Turok Son of Stone -- Issue No. 6 December 1956 - February 1957

From the early years of the Silver Age of comics, issue No. 6 in the original run of Turok under the Dell publishing banner, appearing as a regular quarterly comic, with a publishing date of December 1956 - February 1957. This issue features the typical painted cover that stood Turok apart from many other comics, and contains the graphic Turok stories "The Giant Ape" and "The Stick Thrower", along with "Lotor" ( a short 4-page graphic feature about a raccoon surviving life with dinosaurs) and a 1-page text story called "Aknet Becomes A Man". Consists of 32 newsprint pages plus covers, saddle-stitched. Condition: The front and back covers contain a number of minor creases from handling and several long vertical creases running almost paralell to the spine, but edgewear is absent from both covers. Cover colors remain bright. Page tips are softened but not rounded. Bottom edge of the spine (1/8 inch) is bumped and wrinkled. The large white areas in the Trix cereal ad on the back cover have accumulated some soiling, most heavily along the spine and edges. In addition, a small (1/16-inch deep) area 1 inch long is missing from the left edge of the BC. (See photos of covers.) Pages have browned at the edges, but remain supple and firm. Page margins show light toning. Cover and staples are tight. There's a slight spine roll at the top of the spine. Conservatively graded VG/F (5.0), 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.…