story that traffics in horror, the occult and, of course, witchcraft. You can watch the behind-the-scenes featurette below, featuring a look at Salem the cat.
