Science Fiction

IDW’s ‘X-Files’ delivers 2016 Annual and X-mas Special

The 2016 Annual, “Illegal Aliens,” is a classic X-File – maybe a little too classic. Writer Andrew Aydin – gamely assisted by artist Greg Scott

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IDW tries another ‘X-Files’ ongoing series (Issues 1-9, 2016)

When Chris Carter decided to scrap the Season 10–11 comics’ timeline when he brought the “X-Files” back to TV in 2016, it meant IDW lead

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PKD jumps through time in ‘Dr. Futurity’ (1960)

Setting aside the fact that time travel is by its very nature crazy, “Dr. Futurity” (1960, expanding from the 1954 short story “Time Pawn”) is

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Gritty ‘Sector War’ (2018-19) feels like Dark Horse’s early ‘Terminator’ comics

In its last (for now) “Terminator” entry, Dark Horse goes full circle with a gritty four-issue series that calls to mind its earliest work. “Sector

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‘Carriers’ (2009) plays starkly in the coronavirus age

Although not as well-known and epic as the likes of “Contagion” and “Outbreak,” “Carriers” (2009) is a nice little horror-suspenser that explores a pandemic on

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PKD predates ‘Terminator’ with ‘Vulcan’s Hammer’ (1960)

“Vulcan’s Hammer” (written in 1953, published in 1960) is Philip K. Dick’s first foray into novel-length science fiction (although not his first published), and it’s

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‘Terminator’s’ ‘Salvation’ saga ends with ‘The Final Battle’ Volume Two (2014)

Writer J. Michael Straczynski goes deep into the 2029 battle and deep into the idea of the singularity in “Terminator Salvation: The Final Battle” Volume

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‘Contagion’ (2011) looks at the process of a pandemic

Whereas “Outbreak” (1995) gets comparatively cartoonish as it wrings drama from a viral pandemic, “Contagion” (2011) – its main competition for “most famous outbreak movie”

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‘Terminator: Salvation’ expands with ‘Machinima Series’ (2009)

Even fairly serious “Terminator” fans might not know about this oddity: There was a prequel movie to “Salvation” – sort of. “Terminator Salvation: The Machinima

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‘Runaways’ Season 1 (2017-18) is kind of silly, kind of good

With an unusually long gap between new Marvel Cinematic Universe releases, I decided to finally check out “Marvel’s Runaways” Season 1 (2017-18, Hulu). Now through

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