Turok made his debut in Four Color Comics #596 and again in #656 before being given his own series beginning with Turok, Son of Stone #3. The series lasted for 130 issues.

The plot revolves around Turok and his friend Andar entering a cave and finding a Lost Valley inhabited by dinosaurs and various tribes of Cavemen. Turok and Andar fend off dinosaurs using arrows dipped in poison made from special berries that grow in Lost Valley. Occasionally, they deal with hostile Cavemen tribes who see them as unwanted competition in their hunting grounds, trespassers in their land, or worthy sacrifices to whatever gods they worshiped. Often times, the cavemen seek to steal Turok and Andar's secret to making fire and poison arrows, the only advantage the two have in this unforgiving land. Turok teaches Andar survival skills from time to time. Sometimes natural disasters occur creating havoc in Lost Valley. Their ultimate goal is to find a way out of Lost Valley and while they do find a lead on a way out, unlucky fate intervenes whether they're interrupted by hostile Cavemen or hungry carnivorous dinosaurs. Their progress is halted and they're forced to search elsewhere for a way out. Turok and Andar are Native American youths from a time when the Americas were not colonized yet. Since Dinosaur bones had not yet been discovered by Paleontologists, the two had no words for what to call the living dinosaurs they encounter so they settle for calling them Honkers due to the honking noises they made since this was before movies like Jurassic Park gave us the iconic T-Rex roar.

Dell Comics
Four Color Comics #596
Four Color Comics #656

Turok, Son of Stone #3-29

Gold Key Comics
Turok, Son of Stone #30-125

Whitman Comics
Turok, Son of Stone #126-130

Years after the end of the Western Publishing run, Valiant Comics debuted a new Turok in Magnus: Robot Fighter #12. With this version, the concept and setting were altered. Turok and Andar were now 18th-century Native Americans. The isolated valley became "the Lost Lands" — a land where demons, dinosaurs and aliens flourish and where "time has no meaning". A cosmic anomaly causes time in the Lost Lands to move in a self-contained loop (which means that while millions of years pass outside of it, inside it, time barely moves at all). "Unity", a line-wide Valiant Comics crossover storyline, altered the concept even further. The crossover's main villain, a psychotic superpowered being known as Mothergod, uses the Lost Lands as her base of operations. She outfits dinosaurs with intelligence-boosting implants, turning them into "bionisaurs". In the aftermath of the final battle between Mothergod and the Valiant Universe heroes, the Lost Lands begin to disappear. Turok and Andar are tossed into a post-apocalyptic future Earth, and a group of bionisaurs make it to Earth along with them. Following this, they become ruthless hunters trying to contend with the demons and aliens that exist in the future world, as well as various Lovecraftian abominations and high-tech future warriors. Mothergod seizes power in this future and begins to rebuild her empire and attempts to hunt down and kill Turok and Andar.

Valiant Comics Turok: Dinosaur Hunter arrived after and loosely continued the previous series and lasted for 53 issues including reprints of old Turok, Son of Stone comics.

Turok: Dinosaur Hunter #0-47

Turok Yearbook #1

The Original Turok, Son of Stone #1 & #2

Turok - The Hunted #1 & #2

Crossovers
Archer and Armstrong Vol 1, #2
Bloodshot Vol 2, #14
The Chaos Effect: Alpha
Deathmate Black
Geomancer Vol 1, #5-7
The H.A.R.D. Corps Vol 1, #9-10
Magnus, Robot Fighter Vol 1, #12
Rai Vol 2, #0
Secret Weapons Vol 1, #1 and #7
Secrets of the Valiant Universe Vol 1, #1
Shadowman Vol 1, #15
Unity 2000 Vol 1, #1
Valiant Reader Vol 1, #1
X-O Manowar Vol 1, #14-15, #27-30, #42-43, and #48

Unpublished
Shaman's Tears/Turok

A new Turok series, titled simply Turok, was published by Acclaim Comics in 1997 and 1998. In the revamped Acclaim Comics universe, Turok is not the character's name, but rather a title meaning "Son of Stone". The Turok must protect the barriers between this dimension and the others—the axis of all worlds being the Lost Lands, a place where creatures from across time and space had been dragged and where "time has no meaning". Joshua Fireseed, the latest Turok, must travel between alternate universes stopping those who would try to conquer the Lost Lands, and thus all of the multiverse with it. These is the comics that the popular games are based on.

Comics
Turok: The Empty Souls
Turok: Spring Break in the Lost Land
Turok/Timewalker: Seventh Sabbath #1 & #2
Turok: Redpath
Turok: Child of Blood
Turok: Tales of the Lost Land
Turok #1-4
Turok Online Exclusive Webcomic - Turok: Born In The Fire or Evil Takes Root
Turok 2: Seeds of Evil
Turok 2: Adon's Curse
Turok/Shadowman - Army of One

Acclaim Adventure Zone #1-3

Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion

Turok: Evolution

Short Stories
From Evil Seeds
An eight chapter novella written by Fabian Nicieza. It takes place after the death of the Primagen, as Joshua Fireseed, Barry Hackowitcz, and Adon attempt to reinforce the stability of the Lost Land.

Junior Novels
These novels were written by Michael Teitelbaum and based on Acclaim's storyline. Unlike in the game's and comics canon, Joshua Fireseed has two sisters, Alison Fireseed & Vivian Jakashawah, and a nephew, Clay Jakashawah.

Way of the Warrior
Josh only wanted to play baseball. But when his uncle Carl arrives home, dying of mysterious wounds, with the message that he must become the next Turok and save the Lost Land, Josh has no choice. When the Light Burden transports him, along with his sister and his best friend, to the Lost Land, Josh realizes he must learn to fight using the incredible weapons his uncle gave him. If he doesn't, the Lost Land will be taken over by Primagen, who will destroy the entire civilization. Josh must fight to the death... that's the way of the warrior.

Seeds of Evil
Is this the end of everything? TUROK must defeat Primagen's evil army and capture the Energy Totems before Primagen uses them to tear apart every existing universe in its wake. Just as TUROK is on the verge of victory, Primagen unleashes a sly scheme – a plan that may cost Turok's friends their lives!

Arena of Doom
Josh, Barry and Alison are trapped in the Lost Land, and each must fight in order to survive. Alison has been selected to be one of the Captain's elite guards. Barry struggles to avoid being killed in the Campaigner's arena. Finally, Josh must fight the Campaigner in the burning arena, a fight that will end in death for one of them.

Path of Destruction
Josh, Barry and Alison's struggle to return home leads them to the Gatekeeper, a fierce alien creature who might just help them return home – or kill them!

Video Games
For a continuity timeline, See my Acclaim Continuity Timeline guide.

Iguana Entertainment (Renamed Acclaim Studios Austin during Rage Wars)
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter
Turok 2: Seeds of Evil
Turok: Rage Wars (a multiplayer spinoff)
Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion
Turok: Evolution (a prequel to Turok: Dinosaur Hunter)
Turok: Resurrection (a cancelled sequel to Turok: Evolution)

Before the development of Turok: Evolution, a Turok game for GBA was developed but later cancelled. A playable demo version of what was made so far of it is downloadable online and serves as a proof of concept. The game itself is an FPS in the same vein as Duke Nukem Advance and Serious Sam Advance. Only one enemy can be spawned and there is no collision detection.

Bit Managers
Turok: Battle of the Bionosaurs (Game Boy version of Turok: Dinosaur Hunter)
Turok 2: Seeds of Evil (GBC)
Turok: Rage Wars (GBC)
Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion (GBC)

RFX Interactive
Turok: Evolution (GBA)

After the failure of Turok: Evolution and the bankruptcy & closure of Acclaim, the series struggled to gain back the footing it once had.


Classic Media won a bankruptcy court auction for the assets of Western Publishing, which included the rights of Turok and other characters from the franchise, and the assumption of all its debt, with Random House receiving all the publishing properties and Classic its entertainment division.

Actor Adam Beach announced that he was beginning to work on a live-action Turok film with friend and fellow actor Hayden Christensen as producer. It was to be an adaptation of Acclaim's comic series.

Video Games

Propaganda Games
Turok
A series reboot with gameplay inspired by military shooters of the time. It features Joseph Turok, a space marine, fighting dinosaurs and enemy soldiers on a dinosaur planet.

Turok 2
A cancelled sequel to the 2008 video game

Living Mobile
Turok
a mobile port of the 2008 video game

Animated film
Turok: Son of Stone
A 73-minute animated film based on the comic book series by Western Publishing.
Turok, a Native American warrior, avenges the slaughter of his family while fighting dinosaurs and another Native American named Chichak who now leads a hostile tribe of Cavemen.

Comics
Turok: Son of Stone
An 88 page adaptation of the animated film.

Cancelled Live Action Film
The film was re-announced by Beach in 2008 shortly after the release of both the 2008 video game reboot and the animated film Turok: Son of Stone. After the movie's initial writer failed to produce a script, director John Woo suggested that Beach be the "guy leading the force" for the movie's production. However, the investors disagreed with the suggestion and, ultimately, backed out of the project. Adam Beach hopes that, eventually, those initially involved with the film will return and "get back into making that a possibility."

Dark Horse Comics started an archive series to reprint the original comics
Turok: Son of Stone Archives
A 10 volume series collecting all original Turok, Son of Stone comics up to issue #67.

Several comebacks come and go, but the franchise starts gaining more of a cult following.

Dark Horse Comics releases a new Turok, Son of Stone series. It lasts for four issues.
Turok, Son of Stone #1-4
Turok, wandering warrior from a far land, rescues Andar, son of a Chiricahua chief, from the ruthless King Maxtla and his Aztec horde. Pursued into a vast cavern, prey and predators are swept away by an unimaginable force to a savage, timeless land of nightmares and miracles, where dinosaurs thunder and rampage. Beset by bloodthirsty enemies and beasts, Turok and Andar encounter an even deadlier threat-the fearsome Panther People and their mesmerizing goddess, Aasta.
Turok: Son of Stone Volume 1: Aztlán collects the four-issue 2010 Dark Horse Comics series.

A Turok film was in development circa 2012 or earlier. Writer Greg Russo and director Neil Marshall were both attached to the project. Unfortunately, rights issues affected its development, and the project was ended.
DreamWorks Animation SKG announced that it had acquired Classic Media for $155 million. The company became a division of DreamWorks Animation and was renamed DreamWorks Classics.

Dynamite Entertainment releases its own Turok: Dinosaur Hunter comic series lasting for 12 issues.
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter #1-12
It revolves around Turok, a Native American warrior who is shunned from his tribe. He lives an isolated life in a forest until his tribe is attacked by dinosaurs. Both of Turok's parents were killed and Turok thinks being alone is better.
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter Vol. 1-3 collects all 12 issues of the Dynamite Entertainment series.


Nightdive Studios begins their remastering of the Turok trilogy of video games beginning with Turok: Dinosaur Hunter.

Turok appeared in a five-issue miniseries called Gold Key: Alliance starring heroes from multiple Gold Key Comics titles.

DreamWorks Classics (Formerly known as Classic Media) owns the rights to Turok.

Dynamite published a second Turok comic series titled Turok part of the rebooted Gold Key Universe and The Sovereigns series. It consists of five issues.

Nightdive remasters Turok 2: Seeds of Evil.

Turok Vol. 1: Blood Hunt collects all 5 issues of the second Dynamite Turok series.

Dynamite publishes a third Turok series lasting for five issues. In this, Turok and Andar are now brothers and must escape the U.S. Cavalry led by Captain Connors and the chase brings them to the Lost Land.

Concept art for the cancelled 2012 Turok film project are revealed.

Pillow Pig Games releases Turok: Escape From Lost Valley, a third-person action-adventure game based on the old adventures of Turok and Andar. The game receives heavy criticism for its art style.

As we catch up to the present, the future of the franchise is currently unknown.

A Survival Update was released for Turok: Escape From Lost Valley.

Turok: Escape From Lost Valley is delisted for good probably due to low sales.

Nightdive releases Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion Remastered

Turok Origins game trailer revealed. A new standalone series set within the franchise.

So what's next for the Turok franchise? That has yet to be determined.