TUROK: SON OF STONE

Flicking through the pages of Turok’s comic book past

Turok is nowhere near as well-known as comic book creations such as Spider-man, Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk, but he actually predates them and many of their ilk, having made his first appearance in 1954. The original comics were created by Western Publishing and titled Turok: Son Of Stone. They follow Native American Turok and his brother Andar as they try and escape from the “Lost Valley”, a timeless zone where dinosaurs roam.

The original series ended in 1982 but was resurrected ten years later by Valiant Comics who introduced the Dinosaur Hunter title which the videogame would later adopt. The new series also changed the premise so that Turok battles both ancient creatures and futuristic foes including aliens and ‘intelligent’ mechanised dinos. Following Acclaim’s acquisition of Valiant in 1994 and the release of the N64 game in

1997, a new series of comics arrived to capitalise on the character’s videogame exploits. Despite the collapse of Acclaim in 2004,

Turok has lived on as a comic book character, appearing in a number of new serials. His most recent appearance was in the aptly-named

Turok, a five-issue series published by Dynamite

Entertainment in 2016.