Secret Nicole
Subtitle: the covert issue
By: Nicole Martensen, Nick Thayer, Amanda Millett
Series: Secret Nicole -- vol. 1, no. 2; Secret Nicole -- v. 1, no. 2.
Publisher: The editors
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Santa Cruz, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 40
Subjects: Spies; Comic books, strips; Espionage
Description: Secret Nicole is a compilation zine that includes personal stories, fiction, comics, and images. Each issue contains letters to the editor and book, movie, and zine reviews. In issue 2, "The Covert Issue," contributors write about their experiences with spy culture and youth. There are several pieces on Nancy Drew, profiles of 60s and 70s trends and TV shows, articles on Mata Hari and women with guns, and interviews with "The Postman" and Oliver Brown. The issue also includes ads, comics, poems, recipes, photographs, and paper doll cut outs.
Notes: Cover title.

Gift of Nicole Hunter, donated in 2011.
Table of contents: title: The mystery of the disappearing books   -- Bruce Lee; title: Women we love  -- Matamanda; title: Sixties spy tv  -- Nicole M.; title: The girl in the blue dress  -- Nicole; title: Aerno  -- Nicole; title: Case of the missing books  -- J'amanda; title: The postman always rignts twice  -- Amanda; title: Under-cover agents  -- Cova Nummee; title: How she drew me in  -- Valerie; title: The secret garden  -- Nick Thayer; title: Snooping among the social set  -- Miss Millicent; title: The myster of the blue balls  -- Amanda; title: Left unspoken   -- Amanda; title: Girls with guns  -- Nicole; title: 5 little videos  -- Dish; title: Suspicious characters  -- Marcia Riwney; title: The jackal squad : a photo shoot  --; title: Nancy Clue review  -- Tristy Taylor; title: Oliver Brown  -- Amanda; title: No fear  -- Nicole; title: La musicque  -- Jeff Baskin; title: Network  -- Douglas Abernethy; title: Nancy from the outside in  -- Maura Hennessey; title: Spy fashion  -- Victoria Robinson; title: Shit hot spy  -- Nicole; title: Covert Betty Crocker  -- Amanda; title: The bookshelf : 3 books to spy by -- Cova Nummee