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| Publisher |
Archie |
| Inker |
Gary Fields |
| Letterer |
Gary Fields |
| Colorist |
Barry Grossman |
| Published | December 1991 |
"In the Dark", plus April O'Neil backup story "The White Ninja". A chemical company in Innsmouth, Massachusetts is illegally dumping toxic waste by paying two men to load their truck full of the muck and pouring it out in the hilltowns of the state. The factory is also illegally burning waste, causing deadly dumes to rise out of their chimneys. An owl and a crow accidentally fly through the lethal steam and fall into the smokestack. Inside the facilities, a factory foreman trips over the truckers' cat and angrily tosses it into a vat of waste. All three animals are pumped out of the factory via a drainage pipe and arise in new mutated form - with a vendetta against humanity.One year later, April is driving to Boston to write a story about toxic waste when her rental car gets a flat tire. O'Neil is in the middle of nowhere, but notices that Innsmouth should be within walking distance. After a very long trek, April is found by an Innsmouth police officer, who takes her to the station. The sheriff tells April that he'll have her car repaired, in th emeantime, she can grab a bite to eat at the local diner. As soon as April leaves, the lawman calls the restaurant and tells the waitress to "take care" of O'Neil. The woman slips something into the reporter's milkshake. When April gets up to leave the diner, she suddenly feels very ill and falls to her knees in tear-inducing pain. A teenage girl named Beth Ann shows up and helps April stand up, telling her that they have to go, before "they" show up. O'Neil is suspcious and heads off on her own, only to be grabbed by the sheriff, who tells her that she won't be permitted to leave. April runs off and soon has the entire town chasing her in eerie silence.O'Neil manages to give her pursuers the slip and makes a call to the TMNT. Mikey answers the phone and thinks that it's a prank. As he hangs up, we see that April has been snatched out of the phone booth.Master Splinter asks Mike who called, and he states that it was a prank asking for April. The guys remind him that no one knows that they're...
