Book Review: Sabrina: The Teen-Age Witch issue #27

Book: Sabrina: The Teen-Age Witch issue #27

Edition: Single Print Edition

Rating: 5 stars

Review:

This is another issue I found in the discount bin at the comic book store. The cover may not be in the best condition but it was still a good read. This was published in 1975 and the funny thing is, I couldn't find any credit for the writers and artists for any of the stories. Perhaps they didn't start listing them until later on. In this issue, there were four Sabrina stories and one Li'l Jinx short story.


Story #1: "Salem Sing Along"

In this story, Sabrina's Aunt Hilda was not enjoying the song that Sabrina was singing. She felt the song was too modern and too kind and caring, certainly not something that a witch should be singing. Plus, Hilda preferred the old songs. Feeling defeated, Sabrina went up to the attic to think and wound up finding some of Hilda's old music books. After she found a song that she really liked, Sabrina went to go play it for her aunt. However, she had no idea that playing the song would cause so much trouble.

When she played the song, it was like she conjured a spell because it was a total magical disaster causing all types of problems around the house. But that turned out to be a good thing for Sabrina because Aunt Hilda no longer had a problem with the song Sabrina used to sing.



Story #2: "Not Wanted!" (Li'l Jinx)

In this short story, Li'l Jinx had a cold and couldn't go out to play with her friend Gi Gi.



Story #3: "Cold Wave"

On a very hot and sunny day, Harvey came over for a visit and couldn't help commenting on how cool it was in Sabrina's house. He had no idea it was magic keeping the house cool and in a rare display of kindness Aunt Hilda placed a spell on Harvey to keep him cool once he left the house.

It wasn't until Sabrina's Uncle Ambrose pointed out a problem in the kitchen that everyone realized that Hilda's magic was malfunctioning. They had to call in the Zelda, the Head Witch to fix all of Hilda's spells. It's a good thing Sabrina remembered the spell casted on Harvey before it was too late.



Story #4: "A Spell in the Sun"

Sabrina, Hilda and Ambrose take in a day at the beach but Hilda was not enjoying herself. From a rambunctious little boy who kept tossing sand in her face to a rude teenager, Hilda used a little magic to make the day better but her attempt to enjoy a meal on the beach may have created some unexplainable trouble for the family.



Story #5: "Pocus Hocus"

This last story has Sabrina assisting Harvey in a magic show. Seeing how horrible he was doing with his act, Sabrina cast a few spells to help him out. Thanks to Sabrina's help the audience thought Harvey was only pretending to be a bad magician. Too bad Harvey wasn't in on it because despite all the cheers from the audience he ended up being confused with how the show turned out.


Having magical powers doesn't make life easy, it seems to cause nothing but trouble for Sabrina and her family. Even when they try to help, it turns out wrong. I love reading these old comics, they're so much fun. The stories were written as light and humorous with the artwork showing all the zaniness that occurs.