‘Kolchak’ Volume 2 explores toll on Carl’s psyche
‘Kolchak’ flashback (Comic book review): Although Kolchak is driven to do this work, he pays an emotional price for it, as these three tales illustrate.
‘Kolchak: The Night Stalker’s’ waters deepen with Volume One
‘Kolchak’ flashback (Comic book review): Moonstone brings the reporter back with adaptations of the first movie and a lost episode, plus two originals.
‘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 during the Stefan Petrucha run) and one Scully character piece (“N.D.E.”). One notably missing style of “X-Files” story is the comedic piece. But the special issues – two annuals, three
‘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 more complicated. Perhaps in response, the Topps writers – Petrucha in Issues 13-16, John Rozum in 17-19 and 22-24 and Kevin J. Anderson in 20-21 — decided to tone down
‘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 of comics, starting with a 41-issue (and plenty of specials) run with Topps Comics from 1995-98. At first blush, this is odd, because it seems like a show dependent on mood and
The 10 best short stories in ‘The X-Files: Trust No One’ (Book review)
“The X-Files” returned to comics in 2013, it will return to the small-screen for six episodes starting on Jan. 24, and last year it returned to bookshelves with “Trust No One,” a collection of short stories published by IDW, which also produces the comics. With the exception of the “I Want to Believe” movie novelization in 2008,