Document Type
Article
Abstract
In this article, I draw on Frederick Luis Aldama’s framework of Graphic Indigeneity to revisit the long history of an Indigenous hero figure in comics: Turok, a pre-Columbian Mandan warrior lost in a prehistoric space known as the Lost Valley. First appearing in Dell’s Four Color Comics #596 (1954), Turok has appeared throughout comics history for nearly 70 years, primarily written and drawn by white creative teams, yet a visually, narratively prominent Indigenous hero in the comics page, one who has periodically been a top-selling popular character in the comics industry. To this end, I argue that Turok is a comic book character imbued with facets of Grace Dillon’s Indigenous Futurism, a heroic figure representing Indigenous ways of being and living through technological innovations and decolonial actions.
DOI
10.26736/hs.2024.01.17
Recommended Citation
Wigard, Justin
(2024)
"“Time is Our Only Ally!”: Indigenous Heroism and Native Slipstream in Turok, Son of Stone,"
Heroism Science: Vol. 9:
Iss.
1, Article 16.
DOI: 10.26736/hs.2024.01.17
Available at:
https://scholarship.richmond.edu/heroism-science/vol9/iss1/16
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