In the Dark (TMNT Adventures)

"In the Dark" is a story featured in issue #27 of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures by Archie Comics. It is one of two comics in the franchise to have Innsmouth as a setting, with the other one being Mirage Studios' "Men of Shadow".
==Synopsis==
While driving to Boston to cover a story about toxic waste, April O'Neil's rental car gets a flat tire, leaving her stranded in the middle of nowhere. After checking her map, April heads over to the town of Innsmouth, where she encounters a police officer who seemingly tries to help her and tells her to wait at the diner down the street while her car was allegedly going to be brought in for repairs. At the diner, April drinks a shake that makes her feel very sick. Shortly afterwards, she encounters a girl named Beth Ann who tries to help her and warns her about the "Boogey-Men". April tries to escape on her own but is chased down by all the other residents, who appear to be in a zombie-like state and want her to stay in the town forever. Although April manages to successfully run away from them and finds a telephone booth to call the Ninja Turtles for help, Michelangelo dismisses it as a prank call. Fortunately, the other turtles point out that it couldn't be a prank call (as nobody else knows their number) and they start heading to Innsmouth to save her. The Ninja Turtles arrive after a four hour drive, and with the help of Beth Ann, they manage to find where the kidnappers took her. In the abandoned old house, the "Boogey-Men" (who are actually a group of three mutant animals: a cat, owl and crow) try to force April to drink more of the shake before they are defeated by the Ninja Turtles.
One week later, April explains to the police that the cat, owl and crow were mutated by illegally dumped toxic waste, and they sought to get revenge by putting small amounts of waste in Innsmouth's food and water supply, turning all of the residents into waste zombies. Subsequently, the factory that was responsible for all the trouble was shutdown and everyone was back to normal.
==Behind the Mythos==
Despite taking place in Innsmouth and being thematically similar to The Shadow Over Innsmouth, the story does not have many other references to the Cthulhu Mythos.
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