It's been roughly six months since the first issue of this dark revamp of Sabrina the Teenage Witch hit stands. That's a tough blow for any new series to weather. Luckily, the second issue doesn't miss a beat, as Robert Aguirre-Sacasa and Robert Hack explore this sinister universe from a different angle.Aguirre-Sacasa focuses less on Sabrina and her immediate circle this time, instead turning his attention to Madame Satan. Madame Satan is sort of the de facto villain of this book right now, though one of the best things that can be said for this young series is that it's not easy to boil the story down to heroes and villains. We saw that plainly enough in issue #1 as Sabrina was painted first as a petulant child and then as a manipulative teen. Even now that she seems to have mellowed out at the ripe old age of 16, readers can't ignore the notion that Sabrina basically hexed a boy into falling in love with her. She's clearly willing to use her magic and connections to get ahead in life in a way that the more traditional, clean-cut version of the character would frown upon.
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