In its first year at IDW, The
X-Files Season 10 has pitted FBI special agents Mulder and Scully against
monsters, cults, conspiracies, and more, and now the duo will unravel a mystery
that dates back to the very beginning of “the X-Files.” The brand-new
five-issue miniseries, The X-Files: Year Zero, debuts this July with an
original tale suited for both X-Files diehards and mystery fans alike!
In the 1940s, a shadowy
informant known as “Mr. Xero” directed the FBI to a number of paranormal cases
that would soon be classified as “X-Files,” which were reserved for the
improbable and unexplainable. When faced with an eerily similar “Mr. Zero” in
the present, Agent Mulder resolves to uncover the truth about who this mystery
person is and their connection to these cases.
The multi-talented veteran Karl
Kesel (FF, Superboy) makes his debut at IDW as the writer on
the series. Vic Malhotra (The X-Files: Conspiracy: The Crow) and Greg
Scott (The X-Files: Season 10) will be splitting art duties with
Malhotra providing the art for the 1940s sequences and Scott drawing the
present day storyline. Covers will be provided by Season 10’s Carlos
Valenzuela, with pulp-novel-inspired subscription variants by Robert
Hack (Doctor Who) and a retailer incentive cover by Eisner
Award-winner Francesco Francavilla for the first installment.
“The origins of the X-Files
unit of the FBI were only hinted at in the TV show, and we’re proud to present
the story of how the precursors of our favorite paranormal agents established
the division in the late 1940s,” says editor Denton J. Tipton. “I think
Bing and Millie will become fan-favorites alongside Mulder, Scully, Reyes and
Doggett.”
“I’ve always thought the 40s
would be a wonderful setting for X-Files, with the Russian red menace, atomic
mutations and flying saucers all lurking in the shadows— what I like to think
of as ‘UFO Noir.’” said Kesel from an undisclosed location. “Of course, iconic
characters like Mulder and Scully are a joy to write, and being given the
opportunity to introduce their predecessors— Bing Ellinson and Millie Ohio—
well, the truth is it’s all a little unbelievable to me. But the unbelievable
is what X-Files is all about, isn’t it?”
With an upcoming board game from IDW Games, the ongoing Season
10 series, and now this new adventure into the past, IDW is the essential
stop for fans of The X-Files! Stay up to date at facebook.com/idwpublishing!
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