PREVIEW: 'Chilling Adventures Presents...The Nine Lives of Salem' One-Shot by Cullen Bunn, Dan Schoening, and Matt Herms

Salem — Sabrina Spellman's magical feline familiar — stars in his second solo one-shot following 2022's CHILLING ADVENTURES OF SALEM, both written by horror master Cullen Bunn. 

Sabrina the Teenage Witch’s famous feline familiar takes matters into his own paws this October with THE NINE LIVES OF SALEM, a new solo horror one-shot from Archie Comics! The creative team behind Salem’s first foray into horror comics in 2022 — writer Cullen Bunn and artist Dan Schoening — returns with artist Ben Galvan for a tale of restless demons, warlock duels, and thrilling magical cat action.

“It brings me so much sick joy to return to the dark, twisted, and pawsitively riveting world of Salem,” said Archie Comics Senior Director of Editorial Jamie L. Rotante. “It makes me even giddier to return to that world with the same team that brought us the first Salem one-shot. Cullen and Dan have worked perfectly together to craft classic-style horror that not only spotlights Salem but expands his world and those within it. NINE LIVES OF SALEM explores Salem confronting sins of his past as a warlock, and how he handles them now, as an apex predator.”

Part of Archie’s “Chilling Adventures Presents” series of horror one-shots, NINE LIVES OF SALEM is a standalone exploration of a fan-favorite character who was recently popularized in the Netflix streaming series Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. Bunn said, “We’re setting our fiendish feline up as an occult investigator of sorts, the John Constantine of the Archie Universe. And, make no mistake, even with a cat as the protagonist, these stand-alone stories are dark and horror-filled. You can grab a copy and delight in the terror we’re unleashing in these pages.”

“I’m grateful to be back in the world of Archie Horror, and to sink my teeth into this terrifying story penned by the amazing mind of Cullen Bunn,” Schoening said. “This time around, I’ll be working on designs and layouts, then passing along finishing duties to the sublime hand of Ben Galvan. We’ve also whipped up some never-before-seen gruesome characters for this issue that you won’t want to miss.”

Galvan, a regular artist on Archie’s line of all-ages comics along with his father Bill, added, “It’s always exciting for me to switch over from classic Archie to demonic Archie because it’s such a striking switch-up! Cullen’s mythical Americana mixed with Dan’s scary-beautiful style and detail guarantees some horrifying fun for the Archie Universe.”

CHILLING ADVENTURES PRESENTS… THE NINE LIVES OF SALEM (ONE-SHOT)

Salem was once a powerful warlock whose misuse of powers led him to live the rest of his life in servitude, acting as a cat familiar to a family of witches. But even in feline form, he can’t escape the sins of his past. And when some familiar faces return seeking revenge, he might just use up all of his nine lives trying to save himself from their wrath.

Script: Cullen Bunn

Art: Dan Schoening and Ben Galvan

Colors: Matt Herms

Letters: Jack Morelli

Main Cover: Dan Schoening

Variant Cover: Robert Hack

Release date: February 26, 2025

32-page, full color comic

$3.99 U.S.