Companion (Star Trek: TOS zine)

For similar titles see Companion (disambiguation).
Companion is a K/S slash Star Trek: TOS anthology published by Relationship Press from 1978 to 1980. It was edited by Carol Hunterton and Ellen Kobrin. There were three issues. 
In the first two issues, the different stories by different authors form a consistent chronology that takes Kirk and Spock from friendship to love to sexual union. These stories are coordinated into a single storyline.
==Submission Ad==
==An Ad==
An ad for the first issue: 
==Editorial==
The title of the editorial issue #1 is titled: "...No Redeeming Social Value." -- 
==Works Inspired By==
In the 1980s, an unknown filk group featured the fanzine in their series of Zine Melodies:
: COMPANION
: (sung to the tune of "Love Me Tender")
: Love me tender, love me true,
: And then inside you'll grow.
: I will grope and fondle you,
: You'll give me a blow.
: Love me tender, share with me,
: Providers help us through.
: Then after death, if you'll agree,
: I will meld with you.
==Issue 1==
Companion 1 was published in June 1978 and has 185 pages. It has the subtitle: "The Development of a Relationship in Poetry and Prose." The front cover is by Pat Stall and back cover by Pete Kaup. Calligraphy by Beth Guynn. Art byKathy Carlson, Russ Volker, Michael Verina, Pat Stall, Nan Lewis, Laurie Huff, Gerry Downes, Mary Ellen Matyi, Merle Decker, Edith L. Crowe, Gayle F, Afrend, and Bob Lovett. 
 
The content should be read in the order that is on the table of contents: 
* Touching, poem by Pete Kaup (inside front cover)
* No Redeeming Social Value, editorial (1)
* Beginnings by Ellen Kobrin (2)
* The Discovery by Teri White (Pre-K/S: On his first landing party as captain, Kirk is stranded alone with a wounded Spock: Sequel: Without Ceremony.) (5)
* Friends? by Ellen Kobrin (14)
* Chronography by Ellen Kobrin (15)
* Haunted by Crystal Ann Taylor (17)
* Without Ceremony by Christy Mathews (Pre-K/S: Kirk and Spock are taken prisoner while searching for Kodosʼ henchmen: Prequel: The Discovery. Sequel: The Essential Seed.) (18)
* Images by Ellen Kobrin (27)
* Petition/Offerings by Ellen Kobrin (28)
* The Essential Seed by Nancy Kippax (Spockʼs sensory perceptions are destroyed by an unknown probe: Prequel: Without Ceremony. Sequel: A Change of Mind.) (29)
* Heartsong by April Valentine (39)
* The Waters of My Soul by Ellen Kobrin (40)
* Awareness by Ellen Kobrin (43)
* A Change of Mind by Toni Cardinal-Price (On shoreleave together, Spock is dismayed when Kirk elects to go off with a former girlfriend: Prequel: The Essential Seed. Sequel: Some Time Beyond Place, or Place Beyond Time.) (44) (also in Cheap Thrills #4 and Nome)
* Equs, an illo by Kathy Carlson (64)
* Why Not? by Ellen Kobrin (65)
* Green Eyes by Ellen Kobrin (66)
* Red Blood by Teri White (67)
* Some Time Beyond Place, or Place Beyond Time by Jeannette Paris (Spock is isolated for six months after contacting a deadly illness: Prequel: A Change of Mind. Sequel: More Than Yesterday, Less Than Tomorrow.) (68)
* What Exact Moment by Crystal Ann Taylor (79)
* X by Ellen Kobrin (80)
* True Value Received by Ellen Kobrin (82)
* More Than Yesterday, Less Than Tomorrow by Ellen Kobrin (Spock is summoned to Vulcan and Kirk fears losing his new lover. Prequel: Some Time Beyond Place, or Place Beyond Time. Sequel: In the Rainy Pleiads.) (84)
* Afterthoughts by Ellen Kobrin (98)
* In the Rainy Pleiades by Teri White (Kirk and Spock tell McCoy of their new relationship: Prequel: More Than Yesterday, Less Than Tomorrow. Sequel: A Matter of Approval.) (99)
* A Lack of Communication by Teri White (104)
*Companion by Ellen Kobrin (105) (song, reprinted in Starsong, heard on Omicron Ceti III and Friends)
* A Matter of Approval by Toni Cardinal-Price (also in Nome #12) (Kirk and Spock go to Vulcan to get Sarekʼs approval of their bonding. Prequel: In The Rainy Pleiads. Sequel: Where Joys Never Cease.) (106)
* Point Counterpoint by Nancy Kippax (125)
* Daybreak by Teri White and Ellen Kobrin (127)
*Fever Dream by Ellen Kobrin (128)
* Where Joys Never Cease by Ellen Kobrin (129)
* Owned of Thee/Murmur of Yearning by Ellen Kobrin (Kirk and Spock are impatient to be together after Kirkʼs bout of illness: Prequel: A Matter of Approval. Sequel: The Price.) (136)
* Sonnets for Hephaistion by Edith L. Crowe (137)
* The Price by Christy Mathews (Kirk and Spock contemplate leaving Starfleet after an exceptionally harrowing mission. Prequel: Where Joys Never Cease. Sequel: Nights, Winters, Years.) (140)
* Reflections by Ellen Kobrin (151)
* The Essence of Being, art Interpretation by Susan Dorsey (152)
* Contrasts, art interpretation by Ellen Kobrin (154)
* Nights, Winters, Years by Teri White (Kirk and Spock quarrel after Kirk almost dies during a landing party: Prequel: The Price. Sequel: Penumbra.) (157)
* Nor All Your Tears by Ellen Kobrin (171)
* Perchance to Dream by Ellen Kobrin (172) (originally in The Sensuous Vulcan)
* The Black Spirit of Space by Susan K. James (173)
* Penumbra by Ellen L. Kobrin (Kirk has a premonition of disaster: Prequel: Nights, Winters, Years. Sequel: Eclipse.) (175)
* Eclipse by Hillary Tenzing (Kirk and Spock lay dying after a fierce battle: Prequel: Penumbra. Sequel: ...And Patiently Abide.) (176)
* Endings by Ellen Kobrin (IBC)
This zine has EXTENSIVE art, a sample is below.
Image:companionart1.jpg|art from issue #1, Edith Crowe
Image:companionart11.jpg|art from issue #1, Michael Verina
Image:companionart2.jpg|art from issue #1, Kathy Carlson
Image:companionart3.jpg|art from issue #1, Pat Stall
Image:companionart4.jpg|art from issue #1, Bob Lovett
Image:companionart15.jpg|art from issue #1, Pete Kaup
Image:companionart5.jpg|art from issue #1, Edith Crowe
Image:companionart6.jpg|art from issue #1, Afrend
Image:companionart7.jpg|art from issue #1, Gerry Downes
Image:companionart8.jpg|art from issue #1, Pat Stall
Image:companionart9.jpg|art from issue #1, Michael Verina
Image:companionart13.jpg|art from issue #1, Mary Ellen Matyi: "The Meld -- True Value Received"
Image:companionart14.jpg|art from issue #1, Pat Stall
Image:companionart16.jpg|art from issue #1, Russ Volker (art) Ellen Kobrin (poems)
Image:companionart12.jpg|art from issue #1, Merle Decker
Image:companionart20.jpg|art from issue #1, Pat Stall 
Image:companionart10.jpg|art from issue #1, Merle Decker. One reviewer commented: "I ADORE this picture so much! It is so loving & tender & sweet! It has all the right elements: protective Jim holding his T'hy'la, Spock so relaxed & peaceful in his arms, looks like they could be enjoying the afterglow of making love, or Jim comforting Spock after something happened! Just so.....Nnnnnggghhhfff! One of my absolute faves!" ShatnoyKisses' April 2, 2014 post to the K/S Zine Friends Facebook group, quoted with permission.
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 1==
==Issue 2==
Companion 2 was published in February 1980 and has 247 pages. It has the subtitle, "Between the Lines" and is "an exploration of the happenings around and between the events described in Companion 1." Front cover is by Michael Verina and back cover Kathy Carlson. 
Art by Pat Stall, Merle Decker, Nan Lewis, Evallou Richardson, Kathy Carlson, Michael Verina, Laurie Huff, Ruth Kurz, ERIC, Gayle F, Sonia Gingras, Edith L. Crowe, Stephanie Hawks. 
*Till It Be Morrow | Till it be morrow by Ray Newton & Fiona James
* Loving by Pete Kaup (IFC)
* The Fifth Freedom -- editorial (2) 
*And Patiently Abide by	Ellen Kobrin (3)
* Deja Vu by Katy Young (7)
* Curiosity Killed by Ellen L. Kobrin (8)
* Time Present...Time Past by 	Victoria Clark (9)
* More Than Love by Jimmye Galli (13)
* Exposure by Ellen Kobrin (14)
* Sand Castles	by Toni Cardinal-Price (16) (also in Nome #12)
* Love Storm by Sharon Decker (20)
* Sons of the the Dawn by Ellen Kobrin (21)
* The Sorcerer by Della Van Hise (22)
* Some Sweet Oblivious Antidote by Pamela Rose (27)
* Sungod by Sharon Decker (51)
* It is Enough by Barbara L. Storey (52)
* To Know You Love Me by Barbara L. Storey (53)
* Searching by Jimmye Galli (54)
* Sanctuary by Jimmye Galli (55)
* Together by Bonnie Guyan (56)
* Amanda's Approval by Victoria Clark (57)
* Apotheosis by Toni Cardinal-Price (59) (also in Nome #12)
* Coming Home by Toni Cardinal Price (59) (also in Nome #12)
* Our Dreams to Share by Ellen L. Kobrin (78)
* Morning... On Waking by Maria Shaw (80)
* Friendly Persuasion by Sandra Gent (81)
* Conversation Pieces by Ellen L. Kobrin (82)
* Sometimes by Ellen L. Kobrin (88)
* Communion by Marguerite Marasciulo (90)
* The After by Bonnie Guyan (91)
* Homage by Della Van Hise (93)
* Such Sweet Sorrow by 	Ellen Kobrin (94)
* Rescue by Sharon Decker (104)
* Lovetalk by Maria Shaw (also in Duet #1) (105)
* Shadows by Jimmye Galli (106)
* Till It Be Morrow by V.C. Park (107)
* The Fire This Time by Ellen L. Kobrin (124)
* Nor Mightier Joy by Jimmye Galli (125)
* Renascence by Ellen Kobrin (126)
* Ice Capades	by Linda White (128)
* Haiku to Jim by Sharon Decker (152)
* A Little More Love by Sandra Gent (153)
* Indefinable by Maria Shaw (155)
* The Struggle by Cheryl Resnick (156)
* Till the Night Closes In	by Toni Cardinal Price (157) (also in Nome #12)
* L'Essai by Ellen L. Kobrin (173)
* The Gambler by Ellen Kobrin (175)
* A Letter	by Ellen Kobrin (176)
* Payments by 	Jimmye Galli (177)
* Love's Lesson by Sharon Decker (178)
* Compensation by Ellen L. Kobrin (180)
* Fire by Sandra Gent (182)
* A Shoreleave by Maria Shaw (183)
* A Time to Be Born by Alexis Fegan Black (also in K/S Collected) (Kirk and Spock go through Spockʼs pon farr while on shoreleave for a month in Iowa: Prequel: 'Til the Night Closes In. Sequel: Visions and Revisions.) (184)
* Touches So Different by Paela Rose (201)
* La Mort de Sang-Froid by Sharon Decker (202)
* If This Be Love Indeed by Jimmye Galli (203)
* Visions and Revisions by Barbara L. Storey (204)
* Day's End by Sharon Decker (215)
* Repairs by Pamela Rose (217)
* Time Passages by Ellen Kobrin (218)
* Voice in the Night by Merlin Adams (220)
* Farewell by D.J. Booker (222)
* Rebirth by Kathy New (236)
* Another Time, Another Place by Pamela Rose (237)
* Perdu et Trouve by Ellen Korbin (IBC)
 
Image:companion1art13.jpg|art from issue #2, Pat Stall
Image:companion1art1.jpg|art from issue #2, ERIC
Image:companion1art2.jpg|art from issue #2, Kathy Carlson
Image:companion1art3.jpg|art from issue #2, Merle Decker
Image:companion1art4.jpg|art from issue #2, Nan Lewis
Image:companion1art5.jpg|art from issue #2, Stephanie Hawks
Image:companion1art6.jpg|art from issue #2, Edith Crowe
Image:companion1art7.jpg|art from issue #2, Sonia Gringas
Image:companion1art8.jpg|art from issue #2, Stephanie Hawks
Image:companion1art9.jpg|art from issue #2, Michael Verina
Image:companion1art10.jpg|art from issue #2, Michael Verina
Image:companion1art11.jpg|art from issue #2, Gayle F
Image:companion2art13.jpg|art from issue #2, Gayle F
Image:companion1art12.jpg|art from issue #2, Ruth Kurz
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 2==
==Issue 3==
 
Companion 3 was published in September 1980 and has 158 pages. The front cover is by Gayle F. Other art by Nan Lewis, Kathy Carlson and Merle Decker. It consists mainly of a novel called "The Rest of the Story" by Pamela Rose.
Other fans were inspired to write their own sequels to "Companion #3." 
* The Only Logical Reason (in T'hy'la #5, author is K.S. T'Lan) (1985)
* A Learning Experience (in Progressions, author is Lenora Moore) (1985)
The editorial: 
Zine contents:
* Rebirth, poem by Kathy New
* other poetry by Ellen L. Kobrin
* the novel, The Rest of the Story by Pamela Rose
Image:companion3-1.jpg|inside page from issue #3, sample text
Image:companion3-2.jpg|inside page from issue #3, Nan Lewis
Image:companion3-3.jpg|inside page from issue #3, Kathy Carlson
Image:companion3-4.jpg|inside page from issue #3, Merle Decker
Image:companion3-5.jpg|inside page from issue #3, Nan Lewis
Image:companion3-6.jpg|inside page from issue #3, Merle Decker
Image:companion3-7.jpg|inside page from issue #3, Kathy Carlson
Image:companion3-8.jpg|inside page from issue #3, Merle Decker
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 3==
==References==
Category:Star Trek TOS Slash Zines
Category:1978 ZinesCategory:1980 Zines