This book would be in very fine condition if not for a bendfrayed area at the top of the spine. But that quest will lead turok, andar, and even the soldiers to a strange, lost land inhabited by creatures beyond their imaginations. It was great how marz gave mystery to the hunter and how turok the dinosaur hunter became the prey. Turok is a fictional character who first appeared in american comic books published by western.
Turok and his friend andar are kiowa native americans who find themselves lost in a cosmic oddity called the lost valley or the lost land. Shooter chooses to dive right in, introducing characters, settings, and situations with little pause in between. Dinosaur hunter is published by dynamite entertainment. They are peaceful and charming, yet a strong warriors, kills only to eat or to defend the people around them. Pursued into a vast cavern, prey and predators are swept away by an unimaginable force to a savage, timeless land of nightmares and miracles, where dinosaurs thunder and rampage. Son of stone here is the comic cover mo painted note the position of andars hands holding the dinosaur eggs. While it is not terrible art it could have brought the book up a few pegs by being better. Contact your local comic book retailer to reserve a.
Where are turok and andar of comic book fame trapped. Subsequently, he appeared in titles published by valiant comics, dark horse comics and dynamite comics. Or will the brothers be forever marooned in a land of hungry dinosaurs. Soon he and his companions were trapped there, and had to use their skills to their utmost if they were to survive. Son of stone, originally published by dell comics, but later by gold key comics. Turok in the hidden monster part the legend of karalak and part the indestructible beast in which turok and andar battle a savage, firebreathing. Where are turok and andar of comicbook fame trapped answers. Son of stone, turok and andar are trapped in the lost valley, an isolated area where dinosaurs still live, with to the delight of creationists stone age humans.
Turok and andar find themselves pitted against the terrifying creatures from earths distant past armed only with their courage, wits, and a newly discovered secret for applying poison to their. The series revolves around an american indian man named turok and his young ward andar as. Turok in the savage shadow in which turok and andar investigate mysterious incidents and face a new deadly foe. Turok and andar also star in the secret place by du bois, correa and celardo.
He was created in 1954 as supporting character for turok, dinosaur hunter. Turok and andar visit the people of the mesa the whole mesa top is a big garden, turok. Feb cover art by morris gollub exploring the entertainment of the weimar era turok, son of stone no. Turok son of stone 1956 dellgold key comic books mycomicshop. The ending was okay and actually had me more excited about what stories could come from that than the actual issue itself. Dinosaur hunter is a firstperson shooter video game developed by iguana entertainment and published by acclaim for the nintendo 64 console and microsoft windows. All secrets are revealed as turok faces the ultimate truth of the lost valley, and his place in it, when he is confronted by a seemingly endless array of turoks. Thats what they needed all the water for, then trail the raiders.
Turok, son of stone archives volume 1 by gaylord dubois. Son of stone turok son of stone no 24 1961 in vg condition. As someone who avidly looked forward to reading the latest turok, son of stone comic as soon as it was displayed on the magazine shelf at the corner drugstore in the 1950s, i was pleased to see that this comic book golden age series had been reissued in a book format. Unfortunately, the huge supply has rendered it so common that its probably the least valuable of all the turok keys. Turok is a comic book hero, a precolumbian navajo warrior, who debuted in late 1954. Turok and andar fell the trex, but savages attack from upstream. Turok son of stone 1 download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. Click download or read online button to get turok son of stone 1 book now. Im old enough that i read the original dell comics when they were released and i thought this movie was true to the original characters and setting while bringing in plenty of amped up action which, im told in the nicely done extra total.
Trapped in a lost valley, two indian braves, turok and andar, seek a way back home while struggling to survive erupting volcanoes, battling. The western publishing comics are the original turok comics. It was released in 1997 in north america and europe. While hunting north of the rio grande, the friends fell through a sinkhole into a cavern that opened into a place where time no longer held much meaning. The player controls turok, a native american warrior, who must stop the evil campaigner from. The first turok comic was created in 1954, and since then a total of five different publishers have created comics based around the lost land and turok. A tale from turoks past in the lost land continues as he and andar have to protect the lost member of the children of the moon tribe from the beast men which wants her for a sacrifice in the white goddess part two. Although most turok fans relate to the video game franchise, the comics are a massive part of the turok universe as they further expand the story dramatically. Turok in the exiled cave men in which turok and andar try to help a tribe of cave men find a safer home and strange waters in which turok and andar face new dangers when they explore the land down stream. The first comic i remember my dad getting me was a turok, son of stone comic, but i cant remember the issue number, nor can i find it after all of these years. Turok is a fictional character who first appeared in american comic books published by western publishing through licensee dell comics. In it, turok and his young friend, andar, precolumbian indians, were out on a hunting expedition. The cover depicts a pterodactyls nest with babies in it and their mother is carrying turok and andar to feed them.
This deluxe collection contains the first six issues of turok, son of stone. Turok pursues his kidnapped brother in the badlands of the old west. Andar is a comic book character originally published by gold key comics. It isnt known how two mandans whose tribe originated in the east and then. Turok was a comic book that first appeared in 1954. Entire issue from cover to cover is comic stories and one page features.
Our hero has the full support of his brother, andar, the woman, captain connors, and all the turoks from different realities as they go battle with the hunter. Turoks new series gives the classic dinosaur hunter a facelift, and cbr has the first look. Turok is a comicbook hero, a precolumbian navajo warrior, who debuted in late 1954. The writercreator credit for the characters of turok and andar is disputed, with historians citing matthew h. After du bois mailed the young hawk oneshot scripts to his editor and entered them as such in his account book, some time between doing so and their publication as a finished comic the names of the protagonists were changed into turok and andar by someone. Will the revelations be enough to return turok and andar to their home. Turok now understand the responsibility and will protect the power at all cost.
In the original dell comic, and in the gold key comic turok. Turok and his friend andar accidentally fall into a valley full of. Turok and his friend andar accidentally fall into a valley full of dinosaurs and struggle to survive and find their way out. After losing contact with his tribe, and accompanied by a companion called andar. Heres the very first appearance of turok and for that reason alone this is a highly collectible comic. In a lost land where anything and anyone from any when might be, native americans turok and andar face perils beyond imagining. I wish i knew more facts and history of turok son of stone, but for the most part i only know my history with the comic. Turok in the water seekers in which turok and andar solve a dispute over water between cavemen tribes and the sand wastes in which turok and andar face a treacherous journey in the area of the lost valley known as the sand wastes. Turok and his friend andar were plains indians, specifically from the mandan tribe. The original turok, son of stone vol 1 2 valiant comics database. The western publishing version of turok was a precolumbian native american identified as mandan in the first issue, on page 21. Out on a hunting trip, turok and andar discovered a mystical land where dinosaurs still roamed the earth.
Swooping down from the clouds astride the awesome skyterror, turok fights to save andar and his own beloved aasta from. Florida in his lifetime he wrote well over 3000 comic book stories and comic. This comic sold upwards of a million copies upon its release. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. When gold key went out of business in 1984, and valiant bought the rights to turok and other properties, andar came with him. The elder turok leads the younger andar through the lost land in search of a. Turok and andar must dodge bullets, dinosaurs and other hungry beasts as they scourer the land for answers to their questions. Feb 18, 2012 turok was a comic book that first appeared in 1954.
Andar is later found in turoks later comic series turok, dinosaur hunter by valiant in issue 4, very old because he felt in another time at the end of lost land he has fathered him self a. Turok and his young friend, andar, precolumbian indians stumbled into a hidden valley. Turok and his brother, andar, learn the truth of the lost valley and accept. The series revolves around an american indian man named turok and his young ward andar as they attempt to find a way out of the lost valley, a timeless place where dinosaurs continue to thrive. This book has deep rich color and nice eyeappeal with a few faint bendlines on the upperouter front cover which can be seen when you hold the book up to the light.
The bulk of the issue centers around turok, andar, and the soldiers hunting them reacting to the new world they now find themselves in. After a second four color appearance, the character graduated to his own title turok, son of stone published by both dell and then gold key comics from 1956 to 1982. He was a very prolific comic book writer, and turok became his longest running series, lasting 26 years. Another man has stepped through the portal, unknown by the adversaries, seems to be some sort of bounty hunter dead on their track. But that quest will lead turok, andar and even the soldiers to a strange, lost land inhabited by creatures beyond their imaginations. Where are turok and andar of comicbook fame trapped. By the time turok and andar find a moment to sit and draw a breath, the reader most likely is just as exhausted as poor andar, who nods off and is then startled back awake later on. If anyone can help me in this area, it would be greatly appreciated. Turok and his friend andar accidentally fall into lostworld a valley full of. The original comic, titled turok, son of stone, was illustrated by rex maxon. Turok, wandering warrior from a far land, rescues andar, son of a chiricahua chief, from the ruthless king maxtla and his aztec horde. Turok is an adaptation of the acclaim comics comic book series of the same name.
360 406 1302 92 580 652 162 525 328 987 254 1474 1031 588 1590 472 1439 650 1565 71 912 1489 180 1139 1315 808 668 196 111 740 1421 862 1299 190 747