Johnny Bruck - Perry Rhodan #415

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Johnny Bruck - Perry Rhodan #415 Comic Art

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Title:	Johnny Bruck - Perry Rhodan #415
Artist:	Johnny Bruck (All)
Media Type:	Paint - Acrylic
Art Type:	Cover
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	621
Likes on CAF:	2 3
Comments:	2
Added to Site:	5/2/2023
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As a teenager in the late 1970's, my favorite science fiction series was Perry Rhodan. Although the U.S. editions ceased in 1979 after #137, in its native Germany the series continues to this day in various forms, with over 3200 installments in the main series and counting.

Some of the earliest SF art I ever collected, starting at the old Chicago Comicon in the late 1980's, were U.S. Perry Rhodan covers by artists Gray Morrow and George Wilson. In Germany up to that time, the primary cover artist was Johnny Bruck (a few of which were reprinted on early printings of some of the U.S. editions). For decades I tried to find Bruck PR covers, but with no success.

About six months ago, an avid SF art collector in Switzerland, Markus Rohrwild, began to post loads of Bruck PR covers on the Comic Art Fans site. He was friends with Bruck's widow and had acquired hundreds of paintings from her. I eventually reached out to him to see if any might be for sale, and I was extremely pleased when he agreed to sell some to me. After several messages back and forth, I convinced him he should come to this year's Windy City Pulp and Paper Convention and bring original Bruck SF art to sell. While we've had dealers from the U.K. before, he was our first from continental Europe, and he brought over two dozen amazing Bruck paintings for sale. Plus he hand delivered the ones that I'd bought from him -- you can't ask for better service than that!

Here's one of the ones we picked up from him -- the cover to Perry Rhodan #415, published August 15, 1969, "Freunde aus einem fremden Universum" ("Friends From an Alien Universe"). The character portrayed on the cover is one of Rhodan's most valuable allies and friends, the alien mouse-beaver Gucky (although in the U.S. his name was changed to Pucky), who has the powers of telekinesis, telepathy and teleportation. Since Deb's a big fan of rodents, we had to get a Gucky cover, and we're thrilled to have this classic one!

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Markus Rohrwild
Member Since 2021

Posted on 5/3/2023

Every Perry Rhodan fan would love to have this piece on the wall! As long as Doug finds a free space in the house which is a true challenge...

Mario B.
Member Since 2004

Posted on 5/3/2023

A good choice, a Cover artwork with Gucky,the savior of the universe is always spectacular in any collection.

And Markus is a true gentleman.

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