'The X-Files' investigations continue in new comics

Series to pick up off where 2008 movie left off

By Parallel Universe on MSN Jan 29, 2013 1:16PM

By Greg Gilman
TheWrap

"X-Files" fans have wanted to believe that Mulder and Scully's adventures would continue, and now they will -- in comic book form.

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IDW Publishing announced on Monday that it has partnered with Twentieth Century FOX Consumer Products to create a brand-new series of comics that will resume where the 2008 movie "The X-Files: I Want to Believe" left off.

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"Few shows have captured the zeitgeist and fans' imaginations like 'The X-Files,' and fewer shows still have left people hungry for more in the way this one did," said Chris Ryall, IDW's chief creative officer and editor in chief. "Our new series will be picking up where the second film left off, which will hopefully be as exciting for fans to read as it is for us to develop."

The San Diego-based publisher will be the third to release "X-Files" comic books and will reprint classic issues published intermittently between 1995 and 2009. Wildstorm was the last company to hold the license for the beloved property before folding in 2010.

"The X-Files" series aired for nine seasons on Fox between 1993 and 2002, and spawned two films. David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson starred as two FBI agents investigating a wide variety of paranormal mysteries, while searching for the truth behind government conspiracies to cover up an extraterrestrial plot to colonize the planet.

Other properties the publishing company has brought to life on the page include "30 Days of Night," "Doctor Who" and "Star Trek."

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Jan 29, 2013 3:14PM

It would be better if they acted like the 2nd movie never happened. There's a reason there was never a 3rd film.

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Lawrence Beck (RossPerot)

Jan 29, 2013 6:24PM

This all assumes anyone ever saw the 2nd movie. After the last couple of seasons and the long gap between movies, my wife and I lost interest. Chris Carter ended the X-Files as badly as David Lynch ended Twin Peaks.