Publishers / Archie / Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (1971) / #56
56October 1979
$0.40

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch #56

Archie · October 1979 · on sale 1979-08-07

First appearance: Harvey Kinkle
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Identification plate

Series
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (Archie, 1971 series)
Issue
#56
Publication date
October 1979
Key date
1979-10-00
On-sale date
1979-08-07
Indicia publisher
Archie Music Corp.
Price
$0.40
Pages
36
Barcode
0271000697610
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Harvey Kinkle - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Stan Goldberg; inks: Stan Goldberg; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Bill YoshidaAunt Hilda, Salem Saberhagen, Sabrina Spellman
2Magic Movementcomic story6pencils: Dan DeCarlo Jr.; inks: Jim DeCarlo; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Bill YoshidaAunt Hilda, Harvey Kinkle First, Sabrina Spellman
3We Interrupt This Programcomic story1script: Joe Edwards; pencils: Joe Edwards; inks: Joe Edwards; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Joe EdwardsHap Holliday, Li'l Jinx
4Sabrina's Zap Mazeactivity1script: Joe Edwards; pencils: Joe Edwards; inks: Joe Edwards; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Joe EdwardsSabrina
5A Little Dippycomic story6script: Dick Malmgren; pencils: Dick Malmgren; inks: Jon D'Agostino; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Bill YoshidaAunt Hilda, Harvey Kinkle, Sabrina Spellman
6Plant Lifecomic story5script: Frank Doyle; pencils: Dan DeCarlo; inks: Rudy Lapick; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Bill YoshidaSabrina; Aunt Hilda; Harvey
7Mother Naturecomic story5script: Dick Malmgren; pencils: Dick Malmgren; inks: Jon D'Agostino; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Bill YoshidaAunt Hilda, Harvey Kinkle, Sabrina Spellman

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Where to read it

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Series context

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Sources

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