Esmeralda Spellman

Esmeralda Spellman is a witch and member of the Spellman family — relatives of Sabrina the Teenage Witch — who first appeared in the pages of Jughead, bringing magical mischief to the Archie universe.

Esmeralda Spellman made her entrance into the Archie universe back in 1983, conjured up in the Bronze Age pages of Jughead #329 by the creative team of George Gladir and Dan DeCarlo Jr. Bearing the unmistakable Spellman name, she moves through a world populated by the likes of Sabrina Spellman, Aunt Hilda, and the whole beloved Riverdale crowd — Jughead, Archie, and Betty among them. Her appearances stretch across nearly four decades and land most frequently in the magical, digest-friendly corners of Archie's publishing lineup, from Sabrina the Teenage Witch to those wonderfully chunky Double Digest collections that fans have treasured for generations. She may be a selective presence in the catalog, but any character who keeps such storied company and endures into 2022 has clearly earned her place in the Spellman family tree.