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X-Files #6 of 6
Wildstorm Comics (DC)
Moench & Denham

The series wraps up with a very strong installment. Mulder is in trouble and ends up rescuing a missing person, but he needs help himself to escape. The issue ends in classic ambiguous fashion as we still don’t have a full explanation of what was going on in the Badlands. This issue captures an episode of X-Files very well.

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X-Files #5 of 6
Wildstorm Comics (DC Comics)
Moench & Denham

A new story starts in this issue and it’s a real eye opener. Scully and Mulder are sent to the Badlands to investigate some disappearances. They interrogate a suspect but find that the guy seems to have two personalities. Mulder finds some common ground discussing the occult and other interesting mystical things while Scully just sees a suspect. It’s a good issue with a real strange ending. Strange in a good way.

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The X-Files #4 of 6
Wildstorm Comics (DC Comics)
Wolfman & Denham

The two-part arc wraps up with a little mystery and lot of noise. While this series, in print and on screen, usually ends with some intrigue and a little bit of a brain stumper, this one uses some good, old-fashioned shooting. It’s still a good read but it clearly falls on the action side of the fence, which threw me for a loop.

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X-Files #2
Wildstorm Comics (DC)
Spotnitz & Denham

The short arc wraps up with a bit of a letdown from the excellent first issue. Sure, this issue gives some great conspiracy and some layered covered up, but the explanation of last issue’s cliffhanger nagged at me. That, and the crew who figured out the tricks that the government was up to couldn’t produce evidence smelled a little fishy. It’s a good issue but it isn’t the ending I was expecting at all.

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X-Files #1
Wildstorm Comics (DC)
Spotnitz & Denham

If you liked the TV show and are remotely interested in the comic, you won’t be disappointed at all. This comic is an excellent reminder of everything that made the show so great. Conspiracies, strange illnesses, government involvement and a little bit of a cliffhanger make for a great comic. This one has it all and then some.

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X-Files Special #0
Wildstorm Comics (DC)
Spotnitz & Denham

With a light comic load this week I picked up an issue I had been on the fence about – X-Files. Sure, I was a fan of the show, but how does it translate into modern comic story telling? It does so excellently. This issue reads just like a classic episode from 15 years ago. It has that mix of supernatural and possible normal explanation. I loved the issue and would be on board with a series of these one-shots.

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It was announced (supposedly prematurely) DC/Wildstorm will produce a X-Files comic book.

During the X-Files panel in the IGN.com Theater, when asked if there were plans to continue the series in other media if television or film were not possible, Chris Carter mentioned that DC/Wildstorm had acquired the license. He also mentioned the company was planning on making this announcement tomorrow but sadly things said in the IGN.com Theater don't quite stay in the theater.