The X-Files (comics)
| The X-Files | |
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Images from the comic The X-Files Special by Frank Spotnitz
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher |
Topps Comics Devil's Due Digital |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Format | Ongoing series |
| Genre | |
| Publication date | January 1995 – September 1998 |
| Number of issues | 41 regular monthly issues 2 annuals 3 digests 1 graphic novel 1 book adaptation |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) |
Stefan Petrucha John Rozum Kevin J. Anderson Dwight Jon Zimmerman Frank Spotnitz |
| Artist(s) |
Charles Adlard Brian Denham |
| Penciller(s) |
Gordon Purcell Alex Saviuk |
| Inker(s) |
Josef Rubinstein Rick Magyar Larry Mahlstedt |
| Collected editions | |
| Volume 1 | |
| Volume 2 | |
The X-Files comics was a spin-off from the television series of the same name, originally published by Topps Comics and, most recently, DC Comics imprint Wildstorm.
The first series was published by Topps Comics and ran for 41 issues from January 1995 to September 1998, coinciding with the second through fifth seasons of the television program.
In 1996, Topps published X-Files #0, an adaptation of the pilot episode, in order to test the market for a series adapting the episodes of the X-Files TV series. The issue was successful, and X-Files Season One ran for nine issues (August 1997–July 1998). The series's name was provisional, and Topps in fact intended to adapt every episode, but never got as far as season two. The series was written by Roy Thomas, who would create a first draft for each issue by working off of the episode's script, then watch the actual episode and modify his work to account for changes made on the set.
Topps also published Ground Zero, a four-issue mini-series (December 1997–March 1998).
Tony Isabella reported difficulties with The X-Files creator Chris Carter over the Topps Comics' series:
"The main reason the comics fell behind schedule was because it took so long to satisfy the X-Files people. They went over everything with a fine-tooth comb, including the letters columns... I rarely ran negative letters in these columns because the [Topps] editors were afraid that the X-Files people would want even more changes in the material. Almost from the start, there were never enough usable letters for our needs. That's why I started including the "Deep Postage" news items — and making up letters completely. I also wrote the Xena letters columns, but those were a lot easier to produce."
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