Expert: Chris Brown - 1/15/2011

Question
QUESTION: I saw this comic when I was younger and for years it kept me up..it was about a town that nailed all the windows shut because something stole the children at night...I almost think I remember that it came out of a manhole...would really like to find it...thanks for your time

ANSWER: Hi Frank

Sorry the story doesn't ring a bell with me.  Do you remember what publisher's comics you were reading, if they were black & white or color magazines, standard comic size or magazine size, or anything else?  I might be able to point you in the right direction.

Chris

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QUESTION: It was color....regular comic....probably 70 - 73ish

Answer

In that time frame, there are a few different comics it could have appeared in.  It could be one of the DC comics:

Ghosts
House of Mystery
House of Secrets
Strange Adventures
The Unexpected
Weird Mystery Tales
The Witching Hour

or one of the Marvel comics:

Adventures into Fear
Chamber of Darkness
Creatures on the Loose
Dead of Night
Monsters on the Prowl
Tower of Shadows

or one of the Charlton comics:

Ghostly Haunts
Ghostly Tales
Ghost Manor
The Many Ghosts of Dr. Graves
Midnight Tales
Space Adventures

You can look at the covers to these titles on the website www.comics.org and see if anything sparks your memory.  If you click on the "Gallery" option for each title, you can see several covers per page.

Good luck!

Chris