Comic Books

‘X-Files’ flashback: IDW’s ‘Millennium’ miniseries (2015) (Comic book review)

While “The X-Files” was spun off into novels as far back as 1994 and into comics in 1995, its sister series, “Millennium” (1996-99), didn’t transition to another

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‘X-Files’ flashback: IDW’s ‘Year Zero’ miniseries (2014) (Comic book review)

The origin of the FBI’s X-Files was somewhat convoluted in the TV series, and it becomes more convoluted in the five-issue miniseries “X-Files: Year Zero” (2014) —

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‘X-Files’ meets ‘TMNT’ in IDW’s ‘Conspiracy’ miniseries (2014)

The “X-Files”/”30 Days of Night” miniseries from 2010-11 was a crossover that made sense: Both franchises logically occupied the same world. The “X-Files: Conspiracy” miniseries (2014) is

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‘X-Files’ flashback: IDW’s Season 10 Issues 18-25 (2014-15) (Comic book reviews)

This final batch of IDW’s “X-Files” Season 10 comics continues the slight downward trend since the series’ beginning but provides a kinda, sorta satisfying wrap-up – and

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‘X-Files’ flashback: IDW’s Season 10 Issues 10-17 (2014) (Comic book reviews)

After a strong first nine issues, IDW’s “X-Files” Season 10 comics hit a dip in quality from Issues 10-17 (2014). On my first read, this was the

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‘X-Files’ flashback: IDW’s Season 10 Issues 1-9 (2013-14) (Comic book reviews)

IDW’s “X-Files” Season 10 comics mark the first time Chris Carter has a story credit on an “X-Files” comic – he co-wrote Issues 1-5, “Believers,” with

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‘X-Files’ flashback: ‘X-Files’/‘30 Days of Night’ (2010-11) (Comic book review)

As a fan delves deeper into his favorite TV series, he’ll inevitably start to wander down the rabbit hole of crossovers. In addition to the

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‘X-Files’ flashback: Wildstorm Issues 0-6 (2008-09) (Comic book reviews)

Kicking off the second phase of the “X-Files” franchise, creator Chris Carter and fellow executive producer Frank Spotnitz were interested in checking in on Mulder

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‘X-Files’ flashback: Topps specials (1995-97) and Dark Horse ‘Lone Gunmen’ one-shot (2001) (Comic book reviews)

The 41 regular issues of the Topps “X-Files” comics featured many Monster of the Month standalones, plus a handful of issues that felt like mythology episodes (mostly

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‘X-Files’ flashback: Topps Issues 37-41 (1998) (Comic book reviews)

In a mystery worthy of an X-File itself, the Topps “X-Files” comics series abruptly ended in September 1998 with Issue 41, in the wake of the popular

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