X-Files: Complete Season 10 Volume 2 (The X-Files

The X-Files Season 10 #4-5 & Annuals

by Joe Harris, Frank Spotnitz, Gabe Rotter

For years, FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully toiled in the X-Files unit, a one-office division of the Burueau dealing with cases deemed unsolvable and related to unexplained phenomena. During their investigations, Mulder, the "believer," and Scully, the "skeptic," delved into the occult, religion, urban legends, conspiracy theories, UFOs, alien abductions, and genetic engineering. Eventually, both agents left the FBI and began a new life together in peaceful anonymity, which endured until now. Collects issues #16-25 of the Season 10 series and the 2014 and 2015 Annuals.

Genres: Comics, Fiction, Science Fiction, Graphic Novels

324 pages, Paperback

First published October 4, 2016

About the author

JOE HARRIS is the co-creator and writer of original comics and graphic novels such as the Image Comics rock ‘n’ roll thrill ride, Rockstars, and the environmental sci-fi epics, Great Pacific and Snowfall; along with the supernatural thrillers, Ghost Projekt and Spontaneous, and the children’s fantasy, Wars In Toyland, for Oni Press. In 2013, Joe began a long stint writing the officially-licensed continuation of the paranormal investigations of Agents Mulder and Scully in The X-Files comics at IDW to the enjoyment of fans around the world. The X-Files: Cold Cases—the best-selling audio dramatization of Joe’s comics scripts featuring the voices of David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson and the entire original X-Files cast—and the follow-up, The X-Files: Stolen Lives were released by Audible beginning in 2017.

As a young creator at Marvel Comics, Joe launched the cult-classic Spider-Man spinoff, Slingers and the Bishop: The Last X-Man series. He has written for just about all major comics publishers including DC Comics, Marvel, Image, IDW, Dark Horse, Valiant, BOOM! and others.

A horror screenwriter and filmmaker, Harris conceived and co-wrote Darkness Falls for Sony Pictures—after his short film, Tooth Fairy was acquired by Revolution Studios and he was hired to develop it into a feature—along with the politically farcical slasher movie, The Tripper for FOX. In 2018, he co-wrote the live-action web series, Ninjak vs. the Valiant Universe for Valiant Entertainment.

His latest project is Surviving Nuclear Attack, a paranoid sci-fi thriller, set to launch in 2019 as part of John Carpenter’s Tales of Science Fiction from Storm King Comics.

Reviews

[Letande D'Argon · Rating 1 out of 5]

OK, look. You're...Well, you're not like me. I mean, you're not... human. I mean, you're human, but you just, you're not real. You're not, like, a real person. Like me. You're clones. You're copies of people out here in the world. ~The Island (2005 film)

This issue comes with a "big revelation". Which was predictable since very beginning for everybody who paid at least some attention while watching the original TV series. It's a pretty cheap development that feels like one of those cheap Sci-Fi movies. And, of course, instead of proper ending we've got... well... nothing. Just the main villain talking about his plans for the entire story arc and then BOOM! Cliffhanger. Buy our next comic.

Another bad thing is that at some points here artwork gets so bad that it's close to impossible to recognize the characters. While at the rest of the time it's just bad. The development we've got here may be better than that "William Connor" nonsense from the actual season eleven of the TV show that will be released after this comic, but... not that better. Because again, it feels very cheap and writing is... well, it sucks. That's all you need to know.