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A review by watercolorstain
X-Files Classics Vol. 1 by Sam Shearon, Stefan Petrucha, Charlie Adlard
3.0
#1: Not to be Opened Until X-Mas · ★★
A man dies in a Brooklyn church, claiming to have helped steal the final prophecy of Fatima from the Vatican. Their investigation leads Mulder and Scully to a collector of sacred artifacts. An unidentified branch of the military wants to locate and examine the final prophecy too.
#2-#3: A Dismemberance of Things Past / A Little Dream of Me (2 Parts) · ★★½
Witnesses of an alleged alien craft are being murdered and the next victim may be a respected military officer. Mulder and Scully are asked to investigate. The remaining witnesses are beginning to remember details that someone wants kept hidden. A rogue military officer, a player in the “inner government”, ties up loose ends. With help from the Lone Gunman gang, Scully and Mulder identify the officer. He offers Mulder the opportunity to recover his sister, Samantha. Scully discovers facts indicating that the offer may be a hoax.
#4-#6: Firebird: Khobka’s Lament / Crescit Eundo / A Brief Authority (3 Parts) · ★★★
At Tunguska, Siberia, a shaman watches faceless men disturb the Firebird. In New Mexico, skeletal remains of a Russian scientist, carbon-dated at 15,000 years old, are found in an overturned, unmarked truck. Scully and Mulder investigate, finding evidence of materials used to achieve a fusion reaction. At White Sands Missle Range, the shaman survives to greet Firebird. Scully and Mulder flee from Firebird with Khobka, only to encounter more faceless men in black. While Scully tries to keep Khobka alive, Mulder is taken before the “inner government” and Firebird grows as it goes, threatening to consume Las Cruces, New Mexico. Mulder refuses to cooperate with the leaders of the “inner government”, who are covering up Firebird’s destructive activities. The faceless men kidnap Khobka with Scully in pursuit. Together, Scully and Mulder help Khobka free Firebird from earth before destroying New Mexico, but the faceless men remain faceless.
#7: Trepanning Opera · ★★★★
Agent Drake has been hunting a serial killer for five years. The killer trepans his victims and they die with a smile. The most recent victims carry messages for Mulder and Scully.
#8-#9: Silent Cities of the Mind (2 Parts) · ★★★
Scully and Mulder investigate a hollow earth cult in Alaska, whose leader is searching for a lost city in the ice. When their plane crashes Mulder is captured by Dr. Enoch and taken to the long lost city of Azatlan. Scully follows and watches as Mulder and Enoch open an ancient tomb. Trapped in an ancient Aztec city in Alaska, Scully and Mulder are caught in the crossfire between military forces and Enoch, each fighting for possession of the Ilbal, an incredible Aztec artifact found by the FBI agents.
A man dies in a Brooklyn church, claiming to have helped steal the final prophecy of Fatima from the Vatican. Their investigation leads Mulder and Scully to a collector of sacred artifacts. An unidentified branch of the military wants to locate and examine the final prophecy too.
#2-#3: A Dismemberance of Things Past / A Little Dream of Me (2 Parts) · ★★½
Witnesses of an alleged alien craft are being murdered and the next victim may be a respected military officer. Mulder and Scully are asked to investigate. The remaining witnesses are beginning to remember details that someone wants kept hidden. A rogue military officer, a player in the “inner government”, ties up loose ends. With help from the Lone Gunman gang, Scully and Mulder identify the officer. He offers Mulder the opportunity to recover his sister, Samantha. Scully discovers facts indicating that the offer may be a hoax.
#4-#6: Firebird: Khobka’s Lament / Crescit Eundo / A Brief Authority (3 Parts) · ★★★
At Tunguska, Siberia, a shaman watches faceless men disturb the Firebird. In New Mexico, skeletal remains of a Russian scientist, carbon-dated at 15,000 years old, are found in an overturned, unmarked truck. Scully and Mulder investigate, finding evidence of materials used to achieve a fusion reaction. At White Sands Missle Range, the shaman survives to greet Firebird. Scully and Mulder flee from Firebird with Khobka, only to encounter more faceless men in black. While Scully tries to keep Khobka alive, Mulder is taken before the “inner government” and Firebird grows as it goes, threatening to consume Las Cruces, New Mexico. Mulder refuses to cooperate with the leaders of the “inner government”, who are covering up Firebird’s destructive activities. The faceless men kidnap Khobka with Scully in pursuit. Together, Scully and Mulder help Khobka free Firebird from earth before destroying New Mexico, but the faceless men remain faceless.
#7: Trepanning Opera · ★★★★
Agent Drake has been hunting a serial killer for five years. The killer trepans his victims and they die with a smile. The most recent victims carry messages for Mulder and Scully.
#8-#9: Silent Cities of the Mind (2 Parts) · ★★★
Scully and Mulder investigate a hollow earth cult in Alaska, whose leader is searching for a lost city in the ice. When their plane crashes Mulder is captured by Dr. Enoch and taken to the long lost city of Azatlan. Scully follows and watches as Mulder and Enoch open an ancient tomb. Trapped in an ancient Aztec city in Alaska, Scully and Mulder are caught in the crossfire between military forces and Enoch, each fighting for possession of the Ilbal, an incredible Aztec artifact found by the FBI agents.