Shunned from his tribe, a young Native American named Turok fights to survive, making a lonely life for himself in the unforgiving forest. But his hard-won cunning and survival skills face the ultimate test when man-eating Thunder Lizards attack his people! Why are dinosaurs here? How have they survived? And will Turok use his abilities to save a society that's taken Shunned from his tribe, a young Native American named Turok fights to survive, making a lonely life for himself in the unforgiving forest.
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But his hard-won cunning and survival skills face the ultimate test when man-eating Thunder Lizards attack his people! Why are dinosaurs here? How have they survived? And will Turok use his abilities to save a society that's taken everything away from him? Prepare for history-twisting carnage from superstar Greg Pak (Batman/Superman) and Mirko Colak (Conan)!Collects issues #1-4.
Turok Dinosaur Hunter #1: Cold Blood Blazing (Valiant Comic Book July 1993) Comics – 1993 by David Michelinie (Author), Bart Sears (Illustrator) 4.0 out of 5 stars 1 rating See all formats and editions Hide other formats and editions.
Turok is a Native American living in an alternate Manhattan in 1210 AD. Shunned by his tribe for something to do with his dead parents, he hides out in the forest alone. Then one day English Crusaders arrive demanding gold - and theyve brought a surprise weapon with them: dinosaurs, or Thunder Lizards!Aside from vaguely recalling a SNES game called Turok, I know nothing at all about the character. Hes Turok and he hunts dinosaurs! Writer Greg Pak shows us that theres not a whole lot else to the Turok is a Native American living in an alternate Manhattan in 1210 AD. Shunned by his tribe for something to do with his dead parents, he hides out in the forest alone.
Then one day English Crusaders arrive demanding gold - and they’ve brought a surprise weapon with them: dinosaurs, or “Thunder Lizards”!Aside from vaguely recalling a SNES game called Turok, I know nothing at all about the character. He’s Turok and he hunts dinosaurs!
Writer Greg Pak shows us that there’s not a whole lot else to the character with this book. Turok’s an emo pariah in a village full of modern-day speaking Native American jocks who’s basically just sitting around waiting for Pak to get on with the story. Luckily the always-evil English arrive so the reader is treated to some unremarkable dino action.The characters are woefully underwritten with Turok being an exception, though even he’s not that memorable a protagonist with his murky past and unconvincing motivations (why’s he saving them again?).
The story is both predictable and generic (gold as the bad guy’s aim - really?), not to mention contrived – after spending a couple days in each other’s company, some characters can conveniently speak the other’s language! It doesn’t help that Mirko Colak and Cory Smith’s art renders all the Native American characters the same way so you can’t tell them apart. You know who Turok is because he’s got the punk-y haircut.Like a lot of Pak’s comics, Turok was boring and left me indifferent towards the series. This first volume is an unexciting, forgettable venture featuring a one-dimensional character. As I continue along my re-interpretation read of Gold Key Characters ahead of Sovereigns from Dynamite Publishing (issue 1 came out last week) I'm left more and more with the feeling of why can't companies (or maybe it's the creative staff too) keep on re-booting these properties.
Because, while this is not a bad story it would possibly have been better and fresher as new property, not another re-telling of Turok's tale.This version eschews most of the previous incarnations of Turok. No As I continue along my re-interpretation read of Gold Key Characters ahead of Sovereigns from Dynamite Publishing (issue 1 came out last week) I'm left more and more with the feeling of why can't companies (or maybe it's the creative staff too) keep on re-booting these properties. Because, while this is not a bad story it would possibly have been better and fresher as new property, not another re-telling of Turok's tale.This version eschews most of the previous incarnations of Turok. No lost/hidden valley. No noble native american stereotype. Nope, not to be found here.Instead this Turok is an outcast from his adoptive tribe circa 1210 North America New York. Things get interesting when crusaders appear on the shore, and among the beasts that they offload from their ship are dinosaurs.
Which is where the dinosaur hunter part comes in.A decent enough tale, and I enjoyed the idea of making this a complete AU history. PEOPLE OF THE WORLD. 'Hear ye, Hear ye' TUROK IS BACK.AND HE'S NOT IN THE LATE 1950's ANYMORE!!!!!!!!!!!!This is his new make-over:AND IT'S SCARY. NOT LIKE LEGIT SCARY-HE JUST LOOKS TERRIFYING.Which helps me think that this book is a mix mash-up of the following elements:a) Mel Gibson's Apocalyptoandb)andc) Some parts Kingdom of Heaven: 'GOD WILLS IT!' Yes, I could go spouting off tons of non-fiction and literary fiction readalikes-BUT THAT'S NO GUYS.
PEOPLE OF THE WORLD. 'Hear ye, Hear ye' TUROK IS BACK.AND HE'S NOT IN THE LATE 1950's ANYMORE!!!!!!!!!!!!This is his new make-over:AND IT'S SCARY. NOT LIKE LEGIT SCARY-HE JUST LOOKS TERRIFYING.Which helps me think that this book is a mix mash-up of the following elements:a) Mel Gibson's Apocalyptoandb)andc) Some parts Kingdom of Heaven: 'GOD WILLS IT!' Yes, I could go spouting off tons of non-fiction and literary fiction readalikes-BUT THAT'S NO FUN!
Let's talk about Turok's new adventures:Turok volume 1 summed up is following Turok who hunts Dinos after the Europeans come by force bringing Dinos to take-over an indigenous tribes land in the name of religion: BUT NO REALLY THO, IN THE NAME OF GOLD.WHO WILL SAVE US-WHO IS OUR HERO.ECHO. HERO! HERO!?!Turok is this isolated and bullied tribe member that has a passion with animals. He's sorta like Beastmaster on a whole new bezerker destructo level. Anyway, Turok is out to survive all alone, but he is grappling with himself as he feels some obligation towards his people who are currently being terrorized by old-school English knights.And with that.Turok is out to save the day, and ultimately, conveyThanks for the ARC NetGalley. Turok and Andar are mortal enemies, but they are the only ones from their Native-American tribe not captured.
Crusaders with dinosaurs?!?! That's almost as confusing as the exaggerated use of thick, black lines in the artwork.
Why the artist would choose to sometimes cover a character's whole face with a pitch-black shadow is beyond me. The Crusaders demand gold, but the Native-Americans speak a different language, so the dinosaurs are released.The story follows a Rambo-like Turok who wants Turok and Andar are mortal enemies, but they are the only ones from their Native-American tribe not captured.
Crusaders with dinosaurs?!?! That's almost as confusing as the exaggerated use of thick, black lines in the artwork. Why the artist would choose to sometimes cover a character's whole face with a pitch-black shadow is beyond me. The Crusaders demand gold, but the Native-Americans speak a different language, so the dinosaurs are released.The story follows a Rambo-like Turok who wants to help his tribe even though it exiled him. His familiarity with the land and his willingness to nurse one of the crusader's wounded dinosaurs back to health are going to help him in his struggle against the invaders.
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The comic sadly doesn't excel at anything but showing how little respect the crusaders have for what they perceive as a backwards community they must enslave and steal from. The author didn't seem to take advange of Turok's heritage, the crusaders' background other than their victory in Jerusalem. He also didn't humanize or make any character likable. This is really only 'injuns versus dinosaurs.' At least it's a fast read.Turok and Andar manage to free their tribesmen in a daring attack and capture Marion in the confusion.
Her father unleashes the largest dinosaur we've seen so far, one that looks like a T-Rex. A crusader named Tom rides off to try to save Marion and the T-Rex follows him right to Turok and Marion.Turok intended to ransom Marion to get a chance to kill her father, but now he has to fight the T-Rex for his life. He apparently has an ally in Marion and in Frankie, the dinosaur he healed. He rides Frankie toward the crusader camp with the T-Rex on his heels. The few crusader survivors try to take refuge in the tribe's mountain dwellings, but the T-Rex is waiting outside. After killing some more crusaders Turok draws the T-Rex into the water where it is drowned by the large sharks that followed the crusader ships.Turok decides to leave his tribe behind and live alone. Impressive artwork.
His fellow native Americans tease him, but Turok is naturally a stronger, cleverer, nobler warrior than them. Fresh from battles in the Holy Land, the English invade the New World bringing dinosaurs with them. (Yeah, a lot of timeline problems there and a touch of Dan Brown-style conspiracy theories, but try not to overthink it). Turok has to outwit the invaders and come up with a way to use the dinosaurs to his advantage. Volume 1 includes the first four issues and Greg Paks Impressive artwork. His fellow native Americans tease him, but Turok is naturally a stronger, cleverer, nobler warrior than them. Fresh from battles in the Holy Land, the English invade the New World bringing dinosaurs with them.
(Yeah, a lot of timeline problems there and a touch of Dan Brown-style conspiracy theories, but try not to overthink it). Turok has to outwit the invaders and come up with a way to use the dinosaurs to his advantage. Volume 1 includes the first four issues and Greg Pak’s script for the first issue, plus bonus artwork.
Those bonus features offer an interesting glimpse into the making of this reimagined contemporary version of the classic Turok series. Big disappointment.
This book has a great premise: Medieval English knights bring dinosaurs to the New World to fight Native American tribes. But the execution of this idea is a total disaster. The writing is inconsistent. The art is all over the place. The comic is littered with continuity errors. I hated every one the characters.
The fact that there were dinosaurs in it could not save this comic from itself. This is the second dinosaur-related title from Dynamite Comics that I've read. Both Big disappointment. This book has a great premise: Medieval English knights bring dinosaurs to the New World to fight Native American tribes. But the execution of this idea is a total disaster. The writing is inconsistent.
The art is all over the place. The comic is littered with continuity errors.
I hated every one the characters. The fact that there were dinosaurs in it could not save this comic from itself. This is the second dinosaur-related title from Dynamite Comics that I've read.
Both were massively disappointing! As a dinosaur enthusiast I'd love to see new, well-written dinosaur comics. But Turok: Dinosaur Hunter is most certainly not what I'm looking for.
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