McCoy's Illegible Log

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McCoy's Illegible Log is a gen and het Star Trek: TOS anthology. The fifth issue contains much explicit het fiction. 
Five issues were published before the editor expressed discouragement. A sixth issue was planned for 1984, but it did not get off the ground.
 
==Issue 1==
McCoy's Illegible Log 1 was published in 1977 and is 44 pages long. 
Forty copies were printed in the first run. It was reprinted, along with the contents of issue #2 in 1979 (see below).
The art is by art by T.J. Burnside (cover), Joann Morris, Gennie Summers, Cathy Alling, Debby Chapman, Randy Ash, Laurie Huff, Charlie Terry, Diana Stahl and Marilyn Johanson.
From the editorial: 
* Dedications (5)
* Untitled Poem by D. Chapman (5)
* Moira by Brenda Harper ("McCoy returns to an old love to find a son he did not know existed.") (6)
* The Oldest Trekker by Florence White (short essay about the author's grandmother (born in 1880) who was a Star Trek fans) (24)
* McCoy's Daughter by Charlie Terry ("McCoy and his daughter find it difficult to serve together on the Enterprise.") (25)
* Discovery, poem by Charlie Terry (34)
* Doves, poem by Charlie Terry (35)
*McCoy Thoughts by Susan Smith (36)
* They Call You Healer, poem by D. Braun (38)
* K/S/M Relationship by Debby (short character study; McCoy is who provides balance) (39)
*A Glass of Brandy by Dusty Sicotte (40)
*zine ads (42)
* Untitled Poem by D. Chapman (43)
* Bones, poem by Joann Moris (43)
 
Image:mccoysilleg1-1.jpg|from issue #1, Joann Morris
Image:mccoysilleg1-2.jpg|from issue #1, Laurie Huff
Image:mccoysilleg1-3.jpg|from issue #1, Marilyn Johanson
 
===Reactions and Reviews: Issue 1===
==Issue 2==
McCoy's Illegible Log 2 was published in 1977 and contains 40 pages. The art is by T.J. Burnside, Beverly Zuk, Dennis Drew II, Ginnie [sic] Summers, Rita White, Marian Kelly, Marilyn Johanson, and Randy Ash. 
NOTE: There are two very different editions of this issue. They contain different art (with some cross-pollination, as well as different page numbers.
The first edition contains: McCoy Art Portfolio with art by Marilyn Johansen Beverly Zuk, and Gennie Summers. 
Later, revised editions contain: McCoy Art Portfolio with art by Marilyn Johansen, Larry Dobias, Joann Morris, Diann Klink, Ruth Kurz, Eleni Vafieas, Dennis Drew, Beverly Zuk, Dee Martin, C.L. Terry, and Gennie Summers. (Note: This art does NOT appear in the first edition.)
 
The zine's dedication: 
Contents and page numbers below reflect the first edition.
* Medical Log, editorial (1)
* The Yellow Balloon, poem by DeForest Kelley (2)
* On the Whole, I'd Rather Be in Philadelphia by Ingrid Cross ("McCoy has a week's leave on Earth which includes a reunion with his ex-wife and his daughter.") (3) 
* He's Dead, Jim by D. Chapman (12)
* Final Hope by Ginnie [sic] Summers (13)
* I'm Frightened by D. Chapman (14)
* McCoy Art Portfolio (the two editions art portfolios are very different) (20)
* We Love Him, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, a Tribble Love Song by Rita White (21)
* Rendezvous, poem by Marian Kelley (22)
* Bones, Introspect, poem by Brenda Harper (24)
* A Special Leave by Teri Howard ("McCoy shares a leave with Kirk, Uhura and T'Ling, a Vulcan nurse who does not act as most Vulcan's do.") (25) 
* Ads (42)
* The Lonely Trekker by The Lonely Trekker (44)
=== From Issue #2: First Edition=== 
 
Image:mccoysilleg2first-1.jpg|from issue #2 (first edition), Marilyn Johansen
Image:mccoysilleg2first-2.jpg|from issue #2 (first edition), Gennie Summers
Image:mccoysilleg2first-3.jpg|from issue #2 (first edition), Beverly Zuk
Image:mccoysilleg2first-4.jpg|from issue #2 (first edition), Beverly Zuk
 
Image:mccoysilleg2first-6.jpg|from issue #2 (first edition), Gennie Summers
Image:mccoysilleg2first-7.jpg|from issue #2 (first edition) 
Image:mccoysilleg2first-8.jpg|from issue #2 (first edition), Rita White
Image:mccoysilleg2first-9.jpg|from issue #2 (first edition), Marian Kelly
 
===From Issue #3: Later Edition===
 
Image:mccoysilleg2-1.jpg|from issue #2 (later edition), Larry Dobias
Image:mccoysilleg2-2.jpg|from issue #2 (later edition), Larry Dobias
Image:mccoysilleg2-3.jpg|from issue #2 (later edition), Joann Morris
Image:mccoysilleg2-4.jpg|from issue #2 (later edition), Diann Klink, reprinted in issue #4
Image:mccoysilleg2-6.jpg|from issue #2 (later edition), Ruth Kurz
Image:mccoysilleg2-5.jpg|from issue #2 (later edition), Ruth Kurz, DeForest Kelley reading his poem "The Yellow Balloon"
Image:mccoysilleg2-7.jpg|from issue #2 (later edition), Eleni Vafieas
Image:mccoysilleg2-11.jpg|from issue #2 (later edition), Gennie Summers
Image:mccoysilleg2-12.jpg|from issue #2 (later edition), Gennie Summers
 
Image:mccoysilleg2-8.jpg|from issue #2 (first edition and later edition), Dennis Drew
Image:mccoysilleg2-10.jpg|from issue #2 (first edition and later edition), "The Yellow Balloon," poem by DeForest Kelley
Image:mccoysilleg2-9.jpg|from issue #2 (first edition and later edition), Beverly Zuk, McCoy and some Andorian children
===Reactions and Reviews: Issue 2===
==Issue 3==
 
McCoy's Illegible Log 3 was published in 1978 and contains 40 pages. 
The art is by Marian Kelly, Joann Morris, Debby Chapman, Larry Dobias, Rita White, and Mary Ann Hedstrom. 
From the editorial: 
 
* Medical Log (3)
* Dear Patty, poem by Marian Kelly (4)
* LOCs (6)
* The Conversation, poem by The Lonely Trekker (9)
*The Unexpected Ceremony by Elaine Norwood (A McCoy, Christine romance.) (11)
* McCoy in Wonderland by The White Mouser (16)
* Old Love, New Love by Carol Crunk ("McCoy finds himself drawn to Dr. Jocelyn Harris, an archaeologist who strongly resembles Gem.") (18)
* The Healer, poem by Carol Crunk (32)
* Trivia Page (35)
* Excepts from the Automatic Bridge Log by The Lonely Trekker by (37)
* ads (39)
Image:illlog3-1.jpg| from issue #3, Marian Kelly
Image:illlog3-2.jpg| from issue #3, Rita White
Image:illlog3-3.jpg| from issue #3, Larry Dobias
Image:illlog3-4.jpg| from issue #3, Mary Ann Hedstrom
Image:illlog3-5.jpg| from issue #3, Mary Ann Hedstrom
Image:illlog3-6.jpg| from issue #3, Mary Ann Hedstrom
Image:illlog3-7.jpg| from issue #3, Rita White
==Issue 4==
McCoy's Illegible Log 4 was published in 1979 and contains 52 pages. 
The art is by Teresa Harper, Shona Jackson, Susan Wyllie, Ruth Kurz, and Diann Klink.
* Medical Log by Debby Chapman (editorial) 
* One of a Kind by Carol Christenson ("McCoy and Kirk help Sulu after his is arrested for trying to help a young girl. She is the product of a genetic experiment and apparently being mistreated by the scientist who created her.") (2)
* The Real McCoy by Dee Martin (riddles) (19)
* Joanna, poem by Marge Robbins (21)
* art by Ruth Kurz
* The Man Trap, poem by Debborah Goldthwaite (23)
* Personal Log by Jeffrey Brockman (24)
* It is Not Illogical , story by Marge Robbins, art by Shona Jackson (28)
* DeForest Kelley Sometimes Fears He's Star Trek Forgotten Star (Where is the Welcome Mat) reprint of TV guide article about De Kelley, dated August 24, 1966) (32)
* Terse Verse, poem by Dee Martin (35)
* McCoy, poem, Debborah Goldthwaite (36)
* The Pink Grink by Susan Wyllie, art by Susan Wyllie ("A Grink is a large, fat, furry pink animal with 6 eyes, stubby legs, and a long prehensile tail. It has been given to Kirk and he has appointed McCoy the one to find a home for it.") (37)
* Sounding Board, poem by Ruth Kurz (49)
* ads (51)
File:Mccoysilleg4-1.jpg|from issue #4, Ruth Kurz
File:Mccoysilleg4-2.jpg|from issue #4, Shona Jackson
File:Mccoysilleg4-3.jpg|from issue #4, Shona Jackson
File:Mccoysilleg4-4.jpg|from issue #4, Ruth Kurz
File:Mccoysilleg4-5.jpg|from issue #4, Susan Wyllie
File:Mccoysilleg4-6.jpg|from issue #4, Ruth Kurz
===Reactions and Reviews: Issue 4===
==Issue 5==
McCoy's Illegible Log 5 was published in 1981 and contains 74 pages. 
The front and back covers are by Theresa Harper. The interior art is by Julie McCoy, Debra Chapman, Shona Jackson, Robyn Provee, Jerry Loper, Suzanne Williams, Jo Ann Lassiter, and Toni Hardeman.
From the editorial: 
* Medical Log (editorial) by Debra Chapman (2)
* Space Legs by Julie McCoy ("Kevin Riley has a problem adjusting to space when he first arrives on the Enterprise and McCoy seeks a means to help him.") (3)
* Precious Days ... and Magnolias by Lori Beatty ("Tanya Barrows and Leonard McCoy review their feelings for each other following the adventure on the Shore Leave planet.") (also in Rx McCoy) (10)
* Drafted, poem by Anne Cecil (16)
 
* The Odds by Marion McChesney (17)
* Gem, poem by Carol Crunk (18)
* Especially to You, poem by Carol Crunk (19)
* Tribbles, recipe by Shona Jackson (20)
* Even Now by Lori Beatty ("Nancy Crater meets the last of the salt creatures in the form of Leonard McCoy.") (also in Rx McCoy) (21)
* Monologue, poem by Shona Jackson (26)
* The Rayne Tree by Lori Beatty ("McCoy meets a treasured friend from years ago. In the course of their conversation he learns a secret that she has kept for all those years. A secret that could have drastically changed the doctor's life.") also in Rx McCoy) (27) 
* The Lark by Lori Beatty ("On the night before she will receive her first Starfleet assignment, a young Ensign puts on something 'clingy and sexy' and sets off for the most renowned and expensive nightspot on the starbase. During this evening she is attracted to Dr. McCoy, but there are repercussions when she is assigned to the Enterprise.") (also in Rx McCoy) (33)
* Alone, poem by Debra Chapman (38)
* Love's Guidance by Ginnie ("McCoy and Natira's first night together.") (39)
* Return, poem by Debra Chapman (44)
* One Life by Lori Beatty ("Tearful farewell as McCoy is about to return to the Enterprise and Natira remains to guide her people.") (also in Rx McCoy) (45)
* Natira's Lament, vignette by Lori Beatty (50)
* Of Lyre and Lymphoid Tissue by Julie McCoy ("McCoy has returned from the paradise planet with a new set of tonsils thanks to the spores. They promptly become infected and need to be removed. Following surgery, McCoy is astonished by a visit from Spock who brings his lyrette to play for the doctor.") (52)
* Mirror Journey, poem by Shona Jackson (59)
* Excerpts from a Correspondence by Julie McCoy ("Correspondence over several years between Leonard McCoy of Earth and his penpal, T'Parn of Vulcan.") (60)
* Art Portfolio
 
Image:mccoysilleg5-1.jpg|from issue #5, Julie McCoy 
Image:mccoysilleg5-2.jpg|from issue #5 
Image:mccoysilleg5-3.jpg|from issue #5, Jerry Loper 
Image:mccoysilleg5-4.jpg|from issue #5, Suzanne Williams
Image:mccoysilleg5-5.jpg|from issue #5, Jerry Loper 
Image:mccoysilleg5-6.jpg|from issue #5, Shona Jackson
Image:mccoysilleg5-7.jpg|from issue #5, Toni Hardeman
Image:mccoysilleg5-8.jpg|from issue #5, Toni Hardeman
==Issue 6==
McCoy's Illegible Log 6 was, according to Halliday's Zinedex, to have been issued in 1984, and published by both Debra Chapman and Catherine P. Smullen.
* Each a Star by Madalena A. Mumford
* It's All Done with Mirrors, part one of three by Kathryn Anne Evans 
* other unknown content?
==Reprinted Issue 1/2==
McCoy's Illegible Log 1 and 2 was reprinted in 1979 and combined the contents of previous editions of #1 and #2.
* McCoy's Daughter by Charlie Terry (3)
* Rendezvous, poem by Marian Kelley (8)
* McCoy Art Portfolio, art by Marilyn Johansen, Larry Dobias, Joann Morris, Diann Klink, Ruth Kurz, Eleni Vafieas, Dennis Drew, Beverly Zuk, Dee Martin, C.L. Terry, and Gennie Summers (11) 
* Discovery, poem by C.L. Terry (34)
* Bones, Introspect, poem by Brenda Harper (35)
* The Yellow Balloon, poem by DeForest Kelley (36)
* A Special Leave by Teri Howard ("McCoy shares a leave with Kirk, Uhura and T'Ling, a Vulcan nurse who does not act as most Vulcan's do.") (37)
* Doves, poem by C.L. Terry (48)
* Final Hope, poem by Gennie Summers (49)
* Moira by Brenda Harper (50)
* They Call You Healer, poem by D. Braun (62)
* On the Whole, I'd Rather Be in Philadelphia by Ingrid Cross ("McCoy has a week's leave on Earth which includes a reunion with his ex-wife and his daughter.") (63)
===Reactions and Reviews: Reprinted Issue 1/2===
==Proposed Special Issue 1 ==
McCoy's Illegible Log Special Issue 1 was to have been a novel called Starwind Rising by Kathryn Anne Evans. It was to have been published around fall 1985. The covers were to be by Frank V. Liltz, interior illustrations by Mel White.
This zine was to have been printed when deposits for 50 orders were received. It is unknown if this occurred.
Description: "On a planet threatened destruction, the crew of the Enterprise discovers a strange people, and McCoy finds the answers to long-held questions."
Excerpt: 
==References==
 
Category:Star Trek TOS Gen and Het Anthology Zines
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