First Frontier

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Zine
Title: First Frontier
Publisher: out of Arlington, VA
Editor(s): Sheila Painter
Date(s): 1990
Series?:
Medium: print
Genre: gen
Fandom: multimedia
Language: English
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First Frontier is a 100-page zine of articles, photos, and fiction. It was billed as "a magazine devoted to earthbound series and activities."

This zine is spiral-bound.

Contents

  • articles about NASA ("in light of the ABC Movie, the Challenger aftermath, moon anniversary")
  • Dr. Who and the Horror of Potter Lake (fiction) ("Dr. Who returns to Earth in an effort to help the Brigadier and UNIT combat a huge deadly foe. The adventure could spell the end for Mike Yates and Jo Grant as Sarah Jane Smith comes closer to her pultizer [sic].")
  • article about Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea and its 25th Anniversary ("Voyage viewer Diane Kachmar takes us back to the preview of a unique underwater series.")
  • a "beautiful Seaview illustration by famed New York artist"
  • Prisoner of the Mind (fiction) ("A sensitive story about a former Sirian prisoner and her struggles of the mind. With the help of Martin, Mike and Julie, she realizes the struggle is not of the mind but of the aliens growing power.") (V)
  • Beauty and the Beast content
  • other V and Dr. Who content
  • some original fiction