It's surprising that after nine seasons on the air, The X-Files still managed to leave fans somewhat unfulfilled when it finally bowed out in 2002. Maybe if Chris Carter and his fellow producers had quit while they were ahead several seasons sooner, no one would have minded. The good news is that Dark Horse has started a growing trend with Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 8, proving that the comic book medium is a valid place to turn to when TV shows still have compelling new stories to offer.
X-Files: Season 10 is pretty self-explanatory. This new ongoing series picks up where Season 9 (and the most recent movie) left off. Mulder and Scully have been drummed out of the FBI and are living in quiet anonymity. But much like Michael Corleone, the two agents find themselves pulled back into the world of shadowy conspiracies when a new, possibly supernatural foe emerges. The series is penned by writer Joe Harris, with Carter supervising the development of the story. It definitely reads like an authentic X-Files tale, even if the character voices and some of the smaller details feel a bit out of whack.
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