To Life Immortal

To Life Immortal is a gen War of the Worlds anthology with five issues.
It was to be rated no more than R; from the first issue: 
==Issue 1==
To Life Immortal 1 was published in July 1989 and is 98 pages long.
The editorial: 
*Mismatched Pair by Jackie Edwards (3)
*For The Sake Of The Planet by Karla Von Huben (Ironhorse leaves, but can he stay away?) (16)
* Camouflage, poem by Pat Dell Ames (reprinted in Late Night Musings) (28)
*Hey, Soldier by Karla Von Huben (29)
*And Lazarus Rose by Beth Muramoto (script format, After Harrison is attacked, can the rest of the team find the answers to bring him back from near-death?) (33)
* Worst Case Scenario by Carla Kozeluh (61)
*It is Better to Marry Than Burn by Brandy Sanderson (humor) (62)
*Tears and Thomas Paine by Susan M. Murrie (63)
*My Brother’s Keeper by Karla Von Huben (Harrison, Suzanne, and Norton investigate a ship-sighting on their own. Can the cavalry arrive in time?) (67)
*Shaman’s Prayer by Pat Ames (94)
* art by Laurie MacDonald (front and back covers), Craig Kozeluh
 Image:lifeimmortal1-1.jpg|from issue #1
Image:lifeimmortal1-2.jpg|from issue #1
Image:lifeimmortal1-3.jpg|from issue #1
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 1==
==Issue 2==
To Life Immortal 2 was published in January 1990 and contains 158 pages.
The art is by Lana Merkel, Wilma Doubla, Cynthia Guido, Lee McFadden, and JJ McFadden.
 
* Close Encounter by Jan Lindner ("At a time when Norton should be looking forward to high pay and grey flannel suits, all he wants to do is break into the teachers' files at PIT. What is that crazy stuff in Dr. Blackwood's file anyway?") (From the "Damage Control" Universe The "Damage Control" Universe: Close Encounters in To Life Immortal #2 | Damage Control in Dee-Pice #1 | Rumors of War in Bring 'Em Back Alive #1 | Arms & The Man in Wasting Aliens | Shadow of Thy Wings in Dee-Pice #2 | War In the Gates in Bring 'Em Back Alive #2 ) (7)
* Suffer Not the Little Children, fiction by Carrie Rockenhauser ("What new plot are the aliens hatching in the Mojave Desert? And how did Victoria get to see Ironhorse with this pants off?") (7)
* Stalemate, poem by Lana Merkel (reprinted in Late Night Musings) (65)
* Debi's Birthday, fiction by Susan K. Murrie (67)
* No Greater Love, fiction by Nancy Klauschie ("What terrible secret holds the key to Harrison's aversion to guns?") (74)
* The Awakening, fiction by Lynne Hall (83)
* Coming Home, fiction by Alice Alridge ("After being seriously wounded in Viet Nam, young Paul Ironhorse has to go through the worst part, recovering in an American hospital.") (93)
* Autumn Leaves, fiction by Gena Fisher (vWhen escaped convicts enter the compound, it is up to Harrison to rescue Paul. Will his anti-gun convictions get in the way?") (130)
* Telling Time, fiction by Jill Simmons Wells (vIs the charming Col. Adams the same one that Ironhorse despises?") (138)
* Choices, poem by Lana Merkel (147)
* Midnight Musings, fiction by Nancy Klauschie (145)
* The Judas Kiss, fiction by Patricia Ames (151)
* The Alien Yellow Pages, ads
 
File:Lifeimmortaltwoflyer.jpg|submission request for issue #2, printed in issue #1 
Image:lifeimmortal2sub.jpg|submission guidelines for issue #2, printed in issue #1 
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 2==
==Issue 3==
To Life Immortal 3 was published in 1990 and has 113 pages.
From a 1990 submission request: "Looking for more stories and will accept second season stories as well as first season. Somebody must see possibilities in it! How about a transition story between seasons to show was happened? Is Kincaid a complex character or just another stud-muffin? Send in your ideas!"
* Editor's Page (2)
* Power of Love by Amy Mitchell--Harrison will not let Ironhorse get away with keeping his feelings hidden... (3)
* Ironhorse by Lee and J.J. MacFadden (9)
* Et Incarnatus et Homo Factus est Part One: Simple Gifts by Jeanne O'Donnell--Harrison realizes that his team is his family and that he has to take steps to protect them... (10)
* Unfinished Story #1 (19)
* Texture of Darkness by Beth Muramoto--When Ironhorse and McCullough are captured by aliens, what will that new drug do to them? (20)
* Recognition, poem by Lana Merkel (32)
* Secrets by Amy Mitchell (34)
* Unfinished Story #2 
* Visitors by Lynne Hall--Someone else knows about aliens and will not stop until they get what they need... (39)
* Unfinished Story #3
* Free Agent by Alice Aldridge--The space warp has trapped some of our heroes on one side and the rest on this one. But there is still a good chance of rescue... (46)
* Great-Great Grandfather by Constance Edwards (84)
* Et Incarnatus et Homo Factus est Part Two: Harrison's Journal by Jeanne O'Donnell (75)
* Permutations, poem by Lana Merkel (78)
* The Second Wave II: A Different Kind of Ending by Beth Muramoto--How the Second Wave could have been written... (80)
* Paul Ironhorse by Constance Edwards (84)
* I Wish I Had a Picture by Beth Muramoto (85)
* And The Greatest of These is Love by Amy Mitchell--Ironhorse rescues an orphan and learns more than he wanted to about responsibility and love... (86)
* Unfinished Story #4
* Et Incarnatus et Homo Factus est Part Three: The Thirds Wave by Jeanne O'Donnell (101)
* Norton Drake by Lee and J.J. MacFadden (108)
* Wizard of Morthrai by Gena Fisher (109)
* The Final Scene by Gena Fisher (113)
* front cover by Cynthia Guido
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 3==
==Issue 4==
To Life Immortal 4 contains 200 pages.
* a story by Monica Van Ness (proposes a new alien threat -- what do the Mor-Texans want in Denver?)
* a story by David Thomas (a straightforward adventure, can the Blackwood team beat the aliens to the storage place with alien samples in 1935?)
* a story by Ann Johnson (an alternate universe where Ironhorse and Kincaid fight both sets of aliens, side by side with the Blackwood team)
* a story by Gena Fisher (about a post-Obelisk depression and the cure)
* a story Alice Aldridge (saga of friends trying to reach each other across the Morthran-made dimension gulf...)
* a story by Tammy Croft (Christmas story about an unusual alliance with one special alien)
* a story by Linda Watson (emotional tale of the aftermath of an alien battle)
* a Quantum Leap crossover by Mary Raugh
* a Quantum Leap story by Jo Seaver
* a story by Susan Asselin (about Suzanne's discovery following an alien attack on the Cottage)
* art, poems, filks and illos by Cynthia Guido, Susan Murrie, Wilma Doublas, Debra Hicks, Constance Edwards, and Lana Merkel
==Issue 5==
To Life Immortal 5 was published in 1991 and contains 197 pages.
The art is by Lana Merkel, Constance Edwards, and Cynthia Guido.
* Editor's Page (2)
* Deadly Force by Gillian Holt (reprinted in Green Floating Weirdness #17) (20) 
* Charlotte, poem by Lana Markel (22)
* Ironhorse gets a Hernia from Lifting His Medals by Charlotte Tanner (22)
* Thanksgiving by Susan Asselin (26)
* Moonlight Serenade by Lydia Hamilton (34)
* Evil Things in Robes of Sorrow by Sheila D.C. (49)
* Where the Wild Things Are by Sheila D.C. (62)
* And Hell Followed With Him by Debra Hicks (66)
* Terror on the Love Boat from Hell by Sheila D.C. (79)
* Cross-Signals by Ann Johnson (84)
* Aftermath, poem by Tammy L. Croft (106)
* Terror in the Forest by Lynda Hamilton (108)
* Wraiths, poem by Tammy L. Croft (114)
* Say it with Dead Flowers by Gena Fisher, Sheila D.C. (116)
* Victims by Susan Asselin (137)
* Charades, poem by Tammy L. Croft (144)
* Stress Headache #333 by Gillian Holt (reprinted in Green Floating Weirdness #17) (146)
* Untitled poem Helen B. (143)
* Tattered Images by Tammy L. Croft (154)
* Harry-Squared by Jo Seaver (156)
* Nunnehi by Cheryl Benson (163)
* The Haunted Palace by Gena Fisher, Ruth Schubert, and Ann Johnson (167)
* The Haunted Palace (revised) (195)
== Reactions and Reviews: Issue 5==
==References==
Category:War of the Worlds Zines
Category:1980s Category:1990s