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Zine
Title: The Star Trek Scene
Publisher: Kevin Cook
Editor(s): Kevin Cook
Date(s): 1973-1974
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Medium: print zine
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Genre:
Fandom: Star Trek: TOS
Language: English
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The Star Trek Scene is a gen Star Trek: TOS anthology of articles, art, fiction, reviews "covering all things Star Trek." It has the subtitle: "The Fanzine for Trekkies." The fourth issue says it was "published bi-monthly with a special Christmas issue."

The editor and publisher was thirteen years old at the time the first issue was printed. [1]

Reactions and Reviews

The Star Trek Scene lasted at least 4 issues. Offset, small size. Artwork and stories and articles all variable. I do not know if they ever saw a fifth issue or not. Rating 2 stars out of 5 stars. [2]

Issue 1

The Star Trek Scene 1 was published in 1973 and contains 16 pages of art, articles and cartoons.

  • front cover, issue #1, artist's name unclear

  • inside issue #1, Warren B. Prindle

  • back cover issue #1, Kevin Cook


Issue 2

front cover of issue #2, Bob Sparks
Uhura back cover of issue #2, Rick Morgan

The Star Trek Scene 2 was published in 1973 and contains 16 pages. The cover is by Bob Sparks. Other contributors: Mike Valerio, Greg Vander Leun, Ken Book, John Price, Shane Shellenbarger, Kevin Cook, Stephen Johnson, Rick K. Morgan.

  • Information, Credits, Contents (2)
  • Sub-Space Chatter (3)
  • Ad (4)
  • The Great Bird of the Galaxy by Mike Valerio (5)
  • Captain's Log by Shane Shellenbarger (6)
  • Ads, A Special Note (7)
  • Going on A Star Trek by Ken Cook (8)
  • Ad (9)
  • A Complete Listing of Second-Season Star Trek Shows (10)
  • The Deadly Years by Greg Vander Leun (12)
  • Ad (12)
  • Solution to Last Issue's Puzzle (13)
  • Tricorder Readings by Mike Valerio (13)
  • Crossword Puzzle Contest (14) ("To the first Trekkie to send in the correct answers goes a GAF viewmaster three-reel pack of Star Trek's 'The Omega Glory' from the series' second season.")
  • Inside Back Cover -- Galileo Shuttlecraft by Kevin Cook
  • Back Cover -- Uhura by Rick Morgan

  • Table of contents, click to see larger

  • ad for Blood & Guts Comix that reads "Help Support The Star Trek Scene"

  • sample inside page with solutions to the Scrambler and a section called Tricorder Readings"

  • sample inside page with the Star Trek crossword puzzle


Issue 3

The Star Trek Scene 4 was published in 1973 or 1974.

  • front cover of issue #3, John Price

  • back cover of issue #3, Chadwick

Issue 4

The Star Trek Scene 4 was published in 1974 and contains 23 pages of art, articles and cartoons.

The cover is by Sellers.

front cover of issue #4, Sellers
back cover of issue #4, Brent Anderson
  • Information, contents, credits (2)
  • Subspace Chatter (3-4)
  • D.C Fontana: The Story of Star Trek's Script Consultant by Mike Valeria (5)
  • Star Fun by Shane Shellenbarger (6)
  • Subject of Innocence by Brent Anderson (7-8)
  • Star Scripts by Kevin Cook (9)
  • The Ancestor of Star Trek by Kevin Cook (10)
  • Uhura (art) by John Price (11)
  • A Chicago African by Carlos Valcarcel (12)
  • Review of "Spock Must Die" by Dennis Walker (13)
  • Listing of Third Season Shows (14-15)
  • Startoons by Jerry Sellers (15)
  • Review of "The Trouble with Tribbles" by Ted Belorme IV (16-17)
  • Artist's Note to the Readers (17)
  • Tricorder Readings by Mike Valeria (18-19)
  • ads (20-22)
  • back cover by Brent Anderson

  • inside issue #4

  • inside issue #4

  • inside issue #4

  • inside issue #4, art by John Price

Annual #1 (1975)

The Star Trek Scene Annual 1975 contains 100 pages.

flyer for the special "Christmas Issue"
  • Vulcan Religion by J. Baker (article)
  • The New Star Trek by J.M. Schmidt (article)
  • The Final Sport by M. Bell
  • T-Negative by W. Prindle (review)
  • The Trigger-Happy Oriental by C. Valcarcel (article)
  • EquiCon by C. Motts (article)
  • The Real Star of Star Trek by J. Thornton (article)
  • You and I by J. Schmidt (review)
  • Spotlight on Bjo Trimble" by J. Price (article)
  • Questions and Answers with David Gerrold" by B. Sparks
  • "Questor" by B. Morgan (review)
  • Star Trek Chronology" by G.M. Carr
  • Not Necessarily Where No Man Has Gone Before by D. Coffman
  • Kraith Collected by V. Kirlin (article)
  • More Tribbles, More Troubles by T. De Lorme (article)

Reactions and Reviews: Annual

Kevin Cook has put out a zine of 100 pages and tries to be something for everyone: art, some fair stories, interviews (Bjo, Gerrold), biographies, columns. The artwork ranges from the fine (including a centerfold by Fujitake) to the dull (including the cover, which presents ST characters with the Innsmouth look — for non-Lovecraftian fans, they're beginning to turn amphibian). For completists, there's a listing of ST stardates from different and sometimes conflicting sources. There's also a lot of filler, such as old news, plot rehashes from TV, biogs from The Making of Star Trek, and a word search puzzle from Star Trek Scene #3 (no one's sent in a correct solution yet). There's also a heavy emphasis on "trekkies," Its new information is interesting, but you have to dig for it. Otherwise, this is a reasonably attractive zine — once you know what you're in for. [3]

References

  1. ^ Proofed to Perfection Editorial Services, Archived version
  2. ^ from Cosmic Borders (1976)
  3. ^ from The Clipper Trade Ship #5
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