Comics
At the start of 1995, the X-Files comic series was made available
by Topps Comics. Correspondence concerning the comic should be sent to:
"The X-Files"
c/o Topps Comics
1 Whitehall Street
New York, NY 10004-2109
#1 "Not To Be Opened until Xmas""
- Month: January 1995
- Writer: Stefan Petrucha
- Artist: Charles Adlard
- Cover: Miran Kim
When the final Fatima Prophecy is stolen from the Vatican, it is
tied to a murder in New York city, where Mulder and Scully pick up
the case.
There was also a black and white ashcan release of the first half of
this book in Star Wars Galaxy #2.
#2 "A Dismembrance of Things Past""
- Month: February 1995
- Writer: Stefan Petrucha
- Artist: Charles Adlard
- Cover: Miran Kim
The recent death of several witnesses to a UFO crash forty-seven
years ago prompts someone to convince Mulder and Scully to investigate
in order to protect a retired general who was also there in Neola,
Kansas. Part one of two.
#3 "A Little Dream of Me""
- Month: March 1995
- Writer: Stefan Petrucha
- Artist: Charles Adlard
- Cover: Miran Kim
General Palmer's timely suicide leads Mulder to a shady character
who promises to give him Samantha if Mulder will steal the Pentagon
computer access codes. Part two of two.
N/A "A Trick of the Light"
- Month: April 1995
- Writer: Stefan Petrucha
- Artist: Charles Adlard
- Cover: Jim Salicrup
This was a special insert into Hero Illustrated #22. The story
revolves around an artist whose models are disappearing.
#4 "Firebird Part One: Khobka's Lament"
- Month: April 1995
- Writer: Stefan Petrucha
- Artist: Charles Adlard
- Cover: Miran Kim
Mulder and Scully are puzzled by the remains of a scientist found
in an overturned truck in New Mexico. The bones of the scientist, who
was continuing a relatives research into the Tunguska meteorite, seem
to have ages thousands of years, though the man was nearly thirty.
Part one of three.
#5 "Firebird Part Two: Crescit Eundo"
- Month: May 1995
- Writer: Stefan Petrucha
- Artist: Charles Adlard
- Cover: Miran Kim
Having found Khobka, Mulder and Scully try to escape the ruined
facility and the creature. Scully manages to bring the old man to
safety, but Mulder is not so lucky. Part two of three.
Spc1 Special Edition #1
- Month: June 1995
- Writer: Stefan Petrucha
- Artist: Charles Adlard
- Cover: Miran Kim
All of the first three comics in one release.
#6 "Firebird Part Three: A Brief Authority"
- Month: June 1995
- Writer: Stefan Petrucha
- Artist: Charles Adlard
- Cover: Miran Kim
Mulder is asked to speak with Khobka on behalf of the cabal, in the
hopes that he knows how to stop the Firebird from destroying the
entire state. Part three of three.
N/A "Circle Game"
- Month: July 1995
- Writer: Stefan Petrucha
- Artist: Charles Adlard
A sudden concentration of crop circles peaks Mulder's interest.
This was a short 5-page story published inside of the July 15-21, 1995
issue of TV Guide.
#7 "Trepanning Opera"
- Month: July 1995
- Writer: Stefan Petrucha
- Artist: Charles Adlard
- Cover: Miran Kim
Mulder is asked to aid in a murder case where victims have had a
hole drilled into their heads creating a "third eye," a process known
as trepanning. However, even Mulder may have some problems considering
the murderer seems to be able to see into the future.
Annual#1 "Hallow Eve"
- Month: August 1995
- Writer: Stefan Petrucha
- Artist: Charles Adlard
- Cover: Miran Kim
Bones turned up in an archaelogical dig in search of "Eve," the
female progenitor of the human race, seem to be the cause of the
deaths of everyone who comes in contact with them. Scully finds that
she needs some help from spirit world in order to tackle what may be
the angry spirit of all mankind.
#8 "Silent Cities of the Mind: Part One"
- Month: August 1995
- Writer: Stefan Petrucha
- Artist: Charles Adlard
- Cover: Miran Kim
A doctor whose outrageous theories about cannibalism vanishes in
the mountains of Alaska, where he believes a lost city can be found.
Mulder is forced to wonder about the truth of those theories when a
plane crash provides some food for thought. Part one of two.
#9 "Silent Cities of the Mind: Part Two"
- Month: September 1995
- Writer: Stefan Petrucha
- Artist: Charles Adlard
- Cover: Miran Kim
A party comes to the lost city in response to Agent Scully's radio
for help, however their intent is not a benevolent one. The
cannibalistic doctor, on the other hand, seems to be more inclined to
help now that he's had his fill. Part two of two.
N/A Collected Edition
- Month: September 1995
- Writer: Stefan Petrucha
- Artist: Charles Adlard
- Cover: Miran Kim
A collected reprint of the first 6 issues in one paperback volume.
#10 "Feelings of Unreality: Part One - Wheels within Wheels"
- Month: October 1995
- Writer: Stefan Petrucha
- Artist: Charles Adlard
- Cover: Miran Kim
Mulder makes contact with a strange informant who leads him to the
revelations that many of their previous cases are all tied together by
a single conspiracy. So, while Mulder follows this person to locate
some tangible evidence, Scully tries her best to confirm or deny
Mulder's theory. Part one of three.
#11 "Feelings of Unreality: Part Two - The Ancient of Days"
- Month: December 1995
- Writer: Stefan Petrucha
- Artist: Charles Adlard
- Cover: Miran Kim
After recovering the Ilbal, Mulder stands a careful watch over it
immediately following an attempt to steal it. Research on the object
lead Scully to look into how it affects the human mind, something she
experiences firsthand. Part two of three.
Spc2 Special Edition #2
- Month: December 1995
- Writer: Stefan Petrucha
- Artist: Charles Adlard
- Cover: Miran Kim
A special reprinting of issues #4 throught #6.
Dig1 "Big Foot, Warm Heart"
- Month: December 1995
- Writer: Stefan Petrucha
- Artist: Charles Adlard
- Cover: Miran Kim
The first in the new comic digest format, containing a new X-Files
story and three Ray Bradbury stories adapted into comic form. In a
case Skinner assigns them, Mulder and Scully track a missing FBI agent
who seems to be have been kidnapped by Bigfoot.
#12 "Feelings of Unreality: Part Three - Nightmare of History"
- Month: January 1996
- Writer: Stefan Petrucha
- Artist: Charles Adlard
- Cover: Miran Kim
With memories which don't seem quite right, both Mulder and Scully
piece together their recent history with the clues and discrepancies
they have. These lead them to the person who masterminded nearly all
of the cases they've experiencely lately. Part three of three.
Mag "The Pit"
- Ongoing Serial: Winter '96 thru present
- Writer: Stefan Petrucha
- Artist: Charles Adlard
A cursed digging site is the setting for a hostage situation in
Canada. Mulder and Scully are asked to help out because of the
reports that the location is haunted.
Books
HarperCollins obtained the rights to publish a series of original
X-Files tie-in novels as well as a series of novelizations aimed at a
younger audience. The original full-length novels are published under the
HarperPrism name and the third novel in the series marked the start of a
new writer, Kevin Anderson, who is slated to write at least two more
novels. The novelizations are printed under the HarperTrophy name.
#1 Goblins
- Author: Charles Grant
- ISBN: 0-06-105414-3
Two inexplicable murders near Fort Dix, NJ see Mulder and Scully
investigating them as a result of some called-in favors. With very
little to go on, the ravings of an old woman about goblins don't seem
so far fetched.
#2 Whirlwind
- Author: Charles Grant
- ISBN: 0-06-105415-1
The discovery of several bodies near a Konochine Indian community
raises the questions as to how these people and cattle had been
skinned in the matter of seconds. When Mulder and Scully arrive in
New Mexico to dig deeper, they find they are met with silence and lies,
not only from the Indians, but also from the local authorities.
#3 Ground Zero
- Author: Kevin J. Anderson
- ISBN: 0-06-105223-X
Audiobook
- Narrator: Gillian Anderson
- ISBN: 0-69451-620-1
#4 Ruins
- Author: Kevin J. Anderson
Forthcoming release.
Novelizations
#1 X Marks the Spot
- Author: Les Martin
- ISBN: 0-06-440613-X
Based on the pilot episode.
#2 Darkness Falls
- Author: Les Martin
- ISBN: 0-06-440614-8
Based on the episode of the same name.
#3 Tiger Tiger
- Author: Les Martin
- ISBN: 0-06-440626-1
Based on the episode "Fearful Symmetry."
#4 Squeeze (Forthcoming)
Based on the episode of the same name.
#5 Humbug (Forthcoming)
Based on the episode of the same name.
Miscellaneous
The Truth Is Out There: The Official Guide to the X-Files
- Author: Brian Lowry
- ISBN: 0-06-105330-9
The official guidebook to the television series containing synopses
of the episodes, background information about the cast and crew, and just
about everything ever mentioned in the show. It covers all the episodes up
to "Paper Clip."
The X-Files Book of the Unexplained: Volume I
- Author: Jane Goldman
- ISBN: 0-684-81633-4
This hardbound release is currently only available in the United
Kingdom (the US release is due this summer). It is meant to be a companion
piece to the "Official Guide," covering the paranormal topics around which
the episodes are based rather than the episodes themselves. This first
volume discusses material only from the first season.
The Unofficial X-Files Companion
- Author: Ngaire E. Genge
- ISBN: 0-517-88601-4
This is an unauthorized paperback containing brief synopses of the
show and the episodes, but going to greater detail into the true life
paranormal events and circumstances upon which the episodes were based.