TRUE BELIEVERS! THE GRAPHIC NOVEL RETURN OF 'THE X-FILES'

Faith and dedication: Scully (Gillian Anderson) and Mulder (David Duchovny) head into the comic universe for more sci-fi/horror adventures. Images: 20TH CENTURY FOX/IDW PUBLISHING.

There may not be any signs (yet) of a live action film or TV series return/continuance for those paranormal investigating, alien invasion fighting FBI heroes, Fox Mulder and Dana Scully, as so iconically played with warmth, heroism and occasional oddball humour by David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson, but fans can at least celebrate the shows 20th anniversary this year with a brand new comic series from IDW PUBLISHING, written by respected fan and storyteller Joe Harris, illustrated by Michael Walsh, and, most importantly, given the official seal of approval by the series creator Chris Carter (who's also coming up with story ideas and maintaining series continuity cannon),  which takes place after the events of the duo's second theatrical movie, the under-rated I WANT TO BELIEVE, and leads into the planned colonisation/Armageddon towards Earth by those black oil possessed grey aliens seen on and off during the original series impressive, and now legendary, nine season run. Also promised in the book series are standalone adventures that will capture the atmosphere and variety of the series, hopefully with lots of intriguing and intriguing new monsters and horrific transmogrification's, plus an explanation of just what happened to THE X FILES successor agents, tough realist John Doggett and spiritualist Monica Reyes (played on screen by Robert Patrick and Annabeth Gish) after the events of the original finale 2002 episode. And, even though they're dead, expect a return of some kind from those three charming computer nerds/ conspiracy theorists, The Lone Gunmen.

One of the excellent covers for the new comic series.

Officially regarded as the shows "tenth season", with Mulder and Scully back in the FBI after friends and associates linked to the FBI are slowly but surely being killed off, the truth is still out there, waiting to be uncovered more than ever, starting from June 19th...