- “Get off me! Blasted Snow White -- her and her stupid, wretched flowers! It's her fault I fell! One of her worthless weeds fell from the bouquet and made me slip!”
- ―The Witch of Potions[src]
Peril of the Witch of Potions is a 1954 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs comic story by Guido Martina and Romano Scarpa, first published in Albi d'Oro #78-80.
The story was translated and collected by Fantagraphics in 2017 along with several other Snow White stories under the title "The Return of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs".
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During the first wedding anniversary of Snow White and Prince Charming, the beautiful but vain Fairy Honeysweet accidentally trips on a flower from a bouquet gifted to her by the princess. Failing to maintain her poise and manners, Honeysweet is reverted to her true form -- the hideous Witch of Potions. She sends her squire Sir Frido to capture Snow White while she takes Prince Charming prisoner. Snow White manages to escape and is devastated when she finds that the castle has been demolished by the Witch's evil magic.
Snow White's cries are heard by her animal friends in the forest, and they rush to her aid. However, Sir Frido, transformed into a bird-like creature, summons the beasts of the night to scare off the animals. The next day, Frido nearly traps Snow White but is interrupted by the Seven Dwarfs. Their reunion is short-lived, however, as Frido transforms into a horse and carries Snow White back to the Witch of Potions. The Witch plots to steal Snow White's beauty so that she can return to her Honeysweet beauty.
The Seven Dwarfs manage to find the Witch's forces in the forest preparing the ritual to steal Snow White's youth. An ambush by the Dwarfs forces the Witch and her troops to flee. She then decides to summon the supreme sorcerer known as the Woozy Wizard to assist her in the ritual. The Dwarfs realize they, too, need assistance, and recruit the queen of hedgehogs, Yunaka and the king of eagles Claw to help save Snow White and Prince Charming.
During the ritual, the Dwarfs shoot the Witch of Potions, the Woozy Wizard, and Sir Frido with quills given to them by Queen Yunaka. As the Witch tries to escape, King Claw's forces grab her and kill her by dropping her into a nearby lake. With the Witch dead, Sir Frido vanishes as he was just a magical shell and Prince Charming's castle is restored.
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