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Plans Scams and Vans

Cover of the first issue of Plans Scams and Vans.
Fandoms	A-Team
Editors/Contributors	sockii
Publication Date	1995 - 2000
Type	fan fiction

Contents 1 Introduction 2 Publication history 2.1 Issue #1 2.2 Issue #2 2.3 Issue #3 2.4 Issue #4 2.5 Issue #5 2.6 Issue #6 3 Fan Reaction 4 Awards 5 External links

[edit] Introduction

Plans Scams and Vans was an A-Team fanzine series first published by Sockii Press in 1995. Six issues would be produced in the next five years, the final issue released in 2000. These fanzines were gen and contained stories generally of a light-hearted or episodic tone. Some news-related features were occasionally included as well as letters-of-comment and humorous features. Crossover stories were quite popular in this 'zine as well.

Issues 1-5 are currently available as reprints from Agent With Style.

[edit] Publication history

[edit] Issue #1

Issue 1 was published June 1995. It was 79 pages in length and was primarily the work of sockii along with Laura Michaels and Michelle Lellouche, who had both been long-time A-Team fans who had worked on 'zines in the 1980s. This issue included:

• "Bad Day for a Space-Time Anomaly" by sockii (29 pages). A Star Trek: The Next Generation crossover.
• "Invasion of Air-Space" by Laura Michaels (11 pages). Is Face's new "companion" a visitor from outer space?
• "Rockin' Down the House" by Laura Michaels (8 pages). The team put on a concert to save a community center.
• "101 Ways to Break Out of the V.A. Hospital" by H.M. Murdock. (5 pages).
• "Special Assignment" by sockii (15 pages). A Murdock/Amy romance story.
• 'Zine also contains a review of a book on Stephen J. Cannell and an A-Team bibliography, both by Michele Lellouche.

[edit] Issue #2

Issue 2 was published in March 1996. 126 pages in length, it featured more contributors who had come into A-Team fandom as it began to develop on-line and a great number of crossovers. The contents for this issue were:

• "The A-Team by Ernest Hemingway" by Kyle Cassidy (3 pages).
• "Out of the Frying Pan..." by Irene Snyder Schrwarting (13 pages). MASH crossover; story of the Team's escape from Vietnam prison camp.
• "A Team to Steele" by Liz Meinert (1/2 page). Short Remington Steele/Team crossover. * "Missing?" by Laura Michaels (6 pages). Face investigates a missing dog.
• "Conspiracy" by Liz Meinert (1/2 page). Short Nowhere Man/Team crossover.
• "Hacking Away at the System" by sockii (36 pages). The Team investigates missing students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
• "The Lady" by Liz Meinert (11 pages). Airwolf/A-Team crossover.
• "Distant Thunder" by sockii (1 page). Short X-Files/A-Team crossover.
• "A Closet Full of Skeletons, A Past Full of Ghosts" (15 pages, script format). 5th season story, Frankie is kidnapped by an old enemy of Hannibal's.
• "Shadows and Stars" by sockii (25 pages). Battlestar Galactica/Babylon 5/A-Team crossover.
• "The A-Team of Space" transcribed by Laura Michaels (8 pages). Buck Rodgers/Star Wars/Battlestar Galactica/A-Team crossover, from the logs of USS BA's Van...

[edit] Issue #3

Issue 3 was published in January 1997. It was 117 pages in length and contained:

• "Mercenary Reunion", a Highlander crossover by Laura Michaels (9 pages)
• "All For One" by Irene Snyder Schwarting (14 pages)
• "From the Diary of H.M. Murdock" (1 page)
• "The Episode Guide From Hell" by Frank Cortez, Rhonda Eudaly, Liz Meinert, N.N. Pellegrini and Irene Snyder Schwarting (6 pages). A spoof episode guide containing riffs on the episode titles, such as:

Pros and Cons: A small-time, fan-run Star Trek convention committee hires the Team to expose Creation Convention and their shady business practices. Special guest stars DeForest Kelley and Nichelle Nichols as themselves. ("Dammit Hannibal, I'm not a doctor, I just play one on TV! And stop calling me 'Bones!'")

• "Of Martyrs and Cheeseburgers" by Rhona Eudaly (13 pages)
• "The A-Team Fan Fiction Index" by sockii
• Alternative Theme Songs
• "Intertwining Fates" by Natasha McKee (15 pages)
• "Doin' it with Style" by Irene Snyder Schwarting (2 pages)
• "Welcome to the Hotel California" by Jasmine (13 pages)
• "It's the Thought The Counts" by sockii (4 pages)
• "An A-Team Christmas" by Rhonda Eudaly (4 pages)
• "Drive" by Gill Dunn (9 pages)

[edit] Issue #4

Issue 4 was published in May 1997 and was 150 pages in length. Its contents included:

• "Fugitives and Investigators and Spaceships, Oh My!" by Chris Hammell (39 pages), a Star Trek: The Next Generation/X-Files/A-Team crossover.
• "Something's Odd in Eastbridge" by Rhonda Eudaly (15 pages), a Quantum Leap crossover
• "A Conman's Holiday" by Irene Snyder Schwarting (5 pages)
• "Relaxing Conversation" by Jasmine (2 pages)
• "Colds Are Contagious" by Laura Michaels (11 pages)
• "Crossed Steele" by Katherine Ressman (6 pages), a Remington Steele crossover
• The A-Team Merchandise List
• Fan-Fiction List Update
• "Born in a Crossfire Hurricane" by Lisa Deidrich

[edit] Issue #5

Issue 5 was published in February 1998. 115 pages in length, it was the first edition of the 'zine to contain some stories which had previously been available on the internet.

• "Trains, Planes and Boats" by D. Ferrara (25 pages)
• "Double Dealing" by Amanda Bogardus (3 pages)
• "One Swam into the Cuckoo’s Nest" by Jessica Hargis (15 pages)
• "This Little Team Went to Market" by Mary Sauers (13 pages)
• "Jenny Beth" by Kristin Munson (9 pages)
• "A Tendency to Start Fires" by Amanda Bogardus (10 pages)
• "What’s in a Name?" by Irene Snyder Schwarting (7 pages)
• "Amy’s Book" by Robin L. Ryder (6 pages)
• "Who Killed Cock Robin?" by Maxi (12 pages)
• "The Best Laid Plans..." by Liz Meinert & sockii (10 pages)

[edit] Issue #6

• Issue 6 published 2000, 113 pages.

[edit] Fan Reaction

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[edit] Awards

This fanzine series did not win any awards.

[edit] External links

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