That's What Friends Are For (Starsky and Hutch zine)

That's What Friends Are For is a Starsky & Hutch zine series. Some issues are anthologies and some are novels. 
These zines are militantly gen, some thing that is stated in the first issue's editorial, and in the essay by the editor in the second issue called GARBAGE LIKE THAT HAS NO PLACE IN FANDOM.
 
==Issue 1==
That's What Friends Are For 1 was published in 1996 and contains 161 pages. 
It contains some black and white screenshots.
The editorial: 
* Yesterday When I Was Young by Leah S. ("Futurefic. An elderly Starsky and Hutch have drifted apart, but Hutch's son brings them back together.") (2)
* Heroes by Lyria Hall, poem (7)
* Downtime by K. Hanna Korossy (8)
* Knowing Me, Knowing You by K. Hanna Korossy (13)
* Questions, poem by Gretchen M. Cupp (23)
* A Friend in Need by K. Hanna Korossy (24)
* Blue Angel by Ginger Fitts (49)
* After the Race by K. Hanna Korossy (42)
* That’s What Friends Are For by K. Hanna Korossy (45)
* Good News by Gretchen M. Cupp ("While Hutch recovers in the hospital after "Survival", Starsky helps him through bad memories.") (57)
* Job Description, poem by Lyria Hall (63)
* Helping Hands by Mary L. Millard ("Starsky offers Hutch some TLC with his injuries.") (64)
* Partners Again by K. Hanna Korossy (69)
* Day Off, poem by Lyria Hall (75)
* It’s All in a Name by Mary Kleinsmith (76)
* Back East by Gretchen M. Cupp (88)
* A Meeting of Minds by Nancy Rogers ("Quantum Leap crossover. While Starsky is in a coma in "Sweet Revenge", his mind crosses paths with Sam, who makes a change in Starsky's timeline and saves his life.") (89)
* A Meeting of Minds 2 by Nancy Rogers ("Hutch dreams of the timeline where Starsky didn't survive.") (93)
* Last Train Home by Nancy L. Rogers ("Hutch awakens from a 15-year coma.") (96)
==Issue 2==
That's What Friends Are For 2 was published in 1996 and contains 168 pages.
From the editor: 
The editor includes a long editorial IN CAPS that is an anti-slash diatribe. See GARBAGE LIKE THAT HAS NO PLACE IN FANDOM.
* Stereotypes by Merry Schainblatt (1)
* Returning, poem by G.M. Cupp (20)
* First Words, poem by Cathy Kancel (21)
* You Called My Mother?, poem by Cathy Kancel (23)
* Decompression by K.H. Korossy (26)
* Nightmares by K. Hanna Korossy (28)
* All That Matters by K. Hanna Korossy (36)
* His Old House by Cindy R. (43)
* Writing on the Wall by Gretchen M. Cupp (79)
* The Closing Chapter by Cathy Kancell (80)
* Charades by K H. Korossy (93)
* Inquiring Minds Want to Know, poem by Gretchen M. Cupp (96)
* Finis: A Fourth Season Foursome by K.H. Korossy (97)
* Contract by Nancy L. Rogers (111)
* Mother's Day Surprise by M. Kleinsmith (114)
==Issue 3==
That's What Friends Are For 3 was published in 1996 and contains 152 pages. It has the subtitle: "Fatal Charm Revisited." 
From the editor: 
* Unbalanced Love by Mary Kleinsmith (3)
* Fatal Flaw by K. Hanna Korossy (15)
* Gilded Cage by M. Schainblatt (30)
* Optional Fatal Charm Script by Jeff Kanter (92)
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 3==
==Issue 4==
That's What Friends Are For 4 was published in 1996. It is a 92-page novel called "Prisoners" written by Nancy L. Rogers. It includes an non-credited poem called "Frigate."
From Media Monitor: "Starsky is abducted and tortured with attempted rape. Some hurt/comfort, nothing graphic."
Casad thanked a fan for making edits to the story, "Prisoner." In this introduction, Casad stated that rape was worse than attempted rape and appears to suggest that this is because Hutch being raped would have made this story slash, a belief that is illustrated by Anne McCaffrey in the 1998 Tent Peg Statement where McCaffrey said she knew a man personally who was "involved in a rape situation involving a tent peg. This one event was enough to have him start on a road that eventually led to him becoming effeminate and gay." 
From the introduction to "Prisoner": 
From the author: 
==Issue 5==
That's What Friends Are For 5 is a novel by Nancy L. Rogers called "Sign of the Scarlet Cross." It was published in 1997 and contains 90 pages. Cover by Nancy L. Rogers. 
From the author via Black Bean Soup: "Rated a very strong PG-13 due to content (some hurt/comfort and a 'near-death' experience with religious overtones.)"
The "religious overtones" and the statement in the editorial, "might be considered by some to be a bit...controversial," is due to Hutch praying to God for Starsky's survival, and for a scene of God talking to Starsky, who tells him “I answer the prayers of my servants." 
From the editor (WHO FINALLY DROPS THE ALL CAPS FONT!):
Author's notes: 
==Issue 6==
That's What Friends Are For 6 was published in 1997 contains 171 pages. Artwork is by Pat Farrar, originally printed in The Mind Enslaver.
From the editor: 
* The Spirit of Me and Thee, poem by Linda J. Ouellette (1)
* Every Mother’s Son, poem by Gretchen M. Cupp (2)
* Five-Hour Lifetime by K. Hanna Korossy (3)
* Ghosts of Christmas Past by K.H. Korossy (12)
* Tough Love by K.H. Korossy (29)
* Changes and Constants by K. H. Korossy (43)
* For the Man on the Merry-Go-Round, poem by Nancy L. Rogers (49)
* Graduation Day by Merry Schainblatt (50)
* Sniper by M. Schainblatt (57)
* Commitment by Merry Schainblatt (69)
* Allies by M. Schainblatt, poem (73)
* Sign of Reassurance, poem by Linda J. Ouellette (74)
* Side Effects by Mary Kleinsmith (75)
* Request, poem by Gretchen M. Cupp (170)
* One Sunny Day in the Ford Car Lot by Nancy Folsom Casad (171)
==Issue 7==
That's What Friends Are For 7 is a novel called "Drug of Choice" by Merry Schainblatt. Published in 1997, it contains 111 pages. It was edited by Nanci Folsom Casad. 
In this story, bad guys get Hutch hooked on heroin again. 
From the Starsky & Hutch Archive where the story is now online: 
From the editorial in the zine: 
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 7==
==Issue 8==
That's What Friends Are For 8 was published in 1998 and contains 195 pages.
From the editorial: 
* Lost in Anticipation by Mary Kleinsmith (2)
* Vendetta Revisited by Mary Kay Willey (20)
* After the Fall by Mary Kleinsmith (35)
* 90-10 by K. Hanna Korossy (46)
* Loose Ends by K. Hanna Korossy (55)
* Delayed Reaction by K. Hanna Korossy (68)
* A Real Break by K. H. Korossy (75)
* Promises, poem by Nanci Folsom Casad (80)
* Worry Lines, poem by Nancy L. Rogers (82)
* Carlines by N.L. Rogers, poem (83)
* The Fix #1, #2, poem by Gretchen M. Cupp (87)
* The Nature of Sacrifice by K.H. Korossy (88)
* White-Out by K.H. Korossy (118)
* A Moment of Peace, poem by Linda J. Ouellette (124)
* Twas a Night in December, poem by L.J. Ouellette (125)
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 8==
==References==
 
Category:Starsky & Hutch Gen Zines
Category:1990s Zines