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Harvey Kinkle

Harvey Kinkle

231 appearances · Bronze Age · 1971–2026 · 2 key issues
Who is Harvey Kinkle?

Harvey Kinkle is a kind-hearted, ordinary teenager who attends Westbridge High School and serves as the longtime boyfriend of Sabrina Spellman—unaware that she is a witch. His charm lies in his all-American earnestness amid Sabrina's magical world.

Few characters in comics have earned their place so steadily through sheer likability as Harvey Kinkle, the warm-hearted everyman who has been a fixture of Archie Comics since his Bronze Age debut in Sabrina, the Teenage Witch #1 in 1971, brought to life by the legendary team of Frank Doyle and Dan DeCarlo. Over more than five decades — 231 catalog appearances and counting, stretching all the way to 2026 — Harvey has remained a constant presence in Sabrina's world, popping up across digests and series while sharing pages with icons like Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, and Jughead Jones. With two collector-recognized key issues to his name, he's no background player; Harvey Kinkle is proof that sometimes the most enduring characters in comics are the ones who anchor a fantastical world with a little genuine heart.

★ First appearance
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch #1
Apr 1971

Trivia

  • Frank Doyle has written more of Harvey Kinkle's comics than any other writer in our catalog — 48 issues.

Top series

Covers through the years — 1971–2024

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch #1 1971
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch #1
Archie Giant Series Magazine #231 1975
Archie Giant Series Magazine #231
Archie Comics Digest #34 1979
Archie Comics Digest #34
Archie Giant Series Magazine #533 1983
Archie Giant Series Magazine #533
The Jughead Jones Comics Digest #45 1987
The Jughead Jones Comics Digest #45
Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #23 1991
Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #23
Archie's Double Digest Magazine #77 1995
Archie's Double Digest Magazine #77
Sabrina the Teenage Witch #23 1999
Sabrina the Teenage Witch #23
Sabrina the Teenage Witch #41 2003
Sabrina the Teenage Witch #41
Sabrina the Teenage Witch #81 2007
Sabrina the Teenage Witch #81
Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine #146 2011
Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine #146
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina #4 2015
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina #4
Archie vs. Predator II #1 2019
Archie vs. Predator II #1
World of Betty and Veronica Jumbo Comics Digest #35 2024
World of Betty and Veronica Jumbo Comics Digest #35

Appearances (1–150 of 231, oldest first)

Archie's TV Laugh-Out (1969)
Archie Giant Series Magazine (1954)
Laugh Comics Digest / Laugh Comics Digest Magazine / Laugh Digest Magazine (1974)
Jokebook Comics Digest Annual (1977)
Archie Comics Digest (1973)
Archie's Joke Book Magazine (1953)
Archie's Double Digest Quarterly Magazine (1982)
#6
Archie's Double Digest Magazine (1984)
Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (1987)
The Jughead Jones Comics Digest (1977)
#45
Archie (1959)
Archie... Archie Andrews, Where Are You? Comics Digest Magazine (1977)
Archie Annual Digest (1975)
Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (1983)
Betty and Me (1965)
Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (1992)
Veronica's Passport Digest Magazine (1992)
#6
Betty and Veronica (1987)
Cheryl Blossom (1997)
#34