The Network (Man from U.N.C.L.E. zine)

The Network was a "letter" or "discussion" fanzine devoted to The Man from UNCLE and The Girl from UNCLE
Conceived and established by British fan Jay Felton, it was published in the U.K. on a quarterly basis between 1984 and 2015 and, during that time, generated a total of 126 issues.
==Editors==
* Jay Felton: Issue Nos. 1 - 48 (May 1984 - May 1996)
* Jacqueline van de Poll: Issue Nos. 49 - 72 (August 1996 - May 2002)
* Darryl Ransom: Issue Nos. 73 - 82 (August 2002 - November 2004)
* Bridget Calvert: Issue Nos. 83 - 122 (February 2005 - Winter, 2014)
* Paul Mohamed: Issue Nos. 123 - 126 (Spring 2015 - Winter 2015)
==Format==
The Network was A4 in size (8 1/4 x 11 3/4 inches; 210 mm x 297 mm) and initially consisted of a monochromatic photocopied cover and stencil duplicated (also known as mimeographed) interior, bound with a single staple at the top left.
Eventually, the method of production switched entirely to photocopying, in response to the process' falling costs.
From 1996, under the editorship of Jacqueline van de Poll, the newsletter switched to a form of adhesive binding and, finally, professional stapling.
For the greater proportion of its run, the number of each issue was associated with its month of publication (February, May, August, November) but with Issue 86, then-editor Bridget Calvert switched the codification to that of the four seasons (Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter).
In the Man from U.N.C.L.E. series, the titular organisation was divided into various operational sections:
* Section 1: Policy and Operations
* Section 2: Operations and Enforcement
* Section 3: Enforcement and Intelligence
* Section 4: Intelligence and Communications
* Section 5: Communications and Security
* Section 6: Security and Personnel
* Section 7: Propaganda and Finance
* Section 8: Camouflage and Deception
In devising The Network, Jay Felton chose to emulate this, allocating related material to various departments within the journal:
* Intelligence and Communications: Editorials and News
* Communications and Security: Special Announcements
* Letters of Comment
* Records and Information: Features - including episode reviews
* Advertisements
* Policy and Operations: Guidelines for submissions
* Propaganda and Finance: Subscription Information
For the most part, these divisions were retained throughout the time that Jay Felton and Jacqueline van de Poll were producing the newsletter, but were, with two exceptions ("Intelligence and Communications" and 
"Propaganda and Finance"), abandoned by Darryl Ransom when he assumed responsibility for the production of The Network in August 2002, and adjusted its structure to conform to that of a mainstream magazine.
The page count for each issue varied, depending on the volume of contributions.
==History==
In a letter published in the August 2000 issue (No. 65), Jay Felton provided the following account of the journal's origins:
Felton had outlined the circumstances which had precipitated the creation of the newsletter -- and her hopes for its future -- in the "pilot" issue:
==Issue Summaries==
For further information concerning individual issues of The Network, click on the links below.
Issues 001-048 : Issues 049-072 : Issues 073-082 : Issues 083-122 : Issues 123-126
 
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