My love for the original Turok, Son of Stone is well-documented. For those of you too lazy to click a link, Turok was a comic book concerning the adventures of two Pre-Columbian Native Americans trapped in a valley full of dinosaurs. Turok is my favourite adventure comic of all time, and I thought the creators of the series could never be topped by anyone else. And in a way, I was right.
This past summer I bought over thirty Turoks, including one from the 1950s. I was surprised to find a four page back-up feature inside, something the later Turoks don’t have. The back-up story is called Lotor, and concerns the adventures of a raccoon trapped in a valley full of dinosaurs. In this issue, Lotor’s young are hungry and he must hunt for food without the help of Keenah, his mate, who has been injured by a scorpion. To accomplish this, Lotor must defeat a ravenous Allosaurus and make a tough choice between his family’s safety and a delicious frog. Can Lotor trick the dread Allosaurus? Will his sacrifice doom his family regardless? And most importantly, will Lotor ever find a way out of the Lost Valley and back to his native hunting grounds?
Oh my gosh, poor Lotor must be so stressed. Please tell me that Lotor, Keenah and their family make it out of Dinosaur Valley and back to their natural habitat.
Please Lotor choose your family over that scrumptious froggy!
Sorry to keep you in suspense, Karissa. I imagine you’ve been so distracted by Lotor’s plight that you’ve been unable to post anything to the site since October. Let me lay your worries to rest.
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I do not know if Lotor and his family ever make it out of Lost Valley. Like Turok and Andar, they may wander the Valley for all time. However, I can tell you that Lotor distracts the dinosaur by releasing the frog in its direction. Rather then go hungry, Lotor, Keenah and cubs feast on delicious dinosaur egg yolk. Such is the way… of Lost Valley!