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Top-10 Most Valuable Star Trek Collectibles

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We scoured the galaxy (aka the hobbyDB database) to find the most valuable among them. Take a look below.

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10. Leonard McCoy (Quantum Mechanix) ($300)

9. Khan (Quantum Mechanix) ($330)

8. Spock (Blacklight) (Funko Pop! Digital) ($350)

7. Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Quantum Mechanix) ($350)

6. Hikaru Sulu (Quantum Mechanix) ($380)

5. Captain James T. Kirk (Quantum Mechanix)( $390 – $410)

4. Yorktown Class (Mixed Dimensions) ($500)

3. Montgomery Scott (Quantum Mechanix) ($730)

2. Gowron (Tool Part) (The Hamilton Collection) ($980)

1. Gorn (Tool Part) (The Hamilton Collection) ($980)

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Anyone collect Starlog Magazines?

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I just picked some up and while they seem pretty cool, I'm thinking of just selling them. Any ideas on values?

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The days of Starlog mags being worth much of anything seems to have passed for the time being(they never really hit any huge numbers like Fangoria mind you), if they are high grade I recomend putting them away for awhile and waiting a bit till they get a bit more heat on them which i think they will, amazing reads some of them especially if you are interested in seeing where filmmakers mindsets were in that era. I also highly recomend putting away high grade Fangorias which are also published by Starlog, great reads and a large collector base in the past. I look at Fangos today like everyone looked at Famous Monsters fifteen years ago. Cool, but not cool enough. Now look at the prices, they are really starting to move up. Granted these dont have artists like Frazetta working in them, but the the nostalgia for alot of people is still there. I know it is for me and alot of people I work with.

For Starlog, these babies are super cheap and I would wait till you see a high grade run of the first 50 issues and put that away, you'd be shocked at how cheap they are now. Not that Starlog really had any real runaway hit back issues, but the firsst 25 or so have beautiful covers that'll bring you back to that childhood place.

Cinefantastique is also another film mag with a rather interesting and nostalgic following, runs are super ccheap and they have beautiful publishing, some of the best and under rated painted covers around which makes any higher grade copies look stunning in a mylar.

I do hope people catch on to these cool mags, but then again I hope they never catch on so that I can continue to buy them up for pennies, I felt the same way about Famous Monsters and Eerie back in the 90's when everyone laughed at me about buying them. I am pretty happy I did now.

Hope this helps a little

Issue 1 around 10-25 bucks depending on grade, you'd be lucky to get 5-10 for the next twenty five issue or so, but then again you might get lucky. Like I said before, you can buy'em for a song and a dance for the time being. reminds me of picking up copies of early famous monsters in high grade in the ninties for 5 bucks a pop, somtimes even less. Gawd, I miss those days.

Keep in mind to alot of these types of mags have a different collector base as well, based on what movies and stars are on the covers, I know some of the early Star Trek covers brought a bit more in from the Trekkies before the movie and Tv series went tits up. Blade Runner covers did well for a bit there too i remember.

Hope this all helps and thanks for bringing up the topic, wish more did.

If you go on the StarLog site tho... they have some issues that they SELL for a heck of a lot of money.

Issues 1 ($50), 50 ($100), 64 ($200), 90 ($200), 205 ($150), 262 ($100)

Doesn't make a heck of a lot of sense actually.. since they don't go for anywhere near that on eBay .

(I have boxes of Starlogs.)

Those early Starlogs are terrific, but they ain't worth much.

I've actually gone through and bagged most of my Starlog magazines (distributor/warehouse copies).. and it comes out to over 14 magazine boxes!

Starlog the magazine has a policy that they will not buy any magazines back for their own store and that includes all their sister publications.

How about the Photo Guidebooks? Is there any demand for these?

I have a couple in amazing condition that I've never given a second thought to...

I found some of those too.. Apparently, the collector interest for these mags is currently "dormant."

It's a shame too.. Lots of Battlestar Galactica (Original series), Star Wars, Star Trek stuff in there, etc. including posters, schematics, all that stuff.

Reading them really takes you back...

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Ten Most Collectible Original Star Trek TV Guide Covers

The original Star Trek television series (1966-69) is always huge with collectors. Of particular interest are TV Guide covers and other TV listings-type magazines featuring Star Trek cast members.

Here are ten outstanding and valuable Star Trek TV Guide/TV listings magazine covers from the 1960s and ‘70s that are sure to attract collectors of the classic Gene Roddenberry science fiction series. Also included is a Star Trek TV Guide cover value list. Live long and prosper…

TV Guide, March 4, 1967

This issue marks the first appearance of Star Trek on the cover of Triangle Publications’ TV Guide. William Shatner (Captain James T. Kirk) and Leonard Nimoy (Mr. Spock) are the magazine’s real photo cover subjects. Approximate value in top condition: $150-170.

William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, TV Guide, March 4, 1967 (Triangle Publications, Inc.)

TV Guide, November 18, 1967

William Shatner (Kirk) and Leonard Nimoy (Spock) grace the illustrated cover of this TV Guide issue. Approximate value in top condition: $70-80.

TV Guide, August 24, 1968

William Shatner (Kirk), Leonard Nimoy (Spock) and DeForest Kelley (Dr. Leonard H. “Bones” McCoy) appear on the cover of this classic illustrated TV Guide cover. Approximate value in top condition: $80-90.

TV Magazine, September 4, 1966

William Shatner (Kirk) is the lone cover subject of this magazine, issued as a weekly TV listings supplement for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Approximate value in top condition: $40-60.

TV Week, March 9, 1968

Leonard Nimoy (Spock) graces the cover of this Australian TV listings magazine which features the inside story, “Star Trek’s Rocky Romances.” Approximate value in top condition: $65-80.

TV Magazine, October 23, 1966

Leonard Nimoy (Spock), making repairs to the USS Enterprise, is the featured cover subject of this supplement to the New York World-Journal Tribune. Approximate value in top condition: $85-100.

Teleguide, September 28, 1969

Leonard Nimoy (Spock), who is also mentioned for his role as the Great Paris in TV’s Mission: Impossible, is the chosen cover subject for this issue of CHBC-TV’s Teleguide, a Canadian publication which served the Okanagan Television System. Approximate value in top condition: $75-90.

TV Weekly, September 1, 1969

The Star Trek cast graces the cover of this TV listings magazine published in New Zealand. Approximate value in top condition: $85-95.

Teleguide, January 18, 1970

William Shatner (Kirk) is at the helm and on the cover of CHBC-TV’s Teleguide, published in Canada. Approximate value in top condition: $35-50.

TV Weekly, October 14, 1968

Nichelle Nichols as Lieutenant Nyota Uhura graces the cover of this New Zealand-based publication. Approximate value in top condition: $65-80.

Other Valuable 1960s and ‘70s Star Trek TV Guide Covers

• TV Week, Cleveland Plain Dealer, January 20, 1967, Grace Lee Whitney as Yeoman Janice Rand ($25-40)
• TV Times, Los Angeles Times, October 2, 1966, William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk ($50-65)
• TV Magazine, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, March 12, 1967, William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk and Grace Lee Whitney as Yeoman Janice Rand ($55-70)
• TV Week, Newfoundland Herald, March 26, 1977, Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock ($45-60)
• TV Times, Los Angeles Times, August 19, 1973, Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock and William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk for the animated Star Trek series ($50-75)
• TV Week, Chicago Tribune, July 22, 1973, cast of the animated Star Trek series ($75-125)
• TV Channels, Houston Post, August 13, 1967, Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock ($85-100)
• Cast of the original Star Trek, l-r: James Doohan, Walter Koenig, DeForest Kelley, Grace Lee Whitney, William Shatner, Nichelle Nichols, Leonard Nimoy, George Takei (NBC-TV)

What are the Most Valuable Star Trek Collectibles?

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Think about it this way: even after 50+ years, the Star Trek franchise is still going strong.

With this in mind, it’s natural for Star Trek collectibles to hold some value. And that definitely holds true of some of the more scare pieces.

Here’s a short list of some of the most valuable Star Trek collectibles. If you have any of these displayed or in storage, it’s time to take a closer look.

•    Star Trek Select Kirk & Spock figurines

•    McFarlane Toys Kirk & Picard

•    Starship Legends Anniversary Enterprise

•    Trek Tek TOS Communicator

•    QMx Star Trek Magnetic Badges

•    MEGO Retro Star Trek Figures

In addition to the above, genuine Star Trek collectibles from the television series have the potential to fetch tens of thousands of dollars.

For example, Captain Kirk’s phaser from ‘Wrath of Khan’ was sold at auction for $57,500.

Just the same, Kirk’s Starfleet tunic and pants from the original Star Trek was sold a few years back for $72,000.

If you’re a Star Trek collector, you’ll be glad to know that many collectibles associated with the iconic series are quite valuable. You may even be sitting on a gem!

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May 1999. Issue #1. Patrick Stewart interview, Seven of Nine, Star Trek: Insurrection, technical briefings, and more. Officially authorized by Paramount Pictures. 9-in. x 10.75-in.; full color; 112 pages on slick paper. Cover price $4.99.

June 1999. Issue #2. Kate Mulgrew interview, Star Trek's classic aliens, Designing the Cardassian Freighter, technical briefings, and more. Officially authorized by Paramount Pictures. 9-in. x 10.75-in.; full color; 112 pages on slick paper. Cover price $7.99.

July 1999. Issue #3. Leonard Nimoy interview, Designing the makeup for Star Trek's alien species, Designing the AKIRA class, technical briefings, and more. Officially authorized by Paramount Pictures. 9-in. x 10.75-in.; full color; 112 pages on slick paper. Cover price $7.99.

August 1999. Issue #4. Nicole DeBoer interview, Deep Space 9 with show's creators, Designing the U.S.S. Defiant, Q and A with John De Lancie on the omnipotent Q, technical briefings, and more. Officially authorized by Paramount Pictures. 9-in. x 10.75-in.; full color; 112 pages on slick paper. Cover price $7.99.

September 1999. Issue #5. Garrett Wang interview, Visual Effects, Designing the Hypospray, Wil Wheaton, technical briefings, and more. Officially authorized by Paramount Pictures. 9-in. x 10.75-in.; full color; 112 pages on slick paper. Cover price $7.99.

October 1999. Issue #6. Brent Spiner interview, DeForest Kelley: Farewell to Dr. McCoy, Designing the Deep Space Nine station with Herman Zimmerman, Behind the scenes with visual effects house Foundation Imaging, technical briefings, and more. Officially authorized by Paramount Pictures. 9-in. x 10.75-in.; full color; 112 pages on slick paper. Cover price $7.99.

November 1999. Volume 1, Issue #7. Designing the Breen ship, Nichelle Nichols, Michael Okuda, Max Grodenchik, technical briefings, and more. Officially authorized by Paramount Pictures. 9-in. x 10.75-in.; full color; 112 pages on slick paper. Cover price $7.99.

December 1999. Volume 1, Issue #8. Stellar Cartography, Costume Design, Jennifer Hetrick, Rene Auberjonois, technical briefings, and more. Officially authorized by Paramount Pictures. 9-in. x 10.75-in.; full color; 112 pages on slick paper. Cover price $7.99.

January 2000. Volume 1, Issue #9. Ricardo Delgado, James Darren, Robert Duncan McNeill, visual effects secrets, technical briefings, and more. Officially authorized by Paramount Pictures. 9-in. x 10.75-in.; full color; 112 pages on slick paper. Cover price $7.99.

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February 2000. Volume 1, Issue #10. J.G. Hertzler, Marina Sirtis, Designing the U.S.S. Enterprise, Computer imaging, techinical briefings, and more. Officially authorized by Paramount Pictures. 9-in. x 10.75-in.; full color; 112 pages on slick paper. NOTE: first issue to list volume and issue number on cover. Cover price $7.99.

March 2000. Volume 1, Issue #11. Morphing Odo, inside the U.S.S. Enterprise, James Doohan, Martha Hackett, techinical briefings, and more. Officially authorized by Paramount Pictures. 9-in. x 10.75-in.; full color; 112 pages on slick paper. Cover price $7.99.

April 2000. Volume 1, Issue #11. Creating Borg costumes, designing the Galileo shuttlecraft, Andrew Robinson, Brannon Braga, Robin Curtis, technical briefings, and more. Officially authorized by Paramount Pictures. 9-in. x 10.75-in.; full color; 112 pages on slick paper. Cover price $7.99.

May 2000. Volume 1, Issue #13. Jonathan Frakes, Star Trek: First Contact - Designing clothes for the 21st century, William Campbell, The Dominion, technical briefings, and more. Officially authorized by Paramount Pictures. 9-in. x 10.75-in.; full color; 112 pages on slick paper. Cover price $7.99.

June 2000. Volume 1, Issue #14. Robert Beltran, Motion Control: Filming starships with models, rigs, and cameras, Designing the Main Bridge, Chase Masterson, technical briefings, and more. Officially authorized by Paramount Pictures. 9-in. x 10.75-in.; full color; 112 pages on slick paper. Cover price $7.99.

July 2000. Volume 1, Issue #15. Rick Berman, William Sadler, Majel Barrett Roddenberry, the main bridge, technical briefings, and more. Officially authorized by Paramount Pictures. 9-in. x 10.75-in.; full color; 112 pages on slick paper. Cover price $7.99.

August 2000. Volume 1, Issue #16. Denise Crosby, detailed look at the U.S.S. Voyager's exterior, Star Trek: the Animated Series, Aron Eisenberg, technical briefings, and more. Officially authorized by Paramount Pictures. 9-in. x 10.75-in.; full color; 112 pages on slick paper. Cover price $7.99.

September 2000. Volume 1, Issue #17. Jeffrey Combs, Creating the Ferengi, Patti Yasutake, Arming DS9: Designing the space station's concealed weaponry, technical briefings, and more. Officially authorized by Paramount Pictures. 9-in. x 10.75-in.; full color; 112 pages on slick paper. Cover price $7.99.

October 2000. Volume 1, Issue #18. Cover 1 of 2. Kate Mulgrew: Captain Janeway looks forward to Voyager's final year, Marina Sirtis, Unimatrix Zero, Visual Effects, technical briefings, and more. Officially authorized by Paramount Pictures. 9-in. x 10.75-in.; full color; 112 pages on slick paper. Cover price $7.99.

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October 2000. Volume 1, Issue #18. Cover 2 of 2. Kate Mulgrew: Captain Janeway looks forward to Voyager's final year, Marina Sirtis, Unimatrix Zero, Visual Effects, technical briefings, and more. Officially authorized by Paramount Pictures. 9-in. x 10.75-in.; full color; 112 pages on slick paper. Cover price $7.99.

November 2000. Volume 1, Issue #19. Designing the U.S.S. Voyager, the Klingons, LeVar Burton, Cecily Adams, technical briefings, and more. Officially authorized by Paramount Pictures. 9-in. x 10.75-in.; full color; 112 pages on slick paper. Cover price $7.99.

December 2000. Volume 1, Issue # 20. George Takei, visual effects, Kenneth Biller, costumes, John Savage, technical briefings, and more. Officially authorized by Paramount Pictures. 9-in. x 10.75-in.; full color; 112 pages on slick paper. Cover price $7.99.

January 2001. Volume 1, Issue # 21. Doug Drexler, Jonathan Del Arco, Tim Russ, 'Critical Care', technical briefings, and more. Officially authorized by Paramount Pictures. 9-in. x 10.75-in.; full color; 112 pages on slick paper. Cover price $7.99.

February 2001. Volume 1, Issue 22. Jonathan Frakes, Tiny Ron, Dwight Schultz, inside the Enterprise-D, technical briefings, and more. Officially authorized by Paramount Pictures. 9-in. x 10.75-in.; full color; 112 pages on slick paper. Cover price $7.99.

March 2001. Cover 1 of 2. Volume 1, Issue # 23. Creating the Borg, Rick Berman, Alice Krige, becoming Borg, technical briefings, and more. Officially authorized by Paramount Pictures. 9-in. x 10.75-in.; full color; 112 pages on slick paper. Cover price $7.99.

March 2001. Cover 2 of 2. Volume 1, Issue # 23. Creating the Borg, Rick Berman, Alice Krige, becoming Borg, technical briefings, and more. Officially authorized by Paramount Pictures. 9-in. x 10.75-in.; full color; 112 pages on slick paper. Cover price $7.99.

April 2001. Volume 1, Issue 24. Gul Dukat, computer effects, technical briefings, and more. Officially authorized by Paramount Pictures. 9-in. x 10.75-in.; full color; 112 pages on slick paper. Cover price $7.99.

May 2001. Volume 2, Issue 1. Cover # 1 (of 2): Capt. Kirk. William Shatner, Star Trek's most beautiful women, Matt Jefferies, technical briefings, and more. Officially authorized by Paramount Pictures. 9-in. x 10.75-in.; full color; 112 pages on slick paper. Cover price $7.99.

May 2001. Volume 2, Issue 1. Cover # 2 (of 2): Starship Enterprise. William Shatner, Star Trek's most beautiful women, Matt Jefferies, technical briefings, and more. Officially authorized by Paramount Pictures. 9-in. x 10.75-in.; full color; 112 pages on slick paper. Cover price $7.99.

June 2001. Volume 2, Issue 2. Roxann Dawson, designing Species 8472, Star Trek X, technical briefings, and more. Officially authorized by Paramount Pictures. 9-in. x 10.75-in.; full color; 112 pages on slick paper. Cover price $7.99.

July 2001. Volume 2, Issue 3. Cover 1 of 2. Robert Picardo, technical briefings, and more. Officially authorized by Paramount Pictures. 9-in. x 10.75-in.; full color; 112 pages on slick paper. Cover price $7.99.

July 2001. Volume 2, Issue 3. Cover 2 of 2. Robert Picardo, technical briefings, and more. Officially authorized by Paramount Pictures. 9-in. x 10.75-in.; full color; 112 pages on slick paper. Cover price $7.99.

August 2001. Volume 2, Issue 4. This issue: Garrett Wang - Taking Harry Kim to the Delta Quadrant and back again; Star Trek: Voyager - Creating the show with the writers and designers. Plus: 4 Technical Briefings - Deep Space Nine, Kira Nerys, The Overlookers, Games and Sports. Cover price $7.99.

September 2001. Volume 2, Issue 5. This issue: Cirroc Lofton - Growing up on Deep Space Nine; Designing the Type-12 Shuttlecraft - Warp 10 on Star Trek: Voyager; Bad Behavior - Villains from Captain Kirk's 23rd century. Plus: 4 Technical Briefings - Pike's Enterprise, Thomas Paris, Project Pathfinder, Starfleet Roles. Cover price $7.99.

October 2001. Volume 2, Issue 6. This issue: Patrick Stewart - hard at work on stage and screen; 35 Years of Star Trek; Gene Roddenberry remembered. Plus: 4 Technical Briefings - U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-E, Tasha Yar, The Voth, Galactic Archaeology. Cover price $7.99.

November 2001. Volume 2, Issue 7. This issue: Enterprise - Meet Captain Archer's crew; Designing the future with illustrator John Eaves. Plus: 4 Technical Briefings - Federation Starships, Odo, Dominion Fleet, 23rd Century Aliens. Cover price $7.99.

December 2001. Volume 2, Issue 8. Cover 1 of 2: Spaceships on cover. Vol 2 issue 8. This special issue: Star Trek: The Motion Picture - The Director's Edition. Plus: 3 Technical Briefings - U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701 Refit, K't'inga-Class Battle Cruiser, V'Ger. Cover price $7.99.

December 2001. Volume 2, Issue 8. Cover 2 of 2: 2 people on cover. Vol 2 #8. This special issue: Star Trek: The Motion Picture - The Director's Edition. Plus: 3 Technical Briefings - U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701 Refit, K't'inga-Class Battle Cruiser, V'Ger. Cover price $7.99.

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Star trek magazine is reborn, as star trek explorer.

Titan Magazine's long-running Star Trek Magazine is getting a relaunch, with this October bringing us issue #1 of the new Star Trek Explorer . Check out the details of that first issue, and other Titan Publishing Star Trek releases, below:

Star Trek Explorer: The Official Magazine (ad)    is set to feature interviews, behind the scenes coverage, and new fiction content. Here's the blurb for the first issue:

STAR TREK EXPLORER THE OFFICIAL MAGAZINE LAUNCHES A NEW ERA OF BELOVED SHOW! Featuring exclusive interviews with the cast and crew of Star Trek series as well as behind-the-scenes content you won't find anywhere else! This new magazine will also feature Star Trek exclusive fiction! Plus much more!

The covers for the first issue suggest an emphasis on interviews with the Discovery cast and crew for this issue, alongside a Kirk-focused "mini-magazine", a "Star Trek 101" explainer feature, and the promised "exclusive fiction". The previous Star Trek Magazine has before featured Star Trek Online based short stories, and excerpts form Star Trek novels; will this new format continue those sort of things, or maybe offer so some completely new short stories from different corners of the Trekverse? The only clue is that Disco -era Captain Pike is used to illustrate the new fiction tag on the cover (alongside "all-new magazine" and "new features" mind you).

The book will be offered in two covers, either the regular edition (ad)  featuring Burnham in an EV suit, of the Previews exclusive edition (ad) using Tim Anderson's TOS art from the 50 Artists 50 Years collection (ad) .

A special in-depth book celebrating the classic trilogy of Star Trek movies, #2 to 4, The Wrath of Khan, The Search for Spock, and The Voyage Home. With classic interviews, behind-the-scenes features, and rare imagery, relive the thrills and excitement of these unforgettable movies. The Wrath of Khan, The Search for Spock, and The Voyage Home – the Genesis Trilogy of Star Trek movies has a firm place in the hearts of Trek fans of all ages. Taking us from a deadly villain, a tragedy on the Enterprise, and to a heart-warming reunion, this special book explores the making of the classic saga. Featuring classic interviews, in-depth features and amazing imagery.

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Star Trek: The Magazine was an officially authorized magazine published monthly from April 1999 to March 2003 by Fabbri Publishing (US) , the US arm of UK publisher GE Fabbri , on behalf of end copyright holder Midsummer Books Ltd.

Following four test issues, a total of 48 112-page issues were published in three volumes - 24 in Volume 1 and 12 each in Volumes 2 and 3. In addition, ten "special edition" issues sported two covers, the penultimate one of which also had a third cover, for a grand total of 63 covers (including the test-issue covers).

The publisher also offered readers the opportunity to buy faux -leather dark blue cassettes, only obtainable from the publisher, for storage of the magazines. Each cassette was able to hold twelve issues.

About one-third to one-half of each issue contained repackaged "in-universe" reference features and artwork, such as technical schematics and diagrams ("Briefings"), from the Star Trek Fact Files , the originating British partwork publication by the same company, whereas the rest consisted of "real-world" (production) material, such as interviews and reviews. In part, the North American-targeted magazine fulfilled Fabbri's contractual obligations for worldwide distribution to the licensors, as the Fact Files had been sold everywhere but Canada and the US.

Major Fact Files contributor Larry Nemecek , who was otherwise not involved in the US magazine derivative, gave two reasons for why it was decided against to publish The Fact Files in North-America; while partworks were already a common and popular publication format in the Commonwealth (Canada excepted) – and Japan for that matter – , it was all but an unknown phenomenon in North-America, and the financial risks were deemed too great to warrant a try with a for American readership unfamiliar format, or as Files Editor-in-Chief Tim Leng had put it, "[the untried formula of] partworks do [es] n't work in America because it's such a big market ." [1] . Additionally, the print franchise company Pocket Books was offered the opportunity to release the project in one format or another on the home market, but they declined, erroneously believing the British project a mere simple rehashing of their own Star Trek Encyclopedia , which also resulted in the partwork formally prohibited to be sold in North-America. It was precisely the latter reason why Midsummer Books/GE Fabbri decided to try to introduce the Files -based Magazine in North-America for themselves. But in a sense, The Magazine eventually proved Nemecek's and Leng's point as it was terminated prematurely due to dwindling subriptions as the issue prices were deemed too steep by American magazine readers – subscriber loyalty being a prerequisite for partworks to work, which simply is not there with the primarily price-motivated American readership. [2]

Unlike the Fact Files which had been wholly conceived as an in-universe publication, The Magazine was a mixture of in-universe and real-world material and behind-the-scenes articles, including numerous interviews with Star Trek cast members and production staffers. Though not specifically credited as such, most of these interviews were conducted by staff members Ben Robinson and Trisha Palmer. Marcus Riley also contributed to the magazine.

Later, GE Fabbri (again) re-edited this material (previously published in The Magazine and Fact Files ) for their 2004 release of Star Trek: The Collector's Edition and 2007's Star Trek: The Original Series - The Collector's Edition , which were published in, and intended for Europe and the Commonwealth.

While about fifteen percent of the content of each issue was taken up with advertising (including merchandise reviews), it was strictly limited to Star Trek -related merchandise, with one to four pages, including some articles disguised as such, serving as an impromptu franchise message board.

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Star Trek: The Magazine was created by Midsummer Books Ltd. (in the magazine credited as producer), which was the legal end copyright holder, despite the magazine being published under the aegis of joint venture partner Fabbri. The production team included: Publisher Peter Edwards , Managing Editor Trisha Palmer , Editor Ben Robinson , Project Coordinator Penny Smartt-Juday , Art Director Rob Garrard , Production Editors Peter Griffiths , Marcus Riley , and Emma Tennant , Designers Peter Green , Paul Britton , and Danny Baldwin , Artists Rob Garrard , Ian Fullwood , Peter Harper , Studio Lidell , Stuart Wagland , and Adam Willis , Art Coordinator Emily Mitchell-Heggs , Writers Robert H. Justman , Rick Sternbach , Herman Zimmerman , Trisha Palmer, and Ben Robinson.

Coloring was done by Bright Arts Graphics (S) Pte Ltd, Singapore, and Modern Litho, London. Issues were printed and bound by World Color in Lebanon, Ohio. Their mailing address at publication was in Westport, Connecticut.

The art and writing for the in-universe sections was already done solely at Midsummer's offices in Hammersmith, London, UK, for the Fact Files source publication. None of the British writers and artist therefore, were ever stationed in the USA, save for chief editors Robinson and Palmer in particular, who were the only two British staffers known to be regularly sent to the USA for extended periods of time. The real world production sections on the other hand, were US-created. When on assignment in the USA, Palmer and Robinson conducted their bussiness out of a small rented editorial bureau, located on 419 N. Larchmont Blvd, Los Angeles, California, which was intentionally chosen for its close vincinity to the Paramount Pictures lot, a mere three blocks away. [3]

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As we previously reported back in August , the official Star Trek Magazine is being rebooted with a new look and a new name. Originally expected to arrive on November 2nd, the first issue of Star Trek Explorer is now set to be released worldwide in both physical and digital forms on Tuesday.

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The History of 'Starlog' and Science Fiction Journalism 

The sci-fi news magazines of the past created the future we live in.

In 1986, Mark A. Altman was a young Trekkie serving as the editor of his college newspaper. Seemingly out of nowhere, he was invited to the set of Star Trek: The Next Generation . The invitation put him on his professional trajectory, an arc that took him from student journalist and part-timer for the The Boston Globe to renowned science fiction journalist.

“I was a kid when this happened; Paramount sent this list of suggestions on how to write about The Next Generation ,” Altman remembers, “and like number 26 on the list was ‘visit the set.’ So I did, and it was a big deal: I got to see all the new uniforms, the ship, everything, way before that show came out.”

Writing for the bygone print magazines Starlog and Cinefantastique , writers like Altman existed in an earlier, far less formal version of the fan service universe we live in today. Now instead of in-depth conversations, journalists wait all day at carefully pre-planned junkets for three-minute interviews, while fans pick apart blurry set photos and wait in line for days to intake in a panel at Comic-Con. The small world dominated by Starlog, Cinefantastique , and a few other magazines has expanded into a gigantic commercial universe of science fiction and fantasy culture. “Geek journalism” now is very different than its Starlog roots. So how did we get here?

Starlog was founded in 1976 by Norm Jacobs and Kerry O’Quinn. Both worked in print media in the ‘60s, and prior to Starlog , they published a magazine about soap operas called Daily TV Serials . O’Quinn originally planned to make Starlog a high-quality Star Trek -only fan magazine. “But they couldn’t get the Star Trek license from Paramount, so they threw some other sci-fi stuff in the mix,” Ed Gross, who wrote for the magazine, tells Inverse . “And that was a year before Star Wars came out, which changed everything.”

Gross’s career began in a way wannabe journalists could only dream of now: He found filmmaker Christopher Columbus’s name in the phone book and interviewed him about Gremlins and Young Sherlock Holmes. Gross sold the article to Starlog , and the rest was history.

Ed Gross's first sale to 'Starlog'; an interview with Chris Columbus about 'Gremlins' and 'Young Sherlock Holmes.'

Gross’s editor was David McDonnell, Starlog ’s longest-tenured editor. He began his career writing a column for The Buyer’s Guide For Comic Fans , and was hired by Starlog in 1982. By 1985, he was the editor-in-chief of the magazine and held that position until the publication ended its run in 2009.

“We may have been entertainment journalism, but we were still journalism,” McDonnell tells Inverse . To this day, McDonnell still feels that what the magazine did was no different than what other news organizations that covered the real world would do. “We may have covered bug-eyed monsters, time-travelers and superheroes — all sorts of fictional fodder — but we had journalistic standards,” he explains.

With a circulation of roughly 100,000 per issue, and at least 15,000 paid subscribers at its peak circulation in 1982, Starlog was the most well-known of the early sci-fi magazines. It led to some close encounters with the people it covered, many of which involved the classic cast of the original Star Trek . From steak dinner with Deforest “Bones” Kelley, to being kissed by Nichelle Nichols (Uhura on the original Star Trek ), the Starlog boss rubbed elbows on the regular with some of the biggest geek icons of the 20th century, the kind of access that would make a contemporary journalist space-alien green with envy.

“Back then, everyone loved Starlog because they wouldn’t publish anything bad,” Mark Altman says, in effect providing a retort to McDonnell. In the ‘80s, Altman contributed the occasional article to Starlog but ended up writing primarily for the rival sci-fantasy magazine called Cinefantastique.

McDonnell maintains his magazine did in fact run risky or negative coverage from time to time. “Stories angered plenty of publicists, agents, producers, occasional studio executives, and interviewees over the years,” he says. He cites an article that was critical of Roger Moore’s performance as James Bond; Starlog discovered that Bond-producer Albert “Cubby” Broccoli was rather displeased with the publication. Broccoli didn’t retaliate, but instead, granted more access, not less, killing with kindness. “Amazingly, Broccoli later agreed to do a rare interview with us,” McDonnell says.

Despite its size and scruples, Starlog wasn’t the only sci-fi game in town. “It was fantastic,” Mark Altman says of writing for Starlog , “but my heart was in writing for Cinefantastique , which was much more sophisticated, eclectic and in-depth.”

Founded ten years before Starlog , the coverage of sci-fi, fantasy and horror in the pages of Cinefantastique was often more harsh. “ Cinefantastique took the genre very seriously. We never considered ourselves a fanzine,” Altman says. “The first thing I ever wrote for them was an investigative piece about the revolving-door of the writers’ room on Star Trek: The Next Generation . Everyone was writing these sort of obsequious suck-up pieces, but I did something different, and I talked to everyone.”

LEFT: Blade Runner issue of Cinefantastique in 1984. RIGHT: Mark Altman's investigative 'Star Trek: The Next Generation' piece in the March 1989 issue.

In 1986, Gross tracked down the screenwriters of Superman IV and got an exclusive interview sneak peek of the next big DC superhero movie. He also had a connection with J.J. Abrams during his time making Alias . “J.J. was great,” he remembers. “He’d get you anything you wanted and help you speak to virtually everyone.” And when Alien: Resurrection was in development, Gross found a fledgling writer named Joss Whedon to interview him about writing the script. “How many Joss Whedon’s could there be in the phone book? There was only one. So I called him. And I had a connection with him that lasted for years ,” Gross says.

“Back then, it was a different world,” Altman says. “You didn’t have DVDs with all this behind the scenes material, you didn’t have these licensed magazines, and you didn’t have the internet. There was a hunger to get people to cover these things, and publicists were eager to work with you, not control everything. I would spend days on the set of The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine . That’s unheard of these days.”

The 1990s saw sci-fi reporters get even bolder. After leaving Cinefantastique in 1991, Altman launched a new print magazine funded by Hustler ’s Larry Flynt. “ Sci-Fi Universe was snarkier and we criticized the powers that be,” Altman says. But there began to be consequences to this real-talk; as “geek” media began to enter the mainstream, the studios became threatened by negative backlash, even more than in the early Starlog days. And they had new outlets to contend with.

Altman's Sci-Fi Universe sometimes billed itself as "the magazine for science fiction fans with a life."

Sci-Fi Universe went out of business in 1999, and Cinefantastique shut down its print run in 2006; and though Starlog existed in print and digital form until 2009, the majority of serious conversations about film and TV science fiction eventually moved to the internet. Harry Knowles’s Ain’t it Cool News was an early pioneer of the internet’s Wild West of nerd conversations and film criticism that sprung from message boards and newsgroups. Ain’t it Cool shaped geek media of the early 21st century, partly because it was a more agile version of the snark that defined Altman’s Sci-Fi Universe and did not have the constraints of a glossy magazine that required a lot of advertising dollars.

“We scared the studios early on,” Drew McWeeney, an early AICN contributor tells Inverse . “They had no idea who we were and couldn’t figure out how to find a way into the conversation.”

McWeeney wrote for Ain’t it Cool under the name “Moriarty,” a moniker given to him by Knowles because he viewed McWeeney, at least at first, as a kind of antagonist.

McWeeney’s initial interest in writing for Ain’t it Cool stemmed from his desire to fight the “broken” system of test screenings of film releases, specifically corruption within the National Research Group, a market research organization that gauges early audience reactions to films. “There was a huge break in the way filmmakers thought and what studios thought. For a studio, the message of a test screening could be: Kill this thing. That disconnect bothered me.” Essentially, McWeeney viewed the machinations of NRG as a tentacle strangling the artistry of the films themselves. Writing about films objectively for Ain’t it Cool was part of a way to remedy that injustice.

And yet, McWeeney believes that Ain’t it Cool ultimately failed in its mission of being at totally independent entertainment publication. At some point, these sites have to make money, and to maintain both access and the freedom to be critical for a profitable online publication is, in McWeeney’s estimation, impossible. “Writers who still do this now are the frog in the boiling pot of water. They don’t feel it getting hot around them,” he says. “99 percent of what exists in these online outlets, exists to serve the studios … the studios view entertainment journalists as an arm of publicity.”

In between the age of Starlog and the present day, superhero movies became immensely more popular and financially viable: first in 2002 with Spider-Man and then again in 2008 with Iron Man and the rise of the new Marvel films. Simultaneously, from 2005 to 2010, the crusty British TV-Travel drama Doctor Who got a sexy makeover. Star Wars fandom went from nostalgists bemoaning George Lucas’s mistakes to a multi-billion dollar juggernaut. Comic-Cons sprouted up across the world, and cosplaying went from anthropological curiosity to a profitable niche industry.

This mainstreaming of geek interests only created more publications willing to cover this material. In addition to Starlog and Cinefantastique , there were a few other similar publications like Fantastic Films , Cinema Odyssey , Future Life , and Cinemagic .

But now there countless entertainment news outlets, and then ones that focus on sci-fi and fantasy greatly outnumber the publications in the ‘80s and ‘90s. Because science fiction and fantasy is a bigger business now, and even more publications make it their business to write about it, the studios have tightened their grip on access accordingly.

The challenges online sci-fi and fantasy journalists face today are vaguely similar to those of McDonnell, Gross, and Altman in the Starlog era, only now it’s much worse. These days, writing anything too negative about a big property can cost you your access nearly 100% of the time. The kindly and forgiving Cubby Broccolis are a relic of the past. “The studios figured out access was the one thing they could control more tightly,” McWeeney says. The popularity and mainstreaming of science fiction and fantasy made the niche experts less, not more, important. Once studios realized they didn’t need to grant such extensive access, they stopped doing so, he suggests.

There is now a definite hype cycle online. “It used to be about a movie you could see,” says McWeeney, “but now, once a movie is out, everyone is on to the next thing.”

For Gross, the future of the world of geek journalism has changed a lot since its Starlog -ed past. But Gross finds those personal touches are missing: “Now journalists get one interview, the same experience, and the stories are all pretty much the same.”

Reflecting on how things have changed since his days editing Starlog , McDonnell feels like contemporary blogs freely “mix opinion with news.” But it doesn’t bother him, too much. “I view blogs as columns,” he says, “where it really is often more about the writer than what he (or she) is writing about.”

NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 02: Mark Altman, Gabrielle Stanton, Dave Rogers and Edward Gross attend the panel discussion 'Galaxy Quests: The humor of Star Trek and beyond' during Star Trek: Mission New York at Javits Center on September 2, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images)

Altman now writes and produces for television and movies. And with exception of the occasional book — like last year’s Trek oral history, The Fifty Year Mission (co-written with Gross) — he’s retired from journalism.

Gross still freelances in the field which he helped chart in the ‘80s, but he sorely misses those deeply personal connections he once had with the creators of the science fiction and fantasy that he loves. The days in which Gross could call up a big writer or director on the phone and talk for hours are sadly long gone.

“After The Avengers ,” Gross says, “I couldn’t ever get hold of Joss again.”

Every issue of Starlog is available online for free in a digital archive . Some digital versions of Cinefantastique are similarly archived online.

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Issue #59 of The Official Star Trek Magazine continues their celebration of 50 years of Star Trek with an interview with Sandy Gimpel, the actress who played Trek ’s first-ever alien menace in The Original Series ' television debut episode, “ The Man Trap .” Staying in the 60s, the magazine gives credit to the NBC insiders who kept Star Trek on air: NBC exec Mort Werner and Jean Messerschmidt, Director of NBC’s Standards and Practices team.

In an issue packed with fascinating interviews, Alexander Siddig talks candidly about how he grew up playing Dr. Julian Bashir on Deep Space Nine , and Tony Todd discusses his guest appearances as Klingons. Fans will also find out from Kirstie Alley why she didn’t make it back for more adventures as Saavik after The Wrath of Khan .

Also, as Star Trek prepares to head into bold new television frontiers, Issue #59 of The Official Star Trek Magazine investigates the Trek credentials of Star Trek: Discovery executive producer Bryan Fuller, and asks how his previous work might influence the new show. And there are yet more bite-sized interviews in part two of “The Big Five-Oh” – Star Trek Magazine ’s year-long mission to speak to as many Star Trek alumni as possible in one mammoth, multi-issue interview bonanza.

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Sonequa Martin-Green Has 'Settled Into' Her 'Worth as a Black Woman in a Way That I Would Not Have Imagined' (Exclusive)

"It has meant a great deal to stand in this position and to have, in a way, grown to fit the position," the actress told PEOPLE of playing Star Trek's first Black female captain

Sonequa Martin-Green is embracing her worth.

The actress portrays Star Trek: Discovery ’s Michael Burnham, the first Black female captain in the long-running franchise, and recently spoke with PEOPLE about how the groundbreaking role has changed her. 

"Since the impact that the show has had on my life has changed over time, it's really hard to answer that question because I feel a certain way about it right now, but I'm going to feel even differently a month from now,” Martin-Green, 38, said at SCAD TVFest in Atlanta on Feb. 8 when asked how being on the series has changed her career. “I'm going to feel even differently five years from now. And it's hard for me to say how it's impacted me when I know that there is still more to come from it.”

Reflecting, Martin-Green shared that playing the protagonist has helped her realize and accept a new level of “worth.”

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"I've settled into my worth as a Black woman in a way that I would not have imagined that was facilitated by the story, that was facilitated by playing Michael Burnham and then Captain Michael Burnham,” she continued. “And then, by the connections that I've made with the people that tell this story. Those connections, they're the kind that ripple throughout the rest of your life.”

Still, Martin-Green doesn’t plan on stopping — and said there’s room for even more personal evolution, telling PEOPLE, “It has meant a great deal to stand in this position and to have, in a way, grown to fit the position. And I'm still growing to fit it.”

She explained, “It's like on one hand I understand that I don't need to do that, but then at the same time it's like that position is greater than me, so I'll just always be growing into it.”

The Walking Dead alum became emotional at the idea of being able to show her 9-year-old son, Kenric Justin III, the CBS series one day, giving him a chance to see her star as a Black lead. 

“He hasn't seen it yet,” said Martin-Green, who shares Kenric III and 3-year-old daughter Saraiyah Chaunté with husband Kenric Green, 41. She added that she’s “excited” for the moment Kenric III and Saraiyah — who wasn’t born yet when Martin-Green began playing Captain Burnham — are ready to tune in to the series. 

“I mean, I could really cry talking about what I might be able to lead by example, what I might be able to show them by example and teach them from what I've experienced and how they might benefit from it,” said the mom of two. “That's everything right there.”