This May and June, we’re taking a trip back in time to review the fifth season of The X-Files and the second season of Millennium.
There is an interesting divide in John Rozum’s work on The X-Files.
Half the time, it seems like Rozum is writing classic EC horror stories that just happen to feature Mulder and Scully. There are stretches of his work on the title where it seems like the stories might easily have been found in the desk drawer of some classic editor, tweaked and altered slightly so as to update them forty years, and published with the addition of Mulder and Scully. Stories like Silver Lining, Donor and Soma comfortably fit this classic pulpy horror mould. There’s nothing wrong with this approach, although it is quite striking.
Death from above!
When Rozum does write a story that feels particular to The X-Files, it often feels a little disconnected from the season unfolding around it. Scripts like Be Prepared, Remote Control and N.D.E. feel like they hark back to the first season of the show. The characterisation is familiar, if simplistic; shades of the mythology is present, but underdeveloped; there is a very traditional approach to big paranormal ideas like the Wendigo or “remote viewing.” It feels like these comics make a solid companion piece to the Season One comics written by Roy Thomas.
Skybuster is a pretty perfect example of this style of storytelling, offering an environmental parable about the arrogance of mankind’s tampering with nature.
Quoth the raven…
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