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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!

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

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...

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…

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 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…?

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…

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…

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…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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