Comic Books

‘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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‘X-Files’ flashback: Topps Issues 25-36 (1997) (Comic book reviews)

In 1997, “The X-Files” was at the height of its popularity, and excitement among the Topps “X-Files” Comics creators and fans is evidenced in the letters pages,

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‘X-Files’ flashback: Topps Issues 13-24 (1996) (Comic book reviews)

The first dozen issues of the Topps “X-Files” Comics featured Stefan Petrucha’s conspirators-within-the-conspiracy, the Aquarius group. But at the same time, the TV show’s mythology was becoming

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‘X-Files’ flashback: Topps Issues 1-12 (1995) (Comic book reviews)

“The X-Files” has only produced six original novels and one short-story collection to date, but it has enjoyed a more robust life in the realm

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The 20 best female ‘Star Wars’ villains before Captain Phasma

I established in my last post that Captain Phasma, despite Disney’s hype, is not the first female “Star Wars” villain, no matter how many qualifiers you load

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10 ‘first’ female ‘Star Wars’ villains before Phasma

Do a quick Google search for “first female ‘Star Wars’ villain,” and almost all the references are to Captain Phasma from “Episode VII: The Force Awakens.” This

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Crimson Empire III: Empire Lost’ (2011-12) (Comic book review)

A decade after the first two installments of “Crimson Empire” in both real time and on the “Star Wars” timeline, the six-issue “Crimson Empire III: Empire

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‘Star Wars’ flashbabck: ‘Hard Currency’ (2000) and ‘The Third Time Pays for All’ (2011) (Comic book reviews)

The unexpectedly long gestation period between “Crimson Empire II” and “III” featured two short stories, both of which chronicle Kir Kanos in his bounty hunter

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Invasion’ (2009-11) (Comic book reviews)

Despite the fact that Lucasfilm’s “New Jedi Order” saga was the most massively planned “Star Wars” saga – comprising 19 Del Rey novels from 1999

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