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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
Issue # Month Cover Contents
1 1979 No image yet.  
2 1979 No image yet.  
3 1979 No image yet.  
4 1979 No image yet.  
5 1979 No image yet.  
6 1979 No image yet.  
7 1979 No image yet.  
8 1979 No image yet.  
9 1980 No image yet.  
10 1980 No image yet.  
11 1980 No image yet.  
12 1980 No image yet.  
13 1980 No image yet.  
14 1980 No image yet.  
15 1980 No image yet.  
16 1980 No image yet.  
17 1980 No image yet.  
18 1981 No image yet.  
19 1981 No image yet.  
20 1981 No image yet.  
21 1981 No image yet.  
22 1981 No image yet.  
23 1981 No image yet.  
24 1981 No image yet.  
25 1981 No image yet.  
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 Interviews with Rick Berman, making of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and details of the new Star Trek: The Next Generation feature film.
92 July/August 1993 Interviews with Rene Auberjonois, Brannon Braga
93 September/October 1993  
94 November/December 1993 Interview with LeVar Burton
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