Rex Corda - The Savior of the Earth

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Rex Corda - Der Retter der Erde is a German science fiction series that appeared in 38 issues from November 7, 1966 to August 28, 1967 by Bastei Verlag .

General

Together with Perry Rhodan and Ren Dhark , Rex Corda was one of the most important SF magazine series of the 1960s.

The main author was the German science fiction author HG Francis , who conceived the series together with Manfred Wegener . The initial spark was an editorial conference of the Kelter Verlag for Ren Dhark , in which the two were involved as co-authors. The basis for the plot was the briefly previously published booklet novel by Francis Die Horde aus dem All (1966, in the Magic Circle SF series ).

After the end of Rex Corda, almost the entire team of Corda authors around HG Francis switched to Pabel-Verlag. Already at the end of 1967 the series Ad Astra - Chet Morrow's Path to the Stars appeared in the Utopia-SF series, from volume 550 onwards there was a new Chet Morrow volume every 14 days. Because of the discontinuation of the Utopia series, Francis, who wrote the synopsis again, as with Rex Corda, had to abruptly end his series with Volume 21.

Content

Rex Corda describes the struggle of the Terrans, who suddenly find themselves between two space-traveling rival races of the galaxy who have been fighting each other mercilessly for millennia. The title character Rex Corda, an American Senator, tries to save the earth and at the same time represent its own interests.

Motifs of the proxy war in Vietnam play a role in the series : A people (here: the Terranner ) acts between two overpowering opponents, the lactons and orathons. Rex Corda can partially restore the Terranner's control over the course of the plot.

Despite some new approaches for the novel at the time (the cosmopolitan background, for example, was much better worked out than with Ren Dhark ), Rex Corda was unfortunately unable to hold its own against the competition in the market.

Editions or forms of appearance

Rex Corda was published in the form of the so-called booklet novels , the first 33 booklets a week, then only every fortnight. The series ended with issue 38.

Because remitted copies unlike other Periodicals were not sold as anthologies or "bargain bins" in department stores, the books are now considered rare. The unsold issues (allegedly over 80 percent with a print run of initially 100,000 copies) were all destroyed.

Since 2002 the series has had a revised new edition in book form at Mohlberg Verlag , initially under the direction of Dirk van den Boom, later Manfred H. Rückert took over this task. In addition, newly written novels are published, both for the main series and individual adventures under the label Rex Corda Nova . There was also the twelve-part spin-off series Sigam Agelon .

Authors

Volumes 1–38 (original series)

Volumes 39 ff (current update)

The cover pictures were made by Hans Möller .

Title of the booklet novels

01: HG Francis: Zero hour
02: HG Francis / Manfred Wegener: Emergency call from Terra
03: HG Francis / Manfred Wegener: The agents of Lacton
04: HG Francis: The flight through the earth
05: TRP Mielke: The traitor's bombs
06: Manfred Wegener: Target of attack transmitter
07: HG Francis: Mutara's last fight
08: HG Francis: Death for Terra
09: Arno Zoller: The trap in the cosmos
10: TRP Mielke: Escape into hyperspace
11: HG Francis: The hour of the mutants
12: Manfred Wegener: The energy guzzler
13: Manfred Wegener: Space fortress Schalmirane
14: TRP Mielke: Stranded in Hell
15: HG Francis: Devilish surprise
16: Arno Zoller: In the Temple of the Sirens
17: HG Francis: The Revenge of the Orathons
18: TRP Mielke: Death trip to Teckan
19: HG Francis: Revolution of Genius
20: Arno Zoller: The Fate of the "Changed"
21: TRP Mielke: The invincible
22: HG Francis: Experiments of Terror
23: Manfred Wegener: Danger from Becon
24: Arno Zoller: The cosmic criminal
25: TRP Mielke: Kalta's fratricide
26: HG Francis: Rebellion of the enslaved
27: Arno Zoller: Mutant Rebellion
28: HG Francis: The Sun Slayers
29: TRP Mielke: Nokis rampage
30: JA Garrett: Under the spell of the singing threads
31: HG Francis: Duel of the Titans
32: TRP Mielke: Advancing towards the timeless
33: Arno Zoller: Chaos in the Galaxy
34: JA Garrett: Counter strike of the timeless
35: HG Francis: The Warrow Robots
36: Arno Zoller: Terror in the micro-empire
37: TRP Mielke: Triumph over the titans
38: JA Garrett: Sigam Agelon's end

Title of the sequels published by Mohlberg-Verlag

19: JA Garrett, Thomas RP Mielke, Margret Schwekendiek: Triumph over the Titan (contains 50% new texts)
20: HG Francis, Mara Laue, Manfred H. Rückert: Die Ewige Strafe (contains the final volume of the booklet series and new texts)
21: Margret Schwekendiek, Mara Laue: Escape from Hell
22: Mara Laue, Dirk van den Boom: A dead person shouldn't die
23: Margret Schwekendiek, Mara Laue: The wrong Agelon
24: Margret Schwekendiek, Mara Laue: Planet of Riddles
25: Margret Schwekendiek, Mara Laue: Death of a Timeless One
26: Margret Schwekendiek, Mara Laue: Khara on the Abyss
27: Rüdiger Schäfer: Orathon anger
28: Margret Schwekendiek, Mara Laue: Chaos over Aglan
29: Margret Schwekendiek, Manfred H. Rückert: Pact with the devil
30: Margret Schwekendiek, Oliver Müller: Frost death over Aglan
31: Margret Schwekendiek, Oliver Müller: The hyperschock
32: Margret Schwekendiek, Oliver Müller: The hour of the rebels
33: Margret Schwekendiek, Oliver Müller: Death flies with you
34: Margret Schwekendiek, Oliver Müller: Schenna's order
35: Margret Schwekendiek, Oliver Müller: The legacy of the timeless
36: Margret Schwekendiek, Oliver Müller: Millennium Chronicle
37: Michael Edelbrock, Manfred H. Rückert: Under the spell of frost death

Rex Corda Nova

Rex Corda Nova is the complement to the classic adventures of Rex Corda. They contain new texts in which events are described that may have missed out in the old series, previous life paths of important characters and also the continuation of old lines of action.

1: Dirk van den Boom: Enemy of the FAMILY (2004)
2: Martin Kay: World in a funnel (2005)
3: Manfred H. Rückert: The Return of the Dictator (2006)
4: Margret Schwekendiek: Agent for Lacton (2007)
5: Margret Schwekendiek: Enemy in No Man's Land (2009)
6: Mara Laue: Noki-Som Death Trap (2010)
7: Thomas TC Franke: The Phantom Planet (2018)

Sigam Agelon - shadows over the galaxy

Sigam Agelon, the third son of the Orathon ruler, was punished by his father for his crimes. But on the way to the officers' academy, where he was supposed to learn humility, something unexpected happens and the power-conscious young man has to fight for his life many light years away from his home planet. At first supported by a large number of helpless helpers, he ends up stranded alone on a strange planet - his "material" is used up ... The power-obsessed young man ends up on the planet Vaiko, thousands of light years away from Orathon, and has to use all his skills in order to satisfy his clients as a killer ... But Sigam Agelon won't let himself get down so quickly - he is not a son of Moga for nothing!

The plot follows on from Rex Corda Nova Volume 1 Enemy of the Family .

01: Dirk van den Boom: The Path of the Exile (2005)
02: Irene Salzmann: Camp of the Unworthy (2005)
03: Sylke Brandt: Cocoon of Promise (2006)
04: Manfred H. Rückert: The Protectors (2006)
05: Rüdiger Schäfer: Order: Murder (2006)
06: Irene Salzmann: The Threat (2007)
07: Sylke Brandt: Infection of Love (2007)
08: Margret Schwekendiek: Festival of Protectors (2007)
09: Manfred H. Rückert: Flight to Dorak (2008)
10: Rüdiger Schäfer: The Forbidden Zone (2008)
11: Irene Salzmann: Look into the past
12: Margret Schwekendiek: The curse of the protectors

Publishers

Remarks

  1. ↑ Announced as volume 5, the title The stolen fleet by Lothar Gräner was first , but it did not appear.

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