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Star Trek: The Official Fan Club Magazine
Star Trek: The Official Fan Club Magazine was the bimonthly magazine of the Official Star Trek Fan Club . Started by Dan Madsen as an unofficial newsletter in 1979 , the magazine became officially licensed by Paramount Pictures in 1982 . His company, FANtastic Media , was founded in 1986 to run the club and publish the magazine.
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The magazine, in a smaller, newsletter-style format, was originally available only as a premium with membership to the Official Club. Due to popularity, however, the magazine went to a larger standard magazine size (with issue 58 ) and saw newsstand sales soon after. Production values increased in conjuncture with becoming available as newstands sales, and by the time it became Star Trek: Communicator it had gone "semi-pro" as a magazine publication predominantly featuring color contents instead of the original black and white-only contents the magazine started out with.
With issue 100, the magazine became Star Trek: Communicator . Issue numbering followed on sequentially with the new publication.
Issues
1-10 | 11-20 | 21-30 | 31-40 | 41-50 | 51-60 | 61-70 | 71-80 | 81-90 | 91-99
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Month
Cover
Contents
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1979
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1979
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1979
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1979
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1979
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1979
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1979
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1979
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1980
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1980
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1980
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1980
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1980
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1980
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1980
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1980
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1980
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1981
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1981
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1981
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1981
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1981
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1981
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1981
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1981
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26
May 1982
27
June 1982
28
July 1982
29
August 1982
30
September 1982
31/32
October & November 1982
33
December 1982
34
January 1983
35
February 1983
36
March 1983
37
April 1983
38/39
May & June 1983
40
41
42
43
44
45
March /April 1985
46
July /August 1985
47
September /October 1985
48
January /February 1986
49
50
51
52
October /November 1986
53
December 1986 /January 1987
54
February /March 1987
55
April /May 1987
56
June /July 1987
57
August /September 1987
Interview with Gene Roddenberry
58
October /November 1987
New, magazine-style design and layout
59
December 1987 /January 1988
60
February /March 1988
61
March /April 1988
62
June /July 1988
63
August /September 1988
64
October /November 1988
65
December 1988 /January 1989
66
February /March 1989
67
April /May 1989
68
June /July 1989
69
August /September 1989
70
October /November 1989
71
December 1989 /January 1990
The Cry of the Onlies review, interviews with DeForest Kelley , Ricardo Montalban , Barbara Alyn Woods , Rob Bowman
72
February /March 1990
A Rock and a Hard Place review, Vasquez Rocks , interviews with Michael Dorn , Melinda M. Snodgrass , Charlie Brill
73
April /May 1990
The Pandora Principle review, "Kirks Among Us" (historically significant Kirks), interviews with Nichelle Nichols , William Marshall , Amanda McBroom , Jonathan Farwell
74
June /July 1990
TNG soundstages , Gulliver's Fugitives review, interviews with Gates McFadden , Louise Sorel , Corbin Bernsen , John Anderson
75
August /September 1990
Doomsday World review, "Did Data Pull the Trigger? ", interviews with Walter Koenig , Leonard Nimoy , Morgan Woodward , Howie Seago , Lisa Wilcox
76
October /November 1990
Prime Directive review, DC Star Trek comics , interviews with Michael Piller , Colm Meaney , France Nuyen , Ron Jones
77
December 1990 /January 1991
Exiles review, interviews with Wil Wheaton , Robert Blackman , Celeste Yarnall , Eric Menyuk , Winrich Kolbe
78
February /March 1991
Fortune's Light review, TNG effects, interviews with Andreas Katsulas , Chad Allen , Corey Allen
79
April /May 1991
Contamination review, interviews with Whoopi Goldberg , Gene Roddenberry , Ronald D. Moore , David Carren , Michael Okuda , Richard Arnold , Ralph Winter
80
June /July 1991
Vendetta review, interviews with Jonathan Frakes , Tony Todd , Sarah Marshall , Matt McCoy , Ralph Winter
81
August /September 1991
25th Anniversary issue; interviews with William Shatner , Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan , Nichelle Nichols, Walter Koenig, George Takei , Gene Roddenberry, Patrick Stewart , Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner , Michael Dorn, Marina Sirtis , Gates McFadden, LeVar Burton
82
October /November 1991
The Best of 25 Years of Star Trek Publishing, interviews with Brent Spiner, Rick Berman , Denise Crosby , Ralph Winter
83
December 1991 /January 1992
84
March /April 1992
85
May /June 1992
Interviews with William Shatner, Rick Berman, Michael Piller
86
July /August 1992
Interviews with Kim Cattrall , Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Christopher McDonald , Tricia O'Neil
87
September /October 1992
Star Trek: The Animated Series , Star Trek: Federation Science , interviews with Patrick Stewart, Rick Berman, Michael Piller
88
November /December 1992
DS9 cast introduction, interviews with Patrick Stewart, Alan Bernard
89
January /February 1993
Interviews with Herman Zimmerman , Avery Brooks , Rene Auberjonois , Nana Visitor
90
March /April 1993
Making of "Relics ", interviews with Armin Shimerman , Terry Farrell
91
May /June 1993
92
July /August 1993
93
September /October 1993
94
November /December 1993
95
February /March 1994
96
April /May 1994
97
June /July 1994
98
August /September 1994
99
October /November 1994
For issue 100+, see Star Trek: Communicator