X-FILES CASE FILES TP VOL 01

by Delilah S. Dawson, Joe R. Lansdale, Keith Lansdale

For 25 years, FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully have been shining their flashlights into the shadows, searching for the truth. To celebrate this anniversary, IDW Publishing proudly presents The X-Files: Case Files!

Under this banner, faithful fans will discover stories that explore X-Files of the past and present by top talent from comics and prose! This first volume includes "Florida Man..." by Star Wars author Delilah S. Dawson with art by Marco Castiello, and "The Owl Witch" by multiple Bram Stoker Award winner Joe R. Lansdale and Keith Lansdale with art by Menton3.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Science Fiction, Fiction, Graphic Novels Comics

96 pages, Paperback

First published December 18, 2018

About the author

Delilah S. Dawson is the New York Times-bestselling author of Star Wars: Phasma, Black Spire: Galaxy's Edge, and The Perfect Weapon. With Kevin Hearne, she writes the Tales of Pell. As Lila Bowen, she writes the Shadow series, beginning with Wake of Vultures. Her other books include the Blud series, the Hit series, and Servants of the Storm.

She's written comics in the worlds of Marvel Action: Spider-Man, Lore's Wellington, Star Wars Adventures, Star Wars Forces of Destiny, The X-Files Case Files, Adventure Time, Rick and Morty, and her creator-owned comics include Star Pig, Ladycastle, and Sparrowhawk.

Find out more at www.whimsydark.com.

Reviews

[Michael · Rating 4 out of 5]

Zwei coole Fälle, schöne Artwork und die Dialoge pures Gold! So viel besser als der X-Files-Aufguss von Season 10 im Fernsehen. Absolut lesenswert (und die zweite Story ist von Joe R. Lansdale geschrieben, also kein Wunder)!

[Mohammed Arabey · Rating 4 out of 5]

Amazing art and 2 different cases...
Back to my Beloved couple, Mulder & Scully. The comics art is beautiful and eyes feast. Scully in the comics not that accurate though but still nice.

Florida Man
3.5 stars
The Story and location of Florida in the first episode is the main character for me.
The story although feel kinda incomplete but has a strong creepy feeling about a cult of ancient Egyptian Crocodile God produces a kind of meth and controlling the church. And the twist of the reptile eyes in the end makes it more creepy.

The Owl Witch
4 stars

from Florida to Texas and a huge owl case, Shape shifting creepy story, great art and as usual a kinda of scientific explanation if you're the Scully type.

[Travis Duke · Rating 4 out of 5]

more of a 3 star but I am a huge X-files fan so....yeah. We get two stand alone x-files stories here and I will say the first one is fantastic and the second one is O.K. Thats what you get when two writers tackle the book. So the first story is great because the writer nails the personalities of Dana and Fox, all the snarky comments from fox feel legit and the level headed voice of reason is perfect on Dana. The first story is about and called "florida man" the title has me alone... and yes it involves bath salts... no joke but its great. The second story (to me) just does have the same flare with Fox and Dana and the story starts off great but the end just sort of flops.... one writer knew the source material and the other one didnt, its that simple. Still, if you like x-files it is totally worth it.

O.K. the art... its fine but there are some cover images by Catherine Nodet that are seriously beautiful.

[Am Y · Rating 3 out of 5]

If you're an X-Files fan this should satisfy your X-Files craving somewhat. There are 2 standalone tales in this graphic novel. The 1st story takes Mulder & Scully to a small town in Florida to investigate a series of crimes that appear to be perpetuated by people high on bath salts and other drugs. The 2nd story is about a giant owl attacking people. Both stories are resolved in typical X-Files style (which will leave you asking "was it or was it not [insert supernatural phenomenon here]?"), though the 1st story's ending suggests there might be a sequel. This collection is by no means a stellar offering in the X-Files series, but will do for a casual 20-minute read.

[Joanna · Rating 3 out of 5]

Classic X-Files, pretty good. Wish it was longer though.

[Ystyn Francis · Rating 4 out of 5]

The recent access to so many new X-Files stories via comic book form is surprising knowing that the show is 25 years old and there was barely anything since the show ended so long ago. Sure, the new seasons have helped but still, as a massive fan, I feel pretty lucky. The only problem is that the quality ebbs and flows, much like episodes of the show, I guess. This installment has some of the best artwork and the visual realisations of Mulder and Scully are excellent, as is their banter. The stories, however, are a little weak.

[Beth · Rating 3 out of 5]

I've watched a season or so of the show so it was interesting reading a graphic novel about these characters. I think it's just always difficult to fully immerse yourself into the story because everything feels so random and outlandish. Not quite realistic enough to be completely believable but also too afraid to be completely wacky and just commit to the supernatural/alien whatever is going on. But maybe I just haven't consumed enough of the world to understand.

[Moe · Rating 2 out of 5]

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Two stories, both were pretty lame.

[The Smoog · Rating 5 out of 5]

An excellent pair of X-Files stories which really capture the feel of the television show, right down to the sardonic sense of humour. Great artwork too, will definitely be keeping an eye open for more in this series.

[Dennis Lynch · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another good adventure for Mulder and Scully

[Summer Wright · Rating 4 out of 5]

The stories felt pretty short but were still fun. Extra star because X-Files, but the art wasn’t super great and the stories weren’t super atmospheric. Mostly a nostalgia read that made me smile.

[Kelley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Classic X-files😃

[Jesús · Rating 2 out of 5]

Serviceable writing and art. But the sum of its parts falls short of even the most run-of-the-mill X-Files episode.

[Krista · Rating 4 out of 5]

The two stories in this collection were well-written and captured the essence of Mulder and Scully as well as the characteristic humor of many Monster of the Week episodes. The artwork is good too.

[Robert · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pair of good shorts that read just like episodes of the series.