Nerdist has shared four exclusive pages from the new book, including a close-up
look at the famous Flukeman monster and a tabloid page about the stupendous
Yappi!
These first two pages are all about the Flukeman. The book gives more details about the mutant flatworm creature, found in the Newark County Sewage Processing Plant. Notably, that “over 40 million people are infected worldwide” with real flatworms. The Flukeman first appeared in the episode “The Host” and made a cameo on a tabloid newspaper in the later episode, “Pusher.”
Next up, we have a couple of fun pages. Yappi is a character who appears in two of the most acclaimed and beloved episodes of The X-Files: “Clyde Bruckman’s Final Repose” and “José Chung’s From Outer Space.” The mysterious celebrity was known for making accurate predictions and was used to assist the FBI. The Midnight Inquisitor cover spotted in the first image above is a prop from “Clyde Bruckman’s Final Repose.”
We also see a letter that appears in that same episode, one written by the villain of the week and killer to Bruckman—mysterious, as it arrived the day before he or the FBI joined the case. The tarot cards seen on both pages are also from the episode; a tarot reader is one of the victims of the bellhop killer.