How do you get out of Lost Valley? Practice, practice, practice...

I'm usually up for a random issue of Turok when one falls into my lap, which is fine since there really isn't any continuity from one Gold Key issue to another. Even if sometimes you wish there was. From 1972, Turok, Son of Stone #80, "Deadly Aim" Story by Paul Newman, art by Alberto Giolitti.

Still trapped in the dinosaur infested Lost Valley, Turok and Andar get out of a narrow scrape with a tyrannosaur-type by sheer luck--and their one-hit kill poison arrows. Turok encourages the younger Andar to practice, starting with a high tree fruit as a reward. And the practice comes in handy when they find a strange white line, the "medicine" of a strange tribe, to protect them from the dinosaur "honkers." The tribesmen use a boomerang-like weapon, which is new to Turok and Andar, and Turok is captured.

Before Turok can be sacrificed, Andar is able to make a long shot to cut the rope holding him, a shot he probably wouldn't have even been able to try without their earlier practice. Turok returns the favor, shooting a boomerang out of the air to save Andar; and the pair escapes into the Lost Valley. A fun issue, and I'll have to keep an eye out for more soon...