Star Trek: The Magazine

Star Trek: The Magazine was an officially authorized magazine published from to  by Fabbri Publishing (US), the US arm of UK publisher GE Fabbri.

A total of 48 112-page issues were published in three volumes - twenty-four in volume 1 and twelve each in volumes 2 and 3. In addition, several "special edition" issues sported multiple 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 capable of holding twelve issues.

Each issue contained numerous interviews, reviews, and (in-universe) technical schematics and diagrams ("Briefings"). About one-third to one-half of each issue repackaged background features and artwork from the Star Trek Fact Files, published by the same company. The largely North American-targeted magazine fulfilled the contractual niche in that country promised by Fabbri after the Fact Files were sold everywhere worldwide except the Unites States and Canada. Unlike the Fact Files, which was wholly conceived as an in-universe publication, The Magazine was a mixture of in-universe and real-world, behind-the-scenes articles. GE Fabbri introduced this formula in edited form in Europe and the Commonwealth in their 2004 release of Star Trek: The Collector's Edition and the 2007 UK and Commonwealth only release of Star Trek: The Original Series - The Collector's Edition, using material originally written for The Magazine.

While about fifteen percent of the content of each issue was taken up with advertising (including merchandise reviews), that was limited to Star Trek related merchandise.

Issues
Test Issues | Volume 1 | Volume 2 | Volume 3