This coming March, IDW Publishing will once again present a five-week "Deviations" events featuring their licensed properties -- familiar characters put in rather unfamiliar situations, in alternate reality one-shot stories similar to the classic Marvel Comics series "What If."

On Monday, CBR broke the news that new characters, including "My Little Pony," will get the Deviations treatment. Now, CBR can reveal that at least one of the series from last year's Deviations event will return for a second go-around -- specifically, "The X-Files," with writer Amy Chu and artist Elena Casagrande reuniting for a sequel to their 2016 "Deviations" one-shot.

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In the original "X-Files: Deviations" one-shot, Fox Mulder and his sister Samantha effectively have switched places -- Fox went missing as a child, and Samantha joins the FBI to seek the truth that surely must be out there. In the new one-shot, "The X-Files: Deviations 2017," Samantha Mulder and Dana Scully "investigate a shadowy figure who may hold the truth behind the disappearance of Sam’s brother Fox," in an issue that also features the Lone Gunmen.

Here are Cat Staggs' main cover for "The X-Files: Deviations 2017" and Miran Kim's retailer incentive variant, plus solicitation text for the issue. Check back with CBR early Wednesday morning for the full lineup of March's "Deviations" releases, plus IDW's full March 2017 solicitations.

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The X-Files: Deviations 2017—SPOTLIGHT

Amy Chu (w) • Elena Casagrande (a) • Cat Staggs (c)

In a world where young Fox Mulder was abducted by aliens and never returned, another Mulder takes up the crusade against deception! Agent Samantha Mulder returns with Agent Dana Scully to investigate a shadowy figure who may hold the truth behind the disappearance of Sam’s brother Fox. Guest-starring the Lone Gunmen!

FC • 40 pages • $4.99

The X-Files: Deviations—Mash-Up Variant

Amy Chu (w) • Elena Casagrande (a) • Claudia Gironi (c)

FC • 40 pages • $4.99

Bullet points:

· Find out what happens in a world... where young Fox Mulder was abducted by aliens!

· A gender-bending twist on The X-Files team!

· Part of IDW’s Deviations five-week event!

· Check out the Mash-up variant!