Guardian (multimedia zine)

Guardian is a gen multimedia zine, with an emphasis on Star Trek: TOS in the first two and on Star Wars in issues 3-8. 
It was published by Mazeltough Press, originally in New York and then later in Seattle, Washington.
==Some Miscellaneous Things About Guardian==
* The second issue of Guardian was one of the first fanzines to be perfect bound.
* In a 2005 interview, one of the contributors, Fern Marder, explained: "The Guardian was a fanzine published by Mazeltough Press, which had the odd distinction of being a fan novel that was paid-for publication (publishers split the profits with us to get the novel)." 
* The Guardian was also the focus of some controversy regarding Slow Boat to Bespin. In September 1981, Maureen Garrett head of the Official Star Wars club, sent a cease and desist order to the publishers claiming that issue #3 of the fanzine had violated the informal policy of George Lucas to tolerate fan fiction, provided it was not 'pornographic." McCardle, "Fan Fiction: What's All The Fuss?". McCardle gets a number of things about this incident wrong, though, one of them being that the zine did not cease publication, as she states. For more about this issue, see: Open Letter to Star Wars Zine Publishers by Maureen Garrett.
* The editor notes that: "I personally know of one story published in my zine, 'Guardian,' that was not only reprinted in another zine, but was literally lifted out of mine; i.e. the second publisher not only didn't have the courtesy to ask my permission, she didn't bother to retype it and used my original layout! I don't even know if that editor even got the author's permission!" from Comlink #44 
==This Zine Series Had the Attention of Mark Hamill==
From a May 15, 1980 radio interview with Mark Hamill, some of his reactions to fan fiction: 
==Issue 1==
Guardian 1 is 140 pages long and was published in August 1978. It contains nine Star Trek stories and a Star Trek events timeline. The front cover is by Signe Landon, the back cover is by Amy Falkowitz. Interior art is by Allan Asherman, Mike Braun, Gordon Carleton, Leslie Fish, Wilma Fisher, Mary Ellen Matyi, P.S. Nim, Patrick O'Neill, Josie Sherman, Marty Siegrist, and Mark Wallace.
There is a notice in the zine: "Due to unforeseen circumstances beyond anyone's control, there are no Alice Jones illos in this issue of Guardian. Having held your reservations for so long and having a deadline to meet, we felt we could no longer hold up publication. Please excuse the three blank pages and accept our apologies."
From one of the editorials: 
* I Am My Own Beginning, poem by Frances Zawacy (1)
* zine dedication (2)
* Cynthia's editorial (4)
* Linda's editorial (5)
* Sworn Enemies by Janice K. Hrubes (6)
* The Captain's Lady, poem by L. Jeanne Powers (15)
* Fred the Klingon by Paula Smith (16)
* M'ress: Starfleet Cadet by L. Jeanne Powers (19)
* Hungers, poem by Ellen L. Kobrin (20)
* The Lost Colony by Johanna Cantor (21)
* poem by Ronni Sacksteder (36)
* Second Time Around by Samantha Worchester (37)
* Obsolescence, poem by Ellen L. Kobrin (41)
* Memories by Jacqueline Bielowicz (42)
* Birthing Place, poem by Lucy Miner (48)
* This Galaxy Our Home by Maggie Nowakowska (49)
* Before and After, poem by Cynthia Levine (64)
* And Only Dreams Remain by April Valentine (66)
* By Way of Introduction by anonymous (72)
* First Garbage by Federation Bullthrowers Inc. (73)
* The Call, poem by Lucy Miner (84)
* The Sentinel by Sibyl Hancock (85)
* (Ill)logical, poem by Ellen L. Kobrin (94)
* And the South Shall Fall Again by Leslye Lilker & Juanita Salicrup (A Sahaj story, reprinted in Dedication and And The South Shall Fall Again, as well as a standalone zine in 1978) (95)
* Star-Child, poem by Lucy Miner (136)
* poem by Lucy Miner (137)
* Guardian by Ann Elizabeth Zeek (138)
* The One Named Kirk, poem by Ronni Sacksteder (140)
File:Guardian1-1.jpg| from issue #1, Mike Braun for "Sworn Enemies"
File:Guardian1-2.jpg| from issue #1, Allan Asherman for "Sworn Enemies"
File:Guardian1-3.jpg| from issue #1, Gordon Carleton for "Fred the Klingon"
File:Guardian1-4.jpg| from issue #1, Mark Wallace for "Second Time Around"
File:Guardian1-5.jpg| from issue #1, P.S. Nim
File:Guardian1-6.jpg| from issue #1, Patrick O'Neill for "This Galaxy Our Home"
File:Guardian1-7.jpg| from issue #1, Josie Sherman
File:Guardian1-8.jpg| from issue #1, Mark Wallace for "First Garbage"
File:Guardian1-9.jpg| from issue #1, Marty Siegrist for "The Sentinel"
File:Guardian1-11.jpg| from issue #1, "Star-Child"
File:Guardian1-12.jpg| from issue #1, Mary Ellen Matyi for "Guardian"
===Reactions and Reviews: Issue 1===
==Issue 2==
Guardian 2 is 202 pages long and was published in September 1979. 
It was one of the first zines that was perfect bound. It contained fourteen Star Trek stories, four Star Wars stories, and a single Battlestar Galactica (1978) story as well as poetry and filk. Cover: Bev Zuk; back cover: Cecilia Cosentini. Other art by Allan Asherman, Mike Braun, Gordon Carleton, Eric, Cheryl Frashure, Miriam Greenwald, Dale Holman, Shona Jackson, Pam Kowalski, Martynn, Mary Ellen Matyi, Pat O'Neill, P.S. Nim, Mary Stacy-MacDonald, Angela-Marie Varesano, Mark Wallace, Carol Walske, and Allyson Whitfield. 
It has astonishingly extensive art, a sample of which is below.
* Where Have All the Creators Gone? by Frances Zawacky (1)
* Dedication (2)
* Cynthia's Editorial (4)
* Linda's Editorial (5)
* Medical Emergency by Rebecca Ross (Star Trek: TOS) (6)
* Safe Haven by Ginna LaCroix (Star Trek: TOS) (also in Trek Encore #2) (23)
* Point of View, poem by Beverly Clark (41)
* Circles by Linda Deneroff (Star Trek: TOS) (42)
* Rite of Passage by Sandy Hall (Star Wars) (43)
* House Call by Ann Popplestone and Cheryl Frashure (Star Trek: TOS) (McCoy is suddenly removed from a medical staff meeting to an unknown place where an alien race asks for his help. One of their kind has been in McCoy's universe and returned with an illness that through symbiosis will kill all of the alien race.) (54)
* Memento Mori by Cheryl Rice (Star Trek: TOS) (58)
* Exilium, poem by Beverly Clark (63)
* Aries Rising by Anne Elizabeth Zeek & Barbara Wenk (Star Wars) (reprinted in Collected Circle of Fire in 1985. This story may be an accompanying story to Slow Boat to Bespin which was also reprinted in that zine, but with the title "Aries Descending" and without Barbara Wenk's name on it.) (64)
* Outsider, poem by Fern Marder (82)
* Socratic Dialogue by Jean L. Stevenson (Star Trek: TOS) (69)
* Universes, poem by Fern Marder (82)
* Searching, poem by Merlin Thomas (84)
* The Strange Case of the Body on the Bed by Rayelle Roe (Star Trek: TOS) (85)
* The Big Bang Theory (between 94 and 95)
* Nebula by Angela-Marie Varesano (95)
* From the Apollo Journals by Linda Deneroff (Battlestar Galactica (1978) (96)
* Second Dream, filk by Rich Kolker (98)
* I Wonder What the Vulcan Is Doing Tonight by Beverly Clark (100)
* The Covenant by Lois Welling (Star Trek: TOS) (101)
* For Elizabeth I by Anne Elizabeth Zeek (118)
* For Elizabeth II by Anne Elizabeth Zeek (119)
* The Grey Plain by Jennifer Weston (Star Trek: TOS) (120)
* untitled by Kathy Esselman (122)
* When Words Collide by Jennifer Weston (Star Trek: TOS) (123)
* The Taste of Sunsets by Ingrid Cross (Star Trek: TOS) (130)
* Phantoms of Shadow by Dyane Kirkland (Star Wars) (also in ThousandWorlds Collected) (131)
* Religion Among the Treek by Ann Popplestone (Star Trek: TOS) (139)
* Night Wine by Cheryl D. Rice (Star Trek: TOS) (142)
* Solitude, poem by Gene S. Delapenia (149)
* Roses, poem by Wilma Fisher (149)
* In Defeat of Hell by Jacqueline Bielowicz (Star Trek: TOS) (150)
* Starship Enterprise, filk by Rich Kolker (158)
* On the Edge of Forever, poem by Merlin Thomas (159)
* Ni Var For a Cage by Ann Popplestone (Star Trek: TOS) (160)
* Child of Mine, filk by Rich Kolker (162)
* Blazing Starship, filk by Rich Kolker (163)
* Renewal by Angela-Marie Varesano (164)
* The Reluctant Rebel by Maggie Nowakosk (Star Wars) (165)
* Silent Mistress by Ellen L. Kobrin (199)
* Abandon All Hope by Frances Zawacky (200)
* Zine Listing (202)
 
File:Guardian2art1.jpg| from issue #2 by Shona Jackson
File:Guardian2art6.jpg| from issue #2 by Eric
File:Guardian2art3.jpg| from issue #2 by Cheryl Frashure
File:Guardian2art4.jpg| from issue #2 by Dale Holman
File:Guardian2art5.jpg| from issue #2 by Eric
File:Guardian2art7.jpg| from issue #2 by Martynn
File:Guardian2art8.jpg| from issue #2 by Eric
File:Guardian2art9.jpg| from issue #2 by Pam Kowalski
File:Guardian2art10.jpg| from issue #2 by P.S. Nim
File:Guardian2art11.jpg| from issue #2 by Pat O'Neill
File:Guardian2art2.jpg| from issue #2 by Shona Jackson
File:Guardian2art12.jpg| from issue #2 by Mary Stacy-MacDonald
File:Guardian2art13.jpg| from issue #2 by Mike Braun
File:Guardian2art14.jpg| from issue #2 by Shona Jackson
File:Guardian2art16.jpg| from issue #2 by Carol Walske
File:Guardian2art17.jpg| from issue #2 by Mary Stacy-MacDonald
File:Guardian2art18.jpg| from issue #2 by P.S. Nim
File:Guardian2art19.jpg| from issue #2 by Mary Stacy-MacDonald
File:Guardian2art20.jpg| from issue #2 by Gordon Carleton
===Reactions and Reviews: Issue 2===
==Issue 3==
Guardian 3 is 214 pages and was published in May 1981. It contained both Star Wars and Star Trek fiction, as well as one Man from UNCLE story. 
Cover: Nan Lewis; back cover: Joni Wagner. Other art by Gordon Carleton, Kathy Carlson, Julie Cesari, June Edwards, Amy Falkowitz, Steve Gallacci, Barbara P. Gordon, Abbie Herrick, Robin Hill, Vel Jaeger, Pam Kowalski, Martynn, Christine Myers, Pat O'Neill, P.S. Nim, Leah Rosenthal, Stu Shiffman, Marty Siegrist, Mary Stacy-MacDonald, Jennifer Weston, and Bev Zuk.
This zine is well-known for, among other things, a story to which Lucasfilm reacted. From Boldly Writing regarding this story, Slow Boat to Bespin: "Both authors alleged that Han and Leia consummated their relationship at that time. Neither was any more explicit than countless female-crewmember-beds-Spock stories that Star Trek fans had been writing for years." Nonetheless, they were one of the things which generated the cease and desist and guidelines from LucasFilm. For more information, see: Open Letter to Star Wars Zine Publishers.
From the editorial by Linda: 
* The Siren's Lure by Frances Zawacky (1)
* Dedication (2)
* Editorials (4)
* Han Two; Jabba Zero by Pat Nolan (Star Wars story) (6)
* Yoda's Theme by Fern Marder (12)
* The Way Back Home by Denise Tathwel (Star Trek) (13)
* Winged Dreams by Jeanne Cloud (16)
* The Clone-Master by Eileen Roy (Star Wars story) (17)
* Grief by Gene S. Delapenia (19)
* The Man on the Bridge by Ellen L. Kobrin (20)
* True to the Blood by Carol Mularski. Star Wars story in the Desert Seed Series. (21)
* Rebel's Lament by Jani Hicks (46)
* Evilla May Strikes Back Again by Sandy Hall (Star Wars spoof) (47)
* The Hard Life & Good Times of Han Solo by Jani Hicks, cartoon (58)
* The Winds of Decision by Jacqueline Bielowicz (Star Trek) (59) 
* To Spock by Jennifer Weston (66)
* Speculation Department by Ann Popplestone (58)
* Sandy by Sheryl Adsit (Star Wars story) (69)
* Haiku Sequence: Merlin & His Familiar by Diana Rusnak (74)
* Three Poems by Dayle S. Barker (one was nominated for a TrekStar Award) (75)
* Hyperspace 'an Freedom by Jani Hicks (76)
* Burger Trek by Ingrid Cross (Star Trek) (77)
* Friend by Susan Fine and Carole Berger (83)
* Two Poems by Charla Menke (84)
* The Gold Against the Fire by Cathi Brown (Star Trek) (85)
* Creatures of the Dark Side by Amy Falkowitz (Star Wars art portfolio) (97)
* The Extraordinary Discretion Affair by Susan R. Matthews (UNCLE story) (winner of a 1982 Fan Q) (109)
* The Ragged Star Seed Rag by Judy Ferguson-Clark (115)
* What Honor Demands by Charla Menke (Star Trek) (116)
*Thoughts on Paradise Lost by Merlin Thomas (132)
* Dreambreaker by Joy Mancinelli (Star Trek) (134)
* Tit for Tat by Roberta Rogow (Star Trek) (139)
* Retreat From Danger by Abbie Herrick (Star Wars story) (146)
* The Deadly Years by Tina W. Pole (160)
* Tribble Trek: the Motion Picture by Tina W. Pole (Star Trek) (Tribble Trek was previously published as a standalone zine in England.) (160)
* Paradox by June Edwards (172)
* Portrait in Miniature by Jean L. Stevenson (Star Trek)
* Slow Boat to Bespin 1: as it could have happened by Anne Elizabeth Zeek (Star Wars) (R-rated Han/Leia first time story that raised a ruckus. See review below as well as Open Letter to Star Wars Zine Publishers by Maureen Garrett. This, and the accompanying story by Barbara Wenk, were also discussed in the essay Han and Leia in Fanfiction. "Slow Boat to Bespin" was reprinted in Collected Circle of Fire in 1985 with a different title: "Aries Descending." This story may be an accompanying story to "Aries Rising" in the second issue of "Guardian.") (174) 
* Slow Boat to Bespin 2: as it probably occurred by Barbara Wenk (Star Wars) (non-explicit, fade-to-black, Han/Leia first time story that raised a ruckus. See review below) (183)
* My Love Has Wings by Billie Phillips (Star Trek) (189)
* No Guarantees by Maggie Nowakowska (Star Wars story) (193)
File:Guardiantwoart1.jpg|from issue #3, Martynn, from Slow Boat to Bespin I
File:Guardiantwoart2.jpg|from issue #3, Martynn, from Slow Boat to Bespin II
File:Guardiantwoart3.jpg|from issue #3, title page for "Slow Boat to Bespin"
File:Guardiantwoart4.jpg|from issue #3, June M. Edwards
File:Guardiantwoart5.jpg|from issue #3, Bev Zuk
File:Guardiantwoart6.jpg|from issue #3, Leah Rosenthal
File:Guardiantwoart7.jpg|from issue #3, Christine Myers
File:Guardiantwoart8.jpg|from issue #3, Mary Stacy-MacDonald
File:Guardiantwoart9.jpg|from issue #3, Marty Siegrist
File:Guardiantwoart10.jpg|from issue #3, Amy Falkowitz
File:Guardiantwoart11.jpg|from issue #3, B.P. Gordon
File:Guardiantwoart12.jpg|from issue #3, Vel Jaeger
File:Guardiantwoart13.jpg|from issue #3, Leah Rosenthal
File:Guardiantwoart14.jpg|from issue #3, Martynn
File:Guardiantwoart15.jpg|from issue #3, Jennifer Weston
File:Guardiantwoart16.jpg|from issue #3, B.P. Gordon 
===Reactions and Reviews: Issue 3===
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==Issue 4==
Guardian 4 is 205 pages long and was published in May 1982. 
The front cover is by Nan Lewis. The table of contents lists the back cover artist as Carol Walske, only the back cover is blank. This art may be the Han Solo portrait by Carol that is the last page. Other art by Bernie, Gordon Carleton, Ann Crouch, Caro Hedge, Vida Hull, Vel Jaeger, Jenni, Martynn, Christine Myers, Karen River, Leah Rosenthal, Bill Rotsler, Stu Shiffman, Marty Siegrist, Lin Stack, Mary Stacy-MacDonald and Angela-Marie Varesano. 
It won a FanQ for Mixed Media zine. 
Despite having Uhura on the cover, there is only one Star Trek story. In the editorial, Cynthia vigorously defended their choice to continue to accept both Star Wars and Star Trek fiction as opposed to making two exclusive zines, something some of their readers had requested: 
Excerpts from Linda's editorial: 
* Regrets, poem by Frances Zawacky (Star Trek: TOS) (1)
* Dedication and Editorials (2)
* The Falcon, filk to the tune of "Calypso" by John Denver, by Jani Hicks (Star Wars) (6)
* Tales of the Lost Ark, story by Jean Stevenson, with news reports and articles by Juanita Salicrup (Is history bound to repeat itself?) (Indiana Jones) (7)
* Dreams, poem by Marion McChesney (Star Trek: TOS) (32)
* My Heart Aches, poem by Marion McChesney (Star Trek: TOS) (32)
* The Die is Cast, poem by Lisa Cantrell (unknown fandom) (33)
* Starseeker, sonnet by Roberta Rogow (Star Trek: TOS) (36)
* The Other, story by Marcia Brin (One version of who "the other" might have been.) (Star Wars) (37)
* The Sign of the Rebellion, poem by Jenny McLean (Star Wars) (48)
* Caught Between, poem by Jenny McLean (Star Wars) (48)
* Cold, poem by Jenny McLean (Star Wars) (48)
* "TESB: The Musical?" (author listed as "anonymous") as performed at Media*West Con 1 (From Linda in the editorial: "A few notes about some of the material herein. "TESB: The Musical" is the result of my 1979 Christmas/New Year's visit to Cynthia in Minneapolis. A bunch of us (who shall remain nameless in order to remain healthy) got together late at night and started filking. After we'd done two or three songs (without changing any lyrics), it dawned on us that with just minor changes, we could adapt the songs to "The Empire Strikes Back". Then asked each other if there would be a riot if we performed it at MediaWest*Con. Actually, we thought there might — with us as victims — but being brave souls, we decided to do it anyway. To our surprise, TESB:TM was very well received, and we decided to torment— er, delight our readers by printing it here.") (Star Wars) (49)
* Secret Musings, poem by Jeanne Cloud (Star Trek: TOS) (56)
* Upon Reflection, poem by Jeanne Cloud (Star Trek: TOS) (58)
* The Boy In Between, filk to the tune of "The Boy in Between" by Neil Diamond), by Jani Hicks (Star Wars) (60)
* Nomads of Fate; Nomads of Choice by Carol Mularski (War is not just a game for soldiers.) Star Wars story in the Desert Seed Series. (61)
*Pilot Boots, filk to the tune of "Thirsty Boots" by Erie Andersen, by Gatonpaulis (84)
* Hear the Echo Lonely, an Indiana Jones/Star Wars crossover story (sorta) by Marcia Brin (Indiana Jones and Star Wars. Indy has an unusual secret in his past.) (85)
* Petition, poem by Dayle S. Barker (Star Trek: TOS) (87)
* Aquarius, poem by Dayle S. Barker (Star Trek: TOS) (87)
* Reflections on a Mirror, poem by Dayle S. Barker (Star Trek: TOS) (87)
* The Call to War, filk to the tune of "Story of Issac" by Leonard Cohen) by Jani Hicks (Star Wars) (88)
* Dark Knight of the Soul, story by Paula Block (Star Wars) ( (89)
* Bitter Memory, story by Vida Hull (Star Wars) (95)
* Small Talk on a Large Subject, poem by Marcia Brin (Star Wars) (98)
* The Ballad of Taenni and Shanni, filk to "The Leaves They Do Grow Green") by Jani Hicks (Star Wars) (100)
* The True and Worthy, story by Charla Menke (The true and worthy is precious and rare... and easily lost) (Star Trek: TOS) (101)
* The Stranger, poem by Rebekah (Zorro) (117)
* Dreams to Come True, filk to the tune of "Embrace Me, You Child" by Carly Simon, by Gatonpaulis (Star Wars) (118)
* Aftershock, story by Debbie Gilbert (Star Wars) (119)
* In a Quiet Moment, poem by Marion McChesney (Star Trek: TOS) (128)
* Life in the Space Lanes by Jani Hicks (129)
* Speaking Glances, One Rebel Pilot, and Luke's Lament by Gatonpaulis (130)
* You Can't Go Home Again, a Star Wars story by Pat Nolan (133)
* three poems by Ronni Sacksteder (139)
* Three Women in Search of an Elephant by Paula Block (From Linda in the editorial: ""Three Women in Search of an Elephant" is the result of Paula Block's, Pat Gonzales', and Karen River's trip to New York to see The Elephant Man. It wasn't funny at the time.") (140)
* The Man in the Cold Steel Mask, a Star Wars story by Marcia Brin. Set post The Empire Strikes Back. Leia goes after Boba Fett and finds more than she bargained for. (143)
* Son of a Sith by Mary Otten, Michele Rosenberg, and Leah Rosenthal (148)
* A Very Short Star Wars Story by Marcia Brin. Set post Return of the Jedi. Han thinks about his feelings for Leia... (151)
* Till the Morrow Comes by Gatonpaulis (153)
* The Fall of the Jedi by Jani Hicks (154)
* Beginnings, a Star Wars story by Sue Bursztynski (155)
* Enterprise March by Charla Menke (156)
* Midterm, a Star Wars story by Marcia Brin (157)
* Ilia's Theme by Charla Menke (158)
* The Lesson, a Star Wars by Anne Elizabeth Zeek (159)
* Solo's Girl by Gatonpaulis (166)
* Escape from Cancellation, by Howard Weinstein, a Battlestar Galactica (1978) story (167)
* The Call by Jenni (169)
* The Visit Home by Jani Hicks (170)
* Captain Solo by Jani Hicks (171)
* A Jedi Craves Not These Things by Susan Matthews, Star Wars, (an alternate solution to SW) (This story, called "The Susan Solution to Star Wars: A Jedi Craves Not These Things," was privately circulated for a time as 130-page standalone zine before appearing in "Guardian." The story was discussed in Han and Leia in Fanfiction in 1981.) ( 172)
* Solo by Fern Marder, art (204)
File:Guardianfourart2.jpg| from issue #4, Mary Stacy-MacDonald
File:Guardianfourart3.jpg| from issue #4, Lin Stack 
File:Guardianfourart4.jpg| from issue #4, Martynn
File:Guardianfourart5.jpg| from issue #4, Leah Rosenthal
File:Guardianfourart6.jpg| from issue #4, Marty Siegrist
File:Guardianfourart7.jpg| from issue #4, Karen River
File:Guardianfourart8.jpg| from issue #4, Jenni
File:Guardianfourart9.jpg| from issue #4, Christine Myers
File:Guardianfourart10.jpg| from issue #4, Angela-Marie Varesano
File:Guardianfourart11.jpg| from issue #4, Ann Crouch
File:Guardianfourart12.jpg| from issue #4, Vel Jaeger
File:Guardianfourart1.jpg| from issue #4, last page, Carol Walske
File:Myersguardian.jpg| from issue #4, Christine Myers for "The True and the Worthy"
File:Guardianfourart13.jpg| from issue #4, Vida Hull
===Reactions and Reviews: Issue 4===
==Issue 5==
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Guardian 5 is 198 pages long and was published in February 1983. It features "Stormbrother" a full-length Star Wars novel by Fern Marder and Carol Walske. Covers and artwork by Walske; poetry by Marder. It was edited by Cynthia Levine and Linda Deneroff. 
Publisher's summary: "....set more than a year after the end of the victorious revolution. Who is Areth Solo, and why are they saying terrible things about him? Can Yoda and Obi-Wan Kenobi re-establish the balance between the light and dark sides?" from Southern Enclave, accessed 10.10.2010 
In a 2010 interview, Fern Marder described the zine: "All of Carol's and my Star Wars fiction was written during the time of the original series, particularly between the second and third movies. Probably the most well-known (or perhaps I should say 'infamous') is a novel called Stormbrother, which was published in 1983 as a special issue of Guardian (Issue No. 5). The Guardian was a fanzine published by Mazeltough Press, which had the odd distinction of being a fan novel that was paid-for publication (publishers split the profits with us to get the novel).
Particularly relevant at this particular moment, although coming out just before Return of the Jedi, its premise concerns the true identity of the man who became Darth Vader, and why/how he fell to the dark side. This presented a very different scenario for the plot end of the first trilogy." from Writers in Fandom: The Fanzine Scene: Interview with Fern Marder 
From the editorial: "Blame Fern and Carol. It's all their fault! Really. See, they wrote a novel that they hope to sell professionally. But, instead of getting the jitters like other neo-pro authors, they decided to while away the response period by writing a Star Wars novel. So welcome to what we are pleased to think is the best issue of Guardian yet. Read it quickly if you must (and you'll probably have to in order to avoid putting it down), but then re read and savor it because it is, in our "humble" estimation, one helluva story. A word of warning: Don't start Stormbrother before going to bed. If you do, you may find yourself short on sleep the next day. (Don't say we didn't warn you.) But we think we've made Fern and Carol blush sufficiently, so on to other matters. For one thing, you'll notice that there's no letter column in this issue. That's because it just didn't seem appropriate to print it here since this is somewhat of a special issue for us. But we will print your LoCs in issue six, and we hope we'll be able to include comments about Stormbrother as well as our previous issue."
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===Reactions and Reviews: Issue 5===
==Issue 6==
Guardian 6 is 215 pages and was published in May 1984. Cover: Marilyn Johansen; backover: Carol Walske. Artwork by Bernie, T.J. Burnside, Pat Cash, Anne Davenport, eluki bes shahar, Daphne Hamilton, Stephanie Hawks, Caro Hedge, Liz Hoolahan, Wendy Ikeguchi, Jenni, Marilyn Johansen, Martynn, Christine Myers, Pat O'Neill, Bonnie Reitz, Joy Riddle, Karen River, Melody Rondeau, Marty Siegrist, SMAP, Lin Stack, Mary Stacy-McDonald, Nancy Stasulis, Joni Wagner, L.C. Wells, and Mel White.
This zine is dedicated to "all those fertile imaginations without whom there would be no fandom."
From the editorial: 
* The Best Laid Plans by Frances Zawacky (1)
* Mirror, Mirror by Elizabeth Hoolahan - SW story (5)
* The Firefly Factor by Lynda Carraher (11)
* Onward to Destiny by Rebekah (22)
* Journey of the Mind by Rebekah (22)
* Raiders of the Lost Wreck by Marcia Brin - SW-Indiana Jones spoof (23)
*Phalanx by Denise Habel (24)
* A Member of the Guild by Kate Birkel - SW (25) (Han's tendency to run from responsibility comes back to haunt him yet again, this time in a conflict of interests that could jeopardize his relationship with Leia and the Rebellion.) (also in You Could Use a Good Kiss)
* Reply by Gatonpaulis (49)
* The Mickey Mouse Affair by Charlene Kirby - SW - UNCLE (50)
* Shattered Delusions by Irene Shafer - SW (63)
* Plot Device by Teresa Sarick (68)
* Hell's Heart by Beth Bowles (72)
* For the Need of One by Julia Ecklar (70) (filk)
* Thoughts on a Princess by Beth Bowles (72)
* Dangerous Scheming by Maggie Nowakowska (74)
* Prism by Karen Osman - SW (75)
* The Corellian Code, Rules and Regulations, Dreams Come to Me by Gene S. Delapenia (78)
* Starfleet Memo by Ann Cecil & Sharon Giacomo (79)
* Cinechrome Reality by Pat Gonzales - SW (82)
* Catchtrap for a Flier, Pt. 1 by Kathy Esselman - Batman (89)
* We Flew/Take Me Flying by Teresa Sarick (102)
* Lines Spoken by a Lady in White by Pat Nussman (103)
* Brief Candle by Kate Nuernberg (104)
* Living Legacy by Gatonpaulis (106)
* Homesick by Marilyn Johansen (107) (After the 5 year mission Natira has joined McCoy on Earth where he is doing Fabrini research. Now Admiral Nogura has informed McCoy that he is needed back on the Enterprise and Natira knows there is a part of McCoy that wishes to return.)
* Comfort in You by Rebekah (109)
* Daddy's Little Girl by Julia Ecklar (110)
* The Acolyte by Carol Hines-Stroede - SW (111)
* Whispers in Space by Laura Mulqueen Campbell (141)
* To Take the Knife by Pat Nussman (142)
* Over the Rainbow by Pat Gonzales - ET (143)
* Transit by Angela-Marie Varesano (146)
* Anakin by Debbie Gilbert (150)
* Bequest by Patrice Heyes (150)
* Doubts by Deborah Busse (150)
* Detour by Libby Smith (151)
* Miramanee's Song by Charla Menke (160)
* The Starship is in the Very Best of Hands by Beverly Grant (161) (filk)
* Prophecy for the Past by Ronni Sacksteder (162)
* Hell to Pay by Susan Sizemore - SW (165)
* A Love to Mourn by Linda Knights - SW (167) 
* The Final Curtain by Cleo St. Gillian (170)
* David by Debbie Gilbert (172)
* Hawk's Lament by Denise Habel (173)
* Vow of Vengeance by Julia Ecklar (174) (filk)
* Returning to the Clan by Jacqueline Bielowicz (176)
* Soul Mate by Gatonpaulis (184)
* The Turning Point by Roberta Rogow (185) (filk, also in Rec Room Rhymes #3)
* A Vulcan Elder on the Death of Spock by Ruth Berman (186)
* Poem for a Personalized Probe by Ann Cecil (186)
* The Dark Lord's Bain by Mattie Jones - SW (187)
* High Flight by Diane Duane - SW (189)
* Voyage by Charla Menke (214)
File:Guardiansixart1.jpg| from issue #6, Marty Siegrist
File:Guardiansixart3.jpg| from issue #6, Daphne Hamilton
File:Guardiansixart4.jpg| from issue #6, Pat Cash, illo for a filk showing Star Trek movie scene, "wall of glass"
File:Guardiansixart5.jpg| from issue #6, Stephanie Hawks
File:Guardiansixart6.jpg| from issue #6, Joni Wagner
File:Guardiansixart7.jpg| from issue #6, Christine Myers
File:Guardiansixart8.jpg| from issue #6, Nancy Stasulis
File:Guardiansixart9.jpg| from issue #6, SMAP
File:Guardiansixart10.jpg| from issue #6, Pat O'Neill
File:Guardiansixart11.jpg| from issue #6, Pat Cash
File:Guardiansixart12.jpg| from issue #6, Liz Hoolahan
File:Guardsix-1.jpg| from issue #6, art by T.J. Burnside
File:Guardsix-2.jpg| from issue #6, art by Letitia Wells
File:Guardsix-3.jpg| from issue #6, art by Letitia Wells
File:Guardsix-4.jpg| from issue #6, art by Karen River
File:Guardsix-5.jpg| from issue #6, art by Martynn
File:Guardsix-6.jpg| from issue #6, art by Marilyn Johansen
File:Guardsix-7.jpg| from issue #6, art by Pat O'Neill
File:Guardsix-8.jpg| from issue #6, art by Nancy Stasulis
File:Guardsix-9.jpg| from issue #6, art by Christine Myers
File:Guardsix-10.jpg| from issue #6, art by Marty Siegrist
File:Guardsix-11.jpg| from issue #6, art by Melody Rondeau
File:Guardsix-12.jpg| from issue #6, art by Lin Stack
File:Guardsix-13.jpg| from issue #6, art by Marty Siegrist
File:Guardsix-14.jpg| from issue #6, art by Marty Siegrist
===Reactions and Reviews: Issue 6===
==Issue 7==
Guardian 7 published in January 1986 and is 280 pages long. It won the 1987 Mediawest FanQ "Best General &/or Multi-Media 'Zine" award. . Covers by Liz Hoolahan and Marty Siegrist. Other art by Vernie, Jai Dixit, Mark Fisher, Marilyn Johansen, Jean Kluge, Pam Kowalski, Judith Low, Leah Rosenthal, Mary Stacy-MacDonald and Nancy Stasulis.
* The Old Men by Frances Zawacky (1)
* Pavane for a Dead Princess by Ellen Randolph (reprinted in Sancutary) (5)
* The Plundered Shrine by Liz S. (32)
* And He is Us by Carol Hines-Stroede (33)
* Luke at the Pyre by Lynda Vandiver (65)
* Jedi Queen by Sheila Willis (66) (filk)
* Correll by Jenni (68) (filk)
* The Tutorial by Ellen Randolph (79)
* Apologia Alternities by Jean Stevenson (79)
* Dangerous Dreaming by Maggie Nowakowska (82)
* In the Passage by Linda Knights (84)
* Loose Ends by Mary Otten and Michele Rosenberg (127)
*Death-Song for Yoda by Cheryl Zier (148)
* That Name No Longer Has Meaning by Ronda Henderson (148)
* Legacy of Fire by Mary Robertson (148)
* Pay Up Or Else by Ellen Randolph (149)
* What Cost of Friendship? by Jacqueline Bielowicz (Star Trek) (153) (As Kirk pleads for McCoy to join him at the beginning of the V'Ger mission he thinks back to the end of the five year mission. At that time, a tragedy for McCoy led to an action by Kirk that almost ended their friendship.)
* Panegyric by Debbie Gilbert (160)
* Regrets by Debbie Gilbert (160)
* A Klingon's Best Friend is His...? by Debbie Gilbert (160)
* The Last Voyage of the Enterprise by Karen Mitchell (161)
* The Search by Charla Menke (161)
* New Man on the Enterprise by Virginia Zanello (161)
* Sabaac by Kate Birkel (reprinted in You Could Use a Good Kiss #2) (162)
* Duet by Mary Robertson (280)
Image:guardian7art1.jpg| from issue #7, Jai Dixit
Image:guardian7art2.jpg| from issue #7, Nancy Stasulis
Image:guardian7art3.jpg| from issue #7, Mary Stacy-Macdonald
Image:guardian7art4.jpg| from issue #7, Judith Low
Image:guardian7art5.jpg| from issue #7, Jean Kluge
Image:guardian7art6.jpg| from issue #7, Leah Rosenthal
Image:guardian7art7.jpg| from issue #7, Jai Dixit
Image:guardian7art8.jpg| from issue #7, Marty Siegrist 
===Reactions and Reviews: Issue 7===
==Issue 8==
 
Guardian 8 published in December 1988 and is 178 pages long.
The art is by Gordon Carleton, Catherine Churko, Bernie, Marilyn Johansen, Bonnie Roberts, Pam Kowalski, Jean Kluge, Leah Rosenthal, Marty Siegrist, Dianne Smith, Jai Dixit, Marj Ihssen, Christine Myers, Sharon Demuth, and Chris Soto.
From the editorial by Linda: 
* I am the..., poem by Frances Zawacky (Star Trek: TOS) (1)
* Editorial, by Linda (2)
* Circles, story by Jolinda Mattison (Star Wars) (5)
* Both Sides of the Coin, story by Cleo S. Gillian (Star Wars) (9)
* Beckoning Stars, poem by Marion McChesney (12)
* On Giants' Shoulders, fiction by Roz (Star Wars) (13)
* Excedrin Headache #31, poem by Marcia Brin (Star Trek: TOS) (18)
* Choices and Beginnings by Ellen Morris (Star Trek: TOS) (19)
* Enterprise, filk to the tune of "N.Y.C." from Annie, by Karen L. Mitchell (Star Trek) (28)
* In Name Only, fiction by Cleo S. Gillian (Star Wars) (29)
* Deathstar 2: My Fair Leia, a string of filks all to tunes from "My Fair Lady" and "Camelot," by Beverly Grant (Star Wars) (33)
* Albion, original music by Jeanine Hennig (Robin of Sherwood) (44)
* Winterborn, vignette by Jeanine Hennig (Robin of Sherwood) (45)
* Baptism by Fire, fiction by Roz (Star Wars) (47)
* One Day on the Lake, cartoon by Sharon Demuth (Beauty and the Beast/The Phantom of the Opera) (60)
* Common Ground, poem by Lynda Vandiver (61)
* Sulu's Close Encounters, filk to the tune of "Lili Marlene," by Karen L. Mitchell (62)
* The All in Due Time Affair, fiction by Rachelle S (Man from U.N.C.L.E.) (63)
* The Dream, poem b Teresa Sairck (66)
* Do You Think a Princess and a Guy Like Me...?, vignette by Toni Vermande (Star Wars, reprinted from Event Horizon Vol. 2, No. 2 in July 1987) (67)
* Con Committee, filk to the tune of "Sadie, Sadie" from Funny Girl," by Karen L. Mitchell (68)
* A Glorious Way to Die, poem by Adam Jenson (Kirk's thoughts, after The Search for Spock, title of the poem is based on the Russell Spurr book on the death of the battleship Yamato) (Star Trek: TOS) (70)
* Resolutions Revisited, story by Ellen Randolph (Magnum P.I.) (71)
* Uncertain Dawn, poem by Ellen Morris (Star Trek: TOS) (75)
* The Last Weary Savior, poem by Ciane McAuliffe (76)
* Ebony Fire, poem by Ronda Henderson (78)
* Chanor's Heir, fiction by Kate Birkel (Star Wars) (79)
* Another Kind of Justice (simply "Justice" online"), fiction by Lynda Carraher (Star Trek: TNG) (83)
* untitled poem by Charla Menke (88)
* Leonard H. McCoy, filk to the tune of "Grandma's Feather Bed," by Karen L. Mitchell (89)
* Special Bulletin, cartoon by Toni and Tamara Vermande (Star Wars) (90)
* Symmetry, poem by Ellen Morris (92)
* Saavik's Prayer, poem by Cheryl Zier (Star Trek) (93)
* Thoughts Before the Speech: Mon Mothma by Jacqueline Taero (94)
* The Gnurphs' Tale, fiction by Jean L. Stevenson (Star Wars) (95)
* The Way We Deal With Death, fiction by S.J. Nasea-North (Star Trek: TOS) (101)
* Summer/Winter, two poems by Jeanine Hennig (Robin of Sherwood) (104)
* Footloose in the Stars, filk to the tune of "Love's Been Good to Me," as sung by Sinatra, by Maggie Nowakowska (Star Wars) (106)
* The Baron of Bespin, fiction by Susan R. Matthews (Star Wars) (106)
* Our Vulcan of Perpetual Resurrection, poem by Jacqueline Taero (Star Trek: TOS) (119)
* TenALev's Song, fiction by Maggie Nowakowska (A ThousandWorlds story. "Being a personal view of certain events in City Steen, New Year 6104/5, when Corell's World Elders sought to keep the peace between their planet and the Emperor after the efforts of an ALev familyfold member to betray the Shipyards to the Empire fail.") (Star Wars) (120)
* untitled poem by Charla Menke (122)
* ThousandWorlds Addendum by Maggie Nowakowska (Star Wars) (123)
* On the Occasion of the Umpteenth Viewing, poem by Jacqueline Taero (Star Wars) (124)
* Requiem, story by Susan Farrell (Star Trek: TOS) (125)
* Chosen One, poem Barbara Gardener (Star Wars) (132)
* Danger to Let, filk based on the tune to "Aldonza", minus the bridge, from The Man From La Mancha, by Maggie Nowakowska (Star Wars) (134)
* Journey's Star, fiction by Debra Dlyle and J.D. MacDonald (Star Wars) (135)
* Reflections Over Pizza, poem by Marcia Brin (Star Trek: TOS) (148)
* Avernus, fiction by Ellen Randolph (Star Wars) (149)
Image:guardian8art1.jpg| from issue #8, Marty Siegrist
Image:guardian8art2.jpg| from issue #8, sample poem
Image:guardian8art3.jpg| from issue #8, Chris Soto
Image:guardian8art4.jpg| from issue #8, Chris Soto
Image:guardian8art5.jpg| from issue #8, Jai Dixit
Image:guardian8art6.jpg| from issue #8, Gordon Carleton
Image:guardian8art7.jpg| from issue #8, Gordon Carleton
Image:guardian8art8.jpg| from issue #8, Bonnie Roberts
Image:guardian8art9.jpg| from issue #8, Dianne Smith
Image:guardian8art10.jpg| from issue #8, Dianne Smith
Image:guardian8art11.jpg| from issue #8, Dianne Smith
Image:guardian8art24.jpg| from issue #8, Dianne Smith
Image:guardian8art12.jpg| from issue #8, Sharon Demuth
Image:guardian8art13.jpg| from issue #8, Marilyn Johansen
Image:guardian8art14.jpg| from issue #8, Marj Ihssen
Image:guardian8art15.jpg| from issue #8, Leah Rosenthal
Image:guardian8art16.jpg| from issue #8, Christine Myers
Image:guardian8art17.jpg| from issue #8, Catherine Churko
Image:guardian8art18.jpg| from issue #8, Bonnie Roberts
Image:guardian8art19.jpg| from issue #8, Bonnie Roberts
Image:guardian8art20.jpg| from issue #8, Dianne Smith
Image:guardian8art21.jpg| from issue #8, Dianne Smith
Image:guardian8art22.jpg| from issue #8, Marti Siegrist
 
Image:guardian8art25.jpg| from issue #8, Jean Kluge
===Reactions and Reviews: Issue 8===
==References==
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