Issue | #6 |
Published | December 1956 - February 1957 |
Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | ? |
Characters | Turok; Andar; a giant ape |
Synopsis | A giant ape threatens Turok and Andar. |
Genre | science fiction |
Pencils | ? (painting) |
Inks | ? (painting) |
Colors | ? (painting) |
Reprinted | in Turok, Son of Stone (Dark Horse, 2009 series) #1 |
Synopsis | The Lost Valley is explained - its origin, its climate, the geological and geographic features. Two paragraphs of typeset text beneath a half-page black and white painting of a wooly mammoth knocking over a dinosaur. |
Genre | science fiction |
Script | Gaylord Du Bois |
Pencils | ? (painting) |
Inks | ? (painting) |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Inside front cover. Script credit from Randall Scott's "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title." |
Reprinted | in Turok, Son of Stone (Dark Horse, 2009 series) #1 |
Characters | Turok; Andar |
Synopsis | The stone age people follow Turok and Andar in search of a campsite safe from dinosaurs. The mesa seems ideal, but a huge gorilla (King Kong-sized) lives there. The tribespeople are frightened by him. Turok and Andar confront him, and drive him from the mesa. |
Genre | science fiction |
Script | Gaylord Du Bois |
Notes | Script credit from Randall Scott's "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title." Working title was "Turok and the Tyrant of the Mesa." |
Reprinted | in Turok, Son of Stone (Dark Horse, 2009 series) #1 |
Characters | Turok; Andar |
Synopsis | A cow mastodon has terrorized the stone age people. She is mad with grief at the loss of her calf, whom Turok and Andar had previously rescued and settled in a safe haven. Turok and Andar reunite the cow mastodon with her calf. |
Genre | science fiction |
Script | Gaylord Du Bois |
Notes | Script credit from Randall Scott's "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title." Working title was "Turok and the Mad Mastedon." |
Reprinted | in Turok, Son of Stone (Dark Horse, 2009 series) #1 |
Characters | Aknet; Hawkut |
Synopsis | The other stone age boys are muscular, but Aknet is skinny. "Throwing stones was one thing he was good at." He dreams of the "Big Muscles" admiting he is a Man. A bear terrorizes the camp. Aknet kills it with a rock. Hawkut recognizes Aknet's manhood. |
Genre | adventure; period |
Script | Gaylord Du Bois |
Pencils | ? (illustration) |
Inks | ? (illustration) |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Script credit from Randall Scott's "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title." |
Reprinted | in Turok, Son of Stone (Dark Horse, 2009 series) #1 |
Characters | Lotor the Raccoon; Keenah (his mate); an Allosaurus |
Synopsis | Lotor the father raccoon must provide food for his mate and their youngsters. Hungry Allosaurus stands between him and the bounty of the frog swamp. He slips through, and finds a frog, but Allosaurus charges. Lotor escapes, but loses his prey. On the way home, empty-handed, he finds a clutch of freshly laid eggs left by Mrs Allosaurus. A feast for his family! |
Genre | Animal |
Script | Gaylord Du Bois |
Notes | Script credit from Randall Scott's "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title." |
Reprinted | in Turok, Son of Stone (Dark Horse, 2009 series) #1 |
Synopsis | "Prehistoric men were hunters. ... VERY intelligent. ... He was never monkey-minded or ape-brained." |
Genre | Fact |
Script | Gaylord Du Bois |
Pencils | ? (illustration) |
Inks | ? (illustration) |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Inside back cover. Script credit from Randall Scott's "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title." |
Reprinted | in Turok, Son of Stone (Dark Horse, 2009 series) #1 |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Back cover. "The Happy Cereal! The Happy Snack!" Combines black and white ink cartoon drawings with color photographs. Drawing of boy's head and hand, and girl's head and hand, spooning Trix cereal from bowls of cereal. Eyes are Trix balls. Drawing of boy's head, his arm reaching one hand into a Trix cereal box while holding box with other hand. Eyes are Trix balls. Girl's head, mouth catching Trix cereal tossed by one hand while holding box with other hand. Bowls of Trix, Trix balls, and Trix boxes are all color photos. |