The Netflix adaptation, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, is a much darker take on Sabrina Spellman and is a straight-up horror series. Sabrina is now the daughter of Lucifer and her abilities are more akin to that of a demonic force. RELATED: Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Has the BEST Battle of the Bands However, the once bubbly witch has now become a figure in YA horror in the more recent series, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. Created by writer George Gladir and artist Dan DeCarlo, the character made her debut appearance in the Archie Comic, Archie's Madhouse #22 in 1962, and was eventually given her own series in 1983, Sabrina the Teenage Witch. Much like the television adaptation, the comic was light-hearted and featured Sabrina secretly using her powers to help people. The series was based on the comic of the same name which featured the half-witch Sabrina Spellman living in the town of Greendale. It ran from 1996 to 2003, ending after seven seasons. The whole series had an uplifting tone and bright atmosphere that taught important life lessons through Sabrina's use of her magic. Sabrina Spellman was just an average girl who spent much of her time trying to fix her problems with magic. Not the worst of it's era, but "Hot Wheels" was more entertaining, and "Scooby-Doo" looks like "Masterpiece Theater" in comparison.Sabrina the Teenage Witch starring Melissa Joan Hart was a cheesy teen sitcom about a girl trying to juggle high school whilst hiding the fact that she's a witch. I guess they never bothered to look up the meaning of the word "ghoul". This actually lasted longer than the Sabrina show itself. There was no other way to tell! Quickly spun off were the "Groovy Ghoulies", an assortment of Munsters rejects related (in some undefined way) to Sabrina. I can tell you that Aunt Zelda looks A LOT better in real life (AKA live action Sabrina) than on this cartoon! The stories were typically witless, with no imagination and painfully loud and blatantly fake laugh track thoughtfully telling you which were the funny parts. Sabrina herself was OK, but the associated characters were pretty annoying. It was clearly recognized as such, because after a short run on late Saturday mornings, it switched to the Sunday morning "filler" slot. The standards in 1970-71 weren't real high, but we (my brother and I, Saturday Morning Cartoon aficionados of the highest order at 8 and 10 years old) always recognized the "Archie" cartoons as clearly second or third rate. This was clearly another "Archie" product, in fact Sabrina started appearing in the "Archie" cartoons for a few weeks before Sabrina came out on her own. The cartoon Sabrina was a not much of a cartoon even when it first came out.
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