Turok Son of Stone -- Issue No. 5 September-November 1956

Gaylord DuBois, Paul S. Newman

Published by Dell Publishing Co., 1956

About this Item

From the dawn of the Silver Age of comics, issue No. 5 in the original run of Turok under the Dell publishing banner, appearing as a regular quarterly comic, with a publishing date of September-November 1956. This issue features the typical painted cover that stood Turok apart, and contains the graphic stories "The River of Fire" and "The Secret Place". Consisting of 32 newsprint pages plus covers, saddle-stitched, the publisher took the unusual step of continuing the second story onto the inside back cover (with no color). Condition: The front and back covers contain a number of minimal creases from handling, but edgewear is absent from both except at tips. Several short, thin horizontal creases extend from the spine on the front cover, due to binding stress. A newsdealer's date stamp in light blue ink appears in the "T" in "Turok". While light toning appears in the page margins, it is most noticeable on the edges of the inside front and back covers. Page tips are lightly rounded and white areas in the Juicy Fruit gum ad on the back cover have accumulated some light soiling. (See photos of covers.) Pages have browned at the edges but remain supple and firm. When the page edges are fanned, two small water stains appear on the lower right side. Cover and staples are tight and there's no spine roll. Conservatively graded VG+ (4.5), based on the grading standards in the 51st Edition of Overstreet (2021-2022), pp 212-215. Comes in an archival Mylar sleeve with archival backing board. Seller Inventory # NWB12-06TSSSN5605

Bibliographic Details

Title: Turok Son of Stone -- Issue No. 5 ...

Publisher: Dell Publishing Co.

Publication Date: 1956

Binding: Soft cover

Illustrator: Bob Correa. John Celardo

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Edition: 1st Edition

Book Type: Softcover