‘Archie’ #1 Variant Joins ‘Sabrina’ Midnight Release Party

The Sabrina the Teenage Witch #1 Midnight release is about to get a little spookier thanks to the addition of a special Pyre Satanic Variant cover for Archie #1.

Hopping on the already scheduled Midnight Universe release for Marvel’s Midnight Spider-Man #1, Midnight Fantastic Four #1 and Midnight X-Men #1, Oni Press had already announced Sabrina would be joining the fun with a Pyre Satanic Variant from artist Chloe Brailsford. And now, while Archie #1 will be releasing in stores next week, you have a chance to get another variant at 12:01am on October 7 at participating comic book stores.

The joke here is this is a flip of Spire Christian Comics, a line that licensed the Archie Comics characters for religious comics for nearly a decade starting in 1972. Given Oni Press is now also licensing the Archie Comics characters… Well, that’s the joke, like I said. It’s flipping the good guy image on its head.

You can check out the cover below, or pick it up for yourself at the witching hour on October 7, 2026.

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