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- @3{THE X-FILES - SPECIAL EDITION ONE
- @2}by Paul Nash
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- Publisher - Manga Publishing
- Price - 2.25 rrp
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- From the publishers of the X-Files
- comic comes the special edition, a
- quarterly magazine about all things
- X-File-ish. The magazine is obviously
- thicker than it's only slightly
- cheaper, aforementioned cousin.
- Firstly we are treated to letters from
- readers praising the series and comic.
- Looking at the addresses on these
- letters (they mostly come from
- America) it is easy to see the letters
- have been basically ripped out of
- other X-Files mags from elsewhere in
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- the world and stuck in here. But this
- is forgiveable as it is a first issue.
- After this there are more letters from
- readers, this time on their own
- personal brushes with the paranormal,
- and very interesting and creepy most
- of them are too. There is also an
- article about X-Files merchandise,
- which is probably little more than an
- advert called for in Fox's contract
- with Manga. Much of the new T-shirts
- and posters are missed out and only
- stuff that has been out for a couple
- of months previous is featured.
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- The X-Files Dossier is very
- informative with information on the
- characters Mulder, Scully, Skinner,
- Deep Throat, the Smoking Man and the
- actors who play them (I had no idea
- Anderson was as short as 5'3").
- Hopefully future issues will feature
- other characters such as Krycek or
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- Duane Barry. After this is an article
- about Chris Carter and how the X-Files
- came into being, which I have heard
- many a time before but never in so
- much detail. The articles about real
- science get off to a good start with
- lightning, and an effects slot on the
- normally brilliant, understated FX of
- the show is equally good. The eight
- page poster is excellent, and very
- strange, consisting of an alien warped
- in blues, greens and oranges, with the
- Smoking Man reflected in it's eye.
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- The episode guide for the beginning of
- season three is well done, with
- photos, drawings, cast lists and plot
- summaries, though perhaps a more
- reviewing stance could have been
- taken. Kevin J Anderson submits a
- lengthy part of the latest X-Files
- book - Ground Zero, about a nuclear
- weapon named Bright Anvil. A short
- X-Files comic also makes an appearance
- in the form of The Pit, a boring story
- quite unlike the series. Though the
- good ending saves it. Lastly there is
- an article about the X-Files WWW
- homepage and it's conception.
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- Overall, a good, cleverly constructed,
- X-Files mag which shows great promise.
- Roll on issue two!
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- RATING - 7.5/10