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If you’re anxiously waiting for the final part of Netflix’s Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, here’s something that should help tide things over a little: Archie Comics is releasing a special one-shot comic book set in the world of the show titled Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Presents: Madam Satan. And as a bonus, you don’t even need to wait until the comic is released on Wednesday, October 21, as we’ve got an exclusive look inside, right here.
Michelle Gomez’s Madam Satan is rightly a fan-favorite. From her pitch perfect line-delivery, to angular cheekbones and smoldering chemistry with certain other cast members (#MadamSpellman for life), the woman sometimes known as Ms. Wardwell makes it look good to be bad. She’s also — as the name indicates — sometimes the bride of Satan, aka Lilith. And briefly, between Seasons 1 and 2, she was the de facto queen of Hell.
That’s where this one-shot picks up… Sort of. Like with the upcoming Riverdale Presents: Southside Serpents one-shot coming in January, these books exist in a half-way point between the series and the comic books, not contradicting the continuity of the shows; but not necessarily existing in any particular place during the series, either.
To that end, the pages below, with art by Julius Ohta, Matt Herms, and Jack Morelli, give the sense of Gomez and her hellish environs, but also capture the look artist Robert Hack established with the original, critically acclaimed Chilling Adventures of Sabrina comic he created with writer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa.
“Maybe I’m projecting here because of this times we live in, but this story is about the kind of isolation that comes with power and hate,” writer Eliot Rahal told Decider via statement provided by Archie Comics. “It’s a character study about someone who needs to be loved, but does not love back. It’s about fulfillment, naked desire, and a personal Hell set in Hell. And the art . . . it’s heavenly. It’s once again proof that horror is tasteful. That horror is beautiful. That horror is art, and not some cheap thrill ride that so many people unfortunately associate with the genre.”
Check out the solicit text below, info provided to comic shops in order to spur on sales, and check out the exclusive pages, as well. And perhaps while you’re doing that, some of those dark feelings about Netflix not releasing the final part of CAOS in October will disappear, magically.
CHILLING ADVENTURES OF SABRINA PRESENTS: MADAM SATAN ONE-SHOT
From the world of the hit series CHILLING ADVENTURES OF SABRINA comes MADAM SATAN. The Queen of Hell has had enough playing second fiddle to the Devil himself and is ready to take matters into her own hands! Will Madam Satan prove herself to be the most powerful being of the Underworld? Find out in this terrifying one-shot tale!
Script: Eliot Rahal
Art: Julius Ohta, Matt Herms, Jack Morelli
Cover: Julius Ohta
Variant Cover: Robert Hack
On Sale Date: 10/21
32-page, full color comic
$3.99 U.S.
