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  w: Writer
  a: Artist
  l: Letterer
  c: Colorist
  s: Separations
  e: Editor
  k: Cover artist
  p: Photographer
CBG: Comics Buyer's Guide
CSN: Comic Shop News
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Topps Comics

The X-Files Ashcan #1 Jan 1995 Not to be Opened Until X-mas
Notes: This ashcan issue is a b&w; mini-comic featuring the first half of X-Files #1 and Stefan Petrucha's introduction to The X-Files comics. Bagged with the Direct Market edition of Star Wars Galaxy Magazine #2 (Winter 1995) from Topps. The Newsstand edition of SWGM #2 is not bagged. Cover reproduces the cover of X-Files #1 in b&w.; ($3.95)
w:Stefan Petrucha a:Charles Adlard l:John Workman e:Jim Salicrup k:Miran Kim

The X-Files #1 Jan 1995 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. Notes: Contains "Leaves in a Circle: Xploring the Xtremes", a welcome to The X-Files comic by Stefan Petrucha. The Newsstand edition has a UPC barcode printed on the lower left corner of the cover. The Direct Market edition doesn't have a barcode. ($2.50)
w:Stefan Petrucha a:Charles Adlard l:John Workman c:George Freeman s:Digital Chameleon e:Jim Salicrup k:Miran Kim

The X-Files #2 Feb 1995 A Dismemberance of Things Past (1 of 2)
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. ($2.50)
w:Stefan Petrucha a:Charles Adlard l:John Workman c:George Freeman s:Digital Chameleon e:Jim Salicrup e:Dwight Jon Zimmerman k:Miran Kim

The X-Files/Hero Illustrated Special Mar 1995 Trick of the Light
A commercial artist's models have all vanished. Mulder and Scully make an arrest, but their suspect is abducted. Notes: This full-color mini-comic features a standalone story and "Scully & Mulder's X-ellent Adventures", an interview with Stefan Petrucha, by Chris Ecker. Bagged with the Direct Market edition of Hero Illustrated #22 (Mar 1995) from Warrior Publications. The Newsstand edition of Hero Illustrated #22 is not bagged? Cover features The X-Files logo on a white background, with title and credits. ($3.95)
w:Stefan Petrucha a:Charles Adlard l:John Workman c:George Freeman s:Digital Chameleon e:Jim Salicrup e:Dwight Jon Zimmerman k:Jim Salicrup

The X-Files #3 Mar 1995 A Little Dream of Me (2 of 2)
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. Notes: Cover title appears as The Return. ($2.50)
w:Stefan Petrucha a:Charles Adlard l:John Workman c:George Freeman c:Laurie E. Smith s:Digital Chameleon e:Jim Salicrup e:Dwight Jon Zimmerman k:Miran Kim

The X-Files #4 Apr 1995 Firebird: Khobka's Lament (1 of 3)
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. Notes: Beginning with this issue, the Direct Market and Newsstand editions both have UPC barcodes on the lower left corner of the front cover. The Direct Market edition has a black diagonal stripe across the barcode. ($2.50)
w:Stefan Petrucha a:Charles Adlard l:John Workman c:George Freeman s:Digital Chameleon e:Jim Salicrup e:Dwight Jon Zimmerman k:Miran Kim

The X-Files #5 May 1995 Firebird: Crescit Eundo (2 of 3)
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. ($2.50)
w:Stefan Petrucha a:Charles Adlard l:John Workman c:George Freeman s:Digital Chameleon e:Jim Salicrup e:Dwight Jon Zimmerman k:Miran Kim p:Michael Grecco

The X-Files Special Edition #1 Jun 1995 The X-Files
Notes: Collection of issues #1-3. Cover reproduces the artwork of X-Files #1 with insets of the covers for the first three issues. ($3.95)

The X-Files #6 Jun 1995 Firebird: A Brief Authority (3 of 3)
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. Notes: Beginning with this issue the Direct Market edition barcode is labeled "DIRECT SALES" and the Newsstand edition has a different product code. ($2.95)
w:Stefan Petrucha a:Charles Adlard l:John Workman c:George Freeman s:Digital Chameleon e:Jim Salicrup e:Dwight Jon Zimmerman k:Miran Kim p:Michael Grecco

The X-Files/TV Guide mini-comic 15 Jul 1995 Circle Game
Investigating a rash of crop circles in Nebraska, Scully and Mulder unmask a murderer with help from an unusual cerealogist. Notes: Topps was commissioned to write this mini-comic for the summer science fiction issue of the US edition of TV Guide, Vol. 43 No. 28 Issue #2207, pp. 22-26. Cover features a photograph of Kes and Neelix from Star Trek: Voyager. ($0.99)
w:Stefan Petrucha a:Charles Adlard l:John Workman c:Digital Chameleon e:Jim Salicrup e:Dwight Jon Zimmerman e:Charles S. Novinskie

The X-Files #7 Jul 1995 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. ($2.95)
w:Stefan Petrucha a:Charles Adlard l:John Workman c:George Freeman s:Digital Chameleon e:Jim Salicrup e:Dwight Jon Zimmerman k:Miran Kim p:Michael Grecco

The X-Files Annual #1 Aug 1995 Hallow Eve
Prof. Jonah Brockford claims to have found Eve's remains, then dies under mysterious circumstances. The remains are transported to Miskatonic University in Arkham, MA, and more people die. Mulder believes that the spirit of the mother of humanity is disturbed. Scully is skeptical despite warnings of danger from a spirit of her own. ($3.95)
w:Stefan Petrucha a:Charles Adlard l:John Workman c:George Freeman s:Digital Chameleon e:Jim Salicrup e:Dwight Jon Zimmerman k:Miran Kim p:Chris Helcermanas-Benge

The X-Files #8 Aug 1995 Silent Cities of the Mind (1 of 2)
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. ($2.95)
w:Stefan Petrucha a:Charles Adlard l:John Workman c:George Freeman s:Digital Chameleon e:Jim Salicrup e:Dwight Jon Zimmerman k:Miran Kim p:Michael Grecco

The X-Files Collection #1 Jul 1995
Notes: Trade paperback collection of issues #1-6 and the Hero Illustrated #22 mini-comic. Contains "An Interview with Chris Carter" and "Artists' Profiles". ISBN 1-883313-07-4, two printings. ($19.95)
w:Stefan Petrucha a:Charles Adlard l:John Workman c:George Freeman c:Laurie E. Smith s:Digital Chameleon e:Jim Salicrup e:Dwight Jon Zimmerman k:Miran Kim

The X-Files #1-3, Second Printing
Notes: These reprints have a few corrections (e.g. red hair for Scully) and no letters. Issue #1 has a small poster of the cover stapled in the centerfold. Each reprint is marked "Special Numbered Editions". A banner across the top of the cover reads "This is XXX of YYY", where XXX is a dot-matrix printed number and YYY is 120,000 for issue #1, and 90,000 for issues #2-3. All of the reprints have UPC barcodes on the cover. Sold individually and as a bagged set labelled The X-Files Comic Collector's Set. (@ $2.95, $8.00/set)

The X-Files #9 Sep 1995 Silent Cities of the Mind (2 of 2)
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. ($2.95)
w:Stefan Petrucha a:Charles Adlard l:John Workman c:George Freeman c:Laurie E. Smith s:Digital Chameleon e:Jim Salicrup e:Dwight Jon Zimmerman k:Miran Kim p:Michael Grecco

The X-Files #10 Oct 1995 Feelings of Unreality: Wheels Within Wheels (1 of 3)
While Mulder listens to tapes of Enoch to learn the secrets of his last meal, General Shadenfreud, Scully remembers a connection to Colleen Dunne. Mulder is led to the Ilbal by an informant and Scully tracks down Dunne. Men-in-black also find Dunne. ($2.95)
w:Stefan Petrucha a:Charles Adlard l:John Workman c:Laurie E. Smith s:Digital Chameleon e:Jim Salicrup e:Dwight Jon Zimmerman k:Miran Kim p:Michael Grecco

The X-Files Comics Digest #1 Dec 1995 Big Foot, Warm Heart
Investigating the disappearance of a fellow agent, Scully, Mulder, and Big Foot become prey for a reclusive millionaire who hunts with robots. Notes: This quarterly publication features a 65-page X-Files comic and reprints of three stories from Ray Bradbury Comics. Full color, 96 pages, 5.25"x7.375" format (similar in format to Disney Adventures). There is a limited variant edition (10,000 copies) with a photo cover, sold by American Entertainment. The Direct Market edition has a UPC barcode labeled "DIRECT SALES" on the lower left corner of the cover. ($3.50, Ltd. $6.00)
w:Stefan Petrucha a:Charles Adlard l:John Workman c: George Freeman c:Laurie E. Smith s:Digital Chameleon e:Jim Salicrup e:Dwight Jon Zimmerman k:Miran Kim p:Michael Grecco

The X-Files #11 Nov 1995 Feelings of Unreality: The Ancient of Days (2 of 3)
An intruder breaks into an FBI lab looking for the Ilbal and Colleen Dunne, Scully's chief witness in the Neola incident, undergoes medical tests. Scully tells Mulder that she now believes that they have come across some kind of conspiracy. While Scully experiences electro-magnetically induced sensations of aliens, Mulder falls prey to Dunne, who has him wear the Ilbal and experience sensations he has never felt before. ($2.95)
w:Stefan Petrucha a:Charles Adlard l:John Workman c: George Freeman c:Laurie E. Smith s:Digital Chameleon e:Jim Salicrup e:Dwight Jon Zimmerman k:Miran Kim p:Ken Staniforth

The X-Files Magazine #1 Winter 1996 The Pit
In Nova Scotia, Mulder and Scully try tp help with a hostage situation, but someone or something long buried wants the hostage more. Notes: This quarterly publication features an excerpt from Ground Zero by Kevin J. Anderson, illustrated by Omaha Perez, articles, interviews, and an eight-page X-Files comic (pp. 53-60). There are no credits for the comic so the credits below may have some errors. The Deluxe Collector's Edition of issue #1 is bagged with an X-Files MasterVisions Preview card (XMV 1), an X-Files Finest Chromium promo card (TXFM 1), and a Behind the Scenes episode poster of Anasazi (2.25). Full color, 64 pages, 8.5"x11" format. There is a limited variant edition (15,000 copies) with a photo cover, sold by American Entertainment. The regular and limited editions both have the poster stapled in the centerfold. The limited edition doesn't have a UPC barcode on the cover. ($3.95, Dlx. $4.95, Ltd. $4.95)
w:Stefan Petrucha a:Charles Adlard l:John Workman c: George Freeman c:Laurie E. Smith s:Digital Chameleon e:Jim Salicrup e:Dwight Jon Zimmerman k:Miran Kim p:Ken Staniforth

The X-Files Special Edition #2 Dec 1995 Firebird
Notes: Collection of issues #4-6. ($4.95)

The X-Files #12 Jan 1996 Feelings of Unreality: The Nightmare of History (3 of 3)
Scully and Mulder present proof of the existence of UFOs and uncover the "inner government" conspiracy to a Senate committee, but reality is not what it appears to be. The FBI agents' investigation brings them full circle to Our Lady of Fatima Church in Brooklyn and a remarkable story from Colleen Dunne. ($2.95)
w:Stefan Petrucha a:Charles Adlard l:John Workman c: George Freeman c:Laurie E. Smith s:Digital Chameleon e:Jim Salicrup e:Dwight Jon Zimmerman k:Miran Kim p:Michael Grecco

Wizard Presents: The X-Files #1/2 1996 Tiptoe Through the Tulpa
Mulder believes that a series of murders are the work of a tulpa, a conjured being, created by a man who's been in a coma for five years. Scully unearths a more pragmatic explanation in the form of the suspect's vengeful mother. Notes: This issue also contains a sketchbook with artwork by Boonthanakit. Wizard #53 (Jan 1996) was bagged with a certificate (and an envelope) which could be redeemed for a free copy of X-Files #1/2. The offer expired 31 January 1996. The comic shipped bagged and boarded, with a Wizard Certificate of Authenticity. ($4.99 for Wizard #53; $3.00 shipping and handling, plus a 32 cent stamp for the free comic)
w:Stefan Petrucha a:Ted Boonthanakit a:Angelo Torres l:John Workman c:Laurie E. Smith s:Digital Chameleon e:Jim Salicrup e:Dwight Jon Zimmerman k:Miran Kim p:Michael Grecco

The X-Files Special Edition #3 Mar 1996
Notes: Collection of issues #7-9. This issue also contains a reprint of a story from Ray Bradbury Comics. ($4.95)

The X-Files #4, Second Printing Firebird: Khobka's Lament (1 of 3)
($2.95)

The X-Files #13 Feb 1996 One Player Only
A computer game programmer murders the other members of his project team and can only mutter strange sounds after he is jailed. With help from the Lone Gunmen, Mulder and Scully identify the sounds as binary code and the only witness to the murders tells its tale. Notes: This issue contains Adlard's inked artwork and Kim's photo montage artwork providing different points of view. ($2.95)
w:Stefan Petrucha a:Charles Adlard a:Miran Kim l:John Workman c:George Freeman c:Laurie E. Smith s:Digital Chameleon e:Jim Salicrup e:Dwight Jon Zimmerman k:Miran Kim p:Ken Staniforth

The X-Files #14 Apr 1996 Falling
Mulder is captured by children who found a UFO and want to examine an alien, while Scully investigates an alien sighting. Scully's alien turns out to be a man dying of radiation poisoning whose cabin is near the crash site. Scully hunts for Mulder and children begin dying. ($2.95)
w:Stefan Petrucha a:Charles Adlard l:John Workman cs:Digital Chameleon e:Jim Salicrup e:Dwight Jon Zimmerman k:Miran Kim p:Jack Rowan

The X-Files Comics Digest #2 Apr 1996 Dead to the World
Someone is killing centenarians and removing their pineal glands. Their investigation leads Mulder and Scully to an industrialist who may be legendary 18th century alchemist Count Saint-Germain. Notes: This issue also features reprints of three stories from Ray Bradbury Comics. ($3.50)
w:Stefan Petrucha a:Charles Adlard a:Miran Kim l:John Workman c:George Freeman c:Laurie E. Smith s:Digital Chameleon e:Jim Salicrup e:Dwight Jon Zimmerman k:Miran Kim p:Michael Lavine

The X-Files #15 May 1996 Home of the Brave: The New World (1 of 2)
In the Georgia swamps, a survivalist and his mail-order bride (who narrates the story) witness a dogfight between jet fighters and a UFO. Investigating reports of a crashed UFO, Mulder and Scully are taken prisoner by a survivalist group, whose leader believes that Federal agents are responsible for current events. As shadow-men converge on the compound, the agents must decide which of them gets to die. ($2.95)
w:Stefan Petrucha a:Charles Adlard l:John Workman cs:Digital Chameleon e:Jim Salicrup e:Dwight Jon Zimmerman k:Miran Kim p:Michael Grecco p:Michael Lavine

The X-Files #16 May 1996 Home of the Brave: A Question of Ownership (2 of 2)
Scully and Mulder escape from Gavin, leader of the survivalist group. Sentenced to death, they are trapped between the survivalists and the shadow-men. ($2.95)
w:Stefan Petrucha a:Charles Adlard l:John Workman cs:Digital Chameleon e:Jim Salicrup e:Dwight Jon Zimmerman k:Miran Kim p:Michael Lavine

The X-Files #17 May 1996 Thin Air
U.S. Navy pilot John Lawrence reappears fifty years after his squadron, Flight 19, disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle. Mulder talks Scully into helping him investigate Lawrence. They learn that someone has gone to great lengths to pull off a hoax, but Mulder thinks that the real John Lawrence may make an appearance. ($2.95)
w:John Rozum a:Gordon Purcell a:Josef Rubenstein l:John Workman cs:Digital Chameleon e:Jim Salicrup e:Dwight Jon Zimmerman k:Miran Kim p:Michael Grecco p:Michael Lavine

The X-Files #0 ***May 1996 Pilot
Notes: An adaptation of the pilot episode kicks off a new X-Files series presenting authorized adaptations of selected television episodes. This issue features painted artwork. ($3.95)
w:Roy Thomas ak:John Van Fleet

The X-Files #18 ***May 1996 Night Lights (1 of 2)
Synoopsis unavailable. ($2.95)
w:John Rozum a:Gordon Purcell a:Josef Rubenstein k:Miran Kim

The X-Files #19 *Jun 1996 Night Lights (2 of 2)
Synopsis unavailable. ($2.95)
w:John Rozum a:Gordon Purcell a:Josef Rubenstein k:Miran Kim

The X-Files Comics Digest #3 *Jun 1996 The Wee Folk
In a small Virginia town, a healthy newborn baby is replaced by a sickly, withered child. Mulder and Scully investigate an apparent kidnapping case which a superstitious grandmother attributes to the wee folk who have traded the baby for one of their own.($3.95)
w:John Rozum a:Gordon Purcell k:Miran Kim

The X-Files Magazine #2 *Jun 1996
Synopsis unavailable. Notes: Features an excerpt from Ruins by Kevin J. Anderson, articles, interviews, and an eight-page X-Files comic. The Deluxe Edition is bagged with an X-Files Chromium promo card, an X-Philes Season Three promo card, and a Flukeman poster. (Newsstand $3.95, Dlx. $4.95)

The X-Files: Season One #1 *Jul 1996 Deep Throat
Notes: An adaptation of Season One's first episode by Chris Carter. ($3.95)
w:Roy Thomas a:Yanick Paquette a:Michel Lacombe

The X-Files #20 *Jul 1996 Family Portrait (1 of 2)
The mummified corpse of Henry Franklin, a tourist photographer, is found. Mulder and Scully investigate, learning that his neighbors feared him and tourists who had their pictures taken by him got sick and died. An old portrait camera may help solve the mystery. Note: Anderson is the author of two X-Files novels, Ground Zero and Ruins. ($2.95)
w:Kevin J. Anderson a:Gordon Purcell a:Joe Rubenstein k:Miran Kim

The X-Files #21 *Aug 1996 Family Portrait (2 of 2)
Mulder finds Henry Franklin's journal and discovers that the camera captures a subject's life force and feeds it to a parasitic incubus, leaving a mummified corpse. The incubus has learned how to drain souls without the camera and Scully is its next victim. ($2.95)
w:Kevin J. Anderson a:Gordon Purcell a:Joe Rubenstein k:Miran Kim

The X-Files Special Edition #4 *Aug 1996
Notes: Collection of issues #10-12 with a wraparound cover by Miran Kim. ($4.95)

The X-Files Annual #2 *Aug 1996 E.L.F.s
A respected obstetrician begins lining his office and home with aluminum foil and weaving a foil suit. He also urges his pregnant patients to sheild their unborn babies from ELFs, Extremely Low Frequency electromagnetic signals. Mulder and Scully are asked to investigate by a fellow agent. They learn that there may be a horrifying reason for the doctor's fears. ($3.95)
w:John Rozum a:Charles Adlard k:Miran Kim

The X-Files: Season One #2 *Aug 1996 Squeeze
Notes: An adaptation of Season One's second episode by Glen Morgan and James Wong. ($3.95)
w:Roy Thomas a:Yanick Paquette a:Michel Lacombe

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EC Publications

Mad #338 Aug 1995
The letter column features a b&w; photo of Mitch Pileggi, Gillian Anderson, David Duchovny, and Chris Carter reacting to "The Ecch-Files". ($1.99)

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