History ComicBook / Turok

After Creator/{{Acclaim}} bought out Creator/ValiantComics, A popular series of ''VideoGame/{{Turok}}'' video game adaptations began in 1997. Acclaim continued the comics as a subtle ContinuityReboot of the Valiant series, focusing on Joshua Fireseed, a descendant of Tal'Set, as he juggled his life of a OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent on modern-day Earth with his responsibility as Turok. Being that the comics were largely tie-in material for the games, they are mostly forgotten about today. It also didn't help that a mix-up with the distributor kept most of the copies in warehouses. When Acclaim went under due to a number of failed games and marketing blunders, Acclaim's comics, and by extension the Valiant series, died with them.

A reboot of the comic headed by Creator/DarkHorseComics (responsible for other recent Gold Key/Valiant reboots such as ''[[ComicBook/DoctorSolar Solar, Man of the Atom]]'' and ''ComicBook/MagnusRobotFighter'') started in 2010. In 2014 Dynamite Entertainment acquired the rights and started a series written by Greg Pak. In 2017, yet another reboot was attempted, this time with an african-american Turok for the first time in the character's history, written by Chuck Wendig. In 2019, it was rebooted once again with the series going back to its roots and staring Turok as a Navajo Warrior and LegacyCharacter Andar now being his younger brother, written by Ron Marz. Yet another version of the character also appeared in Dynamite's crossover miniseries ''Gold Key Alliance'' and its' followup ''The Sovereigns''.

A reboot of the comic headed by Creator/DarkHorseComics (responsible for other recent Gold Key/Valiant reboots such as ''[[ComicBook/DoctorSolar Solar, Man of the Atom]]'' and ''ComicBook/MagnusRobotFighter'') started in 2010. In 2014 Dynamite Entertainment acquired the rights and started a series written by Greg Pak. In 2017, yet another reboot was attempted, this time with an african-american Turok for the first time in the character's history, written by Chuck Wendig. In 2019, it was rebooted once again with the series going back to its roots and staring Turok as a Navajo Warrior and LegacyCharacter Andar now being his younger brother, written by Ron Marz.

%%* {{Retcon}}: Turning "Indians Turok and Andar lost in a Dinosaur Valley" into "Tal'Set Fireseed/Josh Fireseed/Danielle Fireseed must become '[=TuRoK=]': The title of a mysterious dimension-hopping [[BadassNative Navajo warrior]] fighting [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs genetically engineered dinosaurs,]] [[OurDemonsAreDifferent shape-shifting devils]] and [[{{Cyborg}} bio-mechanical aliens]] with [[EnergyWeapons high-tech weapons]] in a [[AfterTheEnd post-apocalyptic]] version of Earth where 'time has no meaning'".

A reboot of the comic headed by Creator/DarkHorseComics (responsible for other recent Gold Key/Valiant reboots such as ''[[ComicBook/DoctorSolar Solar, Man of the Atom]]'' and ''ComicBook/MagnusRobotFighter'') started in 2010. In 2014 Dynamite Entertainment acquired the rights and started a series written by Greg Pak.

-->''"I... am TUROK!"''

* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: How do you make Genghis Khan even more badass? The Dynamite Entertainment series gave him an army of dinosaurs and a pteranodon-riding daughter.

''Turok'' is a ComicBook hero, a Pre-Columbian Navajo Warrior, who debuted in late 1954. Turok and his friend Andar accidentally fall into [[LostWorld a valley full of dinosaurs]] and struggle to survive and find their way out. In 1956, Turok got his own title, ''Turok: Son of Stone'', originally published by Creator/DellComics, but later by Creator/GoldKeyComics. Then he had another series in the 1990s after the character was acquired by Creator/JimShooter's ValiantComics; it was there that the nature of the valley (and Turok's role in it) were expanded.

After Creator/{{Acclaim}} bought out ValiantComics, A popular series of ''VideoGame/{{Turok}}'' video game adaptations began in 1997. Acclaim continued the comics as a subtle ContinuityReboot of the Valiant series, focusing on Joshua Fireseed, a descendant of Tal'Set, as he juggled his life of a OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent on modern-day Earth with his responsibility as Turok. Being that the comics were largely tie-in material for the games, they are mostly forgotten about today. It also didn't help that a mix-up with the distributor kept most of the copies in warehouses. When Acclaim went under due to a number of failed games and marketing blunders, Acclaim's comics, and by extension the Valiant series, died with them.

* BadAss: You have to be, to bear the mantle of ''Turok''.

After Creator/Acclaim bought out ValiantComics, A popular series of ''VideoGame/{{Turok}}'' video game adaptations began in 1997. Acclaim continued the comics as a subtle ContinuityReboot of the Valiant series, focusing on Joshua Fireseed, a descendant of Tal'Set, as he juggled his life of a OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent on modern-day Earth with his responsibility as Turok. Being that the comics were largely tie-in material for the games, they are mostly forgotten about today. It also didn't help that a mix-up with the distributor kept most of the copies in warehouses. When Acclaim went under due to a number of failed games and marketing blunders, Acclaim's comics, and by extension the Valiant series, died with them.

In the Valiant series, 'Turok' was not a name, but a title: The Turok was the eldest male in the Fireseed family whose job it was to close the portal from Earth to the Lost Lands; a strange, dark world where an evil tyrant named Mothergod had created an army of bio-mechanical dinosaurs to do her bidding. Though Tal'Set Fireseed, the first Turok, closed the portal, he and his brother Andar ended up AfterTheEnd in a ScavengerWorld instead of in their own time. Mothergod, unfortunately, had followed them back with a group of bio-mechanical dinosaurs and, enlisting the aid of other tyrannical figures in this post-apocalyptic nightmare world, had vowed to finally hunt down and kill Tal'Set and Andar.

A popular series of ''VideoGame/{{Turok}}'' video game adaptations began in 1997.

''Turok'' is a ComicBook hero, a Pre-Columbian Navajo Warrior, who debuted in late 1954. Turok and his friend Andar accidentally fall into [[LostWorld a valley full of dinosaurs]] and struggle to survive and find their way out. In 1956, Turok got his own title, ''Turok: Son of Stone'', originally published by Creator/DellComics, but later by GoldKeyComics. Then he had another series in the 1990s after the character was acquired by Creator/JimShooter's ValiantComics; it was there that the nature of the valley (and Turok's role in it) were expanded.

In the Valiant series, 'Turok' was not a name, but a title: The Turok was the eldest male in the Fireseed Family whose job it was to close the portal from Earth to the Lost Lands; a Strange, Dark world where an Evil Tyrant named Mothergod had created an army of Bio-mechanical dinosaurs to do her bidding. Though Tal'Set Fireseed, the first Turok, closed the portal, he and his brother Andar ended up AfterTheEnd in a ScavengerWorld instead of in their own time. Mothergod, unfortunately, had followed them back with a group of Bio-mechanical Dinosaurs; and, enlisting the aid of other tyrannical figures in this Post-Apocalyptic Nightmare World had vowed to finally hunt down and kill Tal'Set and Andar.

* AnachronismStew: Averted, as the Dinosaurs, Demons and Aliens were all interdimensional travellers (albeit involuntary ones); and not simply different things from different time periods together for no reason.

* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: The main storyline has to do with the job of an ancient warrior trying to keep [[TheMultiverse The Omniverse]] from collapsing; using his ancient wisdom to survive in a dark, alien land. They could just have easily have come up with some pretty strange creatures for the Lost Lands; but Bio-mechanical Dinosaurs were [[TheArtifact apparently]] better fitting.
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: How do you make Genghis Khan even more baddass? The Dynamite Entertainment series gave him an army of dinosaurs and a Pteranodon riding daughter.

* {{Retcon}}: Turning "Indians Turok and Andar lost in a Dinosaur Valley" into "Tal'Set Fireseed/Josh Fireseed/Danielle Fireseed must become '[=TuRoK=]': The title of a mysterious dimension-hopping [[BadassNative Navajo Warrior]] fighting [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs Genetically Engineered Dinosaurs,]] [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Shape-shifting Devils]] and [[{{Cyborg}} Bio-Mechanical Aliens]] with [[EnergyWeapons High-tech weapons]] on a post-apocalyptic, 'AfterTheEnd' alternate version of Earth where "Time has No Meaning".

A reboot of the comic headed by Creator/DarkHorseComics (responsible for other recent Gold Key/Valiant reboots such as ''SolarManOfTheAtom'' and ''ComicBook/MagnusRobotFighter'') started in 2010. In 2014 Dynamite Entertainment acquired the rights and started a series written by Greg Pak.

A reboot of the comic headed by Creator/DarkHorseComics (responsible for other recent Gold Key/Valiant reboots such as ''SolarManOfTheAtom'' and ''ComicBook/MagnusRobotFighter'') started in 2010, and is currently ongoing.

''Turok'' is a ComicBook hero, a Pre-Columbian Navajo Warrior, who debuted in late 1954. Turok and his friend Andar accidentally fall into [[LostWorld a valley full of dinosaurs]] and struggle to survive and find their way out. In 1956, Turok got his own title, ''Turok: Son of Stone'', originally published by Creator/DellComics, but later by GoldKeyComics. Then he had another series in the 1990s after the character was acquired by JimShooter's ValiantComics; it was there that the nature of the valley (and Turok's role in it) were expanded.

* TheStraightAndArrowPath - Bows were the only weapons in the ''Turok: the Son of Stone'' comics.

''Turok'' is a ComicBook hero, a Pre-Columbian Navajo Warrior, who debuted in late 1954. Turok and his friend Andar accidentally fall into [[LostWorld a valley full of dinosaurs]] and struggle to survive and find their way out. In 1956, Turok got his own title, ''Turok: Son of Stone'', originally published by DellComics, but later by GoldKeyComics. Then he had another series in the 1990s after the character was acquired by JimShooter's ValiantComics; it was there that the nature of the valley (and Turok's role in it) were expanded.

2008 saw the release of an animated DirectToVideo movie called ''Turok: Son of Stone'' based on the comic series of the same name. The animation was done in TimmStyle (one of the film's 3 directors directed the DTV movie ''BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker''), however unlike the original comic it was considerably darker and gorier with HighPressureBlood and dismembered limbs a-plenty.

In the Valiant series, 'Turok' was not a name, but a title: The Turok was the eldest male in the Fireseed Family whose job it was to close the portal from Earth to the Lost Lands; a Strange, Dark world where an Evil Tyrant named Mothergod had created an army of Bio-mechanical dinosaurs to do her bidding. Though Tal'Set Fireseed, the first Turok, closed the portal, he and his brother Andar ended up [[AfterTheEnd After the End]] in a ScavengerWorld instead of in their own time. Mothergod, unfortunately, had followed them back with a group of Bio-mechanical Dinosaurs; and, enlisting the aid of other tyrannical figures in this Post-Apocalyptic Nightmare World had vowed to finally hunt down and kill Tal'Set and Andar.

A popular series of ''{{VideoGame/Turok}}'' video game adaptations began in 1997.

A reboot of the comic headed by DarkHorseComics (responsible for other recent Gold Key/Valiant reboots such as ''SolarManOfTheAtom'' and ''ComicBook/MagnusRobotFighter'') started in 2010, and is currently ongoing.

* {{Retcon}}: Turning "Indians Turok and Andar lost in a Dinosaur Valley" into "Tal'Set Fireseed/Josh Fireseed/Danielle Fireseed must become '[[TheChosenOne[=TuRoK=]]]': The title of a mysterious dimension-hopping [[BadassNative Navajo Warrior]] fighting [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs Genetically Engineered Dinosaurs,]] [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Shape-shifting Devils]] and [[{{Cyborg}} Bio-Mechanical Aliens]] with [[EnergyWeapons High-tech weapons]] on a post-apocalyptic, 'AfterTheEnd' alternate version of Earth where "Time has No Meaning".

* {{Retcon}}: Turning "Indians Turok and Andar lost in a Dinosaur Valley" into "Tal'Set Fireseed/Josh Fireseed/Danielle Fireseed must become [[TheChosenOne'Tu Ro K']]: The title of a mysterious dimension-hopping [[BadassNative Navajo Warrior]] fighting [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs Genetically Engineered Dinosaurs,]] [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Shape-shifting Devils]] and [[{{Cyborg}} Bio-Mechanical Aliens]] with [[EnergyWeapons High-tech weapons]] on a post-apocalyptic, 'AfterTheEnd' alternate version of Earth where "Time has No Meaning".

* {{Retcon}}: Turning "Indians Turok and Andar lost in a Dinosaur Valley" into "Tal'Set Fireseed/Josh Fireseed/Danielle Fireseed must become [[TheChosenOne'[=TuRoK=]']]: The title of a mysterious dimension-hopping [[BadassNative Navajo Warrior]] fighting [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs Genetically Engineered Dinosaurs,]] [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Shape-shifting Devils]] and [[{{Cyborg}} Bio-Mechanical Aliens]] with [[EnergyWeapons High-tech weapons]] on a post-apocalyptic, 'AfterTheEnd' alternate version of Earth where "Time has No Meaning".

* {{Retcon}}: Turning "Indians Turok and Andar lost in a Dinosaur Valley" into "Tal'Set Fireseed/Josh Fireseed/Danielle Fireseed must become '[=TuRoK=]': The title of a mysterious dimension-hopping [[BadassNative Navajo Warrior]] fighting [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs Genetically Engineered Dinosaurs,]] [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Shape-shifting Devils]] and [[{{Cyborg}} Bio-Mechanical Aliens]] with [[EnergyWeapons High-tech weapons]] on a post-apocalyptic, 'AfterTheEnd' alternate version of Earth where "Time has No Meaning".

* {{Retcon}}: Turning "Indians Turok and Andar lost in a Dinosaur Valley" into "Tal'Set Fireseed/Josh Fireseed/Danielle Fireseed must become '[=TuRoK=]': The title of a mysterious dimension-hopping [[BadassNative Navajo Warrior]] fighting [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs Genetically Engineered Dinosaurs,]] [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Shape-shifting Devils]] and [[Cyborg Bio-Mechanical Aliens]] with [[EnergyWeapons High-tech weapons]] on a post-apocalyptic, 'AfterTheEnd' alternate version of Earth where "Time has No Meaning".

* [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs Everything's Better With Dinosaurs]]: The main storyline has to do with the job of an ancient warrior trying to keep [[TheMultiverse The Omniverse]] from collapsing; using his ancient wisdom to survive in a dark, alien land. They could just have easily have come up with some pretty strange creatures for the Lost Lands; but Bio-mechanical Dinosaurs were [[TheArtifact apparently]] better fitting.

* {{Retcon}}: Turning "Indians Turok and Andar lost in a Dinosaur Valley" into "Tal'Set Fireseed/Josh Fireseed/Danielle Fireseed must become '[=TuRoK=]': The title of a mysterious dimension-hopping [[BadassNative Navajo Warrior]] fighting [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs Genetically Engineered Dinosaurs,]] [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Shape-shifting Devils]] and [[Cyborg Bio-Mechanical Aliens]] with [[EnergyWeapons High-tech weapons]] on a [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot post-apocalyptic, 'AfterTheEnd' alternate version of Earth where "Time has No Meaning"]].

* LongRunner: The original Turok comic book ran for 26 years, and was almost entirely written by one man, PaulSNewman (the Guinness-confirmed most-prolific comics writer).
* {{Retcon}}: Turning "Indians Turok and Andar lost in a Dinosaur Valley" into "Tal'Set Fireseed/Josh Fireseed/Danielle Fireseed must become 'TuRoK': The title of a mysterious dimension-hopping Navajo Warrior fighting Genetically Engineered Dinosaurs, Shape-shifting Devils and Bio-Mechanical Aliens with High-tech weapons on a post-apocalyptic, 'After The End' alternate version of Earth where "Time has No Meaning".

-->''"I...am TUROK!"''

!!''{{Turok}}'' contains the following tropes: