Amazing Stories of Suspense #199
"Danger in the Streets" is a standout tale from Amazing Stories of Suspense #199, a 1982 Alan Class release with a cover price of 0.25 GBP. Written and illustrated by Mort Lawrence, the story follows a young boy who can't accept the underground world his people have known for generations—until he dares to climb the last shaft to the surface. The discovery that awaits him, revealed through Carl Burgos’s striking cover art, sets off a chain of events that challenges everything the community believes about the past.
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Mankind retreats from atomic horror to live underground for so many years that the past is forgotten and no one recalls why they had to leave the surface. One boy finds that he cannot be like the others and simply accept the situation so he takes the last remaining shaft up to the surface world. Opening the hatch sets off an alarm and the rest of the security detail follow him up to the surface where they discover a new paradise.
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