On Wednesday, February 19th, Archie Comics is releasing the one-shot CHILLING ADVENTURES PRESENTS… THE NINE LIVES OF SALEM! Salem — Sabrina Spellman’s magical feline familiar — stars in his second solo one-shot following 2022’s CHILLING ADVENTURES OF SALEM, both written by horror master Cullen Bunn.
Part of Archie’s “Chilling Adventures Presents” series of horror one-shots, NINE LIVES OF SALEM is a standalone exploration of a fan-favorite character who was recently popularized in the Netflix streaming series Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. Writer Bunn said, “We’re setting our fiendish feline up as an occult investigator of sorts, the John Constantine of the Archie Universe. And, make no mistake, even with a cat as the protagonist, these stand-alone stories are dark and horror-filled. You can grab a copy and delight in the terror we’re unleashing in these pages.”
“I’m grateful to be back in the world of Archie Horror, and to sink my teeth into this terrifying story penned by the amazing mind of Cullen Bunn,” Schoening said. “This time around, I’ll be working on designs and layouts, then passing along finishing duties to the sublime hand of Ben Galvan. We’ve also whipped up some never-before-seen gruesome characters for this issue that you won’t want to miss.“
Galvan, a regular artist on Archie’s line of all-ages comics along with his father Bill, added, “It’s always exciting for me to switch over from classic Archie to demonic Archie because it’s such a striking switch-up! Cullen’s mythical Americana mixed with Dan’s scary-beautiful style and detail guarantees some horrifying fun for the Archie Universe.”
Here’s a look at the covers, synopsis, and preview pages
for this week’s new release from Archie Comics…
CHILLING ADVENTURES PRESENTS… THE NINE LIVES OF SALEM
Story by Cullen Bunn
Layouts by Dan Schoening
Line Art by Ben Galvan
Colored by Matt Herms
Lettered by Jack Morelli
Covers & Cover Artists:
Dan Schoening w/ Matt Herms (Cover A)
Robert Hack (Cover B)
32-page, full color comic
$4.99 U.S.
On Sale Date: 2/19
Salem was once a powerful warlock whose misuse of powers led him to live the rest of his life in servitude, acting as a cat familiar to a family of witches. But even in feline form, he can’t escape the sins of his past. And when some familiar faces return seeking revenge, he might just use up all of his nine lives trying to save himself from their wrath.
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About Archie Comics:
The Archie Comics line of comic books is one of the most successful, longest running brands in the history of the comic industry. Archie Comics have sold 2 billion comics and are published in a dozen different foreign languages and distributed all over the world. Archie Comics has spawned characters whose popularity have spilled over into other media and who have become part of popular culture. SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH and JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS are just some of the many legendary franchises that are part of the Archie Comics Library.
