Avatar (multimedia zine)

Avatar is a gen multimedia zine edited by Mary Hartery, the successor to Starfleet Annals.
It contains both non-fiction and fiction, and Roberta Rogow's first published fan fic was in issue #3.
This zine series contains the first to feature Space:1999 stories and artwork.
The zine series folded after the fifth issue was supposedly stolen on the way to the printers, but it is more likely that the zine ed lost interest in the series, was disheartened by the cancelation of Space:1999, and likely didn't want to disappoint her fans and tribbers with that reality.
==Issues 1-2==
Issue #1 and #2 were Starfleet Annals.
==Issue 3==
Starfleet Annals Avatar 3 (v.1 n.3) was published in October 1975 and contains 114 pages. The front cover is by Ed Laprade, the interior illos by Debbie Collin, Claudia Di Falco, Mary Beth Santarelli, and Charlene Taylor.
* Mission of Mercy by Mary Hartery (a UFO adventure story)
* Peace at Last by Mary Hartery ("a Kathleen Ames love story- the female - James Kirk of Starfleet?")
* Fate of the Damned by Mary Hartery (article, a UFO reprint, concerning Paul Foster in one of his strangest incidents)
* Memory by Jesse Powell ("a different kind of STAR TREK story.")
* Interstice by Johanna Cantor (sequel to "Dagger of the Mind")
* The Steel Mallard by S. Langford (a Questor Tapes adventure, also in The Vaslovik Archives #1)
* The Arcturian Jewels Affair by Roberta Rogow This is Rogow's first published fan fiction. ("another adventure in the life of the crew of the Enterprise')
* Maneuver by Mary Hartery ("a Klingon War story with Kathleen Ames and the crew of the Guadalcanal")
* Gods Against Us ("a KOLCHAK story with a surprise ending")
* Remembrance ("the editor's personal account of the February NYC convention")
* My Song by Joan Cash ("a narrative sf poem")
* Dyondes ("a narrative poem about interstellar lovers")
* puzzles
==Issue 4==
Avatar 4 was published in July 1976 and contains 144 pages. The front cover is by Mary Bloemker, the back cover by Ed Laprade, the interior illos by P.T. Carnehan, Patrick Kelley, Harry Lang, and Lee Pappas. Linda Satkus was also a staff member and typist.
The editorial: 
* Another Day by D. Howells (Original SF) (1)
* Alpha Meeting by Mary Bloemker (Space: 1999/UFO) (4)
* Cold Nights in Deep Space by A.G. Austin—Poem. (15)
* Now by Mary Hartery—Poem. (16)
* Star Fire by Linda Satkus—Poem. (17)
* The Happy Juicer by Roberta Rogow, also in The Compleat Dirty Nellie. (Star Trek: TOS) (18)
* Mistake of Tactics by Henry Chmielefski (Original SF) (26)
* How Quiet the Passing Dawn by Mary Hartery (Space: 1999) (37)
* Killer Instinct (Part 1) by Dale Jones (UFO) (49)
* Homeward Bound by L. Satkus The People (57)
* Space: 1999 Poem Vignettes by Mary Hartery (59)
* Memories by Mary Hartery (Original SF) (69)
* Time Will Tell by A.G. Austin (Star Trek: TOS/Bonanza)(73)
* Confidential SHADO Report by Lee Pappas (UFO) (106)
* find-a-word (113)
* One Day Passed... by Mary Hartery (UFO/Space: 1999) (115)
* Between Morning and the Fall of Night by Anna D. (Original SF) (136)
Image:avatar4-1.jpg|inside issue #4, Harry Lang
Image:avatar4-2.jpg|inside issue #4, Mary Bloemker
Image:avatar4-3.jpg|inside issue #4, Ed Laprade
Image:avatar4-4.jpg|inside issue #4, Lee Pappas
Image:avatar4-5.jpg|inside issue #4, Patrick Kelley
==Issue 5 (never published)==
Avatar 5 was to have been published in November 1976 and "contain those endings to the serials of #4."
From Son of WARPed MIND #1 (April/May 1977): 
From Command Center (v.2 n.8) (July/August 1977):
Actually, it is more likely that the zine ed lost interest in the series, was disheartened by the cancelation of Space:1999, and likely didn't want to disappoint her fans and tribbers with that reality.
Category:Non-fiction Zines
Category:Star Trek TOS Gen and Het Anthology Zines
Category:Multimedia Gen and Het Zines
Category:1976 Zines