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“The Nine Lives Of Salem”
The animals are surrounding, their eyes shining red with demonic energies. They begin herding the enemy of their masters. The prisoner is no mere mortal or witch. This was Salem Saberhagen in tow. The warlock polymorphed into a cat as punishment for immoral crimes too many to list. Time had come for retribution three-fold.
Through the back alleyways and unkempt lots the animals trekked. Greendale has lost some of its beauty over the past two decades. Was it witchborn, or the demonic energies surging in the interim? It matters little now. Salem now stood at the steps of Eyegore Manor – the estate that held many secrets behind rotting wood and chalkboard walls. Welcome to your moral relativism, Salem. Prepare to pay the price.
Reviewer Notes
This comic book was short and sweet, as most Archie Comics one-shot books are these days. For Salem the cat, however, that matters little. Each one of his solo titles waste little time getting to the meat of the storyline. In this issue we see just how cruel this version of the character can truly be. This is the Archie Horror-Verse after all.
I used to love the Archie Horror books, but after reading the newer stories they just seem random and detached from everything else going on in this alternate reality. I just wish the Editor-In-Chief, Mike Pellerito, would work with the developers and attempt to tie future works together. It would be way more interesting in my honest opinion.
For me, I still prefer the original character and Archie Universe. Don’t get me wrong. Cullen Bunn and Ben Galvan’s work here is excellent. Give me a Salem story set in the original Sabrina setting. That’s all I ask. The Nine Lives of Salem gets three out of five stars from this fan.
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