Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on September 25, 2016, 12:10:20 PM

Quote from: Captain Jetpack on September 25, 2016, 10:27:47 AM
In the 60s-70s, in Animation, Sabrina had a near-identical cousin, with b;lack hair.
Frantic, reckless personality, name escapes me.

Oh yeah. What a shameless ripoff of BEWITCHED that was. Maybe because Sabrina's appearance in ARCHIE'S MADHOUSE predated that show, ACP felt like it was fair game for them to copy Samantha's "identical-except-for-being-a-brunette" wildchild/partygirl cousin Serena (Serena/Sabrina... OW, that must have hurt).

I guess it's no big whoop, since by this time BEWITCHED was already copied once on that same gimmick, when I DREAM OF JEANNIE introduced Jeannie's evil twin (but brunette) sister, Jinni.

Ya wanna talk ripoff?
In Betty Cooper Betty Cooper, Betty acquired an Uncle who was a Vampire!
Shades of Dark Shadows!
Or...was he a Cousin...?

Quote from: Captain Jetpack on September 26, 2016, 07:40:31 AM

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on September 25, 2016, 12:10:20 PM

Quote from: Captain Jetpack on September 25, 2016, 10:27:47 AM
In the 60s-70s, in Animation, Sabrina had a near-identical cousin, with b;lack hair.
Frantic, reckless personality, name escapes me.

Oh yeah. What a shameless ripoff of BEWITCHED that was. Maybe because Sabrina's appearance in ARCHIE'S MADHOUSE predated that show, ACP felt like it was fair game for them to copy Samantha's "identical-except-for-being-a-brunette" wildchild/partygirl cousin Serena (Serena/Sabrina... OW, that must have hurt).

I guess it's no big whoop, since by this time BEWITCHED was already copied once on that same gimmick, when I DREAM OF JEANNIE introduced Jeannie's evil twin (but brunette) sister, Jinni.

Ya wanna talk ripoff?
In Betty Cooper Betty Cooper, Betty acquired an Uncle who was a Vampire!
Shades of Dark Shadows!
Or...was he a Cousin...?

Ah yes, Betty's Uncle Drago... also known as Count Drago, who featured in one of the plotlines in the first 3 issues (BETTY AND ME #79 through #81) of the 8-part serial "Betty Cooper, Betty Cooper!" But to be honest, parody or satire is considered fair game (as opposed to plagiarism), and Frank Doyle's extended Betty story, which took its inspiration (and title) from the then-current TV show Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (itself a satire) was merely poking fun at the ridiculous melodramatics and unlikely plot twists of ALL television soap operas.

I recall a story where Ronica took a picture of Betty when Betty had just gotten out of bed and gave it to Archie, who was going out on a date with Betty. Archie was angry with Ronica and refused to think badly of Betty. In retaliation, Ronica found her muscular and handsome cousin to go to Betty's to woo her from Archie. Archie, who had been waiting in front of Betty's for their date, show the picture of Betty to Ronica's cousin, who promptly ran for his life. An amused Archie then shouted out something to Ronica, who had been hiding behind a tree near Betty's house that rubbed salt into an incensed Ronica's wound. I wish I knew where that story was....

More to add:

Veronica #204 Mr. Lodge mentions Mrs. Lodge is away visiting Veronica's Aunt Latisha.
Betty & Veronica #1 - Betty's Uncle Oscar is shown in the story as a circus clown and he gives Betty his car.

A few more:

Jughead's Aunt Rose appears in "Seer Suckers" as a fortune teller in a story by Doyle/Schwartz.


Betty mentions her Uncle Emil as someone who collects old hubcaps in "The Big Search" in B&V Friends Double Digest #248.


Veronica's cousin Rumpston(Mr. Lodge's nephew) appears in "Party Favor" in the same digest.

Still a few more:


Archie's Uncle George is mentioned in passing by Archie's Father.  "Message Muddle" by Gladir/Bolling.


Archie's Uncle Angus sends a talking parrot as a gift to Archie in "Buccaneer By-Play" by Gladir/Goldberg.


Archie's unnamed Grandfather appears in one panel in "A Chance To Dance" by Gladir/Goldberg.


Betty's young cousin Becky appears in "Sooo Cute" by Greg Crosby/Goldberg.


Betty introduces her Aunt "Ms. Cooper" to Mr. Weatherbee in "Jog Agog" by Gladir/Goldberg.  Betty's Aunt is a writer for the Riverdale Sentinel.


Betty's Aunt Clara appears in "The Tour" by Gladir/Parent.  Aunt Clara is driving Betty and Veronica to visit colleges in the Northeast.

I remember a story where Archie had a British cousin named Alistair, Archie didn't care for him. Archie thought Alistair was weird & that he was a nerd. But then Archie's mom forced him to take him to Pop's & let him met your friends.

...more...

Jughead's Uncle Bob leaves Jug an inheritance in his will.  Jughead's Mother is entirely unaffected by the news of Bob's passing, so this must be a relation from the Father's side of the family.  By Gladir/Goldberg.


Archie is an usher at the wedding of his cousin Max. We also meet Max's fiancee, Julie.  "Matri-Moan-y" by Angelo DeCesare/Goldberg.


Archie's (unseen) Uncle Thurston sends him a parrot named Pedro as a gift from his trip to Africa in "Bye Bye Birdie" by Bill Golliher/Fernando R.
*Spoiler*  Pedro "plops" on Reggie's head while appearing on national tv.   

Those are some large families.  The senior Andrews, Coopers, Joneses, and Lodges must all have had more than a dozen siblings.