Search Worlds Without End

PERILOUS DAWN…

Major Perry Rhodan, commander of the spaceship STARDUST, found more than anyone had expected might exist on the moon — for he became the first man to make contact with another sentient race!

The Arkonides had come from a distant star, and they possessed a knowledge of science and philosophy that dwarfed mankind's knowledge.

But these enormously powerful alien beings refused to cooperate with the people of Earth… unless Perry Rhodan could pass the most difficult test any human being had ever faced…

CHALLENGE FROM THE STARS…

Perry Rhodan had returned from the moon in Spaceship Stardust accompanied by two of the Arkonides. But the earth was on the verge of an atomic conflict. So Perry Rhodan, Peacelord of the Universe, threw an impregnable forcefield around the Stardust and declared his ship independent of the warring nations.

As he had hoped, the holocaust was temporarily averted by the more deadly threat of his allies from the stars; but could Perry Rhodan keep the peace long enough to persuade the Arkonides that mankind was fit to enter their galactic community?

PEACELORD OF THE UNIVERSE…

The star-roving Arkonides had taught Perry Rhodan the secrets of their highly advanced technology, and now his task was to construct a huge starship to open communication between Earth and the mighty Arkonide Empire.

But the nations of Earth, in their fear, destroyed the remains of the lone Arkonide ship on the moon – setting off an alarm to summon retaliation from the war bases of the stellar empire.

As the massive space-fleet of galactic dreadnoughts headed for Earth, its mission to turn the planet into a radioactive wasteland, only Perry Rhodan had a chance of stopping the onslaught. But for how long could the tiny planet of Earth continue to hold off the enormous war-forces of the mighty star empire?

MANKIND ENSLAVED…

Perry Rhodan, leader of the Third Power, had managed with the aid of extra-terrestrial super-science to unify the warring factions of Earth. Humankind now stood at the beginning of its greatest Golden Age.

But suddenly there came a new enemy, an alien force whose aim was to destroy all other intelligent life in the universe. Their most terrible weapon was the ability to take over human bodies with their minds, while imprisoning the human minds within their own monstrous insect-like bodies.

No beings in the galaxy had ever managed to survive against the Mind snatchers. Perry Rhodan led his telepathically trained Mutant Corps against them, and mankind’s fate in the balance.

REPTILIAN INVADERS…

Ravaging through the far reaches of space was a race of reptilian beings who compulsively destroyed every civilization they found… and now they had heard of Earth.

Perry Rhodan and his Third Power were mankind’s only hope against these marauders. With his Mutant Corps, Rhodan headed out into the distant besieged Vega system to fend off the aliens before they reached Earth.

But in the savage battle at the Vega sector, his ship damaged beyond repair, Rhodan is forced to crash-land on a Vega planet. And with Perry powerless, Earth is doomed to destruction by the slaughtering Topide reptiles…

MISSION TO THE STARS

From the outer fringes of space the reptilian aggressors came, bent on ravaging the distant world of Ferrol, in the path of their ultimate goal – Earth.

Although Perry Rhodan’s galactic Peace Corps and the telepathically trained Mutant Section once tamed the cruel invaders, Rhodan knew the aliens were now out for revenge, reinforced by their fury.

They headed out to intercept but twenty-seven light years from Terra in the planetary system of Vega, there waits a further challenge, one which even the Peace Lord of the Universe might hesitate to accept – the deadly Time Vault!

TARGET OF DOOM

Blazing across the galactic spirals, Perry Rhodan, Peace Lord of the Universe, drove the attacking reptilian hordes out of the central star system to their lair in the Orion-Delta constellation.

But the aliens were not finished, they had merely withdrawn the remnants of their fleet to the outer edges of the Vega Sector. And there, in the vast Fortress of the Six Moons they waited, gathering strength for the next assault, watching with seething hatred as the only being who had dared defy them prepared to meet his doom…

QUEST FOR ETERNITY

News of a planet of eternal life swept the galaxy arid Perry Rhodan, aided by his unique Mutant Corps, headed out to discover the source.

The unknown keepers of the secret of eternity pulled many a psychological ploy to deflect his approach and their defenses seemed impregnable.

But Perry Rhodan does not give up so easily. With the destiny of mankind in the balance the Peacelord was prepared to pursue the goal of everlasting life through the maze of time and space and so solve THE GALACTIC RIDDLE.

Out of the Unknown

The unknown immortal who guards that most devoutly despired secret, the secret of eternal life, seemingly has prepared an endless series of tests, "impossible" challenges that anyone must meet and beat who would win the secret of secrets.

Perry Rhodan, Leader of the New Power, has already gone ahead too far in his pursuit to ever think of going back—even if he wanted to. Following an adventure that has strained the nervous systems of all involved to the utmost limit, he finally has in his possession a further clue from the unknown one.

And this message is the curtain-raiser to the (so far) most incredible adventure of the Peacelord of the Universe, his—

QUEST THROUGH SPACE AND TIME

THE VALLEY OF THE PHANTOMS

When Perry Rhodan, interplanetary Peace Lord searches to unravel the secret of eternal life, he finds a clue from the past of Ferrol which sends him to the giant planet of the Vega System, Gol.

There, accompanied by two Arkonides, the beautiful Thora and scientist Khrest, and as ever, by his Mutant Corps, Perry explores the planet's surface. And Gol is a monster. Not only has it a gravity far exceeding anything the humans have ever encountered, but they have to contend with an awesome army of glowing forms which attacks their ship…

STAR STRIDE

Dedicated to the search for the world of Eternal Life, Peacelord Perry Rhodan and his Mutant team landed on the ghostly planet Gol, 14th world of the Vega system.

Suddenly the search was interrupted when, under attack by the voracious energy eaters, they were thrust out into space by a pulsator. Saved! But by whom? And now Perry Rhodan realised they were lost in a strange uncharted region of the cosmos...

PLANET OF PERIL

Perry Rhodan, Peace Lord of the Universe and commander of the spaceship Stardust, set the hyperjump coordinates for the planet of eternal life. But, as the ship dematerialized, something went wrong and the Stardust raced out of control across the galaxy to the system of Laton, a blue giant sun... thirty thousand light years from its goal!

Why?

Perry discovers an alien stowaway aboard - a life form, from the Planet of the Dying Sun, with mysterious powers... powers which force Perry and his mutant crew to clash with the rebels of Tuglan...

SOLAR MENACE

After the tyrant of Tuglan, betrayer of his planet's people, has been destroyed, Perry Rhodan, Peace Lord of the Universe, anticipates a peaceful return to Ferrol… but such was not to be. Emerging from hyperspace in the mighty Stardust II, Rhodan encounters chaos of cosmic Vega, a stable sun, is unaccountably going nova!

And if the Ferrons, faced with fiery extinction, are to be saved, there is only one course open to he must fulfill the destiny demanded of him and meet face to face with Immortal Unknown…

ARMADA OF DEATH

Perry Rhodan, leader of the New Power, had finally reached his goal – Wanderer, the Planet of Immortality – where the gift of eternal life was bestowed upon him. His mission complete, Rhodan and his mutant team turned the gigantic Stardust towards Earth once more.

But, unknown to the space explorers, five years have passed since their last contact with Earth! They return to find their home planet on the verge of a third world war. And that's not all – the Venus Base is surrounded by the unspeakable horrors of the Dark Planet!

As Perry Rhodan willingly enters the battle he becomes the target of an armada of five hundred armed spaceships streaking across the galaxy towards them…

FLIGHT TO THE EVENING STAR

In a desperate bid to escape the iron will of Perry Rhodan, Thora the beautiful Arkonide captive takes an earth ship and, with a robot as her only companion, rockets to Venus, the first step toward returning to her native world.

But she reckons without SBX…. and her plans are wrecked. She has fled a prison only to crash land in the volcanic primeval planet that is Venus, a dangerously dinosaurian world crawling with giant snail-worms and winged horrors. Now it's up to Perry Rhodan to rescue her – but first he too must outwit the merciless SBX…

VENUSIAN TRAP

Thora, beautiful Arkonide fugitive, is trapped on Venus where she had fled in a bid to reach her distant home planet. Perry Rhodan, leader of the Peace Corps rocketed to her rescue but he too became a prisoner of the planet of peril, menaced not only by the Venusian monsters but by deadly invaders from Earth!

Can the Peace Lord escape a planet sealed off by an impenetrable barrier 300 miles deep?

Can Reginald Bell, Rhodan’s first lieutenant, break through the barrier via a time trap in the fifth dimension?

If not, Perry will be forced to summon all his mortal powers against the SECRET BARRIER X…

THE VENUS OF LEGEND

LIFE – raw, primordial – teemed on this young world: on its land, beneath its seas and in its air. Prehistoric life forms, similar to those which once flourished on distant Earth – vicious, voracious… Venusian.

Into this raw young world plunges Perry Rhodan and his men of war in a race against time – Thora, Queen of Arkon, is in hideous danger…

THE WORLD IN PERIL

As if from the entrails of Hell itself an evil Mastermind materializes: MONTERNY!

A super-hypnotist who enslaves the minds and bodies of his own band of mutants and sets them against Perry and his futuremen in a war of wills for the highest stake of all – THE FUTURE OF THIS PLANET EARTH!

THE SEARCH FOR THE MUTANT MASTER

The evil master-mind, Monterny, has been defeated but has escaped with his life. There can be no secure future for mankind while he lives. Perry Rhodan and the beautiful telepath, Tatyana, join forces to rid the Universe of the greatest menace it has ever faced.

THE GREATEST SPACE BATTLES OF ALL TIME…

Monterny, the Mutant Master and super-hypnotist has been defeated again and again by Perry Rhodan, but has always managed to escape to begin new mischief.

Now he has developed a new, huge, super mutant, whose very glance brings death.

Incredible space battles ensue and it looks as if Perry has at last met his match…

THE SOLAR SYSTEM INVADED

The planets of the solar system have hardly recovered from the ravages of the Mutant Master, Monterny, when they are faced by the greatest menace of all time: intelligent beings from outside our own system, possibly from outside the galaxy, are moving in, bent on conquest.

Not waiting for his forces to muster, Perry, with a handful of followers, dashes for Transplutonia, the outer fringes of known space, only to find that he is apparently helpless against this nameless menace.

300 LIGHT-YEARS FROM EARTH

The aliens cannot believe their eyes – a spaceship of Arkon construction out here, over 300 light-years from the Solar System, in the orange and blue, double star system of Beta-Albireo.

Perry Rhodan has pursued the pirates who have stolen the K-7 to their secret location, deep in space, and now fights against hopeless odds, pitting his handful of ships against 30 alien spacecraft.

TOTAL DESTRUCTION…

faces Perry and his team of veterans. The Springers have decided that if there is no other way of ridding themselves of this daring Earthman and his companions they will blow up Beta Albireo, the ice world which Perry is using as his H.Q.

But Perry has a new lieutenant in Pucky, a mutant animal of super-human cunning, which the Springers are already learning to fear.

THE PEACELORD ENCOUNTERS THE PLANET BARKON…

In search of a super-weapon with which to rescue his Mutants from the Springers on Ice Planet, Perry is en route through the space-time continuum to the Planet of Eternal Life when he lands on Barkon.

Shortly after the beginning of time the first civilised beings had developed on Barkon. Their power expanded through the Universe, until suddenly their planet left orbit and reappeared in the farthest known galaxy. Now, hollowing out the planet to convert it into a titanic worldship, the Barkonides intend to return…

THE PEACELORD'S MOST IMPORTANT MISSION EVER…

The Springers are cruel, cunning and ruthless aliens who will stop at nothing in their mission to take over new planetary sectors and monopolise galactic trade. Earth is an obvious target and when Etztak, Patriarch of the Springers, gives the order to 'Destroy That Planet', an emergency message is sent out…

CAN PERRY AND HIS MUTANTS SAVE THE SOLAR SYSTEM…?

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…

EARTH IN PERIL…

The Springer onslaught on Earth is imminent – unless Perry Rhodan's Mutants can stop them. The Mutants penetrate to the heart of the Springer forces – Goszul, Planet of the Gods.

With the aid of the wily Vethussar the Mutants take on the Springers and bring their own brand of guerrilla warfare to the Planet of the Gods. Only they can save humanity – but the odds are stacked against them…

MORE FEARFUL THAN DEATH ITSELF

To forget… to lose all memory, all knowledge of your past…

The alien Springers fear such a fate more than loss of life – and so Perry Rhodan and the mutant corps have a devastating weapon when they unleash the Plague of Lethe in the battle to force the Springers and Mounders set free the enslaved planet Goszul.

But can it be done – without infecting the entire galaxy?

SPHERE OF MYSTERY

On a lonely moon in deepest space a scout for Perry Rhodan's fleet encounters a strange, sentient orb. As a Springer attack force approaches the planet Goszul, the orb reveals its awesome power… but what are its intentions?

Meanwhile on Goszul, the Springers seem to have been vanquished by the Plague of Oblivion unleashed by Rhodan and his mutants. But the Springers have one devastating card left to play – hidden deep in the mountains, their mightiest battleship is nearing completion…

DESTINATION: DISTANT ARKON

After 13 years Perry Rhodan can at last fulfil his promise to Thora and Khrest, the aliens from Arkon who are homesick for their parent planetary system.

Five hytrans leaps, via the great spaceship Ganymede, and the Tri-Planets will be reached.

But in between comes interception!

The Naats! Creatures who lope about on all fours like monkeys. Three eyes peer from beneath leathery black skulls and of noses there seem to be none.

Rhodan and his friends are captured and their ship immobilized beneath insurmountable energy fields They must contact the Arkonide authority on Naat to negotiate their release so that they may go on to their goal.

And if Perry, Thora and Krest get to Arkon, the Arkonides will find that things have radically changed for them at home during their absence.

DANGER IN TRIPLICATE

When Perry Rhodan discovers the home world of Khrest and Thora he finds that three planets are, literally, better than one. For Perry has to confront not just Arkon I, but Arkon II and Arkon III. And each planet is dedicated to a purpose all its own: one of them… war!

The warrior planet supplies a super battleship of space a mile long… and Perry Rhodan and his mutant crew find themselves serving under Thora on a deadly mission.

Deadly…. and violent, when the Peacelord and his allies are faced with hundreds of berserk battle-robots bent on destruction, in one of Perry Rhodan's greatest adventures.

ALIEN MYSTERY

Perry Rhodan is on a secret mission on a planet of Arkonide descendants. With him, on a mile-long 'liberated' space battleship is the extraordinary Pucky, and the imperious Thora.

But new mysteries arise on the planet Zalit.

The Zalites are coppery-skinned aliens with copper-green hair. Their planet has become the base of the 'Watchdogs' – telepathic, marine, methane-breathing creatures from another world who establish themselves on Zalit for unknown purposes.

What are their aims? Are they malevolent? A new and fantastic challenge for Perry Rhodan and his mutant allies…

RACE AGAINST TIME…

The Arkonide Empire – overstretched and undermanned, but still capable of reducing the entire solar system to a radioactive cloud.

This, the Positronicon will do – if the Zarlt of Zalit reveals the Earth's co-ordinates.

But the Mooffs control the mind of the Zarlt – so who controls the Mooffs?

Perry Rhodan must find out. But first he must become…

THE VALLEY OF DEATH…

Spaceship Titan – the most powerful craft in the known universe. It can travel at the speed of light, can even avoid the co-ordinate scanners of the robot brain of Arkon.

Or can it?

Honur – a parched and inhospitable globe.

Here Perry Rhodan must seek temporary sanctuary from the positronicon, and the insidious menace of the Mooffs.

But here too Perry and his Mutants must battle to prevent the break-up of the Arkonide Empire – and survive the mysterious threat that lurks within the Thatrel System…

METALLIC MENACE…

The vital structure-compensator has been installed in the Spaceship Titan. Once more its massive bulk contains the most sophisticated destructive weaponry in interplanetary space.

But the toxin-ridden Nonues have wreaked havoc among the crew. And their deadly Ionized Argon has been artificially produced. So Perry Rhodan must return to Honor, and search the treacherous valleys and desolate plains from whence it came. And Honor also harbors the dreaded Microbots…

PLANET OF PERIL…

A sinister psychic force spreads throughout the galaxy. The Moofs have issued their ultimatum and, for Perry Rhodan, it spells deadly danger.

Meanwhile, seven hundred members of the New Power's crew are critically ill. The Aras, medical masters of the universe, must be found.

And the answer to their whereabouts lies in an alien world of 250 mile-an-hour hurricanes and seas of ammonia…

DESPERATE DECOY…

The lives of the crew of the New Power hang in the balance. Artificially induced illness has ravaged Perry Rhodan's allies, and there seems to be no cure – unless his young lieutenant can accomplish a perilous interstellar mission.

First, Rhodan's agent, Tifflor, must feign betrayal of the Peacelord of the Universe. And then he too falls victim to the ruthless schemes of the murderous Medical Masters…

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…

EARTH ENDANGERED…

The Awesome spaceship Titan blasts off from Laros, the base of the Medical Masters. But the Peacelord’s troubles are far from over. Suddenly, inexplicable forces spirit eight of his Mutants onto the face of the mysterious world of Gom…

The inhabitants are deadly – yet Perry Rhodan must delay his rescue, for Earth itself is threatened and a deception of cosmic proportions is the only chance of saving the home planet from total destruction…

DESTINATION: DECEPTION

AN OLD ARKON Star Catalog records that the System of Betelgeuse is uninhabited.

But is that information accurate now?

Perry Rhodan’s surprising discovery of old foes of mankind in a key position must be taken into consideration in his great spacial gamble with the interstellar warfleets of the Springers & Aras.

When the positronicon aboard the battleship of Topthor the Mounder leads the attackers to the third planet of the Betelgeuse System, will not the scales fall from Topthor's eyes and Perry's ploy become transparent to the enemy?

And, making matters worse, the scaly Topides are back to menace the men & mutants dedicated to the safety of Earth and the peace of the Universe.

No eye will close during the gripping report on the—

RED EYE OF BETELGEUSE

EARTH AT THE CROSSROADS

SPRINGERS on the Earth!

Topides attacked by Terrans!

That's what the Springers & Topides think is happening but in actuality it's Springers vs. Topides and the battleground, due to an incredibly clever ploy on the part of the Peacelord, is not our native Terra.

The fighting between two alien races is taking place on the 3d planet of the red sun Betelgeuse, a primeval jungle world where the Topides have established a colonial empire base.

With the security of Earth at stake, Pucky plays a vital part in this deceptive delaying action whose motivation is to buy Earth the vital period of time we need in order to become an interstellar power.

If Perry Rhodan's plan is successful, the Earth lives. If not—

THE EARTH DIES

ATLAN THE AMAZING

SUPERHUMAN?

WHO is this mysterious ATLAN… mistaken for a fish… mystifying the Mutant Corps with his personal "monoblock”… possessor of an invisibility device?

A HIBERNATOR who has overslept the menacing Warmageddon which was averted at the penultimate moment, he poses a mystery to all who meet him. Especially Perry Rhodan.

WHY is Atlan edgy when Arkonides are mentioned?

WHAT are his fatal mistakes that cause him to change personality twice before revealing his real nature and purpose?

AND who does he challenge, and why, to a death duel on a broiling desert Hell World 12,000 light-years from Earth?

LEARN the startling secret of—

TIME'S LONELY ONE

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

CAPTIVE COSMIC AGENTS

TRAPPED on Tolimon!

The mutants John Marshall & Laury Marten, undercover agents of Terrania, have accomplished one dangerous mission light-years from the Home Planet and procured a small vial of the life-prolongation serum which is the prized & guarded creation of the Medical Masters, the Aras.

But now the daring pair cannot escape from the planet Tolimon.

To attempt their rescue comes Inspector "Tristol" from Arkon, together with a personal servant who suspiciously resembles a certain mouse-beaver originally from the planet Vagabond and infamous for his—puckish—sense of humor.

But blind chance can blast the best-laid plans of men & mouse-beavers, as Perry Rhodan learns to his dismay when fate sends his way the Real Inspector from Arkon. Confrontation could mean disaster upon the discovery of—

THE PSEUDO ONE

COSMOS

SENSATIONAL SOLAR SYSTEM SERIAL

by

• RALPH MILNE FARLEY
• DAVID H. KELLER
• ARTHUR J. BURKS
• BOB OLSEN
• FRANCIS FLAGG
• ? JOHN W. CAMPBELL
• RAE WINTERS
• ? OTIS ADELBERT KLINE &
• E. HOFFMAN PRICE
• ABNER J. GELULA
• RAYMOND A. PALMER
• ? A. MERRITT
• R. F. STARZL
• ? EDWARD E. SMITH
• P. SCHUYLER MILLER
• L. A. ESHBACH
• EANDO BINDER
• ? EDMOND HAMILTON

AN EXCLUSIVE FEATURE OF THIS UNIQUE MEGABOOK OF SCIENTIFICTION

COSMOS

...has been called "the most unusual, stupendous interplanetary novel ever conceived!”

COSMOS

..."is really the 17 best science fiction stories rolled into one great novel.”

COSMOS

...”has such an unusual plot that one author wouldn't tackle it alone so 19 Masters of Scientifiction combined their talents to weave the threads which constitute this remarkable piece."

From Alpha Centauri a menace threatens the Solar System and only 3 aliens can change the course of events!

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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

CRITICAL SPOT: Heperais.

Two members of the Mutant Corps have broken their loyalty to Perry Rhodan and now he must risk detection by going in person to the trouble arena of Heperais.

Before his mission is thru, there is excitement unlimited in this, the first adventure of the interstellar colonists.

And the Robot Regent of Arkon learns to its dismay that the long-thought-dead Administrator of an Earth destroyed… still lives!

And by a chance of cosmic proportions, Talimon the Mounder is shocked when he has an insight that leads him to realize that—

THE DEAD LIVE

PERRY IN PERIL

"KILL RHODAN!" A faction of political fanatics on Earth has secretly organized to murder the Administrator of Terra.

A radical group known as the Nature Philosophers is no less determined to see him dead.

And when they band together—these mad would-be assassins, 30 to 40 strong and backed by 8,000 misguided supporters —Perry's life is truly imperiled.

Rhodan having outlawed the death penalty in the Solar Empire, a different kind of fate awaits the audacious killers and their cohorts who are dedicated to the death of the Peacelord.

You'll hold your breath as you see them in action, the—

SOLAR ASSASSINS

MURDERERS INVISIBLE

MIRSAL 3. Planet of missing inhabitants. How can the natives of an entire world disappear without a trace?

But it has happened — and the Robot Regent of Arkon and Perry Rhodan, the Protector of Terra, both know that all intelligent life in the Milky Way is threatened.

By Invisible Invaders!

Is the Solar Empire strong enough to fend off the fantastic attackers? What must the Mechanical Brain of Arkon do in order that the Arkonides may avoid the fate of the Mirsalese?

Can any combination of forces stand against the onslaught of the mysterious menace?

The answer lies in—

ATTACK FROM THE UNSEEN

DOOMED WORLD

A PLANET IN PERIL.

A world endangered, facing certain destruction.

But 3 Terranians are intent on saving it.

Whether they succeed or fail is revealed in—

RETURN FROM THE VOID

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BUT THAT'S NOT ALL!

Not by a light-year!

COSMOS

continues!

The Unique! The Incredible!

The Astounding Round Robin Scientifiction Serial Co-Authored by 19 SF Writers from the Golden Age, Featuring

• A. MERRITT! PRICE & KLINE!
• JOHN CAMPBELL!
• "GRAY LENSMAN" SMITH!
• "CAPTAIN FUTURE" HAMILTON
• & 13 Other Great Sci-Fi Storytellers!

WHEN 10,000 YEARS MEET TODAY

MENTOR OF MANKIND.

Atlan.

Out of hibernation and into the 21st Century, having encountered Perry Rhodan and learned of the civilizationary achievements of the Solar Empire, has Atlan's secret role in the guided social evolution of the human race served its purpose and his time come to retire?

No! And no again!

Far from it. Time's Lonely One, with his personal knowledge of history and his experiences with the Weird Ones from the other dimension, make this ancient yet ever young Arkonide a key figure in galactic happenings.

His latest report causes a 10,000 year past to influence the "present" of the future in a highly dramatic fashion in—

FORTRESS ATLANTIS

DOUBLE-MINDED MECHMAN

A ROBOT with 2 brains!

The Drusus, super-battleship of space, primed for action in the void.

The Weird Ones from the Other Dimension, on the verge of attack.

2 time-planes—intersecting.

The Galactic Secret that piques the Positronicon's curiosity on Arkon.

Bio-breeding plus robotechnology, in a perfect mixture, produce a New Kind of Mechman, a Mentanical with dual brains. For what unknown purpose?

Top Alarm! is transmitted and units of the Solar Fleet swarm out into the Universe, led by Perry Rhodan, who must uncover the raison d'être of the—

SPYBOT!

DOUBLE-MINDED MECHMAN

A ROBOT with 2 brains!

The Drusus, super-battleship of space, primed for action in the void.

The Weird Ones from the Other Dimension, on the verge of attack.

2 time-planes—intersecting.

The Galactic Secret that piques the Positronicon's curiosity on Arkon.

Bio-breeding plus robotechnology, in a perfect mixture, produce a New Kind of Mechman, a Mentanical with dual brains. For what unknown purpose?

Top Alarm! is transmitted and units of the Solar Fleet swarm out into the Universe, led by Perry Rhodan, who must uncover the raison d'être of the—

SPYBOT!

DOUBLE-MINDED MECHMAN

A ROBOT with 2 brains!

The Drusus, super-battleship of space, primed for action in the void.

The Weird Ones from the Other Dimension, on the verge of attack.

2 time-planes—intersecting.

The Galactic Secret that piques the Positronicon's curiosity on Arkon.

Bio-breeding plus robotechnology, in a perfect mixture, produce a New Kind of Mechman, a Mentanical with dual brains. For what unknown purpose?

Top Alarm! is transmitted and units of the Solar Fleet swarm out into the Universe, led by Perry Rhodan, who must uncover the raison d'être of the—

SPYBOT!

SUPERSPEED

ATTACK INEVITABLE!

Perry Rhodan's positronicalculations point to the world called Tats-tor by its inhabitants as the next most likely target for invasion by the Sinister Ones. So the Peacelord delegates Marcel Rous of the Drusus, together with 5 fellow Terranians, to reconnoitre on this 2nd planet of the sun Morag in order to help the colonials of this Arkonidean world prepare for their defense.

Rous' small commando unit finds itself involved in conditions unlike any ever experienced before when their mission involves them with Druufs and a Slow Motion World where they, relatively, can move faster than light! Paradoxically, this chronoclysmic condition causes each Terranian to become a—

PRISONER OF TIME

MISSING: ONE WINDOW

ONE VERY SPECIAL "window"—the point of egress from an alien dimension—ceased to be and with its disappearance there vanished the means of return to our own spatima continuum, our own universe of space & time & matter.

Perry Rhodan learns whether a man can drown in an "ocean of time." And the crew of the spaceship Sherbourne — does coincidence, chance, a lucky accident or fate determine the outcome of their adventure in the Other Dimension?

The lens-field generator and the dread Druufs are all part of the package of those who, like you when you read this breathtaking episode, sense—

A TOUCH OF ETERNITY

OUT OF THE BLUE

THE WHISTLERS!

Interplanetary invaders dropping out of the skies of Grautier from its neighbor world to menace the 8000 men and women exiled from Earth and struggling to create a new life far from the interstellar routes of space traffic... and far from any outside help.

Grautier, a gray beast of a world whose inhabitants have so far been found to include a semi-intelligent race of monkeys—the Mungos—and strange Blue Dwarfs endowed with amazing parapsychological and paramechanical powers.

It's an unsettling time for the settlers as they are forced to defend themselves against the... Whistlers.

A mysterious young man from Earth—Chellish—has strict orders from Perry Rhodan himself regarding the Grautierians. Learn his role as one of—

THE GUARDIANS

THORA KIDNAPPED!

MAY DAY! MAY DAY!

1 MAY 2042—this is the deadline by which Perry Rhodan & Reginald Bell must be treated to a life-preserving cell-shower by the physiotron of the artificial planet Wanderer.

Or else!

Else, without the biological rejuvenation good for 62 years, perish miserably.

An ignominious finale for the far-flung plans of the Peacelord, devoutly to be avoided.

But Wanderer has disappeared!

The planet that promises perpetual youth, that is the only salvation for Rhodan & Bell, has vanished from the spaceways! Is gone from its orbit!

If it is nowhere to be found in this dimension, the only answer must lie in another. That answer is the reason for—

DIMENSION SEARCH

BETWEEN DIMENSIONS

DIMENSION 4... DIMENSION 5...

AND SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN—

SEMISPACE!

The unknown realm of the halfplane must be penetrated if the planet Wanderer is to be reached in time. For it is the year 2042, the critical date when Perry Rhodan & Reginald Bell must have a biological booster from the physiotron on the artificial world: without the cell shower renewal they will degenerate into old age!

The venture between the dimensions turns them temporarily into giants who cause devastating storms as they cross an entire ocean with one step!

But even giants can be felled (as David demonstrated to Goliath) and our intrepid Terranians discover that—

DEATH WAITS IN SEMISPACE

10,000 YEARS PAST

THE SUNKEN WORLD—what was it like before it sank?

One man of the future knows for he was there, in its prime and at its end.

The Crystal Prince… the Immortal… Time's Lonely One: Atlan!

Atlan the Arkonide, already eternal, while Rhodan & Bell, aboard the spaceship Drusus, have landed on the synthetic planet Wanderer in order to seek a boon from It, the mysterious multiplex intelligence—another "draught" from the "Fountain of Youth."

When something unexpected occurs which causes Pucky to fear for the lives of Rhodan & Bell, Atlan cuts short his flashback to the ancient island, where we witness—

THE LAST DAYS OF ATLANTIS

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

"THE COLONISTS": EPISODE #4

GRAUTIER, 7th planet of the Myrtha System. Inhabited by gray beasts half elephant, half giraffe; semi-intelligent monkeys known as mungos; and, in the low-lying jungle, the alien blue dwarfs equipped with paramechanical & parapsychological powers.

Grautier, the new home of the 8000 colonists exiled from Earth.

But the 12th planet of this far distant solar system also harbors life—the weird Whistlers, whose recent invasion of Grautier seriously threatened the survival of the colony. Feeling a good offense is the best defense, an intrepid band of men from Grautier repair the spaceship Fair Lady for a most surprising turn of events when they meet up with—

THE AMBASSADORS FROM AURIGEL

"THE COLONISTS": EPISODE #5

EVACUATION TO VENUS. This is the fate forced on a portion of the exiles from Earth who have just begun to get used to the planet Grautier.

Others begin to do service with the newly established Solar Fleet Base on Grautier.

The problem of peril: mathematical calculations have revealed that in about 10 months the Myrtha system will be overlapped by the time-plane of the Druufs. When every volunteer counts in the race against time, there is no time for deserters.

And yet—Perry Rhodan is confronted with the frustrating fact of—

RENEGADES OF THE FUTURE"

A ROUTINE FLIGHT UNTIL—

K-262 to Eppan.

At first a mere checkup job, to determine if the Robot Regent of Arkon has planted agents there.

But when the telepath boards the spaceship, he is gripped by a nameless terror.

With all life in the Milky Way threatened by the Druuf Danger, the expedition to Eppan ordered by Perry Rhodan is but one of many probes… but it differs from all the rest when the men of the K-262 realize anew in frightening fashion a law of the conquest of space: the universe will confront inquisitive man time & again with mysteries & dangers. One of the greatest examples of this is the sheer terror of—

THE HORROR

RED ALERT!

6562 LIGHT-YEARS from Earth, the Solar Empire's base on the former colonial world Grautier is in a state of alarm as the Spacefleet of Terra prepares to battle the hordes of Druufon.

Out around Grautier, two time-planes are beginning to stabilize—Earth's Einstein continuum and that of the alien universe of the Druufs.

Perry Rhodan, Atlan, Bell, watch developments expectantly and Rhodan develops a bold plan.

Atlan is more than apprehensive for already 10,000 years ago this Prince of Arkon fought the monstrous foe.

A scarlet geyser of blood must surely erupt again as conflict flares in—

CRIMSON UNIVERSE

SPHERE OF INFLUENCE

DESTRUCTION OR ENSLAVEMENT. Earth faces one or the other.

Neither alternative is acceptable to the Administrator of the Solar Empire. So Rhodan contacts Harno, an Energy Being in the form of a sentient globe that has proven helpful to the cause of Terra before.

Added to the cast: Onot, a mysterious ghost from the past.

As the Druufs fight one of their bitterest space battles with their mightiest fleet on the border between two time-planes, and Perry Rhodan schemes to dupe the Robot Regent of Arkon into becoming a pawn in an interstellar war game, Atlan the Arkonide and Fellmer Lloyd, mutant, find themselves in a potentially fatal situation—

UNDER THE STARS OF DRUUFON

MOBILIZATION: ARKON STAR REALM!

1000 SPACESHIPS. Mostly "manned" by robots. Battling for supremacy in the overlapping area before the border zone between Einstein Space and the Druuf Universe.

A conflict of cosmic giants—and Perry Rhodan plays a dual role between them.

And someone—the ghost of a Terran in the body of a monster from the stars—is helping the Administrator of the Solar Empire as the gigantic battle seesaws back & forth, first the Robot Regent of Arkon penetrating the alien universe, then the Druuf ships invading Einstein Space.

Galactic powers, straining to break—

THE BONDS OF ETERNITY

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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IS THE CHIEF DEAD?

A DARK AGE seems to have begun for mankind with the death of Perry Rhodan's beloved Arkonide wife Thora.

Is Rhodan himself dead?

The fear spreads like wildfire as 500,000 men wait in vain for a command from their Chief.

Discovering that the positronic Robot Brain on Arkon is, even beyond the men- ace of the Druufs, in actuality the greatest danger to Earth, the Solar Administrator has ordered the entire massed might of the Terranian Spacefleet to stand in readiness for a blitzkrieg aimed at destroying the threat of the non-human ruler of Arkon.

But Perry Rhodan is on the secret base on Grautier when that planet dies—and Rhodan with it?—in

THE ATOM HELL OF GRAUTIER

EARTH MUST NOT KNOW!

THE ATOMHELL of Grautier—has it claimed the life of the Peacelord? All signs point to it.

The temporary administrator of terrestrial affairs, the chief of security services & the General in charge of the Solar Spacefleet all agree that it would be disastrous for the public to suspect at this point.

The homeworld of the young solar empire is not yet strong enough to absorb such a catastrophic blow.

Meanwhile, YOU will be interested to be privy to what is going on in the spatima (space-time-matter) plane of Druufon, in the—

CAVES OF THE DRUUF

GHOSTSHIP FROM THE PAST

HUMAN SERVANTS to machines.

For many millennia a gigantic spaceship has been drifting thru the cosmos, far from the heavily traveled routes of the universe. A world unto itself, moving on its uncharted path, past inhabited & uninhabited solar systems, dead planets & worlds where life is but beginning. And its crew? Zombies in the thrall of robot masters, locked into a cosmic coffin, doomed to wander in the immensity of space for all eternity?

Not if Pucky has anything to say about it! And he does, in—

SPACESHIP OF ANCESTORS

RETURN OF THE COSMIC DECOY

ARKON, DRUUFON. Each world battling for galactic supremacy.

Those responsible for the safety of the Solar Empire must devise a plan to weaken these bellicose giants.

Like other leading figures of the Solar Imperium whose age has been arrested by biological cell shower renewals on the planet Wanderer, Julian Tifflor is still as virile as he was when Perry Rhodan chose him for a dangerous mission in #21, THE COSMIC DECOY. Tiff doesn't hesitate to move—

CHECKMATE: UNIVERSE

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!

THE TROY PLOY

WHEN KHREST reveals that his ancient ancestors took the precaution of providing the Robot Regent with a safety switch, it gives Perry Rhodan an inspiration based on the old Greek warriors' trick: A future Trojan horse!

Conceived on Terra. Constructed on Zalit. En route Arkon.

In the battles against the Druufs the Giant Brain has concluded that there is need for living beings rather than robots as cannon fodder and the need is met with—

RECRUITS FOR ARKON

OPERATION: DESTRUCTORS

DESTROY the Robot Brain! The Mechanical Mind… the Positronicon… the soulless Regent of Arkon.

This is the mission of the Recruits for Arkon.

But it is a task that cannot be undertaken lightly nor rushed into madly. First mock battles must be fought and won, severe training undergone, commando war tactics perfected in a special Battle School.

Naator!

The staging arena for the conflict to come is—

CONFLICT CENTER: NAATOR

ROBOT REGENT, BEWARE!

MACHINE BRAIN of Ancient Arkon, your Imperial rule is threatened!

Your positronic control of a star realm may be dangerously near to destruction.

Do your mechanical innards know that even now, as interested parties read these words, Recruits for Arkon, fresh from Conflict Center Naator, are on their way to your domain, intent on destroying you?

Then who will hold the key to your power in their hands?

Ah, yes… a question of infinite import.

Answered in—

POWER KEY

RUDE AWAKENING?

HIBERNATE NOW, resuscitate later.

This is the plum promised people with plenty of money who dream (dream is the word) of laying down their dissatisfied bodies in the present (of the 21st century) and reawakening in the 22d, 23d or 24th.

But things are not what they seem and behind this hibernation lure is a scheme to conquer the world. No less!

The promise: a happy future. The plot: treason to all mankind!

The resolution of the plot: to discover it you must read—

THE SLEEPERS

THE BATTLE FOR TERRA!

PERIL FROM PLUTO!

S.O.S. Earth! Druufs breaking thru an artificially created cone connecting their plane with the Outpost planet!

Atlan's help sought—10,000 spaceships dispatched to Earth's aid! 4000 Springers involved!

Mutants to the rescue... thru the Rings!

The Robot Regent of Arkon sends the message of the Century!

Can the defense & secrecy line be held at Saturn?

History is made in—

THE COLUMBUS AFFAIR

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

TELETEMPORIAN!

A MUTANT with a unique ability.

An event of the First Magnitude.

"Hades calling Teira!" The year is 2044, the call emanating by hypercom from Terania's secret base in the Druuf universe.

The message: that the mutant who long ago in the formative stages of the New Power mysteriously disappeared, the only teletemporian of the Mutant Corps has come back. Bringing wondrous knowledge with him.

There's excitement galore in store as-

ERNST ELLERT RETURNS!

SITUATION PERILOUS

PERRY RHODAN speaks:

"Our position is desperate.

"Earth's position is known.

"The Solar Imperium is too weak to repulse any earnest attack.

"Atlan has his own problems."

A strong ally must be found. Contact with the Molecular Deformers could boomerang but it is a desperate risk that must be taken.

”I would make a deal with the Devil himself to save mankind!” declares Rhodan.

And so, the machinery is set in motion that results in—

SECRET MISSION: MOLUK

DARKER THAN THEY THINK

A ROBOT dies and his death—because he was a governor in the Realm of Arkon—is the catalyst for an interstellar police action.

Enter the Finnmark, a spacer of the State Class, and its commander, Maj. Thomea Untcher. Together they and the crew set out for the water world, Opgham.

But en route to this alien planet, Untcher and his men are unexpectedly, dangerously, confronted by the—

ENEMY IN THE DARK

Perry Rhodan and his Terran Empire crew encounter powerful cosmic forces, particularly the ancient, god-like beings known as the Cosmic Blues, confronting immense power and reality-bending threats, forcing Rhodan to make drastic choices, including using powerful alien tech, to save humanity from oblivion as the stakes escalate far beyond Earth, diving deep into mystical cosmic conflicts.

Perry Rhodan and his companions journey to the planet Barkon to search for the missing Barkonides, leading to the discovery of a dying world and a species in suspended animation.

Perry Rhodan and his companions journey to the planet Barkon to search for the missing Barkonides, leading to the discovery of a dying world and a species in suspended animation.

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.

Focuses on internal struggles within the burgeoning human civilization and external pressures in the early days of space exploration.

A FLIGHT OF "FANTASY”!

A SPACESHIP so fantastic that it is right- fully christened Fantasy.

A new spacedrive is quietly to be tested, a method previously unknown. If successful, it promises a whole new epoch in space travel, an unprecedented blossoming out into the unknown vastness of the cosmic realm.

Perry Rhodan & his men prepare to leap farther out into the universe than they have ever gone before.

How Auris of the emerald eyes & coppery hair glinting with metallic highlights figures in the exploratory trip of the Fantasy, will be revealed, along with other aspects of this beautiful alien, on your way to—

THE TARGET STAR

WHEN SCAMP MEETS TRAMP

PUCKY the Mousebeaver from the planet Vagabond meets up with a freewheeling traveler of the spacelanes and all hulla- balloo breaks loose!

Can you picture the potential pandemonium with a shapeship whose freight is-

Teddybears?

And Torero is something else to talk about. Torero isa parakeet.

The Universe Tramp is a maverick, a spacer who breaks all the laws... but helps the shipwrecked survivors he finds living on a-

Living Planet.

You'll never forget the-

VAGABOND OF SPACE

A PLANET OF MONSTERS

SUPER-SHARKS! With tusks as big as elephants' tusks! They swarm the deadly seas of the planet Ghama, where the Springer Alboolal is chief. Red-eyed killer creatures with the head & body of a pachyderm & the flippers of a seal, a spiny fin atop their backs.

A Terran freighter has been mysteriously destroyed and Terranian "blood hounds" Nike Quinto, Chief of Intercosmic Social Development Aid, and his aide Ron Landry, deploy future commandoes to discover and deal with the enemies of Earth.

The adventure never quits in—

ACTION: DIVISION 3

HAVOC ON HUMANITY!

ROSY the situation is not.

More aptly, thorny.

For out of bitter experience Terra & Arkon know that there is a Power out there in the Milky Way that has no sympathy for either Terrans or Arkonides.

The Blue System harbors the enemy of both cultures.

The ancient Akons.

The Energy Commando is employed and a new menace is created.

The menace of—

THE PLASMA MONSTER

CHALLENGE & RESPONSE

THE SOLAR FLEET demands first-class physical specimens.

Young John Pincer, unfortunately, has not been endowed with a physique that would qualify.

But when John takes his bride Cora on a honeymoon trip to the stars, unanticipated events happen that constitute a challenge to this galactic greenhorn.

In a time of high tension, despite physical deficiencies and a lack of expertise in space, a greenhorn can sometimes take the bull by the horns and snatch victory from defeat.

John Pincer proves himself a match for the menacing Akons in—

HORN: GREEN

OUT OF THE BLUE

GHOSTS from the grave.

Phantom fighters from another world.

The 20th Century is a part of the past and future man finds himself faced with a danger, an adversary, unlike any in past history. (Unless the Bowmen of Mons?)

From out of their Blue System the militant Akons launch a space armada manned by the dead.

Or the spirits of the dead.

It is too soon to tell.

Things are happening too fast, are too confusing. How can a planet defend itself against a fleet of spacial combat ships that cannot be spotted?

This is the unique peril faced in-

PHANTOMFLEET

SNAKE ATTACK!

THE GREATEST Kidnap Caper of All Time!

10,000 Terrans kidnapped!

Is Akon behind it?

This is a challenge for Division 3 and once again (see #94) the agents of the Secret Organization are called into action, action calling for the greatest diplomacy, a mantle of invisibility and a devil-may-care approach to danger. For, make no mistake about it, danger abides on every side on the planet Passa, scene of mysterious happenings.

A strange plan is required when the intrepid Terrans meet—

THE IDOL FROM PASSA

OF ASSASSINS & ATLAN

ATTEMPTS on his life.

Eternal intrigues.

Threats to his reign.

The rule of the Imperator of Arkon is certainly not one of serenity.

His subjects hate him!

His ancestors despise him!

And now, it appears, there is a new nuisance on the blue horizon: aliens intent on pitting the Realm of Arkon against the Solar Empire!

Atlan must meet with Perry Rhodan to defeat this malicious plan, this systematically arranged sabotage by—

THE BLUE SYSTEM

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

TOP COMMAND CRISIS

FEVERISH HASTE.

Research Project "Liquitiv" is being pushed forward in feverish haste.

For what was at first merely a mission for a few agents of Division 3, has developed into a desperate situation that has the leaders of the Solar Empire holding their frightened breaths.

Terra, the colonial planets and the Arkon worlds find they have been lulled into a false sense of security by the scientists of two Imperiums who have made a disastrous error in their analyses of the long-range effects on humans & Arkonides of liquitiv.

The hope of multiple worlds now rests on—

SPOOR OF THE ANTIS

RHODAN'S RESOLVE

"CALLING THOMAS CARDIF!"

Perry Rhodan appeals to his own renegade son.

"Calling Cardif... and all the Antis!

"The planet Okul has been sealed off.

"Escape is impossible.

"I have removed 5000 mudborers from the planet for the purpose of producing Liquitiv, should Okul soon cease to exist.

"I hereby give you an ultimatum of 3 hours!"

Unless capitulation comes by the time of deadline, Okul will be destroyed by Arkon bombs!

This is the exciting situation in—

FALSE FRONT

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 ULTIMATE THREAT

ATLAN knew it would be senseless to take command of the 10,000 robotships which were presently under control of their separate positronicons. Even on the flagship itself he had left the navigation to the autopilot system.

Atlan, the ancient but ever-youthful Admiral, did not intend to attack without warning. The fleet was an ultimate threat and RHODAN would understand it as such.

Soon the Moment of Truth would come for —

THE EMPEROR & THE MONSTER

CROSSROADS OF EMPIRE

CHIEF of the Mutant Corps to ATLAN:

"Rhodan was captured by his son. The Antis paramechanically brainwashed him, unlawfully altered his personality. Now he wants to find Trakarat and attack it.

"The survival of the Solar Empire is threatened. War is imminent. We must have the full cooperation of the Baalol scientists.

"For Perry Rhodan is the Earth!"

The crisis leads to—

DUEL UNDER THE DOUBLE SUN

109

RHODAN has come home again — to face the galactic disorders caused by the just-ended Cardiff crisis. Ironically, peace in the galaxy cannot be secured until the theft of an entire cosmic armada has been effected! The tale of —

THE STOLEN SPACEFLEET

110

Could the events on far-flung Azgola have disastrous consequences for the weary and recently stabilized Solar Imperium? Has some new power bent on universal conquest emerged from this distant planet? Who or what is Gorathon? Finding the answers is the mission of the men of Division 3... with a little help from—

SGT. ROBOT

111

Only through mass evacuation could the inhabitants of the planet Azgola be saved from the deadly Spoors of Doom. And, in the final analysis, all oxygen-breathing worlds face the same threat from this lethal menace from the depths of galactic space. Everyone is at the mercy of—

SEEDS OF RUIN

112

Atlan, the Imperator of Arkon, is faced with a terrible cosmic riddle. Why did an unknown race, perhaps 100,000 years ago, institute an operation that would bring ruin and destruction to races in the far future? To save his own planet of Arkon 2 and to solve this hideous puzzle, Atlan must learn the secret of—

PLANET MECHANICA

113

The Constructors, whose world lay somewhere on the edge of the galaxy, were thought to have been extinct for eons. Perry Rhodan and his staff soon discover that the heritage of the Constructors is as active—and as terribly deadly—as ever. The Terrans cannot destroy their enemy; instead they must somehow harness the tremendous power of the mysterious harvestships in the—

HERITAGE OF THE LIZARD PEOPLE

114

Will the year 2105 be the last year of Imperator Atlan's reign? Will it see the last of the Arkonide Imperium? Once again the old enemies of both the Solar and Arkonide Empires spin their plans of conquest, and the only thing that stands between them and total success is a dead Admiral… and a Terran trick—

DEATH'S DEMAND

115

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

116

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

117

The behind-the-scenes machinations of the Akons have finally spelled the end of a 20,000-year-old stellar empire. Atlan is dethroned. The tragic end of Atlan's reign is not only a catastrophe for his subjects—it could also mean the end of Rhodan's Solar Imperium. For without the support of the robot fleet, how will the Terrans repel the escalating attacks of the Aras, Springers and Akons?

SAVIOR OF THE EMPIRE

118

Who were the invaders from the infinite realms of galactic space? Powerful, invisible, and so filled with malice that they attacked all they came in contact with, they seemed to be invincible.

No known weapon seemed to be able to stop them, and when their vicious attacks defeated even Earth's Mutant Corps, Perry Rhodan knew he was facing the most dangerous enemies he had ever encountered.

THE SHADOWS ATTACK