X-Files Season 10 #4 – Review

By: Joe Harris & Chris Carter (story), Joe Harris (writer), Michael Walsh (art), Jordie Bellaire (colors) and Robbie Robbins (letters)

The Story: Mulder finally tracks down a kidnapped Scully.

Review (with minor SPOILERS): This series has still got it’s mojo.  What I loved so much about the first issue was how it felt like a natural continuation of the TV series.  Not only did the story kinda make sense as the next phase for these characters, but I actually heard the actors’ voices in my head as a I read the comic.

That “hearing the actors’ voices” thing continues strongly in this issue.  Right from the opening scene, we see Mulder and Scully running around, calling out each other’s names: “SCULLY!” and “Mulder–?”  I mean, how many times did we hear THAT during the course of the series?  Even the way the dialog is written enhances the feeling of nostalgia.  Mulder was always just yelling, “SCULLY!”….there was never anything questioning when he did it.  Scully, on the other hand, always sounded a little unsure when she called out, “Mulder–?”  It’s so smart for the comic to smack us in the face with that heavy dose of nostalgia in the opening pages because it almost calibrates our brains to believe that this IS the X-Files…..not some licensed property…..but the REAL X-Files.  So, afterwards, all of the character’s dialog sounds just like you have the actual actors reading the comic to you.  I love it.