Turok, Son of Stone #6

(December 1956 - February 1957)

Turok's Lost Valley (Table of Contents)

Turok, Son of Stone / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gaylord Du Bois

Pencils:

Giusto (painting)

Inks:

Giusto (painting)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

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.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Turok, Son of Stone (Gold Key, 1966 series) #1 (November 1966)
• in Turok, Son of Stone (Dark Horse, 2009 series) #1 (April 2009)

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.
Script credit from Randall Scott's "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title."
Art credit added by Gene Reed - 1/19/2011. Last name is signed. Unable to determine first name of artist.

The Giant Ape (Table of Contents)

Turok, Son of Stone / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gaylord Du Bois

Pencils:

Bob Correa

Inks:

Bob Correa

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

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.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Turok, Son of Stone (Dark Horse, 2009 series) #1 (April 2009)

Indexer 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." Art identification by Alberto Becattini (January 2011).

The Stick Thrower (Table of Contents)

Turok, Son of Stone / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gaylord Du Bois

Pencils:

Bob Correa

Inks:

Bob Correa

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

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.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Turok, Son of Stone (Dark Horse, 2009 series) #1 (April 2009)

Indexer Notes

Script credit from Randall Scott's "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title."
Working title was "Turok and the Mad Mastedon." Art identification by Alberto Becattini (January 2011).

Aknet Becomes a Man (Table of Contents)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gaylord Du Bois

Pencils:

? (illustration)

Inks:

? (illustration)

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

adventure; period

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.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Turok, Son of Stone (Dark Horse, 2009 series) #1 (April 2009)

Indexer Notes

Script credit from Randall Scott's "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title."

["Still sleepy at daybreak, Lotor the raccoon..."] (Table of Contents)

Lotor / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gaylord Du Bois

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Animal

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!

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Turok, Son of Stone (Dark Horse, 2009 series) #1 (April 2009)

Indexer Notes

Script credit from Randall Scott's "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title."

Prehistoric Men (Table of Contents)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gaylord Du Bois

Pencils:

? (illustration)

Inks:

? (illustration)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

Fact

Synopsis:

"Prehistoric men were hunters. ... VERY intelligent. ... He was never monkey-minded or ape-brained."

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Turok, Son of Stone (Dark Horse, 2009 series) #1 (April 2009)

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.
Script credit from Randall Scott's "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title."

The Happy Cereal! (Table of Contents)

Trix / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Editing:

?

Indexer 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.