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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
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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 Star Trek The Official Fanclub Issue 26  
27 June 1982 Star Trek The Official Fanclub Issue 27  
28 July 1982 Star Trek The Official Fanclub Issue 28  
29 August 1982 Star Trek The Official Fanclub Issue 29  
30 September 1982 Star Trek The Official Fanclub Issue 30  
31/32 October & November 1982 Official Fan Club Magazine issue 31-32 cover  
33 December 1982 Official Fan Club Magazine issue 33 cover  
34 January 1983 Official Fan Club Magazine issue 34 cover  
35 February 1983 Official Fan Club Magazine issue 35 cover  
36 March 1983 Star Trek The Official Fanclub Issue 36  
37 April 1983 Star Trek The Official Fanclub Issue 37  
38/39 May & June 1983 Star Trek The Official Fanclub Issue 38-39  
40   Star Trek The Official Fanclub Issue 40  
41   Official Fan Club Magazine issue 41 cover  
42   Official Fan Club Magazine issue 42 cover  
43   Official Fan Club Magazine issue 43 cover  
44   Official Fan Club Magazine issue 44 cover  
45 March/April 1985 Official Fan Club Magazine issue 45 cover  
46 July/August 1985 Official Fan Club Magazine issue 46 cover  
47 September/October 1985 Official Fan Club Magazine issue 47 cover  
48 January/February 1986 Official Fan Club Magazine issue 48 cover  
49   Official Fan Club Magazine issue 49 cover  
50   Official Fan Club Magazine issue 50 cover  
51   Official Fan Club Magazine issue 51 cover  
52 October/November 1986 Official Fan Club Magazine issue 52 cover  
53 December 1986/January 1987 Official Fan Club Magazine issue 53 cover  
54 February/March 1987 Official Fan Club Magazine issue 54 cover  
55 April/May 1987 Official Fan Club Magazine issue 55 cover  
56 June/July 1987 Official Fan Club Magazine issue 56 cover  
57 August/September 1987 Official Fan Club Magazine issue 57 cover Interview with Gene Roddenberry
58 October/November 1987 Official Fan Club Magazine issue 58 cover New, magazine-style design and layout
59 December 1987/January 1988 Official Fan Club Magazine issue 59 cover  
60 February/March 1988 Official Fan Club Magazine issue 60 cover  
61 March/April 1988 Official Fan Club Magazine issue 61 cover  
62 June/July 1988 Official Fan Club Magazine issue 62 cover  
63 August/September 1988 Official Fan Club Magazine issue 63 cover  
64 October/November 1988 Official Fan Club Magazine issue 64 cover  
65 December 1988/January 1989 Official Fan Club Magazine issue 65 cover  
66 February/March 1989 Official Fan Club Magazine issue 66 cover  
67 April/May 1989 Official Fan Club Magazine issue 67 cover  
68 June/July 1989 Official Fan Club Magazine issue 68 cover  
69 August/September 1989 Official Fan Club Magazine issue 69 cover  
70 October/November 1989 Official Fan Club Magazine issue 70 cover  
71 December 1989/January 1990 Official Fan Club Magazine issue 71 cover The Cry of the Onlies review, interviews with DeForest Kelley, Ricardo Montalban, Barbara Alyn Woods, Rob Bowman
72 February/March 1990 Official Fan Club Magazine issue 72 cover A Rock and a Hard Place review, Vasquez Rocks, interviews with Michael Dorn, Melinda M. Snodgrass, Charlie Brill
73 April/May 1990 Official Fan Club Magazine issue 73 cover The Pandora Principle review, "Kirks Among Us" (historically significant Kirks), interviews with Nichelle Nichols, William Marshall, Amanda McBroom, Jonathan Farwell
74 June/July 1990 Official Fan Club Magazine issue 74 cover TNG soundstages, Gulliver's Fugitives review, interviews with Gates McFadden, Louise Sorel, Corbin Bernsen, John Anderson
75 August/September 1990 Official Fan Club Magazine issue 75 cover Doomsday World review, "Did Data Pull the Trigger?", interviews with Walter Koenig, Leonard Nimoy, Morgan Woodward, Howie Seago, Lisa Wilcox
76 October/November 1990 Official Fan Club Magazine issue 76 cover Prime Directive review, DC Star Trek comics, interviews with Michael Piller, Colm Meaney, France Nuyen, Ron Jones
77 December 1990/January 1991 Official Fan Club Magazine issue 77 cover Exiles review, interviews with Wil Wheaton, Robert Blackman, Celeste Yarnall, Eric Menyuk, Winrich Kolbe
78 February/March 1991 Official Fan Club Magazine issue 78 cover Fortune's Light review, TNG effects, interviews with Andreas Katsulas, Chad Allen, Corey Allen
79 April/May 1991 Official Fan Club Magazine issue 79 cover Contamination review, interviews with Whoopi Goldberg, Gene Roddenberry, Ronald D. Moore, David Carren, Michael Okuda, Richard Arnold, Ralph Winter
80 June/July 1991 Official Fan Club Magazine issue 80 cover Vendetta review, interviews with Jonathan Frakes, Tony Todd, Sarah Marshall, Matt McCoy, Ralph Winter
81 August/September 1991 Official Fan Club Magazine issue 81 cover 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 Official Fan Club Magazine issue 82 cover The Best of 25 Years of Star Trek Publishing, interviews with Brent Spiner, Rick Berman, Denise Crosby, Ralph Winter
83 December 1991/January 1992 Official Fan Club Magazine issue 83 cover  
84 March/April 1992 Official Fan Club Magazine issue 84 cover  
85 May/June 1992 Official Fan Club Magazine issue 85 cover Interviews with William Shatner, Rick Berman, Michael Piller
86 July/August 1992 Official Fan Club Magazine issue 86 cover Interviews with Kim Cattrall, Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Christopher McDonald, Tricia O'Neil
87 September/October 1992 Official Fan Club Magazine issue 87 cover Star Trek: The Animated Series, Star Trek: Federation Science, interviews with Patrick Stewart, Rick Berman, Michael Piller
88 November/December 1992 Official Fan Club Magazine issue 88 cover DS9 cast introduction, interviews with Patrick Stewart, Alan Bernard
89 January/February 1993 Official Fan Club Magazine issue 89 cover Interviews with Herman Zimmerman, Avery Brooks, Rene Auberjonois, Nana Visitor
90 March/April 1993 Official Fan Club Magazine issue 90 cover Making of "Relics", interviews with Armin Shimerman, Terry Farrell
91 May/June 1993 Official Fan Club Magazine issue 91 cover 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 Official Fan Club Magazine issue 92 cover Interviews with Rene Auberjonois, Brannon Braga
93 September/October 1993 Official Fan Club Magazine issue 93 cover  
94 November/December 1993 Official Fan Club Magazine issue 94 cover Interview with LeVar Burton
95 February/March 1994 Official Fan Club Magazine issue 95 cover  
96 April/May 1994 Official Fan Club Magazine issue 96 cover  
97 June/July 1994 Official Fan Club Magazine issue 97 cover  
98 August/September 1994 Official Fan Club Magazine issue 98 cover  
99 October/November 1994 Official Fan Club Magazine issue 99 cover  
For issue 100+, see Star Trek: Communicator
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