It’s no secret I’ve always been a huge fan of The X-Files. So many sleepless nights watching episode after episode before bed during the nineties really helped carve out who I am today, and that’s my origin. Thanks to IDW Publishing we’re getting the actual origin of the X-Files Program itself, and we couldn’t be more thrilled. Our own Eric Switzer said of issue one “Connecting the two time lines is an interesting convention and there is enough mystery in both to create something that feels both fresh and true to the original series.”
From IDW:
The X-Files: Year Zero #2 (of 5)
Karl Kesel (w) • Vic Malhotra, Greg Scott (a) • Carlos Valenzuela (c)
When a blue-collar worker from New Jersey passes prophetic messages to the FBI from a mysterious “Mr. Zero,” Mulder is convinced it is the same otherworldly entity that contacted the FBI through a suburban housewife in the 1940s. This similarly named “Mr. Xero” pointed the FBI toward many unusual cases, leading to the establishment of “the X-Files”!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Bullet points:
- At last, the true origin of The X-Files!
- Written by Karl Kesel (Fantastic Four, Superboy)