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THE MUTANTS FACE THEIR GREATEST DANGER YET…

Perry Rhodan, Peacelord of the Universe, is worried. The alien Springers are holding a summit meeting on the planet Goszul. They intend to attack Earth, and somehow they must be stopped.

When a Springer traitor offers to betray his people, the Peacelord immediately sends his finest Mutants on the dangerous mission to Goszul…

CONTEST WITH CATASTROPHE…

Long ago, the Peacelord of the Universe had prevented the robot battleships of Arkon from converting Talamon the Mounder's fighter craft into a gas cloud.

In doing so, he sowed the seeds of his own destruction, for 200 ships of the Mounder fleet are ready once again, armed, and ready to attack…

And the most dreaded of the Galactic Traders, the Springers, have devised a scheme so hideous that for Perry Rhodan and the New Power annihilation seems a certainty…

ZOO WORLD

"DON'T Feed the Humans!"

An entire planet used as a zoo. Life-forms from myriads of worlds transported to this world called Tolimon for observation by the Aras, the Galactic Physicians.

Among the captive "creatures," men from Earth!

And according to whispered rumors, the same Terrans have been in the Zoo for centuries!

Is it possible the Aras possess the secret of eternal life?

Perry Rhodan's wife Thora and his friend Khrest of Arkon are aging rapidly. For their sake Perry must learn the secret of the Galactic Zoo.

The assignment is entrusted to two of Rhodan's top mutant-agents, who are prepared to risk everything for the greatest prize of all in the—

LIFE HUNT

THE PEACELORD AND THE LORD OF FANTASY

ALL THIS and A. Merritt too!

This issue of the sci-fi field's unique bookazine presents not only another thrilling episode in the diary of the most daring spaceman the worlds have ever known but a landmark chapter in the incredible interstellar serial COSMOS authored by the world-famous creator of THE MOON POOL & THE METAL EMPEROR.

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SHADOW OF THE MUTANT MASTER

THORA KIDNAPPED!

TESTING THE ROBOT REGENT

THE SOLAR SECURITY SERVICE: 32 of its best men, picked for a Special Action against the Positronicon of Arkon, the Robot Brain whose extent of dangerous knowledge must be ascertained by Perry Rhodan.

Can the Positronicon measure the frequencies emitted by the structocomps of hypertransing ships of the Solar Imperium? If so, there's danger to the Earth!

Maj. Clyde Ostal, in the year 2042, receives orders from the Peacelord himself to take over the armed spacer Tigris in order to test the Robot Regent.

At the same time, events on Grautier, the Exile planet, have gotten out of hand and are careening inexorably toward a catastrophic climax as—

THE TIGRIS LEAPS

LIFE EXPECTANCY: ZERO

THE HOUR CLOCK is almost empty.

For Thora, the Sands of Time have all but run out.

Are down to the last grain.

Once Cosmic Agents John Marshall & Laury Marten risked their lives on the planet Tolimon (PR 43 & 44) to secure some life-prolonging serum for the Arkonide who was to become Rhodan's wife. But the supply from the secret laboratory of the Aras, the Galactic Physicians, has been exhausted…. and now the life energy of Thora too is all but exhausted.

With sheer disbelief, misty eyes and a lump in your throat you will follow the events leading up to—

THORA'S SACRIFICE

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YEAR OF DECISION

2044 A.D.

As the New Year is celebrated on Earth and the colonist worlds of the Solar Empire, few realize that the 12 months ahead will constitute a fateful period in mankind's history.

In the home system of the alien Topides a fire has been smouldering for 73 years and one spark from it would suffice to fan the flames of war thruout Earth's domain.

The future hangs suspended on the response received from the request—

PLANET TOPIDE, PLEASE REPLY!

ENTER, COKAZE

COKAZE. Richest patriarch of the Galactic Traders… and most avaricious.

At last the dread day: the discovery of the solar system by the Springers. As if this problem were not enough, Perry Rhodan learns something that should have bitter consequences for Atlan, new leader of the Arkonide realm.

A bomb peril, intended to create chaos thruout the Solar Empire, is initiated on Venus and only one man can avert it.

Correction: Only one mousebeaver.

The result is—

PUCKY'S GREATEST HOUR

ANTI-ATLAN!

EMERGENCY in the Arkonide Realm!

The Reign of the Robot Regent is o'er and the power to rule has now at last come to the Crystal Prince, the Immortal Arkonide.

But a dangerous rebellion against Atlan is immediately fomented, a rebellion that is actually only a smoke screen, for behind it is—

Thomas Cardif!

Son of Rhodan!

Avowed enemy of the Administrator of the Solar System.

The hatred of son for father knows no bounds and even goes so far as to place—

ATLAN IN DANGER

Perry and the heroes have to deal with the aftermath of an intense conflict and the threat posed by lingering antagonists.

The plot involves the arrival of an insectoid species on the planet Vagabond, the home of the Ilts. The insectoids begin constructing mysterious devices they call "orghs". The unsuspecting mousebeavers, treating the devices as toys, inadvertently interact with them in a way that triggers a disaster, leading to the destruction of most of the foreign vessels.

Perry Rhodan orders a blockade of the planet Lepso to recover his son, Thomas Cardif, who is being held under a mental block.

ALMOST IMMORTAL

THE FANATIC FACES of the Antis are momentarily transfixed by a rapture of awe and wonderment — but the wonderment swiftly transforms itself into greed. There before them, floating in a shell of energy, are 20 keys to Eternal Life!

Thomas Cardif speaks: "Feast your eyes on these cell activators… waiting here for you… but you will never have them unless I give the mental order…

AND OF MY OWN FREE WILL!"

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The Giant Brain of Arkon has given the Terrans two hours to clear out—if they fail to comply, it will activate the necessary orders to insure their obedience. Have Atlan's worst fears become reality? Has the greatest computer ever constructed gone mad? Find out in the newest installment of the world's longest-running SF serial—

SABOTEURS IN A-1

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It was the most difficult decision Perry Rhodan had ever been forced to make—"Gentlemen, after due deliberation I find it necessary to declare a state of emergency and to place the Solar Imperium under a full military alert." Every one of his highest-ranking officers had to agree with his decision, even though they would soon have to face the most powerful force in the galaxy—the Regent. Each man knew what the end result would be... the destruction of Earth!

THE PSYCHO DUEL