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Genres: science fiction

Character(s): Turok; Andar; Stegosaurus

Synopsis: Andar cowers behind Turok who wields a spiked ball-headed war-club to ward off a curious Stegosaurus.

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Brontosaurus

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Genres: informational, non-fiction

Character(s): "Bronty" the Brontosaurus

Synopsis: Information about Brontosaurus the dinosaur. Four illustrated panels with captions.

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Pages: 1

Friend of the Wolf

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Genres: science fiction

Character(s): Turok; Andar; Ski-Yu (their pet wolf pup); Nahunk; Lanok

Synopsis: Chief Nahunk is angry at Ski-Yu, who chewed his new axe handle. Turok, Andar and Ski-Yu depart the mesa rather than have conflict with their friends of the mesa. A cave leads to a different canyon. Ski-Yu drives off an inquisitive Stegosaurus, saving a frightened stone-age woman and her child. She tells her tribe, who bring presents of food to Turok and Andar. They now have new friends.

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Pages: 14

Notes: Script credit from Randall Scott's "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title." Indicative of the series' origin as an intended dinosaur valley one-shot of "Young Hawk" (the "Lone Ranger" comic book series' back-up feature about an American Indian youth, Young Hawk, and his companion, Little Buck), this story begins, "In a prehistoric canyon, Turok and Andar -- two Indian youths ..." The artists had long since established Turok as an adult. As to whether Du Bois knew Turok was being presented as an adult: Du Bois wrote the stories well in advance of their being published, and it was the practice to communicate with his editor, not the artist. Du Bois: "I have nothing to do with choosing the artist, as he is chosen by the Art Editor. The artist is free to use or not to use my instructions for each panel. Sometimes he changes the picture I described, to suit his own idea or that of the Art Editor." For all we know, Du Bois was writing the stories for Turok #7 about Turok and Andar as Young Hawk and Little Buck by other names, unaware of the artistic change of age that had taken place in the title character. Young Hawk was a boy. Turok was (in the illustrations depicting him) an adult. ~ D. Porta.
Art identification by Alberto Becattini (January 2011).

Lotor Goes House Hunting

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Genres: nature

Feature(s): Lotor

Character(s): Lotor the Raccoon

Synopsis: A cloudburst floods Lotor's den. He leads his family out. Dinosaurs attack. Lotor beats one dinosaur; they run from another. Mother raccoon selects a tree with a hole in it for the family. "Mother has picked the prize apartment this time! No floods can drown it. No snoopy reptiles can crawl inside!"

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Pages: 4

Tusks of the Mammoth

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Genres: adventure, historical

Synopsis: The village expels Ontok the hunter because Boromp, the mad bull Mammoth, seeks revenge against Ontok, who wounded him. Ontok promises to return to the village with Boromp's tusks; he tricks Boromp off a cliff.

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Notes: Written by Gaylord Du Bois as: "Tusks of the Mastedon."
Script credit from Randall Scott's "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title."

The Angry River

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Genres: science fiction

Character(s): Turok; Andar; Ski-Yu (their dog)

Synopsis: Water-carriers from the people of the mesa are attacked by a T-Rex as they fetch water below. Turok and Andar fell the T-Rex, but savages attack from upstream. The T-Rex revives, and the raiders retreat. Turok and Andar visit the people of the mesa ("The whole mesa top is a big garden, Turok; THAT'S what they needed all the water for"), then trail the raiders to a natural rock formation, a bridge spanning the gorge. The raiders have amassed a war-party. T-Rex appears. A flash-flood wipes out the bridge, dinosaurs, and the war-party.

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Pages: 13

The Secret of Fire

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Genres: informational, non-fiction

Synopsis: Speculates on the origin and development of prehistoric man's use of fire.

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Pages: 1

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

Dimetrodon

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Genres: informational, nature, non-fiction

Synopsis: Dimetrodon bites Edapohosaurus' nape.

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Pages: 1

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