Many of you have probably heard about Netflix's Sabrina the Teenage Witch reboot (video). In fact, you probably know more than me... I'm mainly just aware that a Baphomet character appears in the first episode. The Satanic child abuse spin that Netflix put on Sabrina caused me to look up the original TV series, then trace it back to the original Archie comics character who debuted in 1962.

In addition to the explicit Satanism of Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Archie also had an MK Ultra-dominated character, Josie & the Pussycats. That topic goes beyond the scope of this post, but someone should probably look up the 2001 movie...

My focus is where all of this started, Archie comics. It disturbed me to learn that – despite being a classic young kids's brand – there have been various Archie comics published since 2013 that depict nothing but Satanism and death:

Afterlife with Archie #1 (Sep. 2013)

• Synopsis: "This is how the end of the world begins!"

Afterlife With Archie #7 (Dec. 2014)

• Synopsis: "Betty RIP. Mr. Lodge leads a team into the forests of Pennsylvania to find dinner, but the hunters soon become the hunted, and not all of the gang will make it out of the woods alive…"

Betty and Veronica #278 (Oct. 2015)

• Synopsis: "It's the dawn of a new beginning for Betty and Veronica! The girls reminisce about past dances-the romance, the tears, the laughter... wait a minute, maybe it wasn't all that great."
  • For the final issue, Betty dresses up as a cat (MK Ultra)?
  • and Veronica dresses as a witch, or else Elvira

Archie vs. Predator (Nov. 2015)

• Synopsis: "As the unparalleled fierceness of Betty and Veronica lures the trophy-collecting Predator to Riverdale, will the kids even realize they're in danger before it claims them all?"
  • (Anyone familiar with Predator movies knows they weren't overly sexual or occult... so it's odd that an Archie crossover would be darker in both respects?)

None of the above were fan-fiction. At first, it seemed like a crass business decision... rebooting Archie based on the popularity of the Walking Dead in 2013. But that wouldn't explain Archie characters such as Sabrina the Witch or Josie & the Pussycats, who have been around since the 1960s?

Disturbingly, I found the same occult themes in the earliest Archie comics, dating back to the 1940s:

• Archie #11, Nov. 1944 [for such an early issue... a Satanic rite??]
• Archie #18, Feb. 1946
• Archie, Jun. 27, 1948 ["look!! she's committing suicide!"]
• Archie, Jul. 11, 1948
• Archie, Oct. 31, 1948 [why was 1948 so explicit... oh, I see]
• Archie, Dec. 12, 1948
• Jughead #94, Mar. 1949
• Jughead #36, Apr. 1956
• Archie #43, Jan. 1950
  • from the above issue.
  • torture?
  • electroshock?
• Pep Comics #79, Feb. 1950
• Betty and Me #80 ["she's possessed... somebody or something has taken over her mind"]
  • from the same comic
  • this was very MK Ultra
    • "face darkening, voice spitting venom, the destructive creature turns..."
• Betty and Me #81 ["is there some strange force controlling her..."]
  • from above issue – not hiding anything
• Betty and Me #82
• Betty and Me #83
  • same issue

Because Archie was marketed as a wholesome comic for kids, why did it include these themes right from the start? The original Archie series also contained 666 issues, ending with issue #666... I shouldn't have to explain the significance of that number, or the implausibility it could have been a coincidence.

If anyone has further observations... even about Netflix's Sabrina series... it would be worthwhile to explore what's going on with these 'classic' children's characters, and their 80-year connections with the occult?

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