X-Files: Season Ten Comic Brings Back the Cigarette Smoking Man

Cue ominous "he's ba-ack." Following a second issue which will see the return (at least in flashback) of The Lone Gunmen, IDW Publishing's The X-Files: Season Ten comic book series will bring back the Cigarette-Smoking Man in August's #3. "All is not what it seems… but that doesn't mean it isn't much, much more than that," said series writer Joe Harris on his personal blog. The anonymous villain, who served as the central antagonist for most of the series and who may or may not be the father of series lead Fox Mulder, is an iconic part of the show's mythology and would have been hard to miss without completely alienating the fan base. Still, the rest of the issue shows that it's more than that: they're not hesitating to mine the history of the series for IDW's next chapter. Check out the solicitation text below.

The X-Files: Season 10 #3 Joe Harris (w) • Michael Walsh (a) • Carlos Valenzuela, photo (c) "Believers," Part 3 of 5: The Acolytes are seeking Scully's lost son, William, and Dana realizes there's more than meets the eye to her abductor, known only as the Deacon. Meanwhile, Mulder uncovers more of the truth than he can handle when an old, cigarette-smoking "friend" pays him a visit. *2 regular covers will be shipped in a 4-to-1 ratio (4 Carlos Valenzuela, 1 photo) FC • 32 pages • $3.99