Subject: Airwolf

Zine
Title:	Subject: Airwolf
Publisher:
Editor(s):	J.M. Bolton
Date(s):	around 1985
Series?:
Medium:	print
Genre:	gen
Fandom:	Airwolf
Language:	English
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Subject: Airwolf (formerly Airwolf: The Magazine) is a gen Airwolf anthology of fiction, art, non-fiction, episode guides, and reviews. It was the only zine dedicated strictly to "Airwolf." There were ten issues.

It has sister zines called Subject: Adventure and Subject: Adderly.

Issue 1

Subject: Airwolf 1 was published in 1985. Offset, illoed.

From the publisher:

Contains an article on a certain helicopter, the first of a series of bios, and Part One of "The Crystal Skull", a serial novel. Story begins when Archangel is contacted by a strange, powerful group, who convince him to help them recover an ancient, carved crystal skull. In exchange they offer him the location of Airwolf's hiding place, a secret that is eagerly sought by a sub-committee headed by Senator Aaronson. Aaronson is not only after Airwolf, he is using the operation to destroy the Firm. Hawke and Dominic are sent to recover the skull, beginning a quest filled with intrigue and adventure in the true spirit of the first season episodes. "The Crystal Skull" is in seven parts, each with a hair-raising ending. SINGLE ISSUE PRICE: $3.50, first class.

• part one of a novella, "The Crystal Skull"
• a bio of Vincent
• What is Airwolf?
• other unknown content

Issue 2

Subject: Airwolf 2

• part two of "The Crystal Skull"
• Archetypes in Airwolf
• Rumors, Gossip, and More
• other unknown content

Issue 3

Subject: Airwolf 3 was published in August 1985.

• part three of "The Crystal Skull"
• a bio Dominic Santani
• Flying in the Real Airwolf
• other unknown content

Issue 4

Subject: Airwolf 4 was published in 1986.

• the final installment of "The Crystal Skull"
• bios of the Hawke brothers
• Rumors, News, and Gossip
• other unknown content

Issue 10

cover of issue #10

Subject: Airwolf 10 was published in 1987 and contains 187 pages. It includes a Season Three episode guide, stories, and several stories in comic-book format.

• Fair Exchange by Johanna Bolton
• Of Friendship and Fraud by Christin Calliahan
• Wolf's Throat by Darlene Rutherford
• other unknown content

Reactions and Reviews: Issue 10

SUBJECT: AIRWOLF 10 is the last of this series on Airwolf. It contains some well-written stories. The illustrations, which are either illo or computer art, are very well done. My favorite story is "Fair Exchange" by Johanna Bolton. Hawke picks up a pilot in Denver on a return flight to Van Nuys, but unknown to him, the man is working with a group out to get Airwolf. During the attempt to capture Hawke, the man crashes the helicopter at Van Nuys airport and it burns. Dom, Cait and Archangel believe Hawke is dead since they didn't know about the other pilot. Hawke has survived, badly injured and with amnesia, but was picked up by the group. Two months pass, during which Dom mourns and lets the business go, allowing Cait to try to carry it. Dom is contacted late one night with the news that String is alive and told to bring Akwolf in trade for him. Dom and Archangel fight over this and the rescue attempt fails due to Archangel's interference. String, meanwhile realizes he doesn't like Bogart and disbelieves much of what Bogart has told him about himself. He tries to escape but is caught. Dom and Cait are contacted by a sympathizer and they try to rescue String again and this time they pull if off. "Of Friendship and Fraud" by Christine Callihan is the story of Archangel and Vladimir Rostoff's (Proof Through the Night) friendship. We get a glimpse of Michael's life when he was a field agent and we can begin to understand why he is so close to Rostoff. "Wolf's Throat" by Darlene Rutherford is about the discovery of Airwolf's lair by an American Indian woman who has had a dream that a hawk and a wolf will help her with the problems she has encountered on her grandmother's land on the reservation. A strange group of men are pothunting for Indian relics as well as preparing for an attack on a secret U. S. missile sight and Macolea hears them talk about a strange helicopter which they would also like to bring down. She stumbles in the Lair and gets String and Dom to help her and they track down the group and destroy their weapons. At the end, Macolea tells String about how her dream vision was fulfilled with Airwolf as the wolf of the air but how the hawk had never appeared. String laughs and says that it's all in the name and tells her his last name. The other stories are well written as was the poetry. This zine is worth reading for Airwolf fans.