Star Trek: Communicator was a licensed Star Trekmagazine published by Decipher/FANtastic Media with cover dates of December1994/January1995 to April/May2005. The publication was initially titled as the Star Trek Official Fan Club Magazine in 1982, after two years as a fan newsletter/magazine, and ran for 155 total issues. Editors included founder Dan Madsen (1980-1998) and then Larry Nemecek (1998-2005). Contributors included Dayton Ward, Kevin Dilmore, Mark A. Altman,
, Terry Hiller, Rich Handley, Salman Nensi, Kevin Stevens, J. Kelley Burke, and Bjo Trimble.
It was the main publication of the Official Star Trek Fan Club. Its first 99 issues were published under the title of Star Trek: The Official Fan Club Magazine. Its original publisher, FANtastic Media, was purchased by Decipher in February2001, with an announcement of the merge appearing in issue #132. A "Quark's Bazaar" merchandise catalog was featured in each bimonthly issue. Originally available as a membership perk only, the magazine added newsstand sales in 1998.
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