Writer: Dan Parent
Pencils: Dan Parent
Inks: Bob Smith
Colors: Glenn Whitmore
Letters: Jack Morelli
Original Publication: Betty and Veronica Jumbo Comics (Double Digest Magazine), No. 322
On-Sale Date: March 6, 2024
Length: 5
Sabrina, Archie, and Betty are ice skating. Archie compliments Sabrina. Sabrina says she’s been practicing, and she hasn’t even relied on her magic. Archie questions her about that, but she says never mind. If she doesn’t want people to know she’s a witch, she shouldn’t talk about it openly…or use it openly…like on numerous covers. Anyway, she says it’s time for a break.
Oh, Jughead and Veronica are here, too. Jughead suggests heading over to Pop’s for a snack. Sabrina sits on a bench and drinks something. Ronnie asks her about it. Sabrina says her “aunties” made her a thermos full of hot chocolate. Jughead asks for a taste. Sabrina has extra paper cups and pours one for Jughead. He likes it and asks about the “special flavor”.
Sabrina says it’s an old family recipe. Betty asks to try some, and Sabrina gives everyone some. Jughead starts floating, and Sabrina’s like “What the fuck?” Then she wonders if it’s something in the hot chocolate.
Archie, Ronnie, and Betty also start floating. A mother thinks it’s “some sort of show”. Her kid loves it. Sabrina excuses herself to “pop out” and talk to her aunties.
At home, her aunts explain that hot chocolate is not meant for humans (why didn’t they fucking warn her?!), and they’ll need to drink an antidote, because zapping them down won’t work.
Back at the lake, Sabrina floats up and has them drink the antidote / mind-wiping potion.
Later, at…someone’s house, Betty shows Ronnie a video of them flying “like magic” on a TikTok knockoff. Ronnie asks if Betty has noticed “these things only seem to happen when Sabrina is around”? The end. No question mark.
This story was…odd. Are they setting up some kind of storyline where the gang learns Sabrina’s secret (even though they should already know it)?
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