Rick Magyar

‘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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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Republic’ Issues 13-22 (1999-2000) (Comic book reviews)

The third and fourth arcs of “Star Wars: Republic” — “Emissaries to Malastare” (1999-2000) and “Twilight” (2000) – continue the trend of one mediocre arc followed by

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Darth Maul’ (2000) (Comic book review)

On my initial viewings of “The Phantom Menace,” it struck me as odd that Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan refer to Darth Maul as “it,” rather than

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