Logo of The Official Fan Club Magazine.
The Official Fan Club Magazine was a licensed Star Trek magazine published by FANtastic Media from 1979 to 1994.
History and format
Founder Dan Madsen launched the publication in 1979 as a fanzine for an unofficial fan club, with Paramount Pictures licensing both the club and magazine in 1982. It sported various titles, including Star Trek II: The Movie Fan Club, Star Trek III: The Official Fan Club Magazine from #42-45, and finally settling on Star Trek: The Official Fan Club Magazine with #46 in July/August 1985. A redesign with a TNG-style logo debuted in #58 in October/November 1987, with a revamp in #95 in February/March 1994. Paramount's logo began appearing on the cover with #62 in June/July 1988.
Frequent contributors included Mark A. Altman, Richard Arnold, Bjo Trimble, Rick Berman and Michael Piller. William Shatner provided regular status updates during the production of TOS movie: The Final Frontier.
In December 1994/January 1995, with its 100th issue, it was rebranded Star Trek: Communicator, which continued for ten more years.
Issues
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| Collections | Final Frontier • Stardate Magazine • StarDrive • Starlog • Comic • Explorer • Fact Files • Giant Poster Book • Magazine • Communicator • DS9 - The Official Poster Magazine • The Collector's Edition • The Magazine • TNG Magazine • TNG - The Official Poster Magazine • The Official Fan Club Magazine • The Official Fan Club of the UK Magazine • The Official Starships Collection • TOS - The Collector's Edition • Official TNG Magazine • Official DS9 Magazine • Official VOY Magazine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Single Issues | The Motion Picture - Giant Poster Book • The Motion Picture - Novel Pin-up Poster Book • The Wrath of Khan - The Official Movie Magazine • The Wrath of Khan - Official Movie Poster Magazine • The Search for Spock - The Official Movie Magazine • The Search for Spock - Poster Magazine • The Voyage Home - The Official Movie Magazine • The Voyage Home - The Official Poster Magazine • The Final Frontier - The Official Movie Magazine • The Undiscovered Country - The Official Movie Magazine • Generations - Official Movie Souvenir Magazine • Generations - The Official Poster Magazine • First Contact - Official Movie Souvenir Magazine • First Contact - The Official Poster Magazine • Insurrection - Official Movie Souvenir Magazine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
External links
- The Official Fan Club Magazine article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
