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The X-Files: Season 11 (Collected Editions)
The X-Files Season 11 Vol. 2
For years, FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully toiled in the X-Files Unit, a one-office division of the Bureau dealing with cases deemed unsolvable and related to unexplained phenomena. Eventually, both agents left the FBI and began a new life together in peaceful anonymity. However, recent events prompted them to return to the Bureau and the X-Files. In "Endgame," Gibson Praise sees his master plan close to becoming reality. Will Mulder and Scully be able to stop him? Will they really want to? Find out in the stunning finale of Season 11. Collects issues #6-8 of Season 11 and the "X-Mass Special 2015."
116 pages, Hardcover
First published June 28, 2016
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About the author
Joe Harris
437 books104 followersJOE HARRIS is the co-creator and writer of original comics and graphic novels such as the Image Comics rock ‘n’ roll thrill ride, Rockstars, and the environmental sci-fi epics, Great Pacific and Snowfall; along with the supernatural thrillers, Ghost Projekt and Spontaneous, and the children’s fantasy, Wars In Toyland, for Oni Press. In 2013, Joe began a long stint writing the officially-licensed continuation of the paranormal investigations of Agents Mulder and Scully in The X-Files comics at IDW to the enjoyment of fans around the world. The X-Files: Cold Cases—the best-selling audio dramatization of Joe’s comics scripts featuring the voices of David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson and the entire original X-Files cast—and the follow-up, The X-Files: Stolen Lives were released by Audible beginning in 2017.
As a young creator at Marvel Comics, Joe launched the cult-classic Spider-Man spinoff, Slingers and the Bishop: The Last X-Man series. He has written for just about all major comics publishers including DC Comics, Marvel, Image, IDW, Dark Horse, Valiant, BOOM! and others.
A horror screenwriter and filmmaker, Harris conceived and co-wrote Darkness Falls for Sony Pictures—after his short film, Tooth Fairy was acquired by Revolution Studios and he was hired to develop it into a feature—along with the politically farcical slasher movie, The Tripper for FOX. In 2018, he co-wrote the live-action web series, Ninjak vs. the Valiant Universe for Valiant Entertainment.
His latest project is Surviving Nuclear Attack, a paranoid sci-fi thriller, set to launch in 2019 as part of John Carpenter’s Tales of Science Fiction from Storm King Comics.
As a young creator at Marvel Comics, Joe launched the cult-classic Spider-Man spinoff, Slingers and the Bishop: The Last X-Man series. He has written for just about all major comics publishers including DC Comics, Marvel, Image, IDW, Dark Horse, Valiant, BOOM! and others.
A horror screenwriter and filmmaker, Harris conceived and co-wrote Darkness Falls for Sony Pictures—after his short film, Tooth Fairy was acquired by Revolution Studios and he was hired to develop it into a feature—along with the politically farcical slasher movie, The Tripper for FOX. In 2018, he co-wrote the live-action web series, Ninjak vs. the Valiant Universe for Valiant Entertainment.
His latest project is Surviving Nuclear Attack, a paranoid sci-fi thriller, set to launch in 2019 as part of John Carpenter’s Tales of Science Fiction from Storm King Comics.
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May 30, 2019
And here it is, the final volume of Joe Harris' mess. Well, what can I say? At least the finale makes sense. Unlike both the finale of the original TV show and the finale of two new seasons that came after this comic was released. The problem is - the entire "Season 11" comic feels extremely forced (feels more like they just wanted to sell more comics without any idea what to write), while the finale... well... It has a plot twist, OK? But the thing is - Joe Harris is a bad writer. So, he ended it like this: "Boom, suckers! It's a plot twist, y'all! The end!". Yes, it's that bad. He didn't actually play on the twist, he didn't let us get the taste of it, nothing. As the result... it feels extremely cheap. Moreover, with such a rushed finale, it feels like both "Season 10" and "Season 11" were, like, a royal waste of time. I mean, why did we waste so many time to learn something so simple and rushed? And, of course, artwork is still awful. So... yeah... it was a bad comic.
April 16, 2016
I love all things "X-Files" and this is no exception, but where the Season 10 comics balanced mythology with standalone stories like the television show, Season 11 gets a little too bogged down in its grand arc, one which is extremely philosophical, convoluted and relies on a tonne of what I guess you have to call exposition. I look forward to rereading it in one hit to see if it flows better but I would have liked more Mulder, more Scully, more monsters (whether human or non-human) and less Gibson Praise.
February 25, 2026
Review is for both volumes of season 11 read consecutively:
After thoroughly disliking season 10, the thought 'it can only get better' crossed my mind. That hope was quickly dashed. A vague enemy with undefined powers and multiple McGuffins lead to a tale that could not be saved, not even with the pandering inclusion of the Peacock family (dreadfully transformed as they are) from the early part of the broadcast series.
Hope springs eternal, or more relevantly 'I want to believe', so maybe the next iteration will be better?
After thoroughly disliking season 10, the thought 'it can only get better' crossed my mind. That hope was quickly dashed. A vague enemy with undefined powers and multiple McGuffins lead to a tale that could not be saved, not even with the pandering inclusion of the Peacock family (dreadfully transformed as they are) from the early part of the broadcast series.
Hope springs eternal, or more relevantly 'I want to believe', so maybe the next iteration will be better?
November 24, 2017
The season wraps up with a twist that manages to be both surprising and a little predictable. This season wasn't my favorite because I felt a little lost along the way, and then the ending sorta made things look a little unimportant in hindsight. Interested to see what happens in the next season.
October 7, 2017
If for nothing else, read this one for the wonderful Christmas episode style of the first issue. So much fun with TLG fellas.
July 4, 2016
My review for Season 10: Book 5 and Season 11: Book 1.
I've read all the earlier books but I only started reviewing them recently. I'll go back and review them once I re-read.
While I enjoyed this final volume, I feel that this book had a few too many comedic elements with the Lone Gunmen. Normally I love these guys since they always bring a bit of a light-hearted feeling to the world but it went too far with Langley and Frohike's little adventure. That being said, I was satisfied with this conclusion, though there are some flash-forwards that left me a little confused on whether they're real or not.
There's also a lack of 'Monster of the Week' stories in this book, which I assume is due to the sudden ending, the book suffers a little for this lack of variety.
While writing this review I've been doing some research and since this is such an early end to the season compared to the five books of Season 10 I fear that this might be the end of the non-canon adventures of Mulder and Scully.
And if that's the case, they're making a huge mistake. I didn't want to bring down one thing to put something else up, but if they're retooling to fit into the new TV episodes they're making a mistake.
Even as 2D pages in a book, these comics felt more like The X-Files to me than most of the new episodes ever did. Joe Harris seems to have more respect for existing continuity than Chris Carter at this point. He manages to pull deep from old episodes, from the old mythology and bring something new to it without making it more confusing, or outright contradicting it.
So, if we're not getting a Season 12, it's been fun but there's no way in Hell I'm reading any book set in the new series' continuity.
I've read all the earlier books but I only started reviewing them recently. I'll go back and review them once I re-read.
While I enjoyed this final volume, I feel that this book had a few too many comedic elements with the Lone Gunmen. Normally I love these guys since they always bring a bit of a light-hearted feeling to the world but it went too far with Langley and Frohike's little adventure. That being said, I was satisfied with this conclusion, though there are some flash-forwards that left me a little confused on whether they're real or not.
There's also a lack of 'Monster of the Week' stories in this book, which I assume is due to the sudden ending, the book suffers a little for this lack of variety.
While writing this review I've been doing some research and since this is such an early end to the season compared to the five books of Season 10 I fear that this might be the end of the non-canon adventures of Mulder and Scully.
And if that's the case, they're making a huge mistake. I didn't want to bring down one thing to put something else up, but if they're retooling to fit into the new TV episodes they're making a mistake.
Even as 2D pages in a book, these comics felt more like The X-Files to me than most of the new episodes ever did. Joe Harris seems to have more respect for existing continuity than Chris Carter at this point. He manages to pull deep from old episodes, from the old mythology and bring something new to it without making it more confusing, or outright contradicting it.
So, if we're not getting a Season 12, it's been fun but there's no way in Hell I'm reading any book set in the new series' continuity.
October 16, 2016
Shame this came to an end. Prefer this comic book series to the TV show we ended up getting from the pen of the actual creator Chris "doing a George Lucas I don't know or care what I'm doing anymore" Carter.
March 28, 2017
Tense and inscrutable in the finest traditions of classic X-Files mythology season finale episodes.
But there was also a whole page building up to an implied Alien-rape of Frohike from the Lone Gunmen, so...
But there was also a whole page building up to an implied Alien-rape of Frohike from the Lone Gunmen, so...
May 4, 2018
After reading the first volume of this series of graphic novels, The X-Files: Season 11, I found myself rather disappointed because of how convoluted, confusing, and, to be frank, boring that the story was, but the second (and final) volume (which features two stories spread across four chapters - "Xmas" and "Endgames") is definitely somewhat of an improvement. Even though the plot is still somewhat confusing and difficult to follow, it's a lot more interesting than the plot of the first volume. Joe Harris returns yet again as the writer and Michael Dow Smith as the only artist, and Harris really manages to capture Scully's character in this volume, perhaps more so than he ever has. Her words are so very much like her that I couldn't help but read her parts in her voice in my head, but this has not always been the case. In some of his The X-Files graphic novels (which, of course, were originally released as individual issues), he clearly struggles to find Scully's voice and behavior, but he definitely captures her accurately here. The ending is a bit anticlimactic and doesn't make much sense, and it still leaves quite a bit of questions unanswered, but leaving some questions unanswered is typical of The X-Files, as it has never been a series that offers quick fixes to problems. Something that does really bother me, though, is that as far as this reality is concerned (I make that distinction because the televised season 10 and season 11 ignore the continuity of the season 10 and season 11 graphic novels), this is intended to be the ending, yet absolutely no closure regarding William is offered, none whatsoever. (This is especially jarring and surprising considering the fact that the entire season 11 run is based in mythology; there are no stand-alone stories.) Much earlier in the comic series (during the season 10 run), Scully mentions William, and Skinner mentions the last name of the family that adopted him, leading the reader to believe that William is going to end up being important, but he isn't; he is never mentioned again, and I feel cheated. If it weren't for the televised revival, in fact (which fortunately does offer some closure regarding William), I would be outraged. (It really makes me wonder if Gibson Praise was originally intended to instead be William, since William, in many ways, could have easily fit a similar role; he just would have been a bit younger.) I overall enjoyed this graphic novel; it's an improvement over the first volume in the season 11 series but still leaves a lot to be desired, especially since there is no season 12 run and this is the end.
September 6, 2018
Did not finish
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