turok

CREATOR - STORY

Name: Gaylord McIlvaine Du Bois.
Personal dates: Born 1899 in Massachusetts, USA. Died 1993 in Florida, USA.
Other creations: Hi-Yo Silver, Sergeant Preston.
Successors: David Michelinie, Paul S. Newman.
Comments: Du Bois also used DuBois as his name.

CREATOR - GRAPHICS

Name: Alberto Giolitti.
Personal dates: Born 1923 in Italy. Died 1993 in Italy.
Other creations: Hi-Yo Silver, Tonto, Sergeant Preston.
Successors: Randy Eliot, Bart Sears.
Comments: Giolitti obtained American citizenship in 1960.

It is uncertain who was actually the initial creators of the series, but the two artists chosen above had the most stories published.
Some sources point to Matthew H. Murphy as an early writer and Rex Maxon as the first drawing artist.

MAIN STORY

The series premiered in 1954. Stopped in 1998, but has been revived several times from 1993 on in independent series. The longest lasting was titled Turok, Dinosaur Hunter and ran from 1993 to 1996 (47 issues).

The series started with two pre-Columbian Indians, Turok and Andar, who, during a hunting expedition, ventures into a deep cavern only to stumble over an isolated valley inhabited by ancient tribes and prehistoric dinosaurs. It takes the two friends all their skills to just stay alive in the valley where they are forced to remain for decades without being able to return to their own habitat.

The full title of the series on this page is Turok, Son of Stone.