PERRY RHODAN has been rescued not from obliteration by some hostile alien race but from oblivion due to the vicissitudes and vagaries of the publishing field right here on Terra!

When Nathan Brindle wrote almost one year ago:

"THE SHADOWS ATTACK once again in No. 126. I wasn’t expecting them to show up so soon. Well written episode. Iltu is a good addition to the cast. My only complaint? Perry Rhodan No. 127 is no where in sight!"

Friendly allied forces were already hard at work to insure Perry’s, Pucky’s, Bell’s and all the rest of the crew’s survival on this and other worlds. Fighting against almost insurmountable odds of contractual difficulties with the series’ original German publishers, MASTER PUBLICATIONS is proud to have revived the Peacelord of the Universe and to have given him a new form. If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, we must admit that we have always preferred the original German digest size which you are now holding in your hands. The original German covers and interior illustrations seemed also far superior to their American counterparts since they depicted some scene and accurately portrayed humans, aliens and spaceships as described in the actual story. We hope that we will soon be able to do likewise.

MASTER PUBLICATIONS also plans to revive the former Perryscope where the readers have an opportunity to express their opinions. We invite you to send your comments and suggestions for a new name for our readers letter column to:

MASTER PUBLICATIONS
13735 Victory Blvd. Suite 1
Van Nuys, California 91401

If the title suggested by you is selected you will receive free of charge a poster of either PERRY RHODAN, Atlan or Pucky. Please indicate your choice. MASTER PUBLICATIONS also welcomes your ideas for any other department you would like to see included in future issues of PERRY RHODAN, such as shock-short stories; book reports of new science fiction; a film column discussing the latest films in the science fiction or fantasy and horror field.

From a survey taken when you sent in your subscription forms for PERRY RHODAN it was clear that about 95% of the readers would like to see the ATLAN series continued. At the moment this is not yet possible but we are aiming for a production of 2 PERRYS and one ATLAN a month. If we had waited for the contractual finalization of this particular publishing combination you would have had to wait even longer than you did already. We wanted you to be able to continue reading your favourite science fiction series as soon as possible – and we assure you that these endless delays were not caused by your new American publisher!

FORVALA!

MASTER
PUBLICATIONS