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X-Men: Schism
X-Men: Schism
The X-Men event of the decade is right here!
It's never been a more dangerous time to be a mutant. Even with their numbers at a record low, the world refuses to trust mutantkind. And after a mutant-triggered international incident, anti-mutant hatred hits new heights. Of course it's at this moment, when the mutant race most needs to stand together, that a split begins that will tear apart the very foundation of the X-Men.
From superstar writer and Marvel Architect Jason Aaron and a full roster of comics' top artists, this is an X-tale that will reverberate for years to come! When the dust settles, the X-Men landscape will be irreparably changed.
Collecting: X-Men: Schism 1-5, Generation Hope 10-11, & X-Men: Regenesis
It's never been a more dangerous time to be a mutant. Even with their numbers at a record low, the world refuses to trust mutantkind. And after a mutant-triggered international incident, anti-mutant hatred hits new heights. Of course it's at this moment, when the mutant race most needs to stand together, that a split begins that will tear apart the very foundation of the X-Men.
From superstar writer and Marvel Architect Jason Aaron and a full roster of comics' top artists, this is an X-tale that will reverberate for years to come! When the dust settles, the X-Men landscape will be irreparably changed.
Collecting: X-Men: Schism 1-5, Generation Hope 10-11, & X-Men: Regenesis
224 pages, Hardcover
First published May 25, 2011
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About the author
Jason Aaron
2,359 books1,679 followersJason Aaron grew up in a small town in Alabama. His cousin, Gustav Hasford, who wrote the semi-autobiographical novel The Short-Timers, on which the feature film Full Metal Jacket was based, was a large influence on Aaron. Aaron decided he wanted to write comics as a child, and though his father was skeptical when Aaron informed him of this aspiration, his mother took Aaron to drug stores, where he would purchase books from spinner racks, some of which he still owns today.
Aaron's career in comics began in 2001 when he won a Marvel Comics talent search contest with an eight-page Wolverine back-up story script. The story, which was published in Wolverine #175 (June 2002), gave him the opportunity to pitch subsequent ideas to editors.
In 2006, Aaron made a blind submission to DC/Vertigo, who published his first major work, the Vietnam War story The Other Side which was nominated for an Eisner Award for Best Miniseries, and which Aaron regards as the "second time" he broke into the industry.
Following this, Vertigo asked him to pitch other ideas, which led to the series Scalped, a creator-owned series set on the fictional Prairie Rose Indian Reservation and published by DC/Vertigo.
In 2007, Aaron wrote Ripclaw: Pilot Season for Top Cow Productions. Later that year, Marvel editor Axel Alonso, who was impressed by The Other Side and Scalped, hired Aaron to write issues of Wolverine, Black Panther and eventually, an extended run on Ghost Rider that began in April 2008. His continued work on Black Panther also included a tie-in to the company-wide crossover storyline along with a "Secret Invasion" with David Lapham in 2009.
In January 2008, he signed an exclusive contract with Marvel, though it would not affect his work on Scalped. Later that July, he wrote the Penguin issue of The Joker's Asylum.
After a 4-issue stint on Wolverine in 2007, Aaron returned to the character with the ongoing series Wolverine: Weapon X, launched to coincide with the feature film X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Aaron commented, "With Wolverine: Weapon X we'll be trying to mix things up like that from arc to arc, so the first arc is a typical sort of black ops story but the second arc will jump right into the middle of a completely different genre," In 2010, the series was relaunched once again as simply Wolverine. He followed this with his current run on Thor: God of Thunder.
Aaron's career in comics began in 2001 when he won a Marvel Comics talent search contest with an eight-page Wolverine back-up story script. The story, which was published in Wolverine #175 (June 2002), gave him the opportunity to pitch subsequent ideas to editors.
In 2006, Aaron made a blind submission to DC/Vertigo, who published his first major work, the Vietnam War story The Other Side which was nominated for an Eisner Award for Best Miniseries, and which Aaron regards as the "second time" he broke into the industry.
Following this, Vertigo asked him to pitch other ideas, which led to the series Scalped, a creator-owned series set on the fictional Prairie Rose Indian Reservation and published by DC/Vertigo.
In 2007, Aaron wrote Ripclaw: Pilot Season for Top Cow Productions. Later that year, Marvel editor Axel Alonso, who was impressed by The Other Side and Scalped, hired Aaron to write issues of Wolverine, Black Panther and eventually, an extended run on Ghost Rider that began in April 2008. His continued work on Black Panther also included a tie-in to the company-wide crossover storyline along with a "Secret Invasion" with David Lapham in 2009.
In January 2008, he signed an exclusive contract with Marvel, though it would not affect his work on Scalped. Later that July, he wrote the Penguin issue of The Joker's Asylum.
After a 4-issue stint on Wolverine in 2007, Aaron returned to the character with the ongoing series Wolverine: Weapon X, launched to coincide with the feature film X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Aaron commented, "With Wolverine: Weapon X we'll be trying to mix things up like that from arc to arc, so the first arc is a typical sort of black ops story but the second arc will jump right into the middle of a completely different genre," In 2010, the series was relaunched once again as simply Wolverine. He followed this with his current run on Thor: God of Thunder.
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November 16, 2023
Forty plus years of simmering tension, then three to four years in the planning, this could have been so much better. Still this will always be an X-Men classic, because of the outcome of the event and the later issues in the series. Hope and the fifth generation of mutants role in this is way too much overshadowed by the originals. The main protagonists are a truly terrible idea, interested to see what others say. For such a momentous event, still at least 8 out of 12, Four Stars as Cyclops's and Wolverine's different plans and ideologies for the mutant race sees them head towards the only solution... mutant civil war?
2018 and 2012 read
2018 and 2012 read
August 20, 2015
This review was revisited after reading Fear Itself: Avengers Academy.
What’s more entertaining than a tween Hellfire Club?
Well, lots, but in this tale Jason Aaron makes the most of it. After reading Aaron’s lackluster (I'm being kind) attempt at an Incredible Hulk storyline, this is a good one. The ruthless kiddies attempt to not only take out some mutants, but also make some big bucks at the same time. Enterprising little bastards, no? And it is this attempt that’s the lynch pin for the titled “schism”.
Cyclops and Wolverine have divergent opinions on just how to use the younger X-men. Cyclops feels that the kids shouldn’t be coddled and if danger rears its head then they should be in the front lines. Wolverine, that old softie, believes that kids should have somewhat of a kid’s life, even if they are mutants who wield destructive powers.
Rant: Now hold your horses and for the love of Stan Lee, didn't I just read this plot trope in Fear Itself: Avengers Academy? Why, yes, Jeff, you sure did. What's the point of having a tired theme, if you can't just re-use it over and over again? It's like corn, no matter what you do with it (canned, on the cob, crushed), it still comes out looking the same. End rant.
Despite the fact that there’s a huge Sentinel about 50 feet away from Utopia Island, it’s the mention (in anger, of course) of Jean Grey that pushes the boys to have a go at each other.
Suckers! You're in the Marvel universe. Jean's not dead, she's just resting.
Ultimately, the X-men are forced to take sides and split into opposing camps. A decent and familiar (and breeding contempt) X-men story capably illustrated by Carlos Pacheco.
What’s more entertaining than a tween Hellfire Club?
Well, lots, but in this tale Jason Aaron makes the most of it. After reading Aaron’s lackluster (I'm being kind) attempt at an Incredible Hulk storyline, this is a good one. The ruthless kiddies attempt to not only take out some mutants, but also make some big bucks at the same time. Enterprising little bastards, no? And it is this attempt that’s the lynch pin for the titled “schism”.
Cyclops and Wolverine have divergent opinions on just how to use the younger X-men. Cyclops feels that the kids shouldn’t be coddled and if danger rears its head then they should be in the front lines. Wolverine, that old softie, believes that kids should have somewhat of a kid’s life, even if they are mutants who wield destructive powers.
Rant: Now hold your horses and for the love of Stan Lee, didn't I just read this plot trope in Fear Itself: Avengers Academy? Why, yes, Jeff, you sure did. What's the point of having a tired theme, if you can't just re-use it over and over again? It's like corn, no matter what you do with it (canned, on the cob, crushed), it still comes out looking the same. End rant.
Despite the fact that there’s a huge Sentinel about 50 feet away from Utopia Island, it’s the mention (in anger, of course) of Jean Grey that pushes the boys to have a go at each other.
Suckers! You're in the Marvel universe. Jean's not dead, she's just resting.
Ultimately, the X-men are forced to take sides and split into opposing camps. A decent and familiar (and breeding contempt) X-men story capably illustrated by Carlos Pacheco.
September 16, 2020
"This time around, the revolution will not be televised. The revolution will be telepathic." -- Quentin 'Kid Omega' Quire, simultaneously causing trouble and mangling a Gil Scott-Heron lyric
It feels like it has been FOREVER (thanks for nothing, pandemic of 2020!) since I've had the chance to read any X-Men adventures, often courtesy of my library system. Schism both fit the bill and hit the spot, with a pretty good story involving the usual earthshaking events that cause severe division within the ranks of the normally-contentious team. Writer Aaron was also especially on point with scripting some humorous or sarcastic dialogue, such as great moment when Rogue ("Don't mind us, folks. Go on with yer whole 'no more mutants' party. We're just here to save y'alls asses is all.") and Kitty Pryde ("We're just here to help . . . Did I happen to mention that I'm also Jewish?") are purposely sent to an unidentified Middle Eastern-type nation - where women are second-class citizens and religious intolerance is a way of life - that finds itself hopelessly under attack. The finale chapter was also particularly effective in delineating the conflicting personalities of several of the characters.
It feels like it has been FOREVER (thanks for nothing, pandemic of 2020!) since I've had the chance to read any X-Men adventures, often courtesy of my library system. Schism both fit the bill and hit the spot, with a pretty good story involving the usual earthshaking events that cause severe division within the ranks of the normally-contentious team. Writer Aaron was also especially on point with scripting some humorous or sarcastic dialogue, such as great moment when Rogue ("Don't mind us, folks. Go on with yer whole 'no more mutants' party. We're just here to save y'alls asses is all.") and Kitty Pryde ("We're just here to help . . . Did I happen to mention that I'm also Jewish?") are purposely sent to an unidentified Middle Eastern-type nation - where women are second-class citizens and religious intolerance is a way of life - that finds itself hopelessly under attack. The finale chapter was also particularly effective in delineating the conflicting personalities of several of the characters.
July 27, 2021
The simmering resentment between Cyclops and Wolverine finally comes to a head during an attack by the brand new Hellfire Club. Can Scott and Logan stop fighting each other long enough to protect Utopia from the new suitcase-Sentinel (more scary than it sounds)?
This was a great mini-series with high stakes and long-lasting ramifications for the X-Men. I would go so far as to call it essential reading for the modern X-Men fan.
The artwork was a little disjointed, as each issue is drawn by a different artist, but all the artists turn in some excellent work so it's not anywhere near as bad as it could be.
Not perfect (what is?) but a cracking good read.
This was a great mini-series with high stakes and long-lasting ramifications for the X-Men. I would go so far as to call it essential reading for the modern X-Men fan.
The artwork was a little disjointed, as each issue is drawn by a different artist, but all the artists turn in some excellent work so it's not anywhere near as bad as it could be.
Not perfect (what is?) but a cracking good read.
December 15, 2021
Jason Aaron was a surprisingly great X-Men writer, able to juggle action and comedy very well even before that was the current movie formula cliche. This X-Men story leads up to his fun (and often appropriately weird) Wolverine & the X-Men run though far more serious. It also is a good companion to the big Avengers vs X-Men of the time.
Most importantly, it's about Cyclops vs Wolverine and it's written with well-crafted character motivation. Each side thinks their in the right for valid reasons. And it's also refreshing that Wolverine is the "good guy", or at least not the dark edgy one and he's trying to be a real hero.
For 21st century X-Men, I think this one belongs in the canon of must-reads.
Most importantly, it's about Cyclops vs Wolverine and it's written with well-crafted character motivation. Each side thinks their in the right for valid reasons. And it's also refreshing that Wolverine is the "good guy", or at least not the dark edgy one and he's trying to be a real hero.
For 21st century X-Men, I think this one belongs in the canon of must-reads.
November 4, 2015
As always everyone hates and wants to kill mutants. Because of Scarlet Witch rather than there being millions of mutants there are only 200, so exterminating mutant kind has never been more of a possibility. Some differences of opinion arise leading to a Schism.
I heard about Schism for years and wasn't sure if I wanted to read it. I certainly hadn't missed anything, but I'm surprised no one mentioned the pre-teen sociopaths responsible for the whole conflict.
I don't know what these a-hole kids problem is. They are all wealthy and apparently since they have nothing better to do getting people killed and making more money seemed like a great idea to them. I also have no idea why these kids were even part of this story. Prelude to Schism made the entire story seem vastly different. The X-Men didn't have time to sit around contemplating what to do, things happened and they reacted.
So the whole conflict revolved around using kids in battle. Cyclops being the good little X-Men he is, had no issue using kids in battle since he was a child soldier. Wolverine wanted no part of that. It seemed Idie's casual indifference to killing and seeing herself as a monster was the straw that broke the adamantium camel's back.
I didn't enjoy how Schism ended because I just can't imagine it happening like it did.
I heard about Schism for years and wasn't sure if I wanted to read it. I certainly hadn't missed anything, but I'm surprised no one mentioned the pre-teen sociopaths responsible for the whole conflict.
I don't know what these a-hole kids problem is. They are all wealthy and apparently since they have nothing better to do getting people killed and making more money seemed like a great idea to them. I also have no idea why these kids were even part of this story. Prelude to Schism made the entire story seem vastly different. The X-Men didn't have time to sit around contemplating what to do, things happened and they reacted.
So the whole conflict revolved around using kids in battle. Cyclops being the good little X-Men he is, had no issue using kids in battle since he was a child soldier. Wolverine wanted no part of that. It seemed Idie's casual indifference to killing and seeing herself as a monster was the straw that broke the adamantium camel's back.
I didn't enjoy how Schism ended because I just can't imagine it happening like it did.
December 31, 2021
I'm glad I finally read this arc that established the rift between Logan and Cyclops that would last years, though the choice of antagonists (tweenaged psycho human CEOs taking over the Hellfire Club) really felt odd, especially in juxtaposition with the cause of the "schism" being whether or not the underage mutants on Utopia were to be used in the conflict.
The Big Fight between Cyclops and Wolverine lives up to the billing, it must be said.
The Big Fight between Cyclops and Wolverine lives up to the billing, it must be said.
September 22, 2016
3.5 stars
Likeable, but not great. Definitely not Aaron's best work here.
So we all know that some fundamental divide occurred between Cyclops and Wolverine even if you haven't read this. I really just wanted to know what that was and it turned out to be a little anti-climactic and felt forced.
The fight between Cyke and Wolvey was well drawn but seemed a bit petty to me. Although, Wolverine's reasoning for starting the Xavier school up again did seem justifiable.
The Regenesis story included in this collection was quite terrible, art and all.
Likeable, but not great. Definitely not Aaron's best work here.
So we all know that some fundamental divide occurred between Cyclops and Wolverine even if you haven't read this. I really just wanted to know what that was and it turned out to be a little anti-climactic and felt forced.
The fight between Cyke and Wolvey was well drawn but seemed a bit petty to me. Although, Wolverine's reasoning for starting the Xavier school up again did seem justifiable.
The Regenesis story included in this collection was quite terrible, art and all.
June 12, 2019
One of the coolest things about this story is how it brought to head the gradual, conflicting dual arcs of Cyclops and Wolverine. It’s been fascinating to see how these two heroes started out on opposite sides of the morality coin and how circumstances have caused those priorities and ideals to shift and have ultimately flipped them to the opposite sides.
When you read early X-men books, you would never think that Wolverine, the savage, irreverent antihero, would be the one fighting for the educational ideals of Professor Xavier and keeping kids out of harms way or that the golden boy Cyclops would turn into a hardened soldier, willing to win a war and survive by any means necessary. But that’s what these desperate, post-Decimation times have done.
This book is a turning point in the X-universe and features a great Civil War-style conflict between these two leaders, where you'll have a tough time choosing a side, as both are correct. It gets pretty tense and gripping.
*I’m not sure what was up with the 10-year old Hellfire Club supervillains though! That was kind of silly and awkward.*
But this is a highly important part of modern X-men history as this set the stage for all the X-men books for the following decade.
When you read early X-men books, you would never think that Wolverine, the savage, irreverent antihero, would be the one fighting for the educational ideals of Professor Xavier and keeping kids out of harms way or that the golden boy Cyclops would turn into a hardened soldier, willing to win a war and survive by any means necessary. But that’s what these desperate, post-Decimation times have done.
This book is a turning point in the X-universe and features a great Civil War-style conflict between these two leaders, where you'll have a tough time choosing a side, as both are correct. It gets pretty tense and gripping.
*I’m not sure what was up with the 10-year old Hellfire Club supervillains though! That was kind of silly and awkward.*
But this is a highly important part of modern X-men history as this set the stage for all the X-men books for the following decade.
September 4, 2014
Lackluster execution of an interesting concept. Splitting the X-Men along ideological lines is an interesting thought, and I kind of like the split between proactive Cyclops and reactive Wolverine. But it's just really, really poorly executed. The actual boiling point comes when Cyke wants to allow the perfectly willing teens with powerful mutant abilities defend their home and themselves from a giant Sentinel come to kill them all, and Wolverine doesn't want the kids in battle. Which is, to my knowledge, the first time that Kitty's and Jubilee's father figure ever had a problem with a powerful teen fighting literally for survival. I guess it's supposed to be an eye opening thing for Wolverine, but I just couldn't really buy it. Especially because I know that Logan is about to go cross country and train these same teens he doesn't want to learn how to fight and they'll be defending themselves within a few issues. I buy that the split happened, I buy that there are insurmountable differences between the two leaders, but the breaking point just needed to be more clear and more believable.
Side note: does anybody else think that maybe Idie (who is black) might have been more interested in the doll if Logan had gotten her one that looked like herself? I guess we're supposed to read that as Idie being matured beyond childish things past her years, but a) most girls her age are past baby dolls in the least traumatic of circumstances and b) she might have liked a doll she could identify with. Sorry, moving on.
This whole collection gets three stars for the surprisingly well-written and effective Regenesis issue. It's the actual blow-by-blow of who goes where and why in the split, and it's the best thing in this book. The dialog is mostly very good, and it redeems some of the more poorly thought out decisions that lead to this story in the first place.
Side note: does anybody else think that maybe Idie (who is black) might have been more interested in the doll if Logan had gotten her one that looked like herself? I guess we're supposed to read that as Idie being matured beyond childish things past her years, but a) most girls her age are past baby dolls in the least traumatic of circumstances and b) she might have liked a doll she could identify with. Sorry, moving on.
This whole collection gets three stars for the surprisingly well-written and effective Regenesis issue. It's the actual blow-by-blow of who goes where and why in the split, and it's the best thing in this book. The dialog is mostly very good, and it redeems some of the more poorly thought out decisions that lead to this story in the first place.
March 16, 2013
I enjoyed this purely for the fact that it literally ripped the X-Men in two. Obviously, Cyclops is one side, and Wolverine is the other; could it happen any other way? No, don't think so. Very interesting, especially the Regenisis book which detailed the splitting into 2 factions in a very cool way. Also liked how they showed Scott and Logan working together, and respecting each other, yet being willing to rip each other to shreds over ideology. Well worth a read, especially as X-Men fan, because it sets up the way forward with nearly every title in the X-family.
June 17, 2012
Aaron kicks this miniseries off with a...lot of talking between Cyclops and Wolverine. Knowing where this is headed (thanks, Marvel press corps), and given Aaron's ham-fisted dialogue (he doesn't seem to get either voice right) and foreshadowing, this doesn't start well.
However artificial the premise kicks off the Sentinel re-launch, the initial wave of terror they create is at least believably illustrated. And the antagonists of this story are suitably menacing, but not for reasons I would've expected. they're downright sociopathic and slightly clever, which is a helluva contribution to the X-Men universe for Aaron to make.
After reading the core story, I feel like this: like most of the non-Bendis-led events of Marvel's recent history (e.g. Shadowlands, Fear Itself), the main event comic is probably weaker than some of the supporting stories written alongside as tie-ins to the event. I can't prove that yet with this book, but even though there was some decent plotting and the dialogue improved slightly, this still felt entirely artificial and implausible. As in: with all the fights between Cyclops and Wolverine over the years, when Logan stuck around every time, is this *really* supposed to be the most convincing reason for a split to naturally and finally occur? I hope that Marvel follows through on this one, if they really intend for us to believe it. For now though, this feels like a squabble between teenagers on a schoolyard, and one that should blow over just as inconsequentially.
I think one thing that frustrates me most about Marvel (and which might be colouring my attitude to what Aaron did here) is that they don't commit to change. Utopia is a great new concept and it's been executed masterfully by Fraction and others, but they do easily backslide into Xavier's school in Westchester - out of nostalgia, not because it hasn't been wrung dry of every fresh story that could be told.
Best issue was Gillen's Regenesis. Good storytelling device, interesting snippets of what generally felt like believable and appropriate dialog (save a few begging moments).
3.5 stars - not great, but some moments of better-than-good. Marvel, don't squander this opportunity.
Here are my plot notes because I can never remember who when and what, when I'm reading later books:
However artificial the premise kicks off the Sentinel re-launch, the initial wave of terror they create is at least believably illustrated. And the antagonists of this story are suitably menacing, but not for reasons I would've expected. they're downright sociopathic and slightly clever, which is a helluva contribution to the X-Men universe for Aaron to make.
After reading the core story, I feel like this: like most of the non-Bendis-led events of Marvel's recent history (e.g. Shadowlands, Fear Itself), the main event comic is probably weaker than some of the supporting stories written alongside as tie-ins to the event. I can't prove that yet with this book, but even though there was some decent plotting and the dialogue improved slightly, this still felt entirely artificial and implausible. As in: with all the fights between Cyclops and Wolverine over the years, when Logan stuck around every time, is this *really* supposed to be the most convincing reason for a split to naturally and finally occur? I hope that Marvel follows through on this one, if they really intend for us to believe it. For now though, this feels like a squabble between teenagers on a schoolyard, and one that should blow over just as inconsequentially.
I think one thing that frustrates me most about Marvel (and which might be colouring my attitude to what Aaron did here) is that they don't commit to change. Utopia is a great new concept and it's been executed masterfully by Fraction and others, but they do easily backslide into Xavier's school in Westchester - out of nostalgia, not because it hasn't been wrung dry of every fresh story that could be told.
Best issue was Gillen's Regenesis. Good storytelling device, interesting snippets of what generally felt like believable and appropriate dialog (save a few begging moments).
3.5 stars - not great, but some moments of better-than-good. Marvel, don't squander this opportunity.
Here are my plot notes because I can never remember who when and what, when I'm reading later books:
May 2, 2015
The X-men are splitting up. This tale focuses on its culmination and the rationales of various characters. The ending was the best part.
Close to a four star but no cigar, Freud.
OVERALL GRADE: B
Close to a four star but no cigar, Freud.
OVERALL GRADE: B
February 24, 2012
SPOILERS
The X-Men have started their own mutant nation, a small island off the coast of California named Utopia, in a bid to create an identity and safe haven for themselves. But following an anarchist mutant attack on the United Nations, the world’s nations activate old Sentinels which quickly prove their age by causing havoc to humans rather than mutants – X-Men to the rescue! Meanwhile the Hellfire Club undergo a rebranding and a new leader with no qualms about setting loose a dangerous new type of machine, one that seems unstoppable, and sets its sights on Utopia. With the X-Men scattered across the globe dealing with the Sentinel threat, Cyclops, leader of Utopia, is given the choice of abandoning the island or doing the unthinkable – conscripting mutant children to put their lives on the line to save the fledgling nation.
Jason Aaron gets the ball rolling nicely on this well put together and vastly interesting new series for the X-Men. I like the idea of Utopia though I felt the Westchester Academy was kind of the same thing. Until it was destroyed of course. The book hinges upon the decision Cyclops faces and which Wolverine is completely against doing – asking kids to fight for them.
The “Schism” of the title is about the conflict between Cyclops and Wolverine’s different leadership styles and their own views on what Utopia stands for – are they training mutants to become X-Men or are they teaching them how to live better lives with their powers? The train/teach difference reflects Cyclops’ current world view which is about establishing safety for the mutants of the world, while the other is Xavier’s legacy of uniting the world through shared understanding. The resulting fight between Cyclops and Wolverine is gripping reading and the mutants of the world become split between one vision of the world and the other. It’s like “Civil War” but for the X-Men only.
The one gripe I will say is about the Hellfire Club – hyper-intelligent and black-hearted 10 year olds, really? 10 year olds? It just looked silly. Either way, this is the most interesting X-Men storyline the series has had in years and I look forward to the coming stories following this split.
The X-Men have started their own mutant nation, a small island off the coast of California named Utopia, in a bid to create an identity and safe haven for themselves. But following an anarchist mutant attack on the United Nations, the world’s nations activate old Sentinels which quickly prove their age by causing havoc to humans rather than mutants – X-Men to the rescue! Meanwhile the Hellfire Club undergo a rebranding and a new leader with no qualms about setting loose a dangerous new type of machine, one that seems unstoppable, and sets its sights on Utopia. With the X-Men scattered across the globe dealing with the Sentinel threat, Cyclops, leader of Utopia, is given the choice of abandoning the island or doing the unthinkable – conscripting mutant children to put their lives on the line to save the fledgling nation.
Jason Aaron gets the ball rolling nicely on this well put together and vastly interesting new series for the X-Men. I like the idea of Utopia though I felt the Westchester Academy was kind of the same thing. Until it was destroyed of course. The book hinges upon the decision Cyclops faces and which Wolverine is completely against doing – asking kids to fight for them.
The “Schism” of the title is about the conflict between Cyclops and Wolverine’s different leadership styles and their own views on what Utopia stands for – are they training mutants to become X-Men or are they teaching them how to live better lives with their powers? The train/teach difference reflects Cyclops’ current world view which is about establishing safety for the mutants of the world, while the other is Xavier’s legacy of uniting the world through shared understanding. The resulting fight between Cyclops and Wolverine is gripping reading and the mutants of the world become split between one vision of the world and the other. It’s like “Civil War” but for the X-Men only.
The one gripe I will say is about the Hellfire Club – hyper-intelligent and black-hearted 10 year olds, really? 10 year olds? It just looked silly. Either way, this is the most interesting X-Men storyline the series has had in years and I look forward to the coming stories following this split.
May 4, 2013
If it wasn't for my current X-Men reading rampage, I never would have picked this book up (especially since I'd never even heard of it.) Some sort-of-crossover-event with a terrible cover? Why bother?
But see, if someone would have just said "It's basically Wolverine & The X-Men vol. 0 with Cyclops burning Wolverine's face off," then JEEZUM KRISMAZ I woulda been ALL OVER DAT.
Luckily, my X-Men rampage led me here. Minus the shit cover, it's awwwwesome. Great art, funny sometimes, serious sometimes, and SOMETHING ACTUALLY HAPPENS, which is never the case with crossovers.
Jason Aaron is kinda my new drug.
But see, if someone would have just said "It's basically Wolverine & The X-Men vol. 0 with Cyclops burning Wolverine's face off," then JEEZUM KRISMAZ I woulda been ALL OVER DAT.
Luckily, my X-Men rampage led me here. Minus the shit cover, it's awwwwesome. Great art, funny sometimes, serious sometimes, and SOMETHING ACTUALLY HAPPENS, which is never the case with crossovers.
Jason Aaron is kinda my new drug.
July 1, 2021
This was a pretty good one!
It starts off with some UN delegation but Quentin screws it up and so the whole world arms its border with Sentinels and thus the peace negotiations are blown off meanwhile in SF when the X-Men go there for some museum thing they get attacked by Kade Kilgore and his new hellfire team and so its upto Cyclops to rescue them and also wolverine and we see the discord between them growing and when the sentinel comes to attack Utopia its a schism between the two regarding whether to involve children or not and its an epic fight between two..one time friends. And then the last one showing them going their separate ways, Scott forming his own team and who will join or not join the other side.
Its a thrill and also an emotional read showing the costs the mutants have had, whose right is a matter of judgement like is Scott wrong wanting to teach these children survival skills and making hard calls as a leader and for Logan to want to protect the innocence and sanctity of these children and its a very contrasting look between Professor X and Magneto and how Cyclops being his ace pupil became so extreme and Wolverine the killer becoming more saint like. Its a remarkable opposition and has various ethical and philosophical debate implications and I love that about it and its so good. Probably one of the best X-Men stories there is and also the art was really good throughout and I like how Aaron is able to show both sides of the isle perfectly!
It starts off with some UN delegation but Quentin screws it up and so the whole world arms its border with Sentinels and thus the peace negotiations are blown off meanwhile in SF when the X-Men go there for some museum thing they get attacked by Kade Kilgore and his new hellfire team and so its upto Cyclops to rescue them and also wolverine and we see the discord between them growing and when the sentinel comes to attack Utopia its a schism between the two regarding whether to involve children or not and its an epic fight between two..one time friends. And then the last one showing them going their separate ways, Scott forming his own team and who will join or not join the other side.
Its a thrill and also an emotional read showing the costs the mutants have had, whose right is a matter of judgement like is Scott wrong wanting to teach these children survival skills and making hard calls as a leader and for Logan to want to protect the innocence and sanctity of these children and its a very contrasting look between Professor X and Magneto and how Cyclops being his ace pupil became so extreme and Wolverine the killer becoming more saint like. Its a remarkable opposition and has various ethical and philosophical debate implications and I love that about it and its so good. Probably one of the best X-Men stories there is and also the art was really good throughout and I like how Aaron is able to show both sides of the isle perfectly!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 7, 2018
2.5 stars.
The age of heroes fighting heroes is in full swing at this period in Marvel history (and would continue for a few years yet), and so now we are given "X-Men Civil War".
I didn't really like the main story until about issue 3. It got a little more interesting and picked up the pace a bit .
Besides a slow start, the only other real complaint is that the art is kind of weird. Logan looks really fat, for example.
The Hope issues are basically the end of the main book retold from a different perspective, from the point of view of characters that I couldn't care less about. The art was also a lot worse in these issues.
The Regenesis issue was about Scott and Logan recruiting different X-Men to their sides. This story was intercut with pointless panels of the characters as cave men, because I guess they needed to pad this dry story out a bit. The funniest part is the end when, in true Marvel "hero vs hero" fashion, it asks "WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON?". Oh god, spare me. If I had rolled my eyes any harder I would have went blind.
So, anyway, a decent X-Men story that really only exists to split everyone's favorite mutants into different teams. Schism is probably worth the read, but I would suggest only the biggest X-Men fans read the other stories.
The age of heroes fighting heroes is in full swing at this period in Marvel history (and would continue for a few years yet), and so now we are given "X-Men Civil War".
I didn't really like the main story until about issue 3. It got a little more interesting and picked up the pace a bit .
Besides a slow start, the only other real complaint is that the art is kind of weird. Logan looks really fat, for example.
The Hope issues are basically the end of the main book retold from a different perspective, from the point of view of characters that I couldn't care less about. The art was also a lot worse in these issues.
The Regenesis issue was about Scott and Logan recruiting different X-Men to their sides. This story was intercut with pointless panels of the characters as cave men, because I guess they needed to pad this dry story out a bit. The funniest part is the end when, in true Marvel "hero vs hero" fashion, it asks "WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON?". Oh god, spare me. If I had rolled my eyes any harder I would have went blind.
So, anyway, a decent X-Men story that really only exists to split everyone's favorite mutants into different teams. Schism is probably worth the read, but I would suggest only the biggest X-Men fans read the other stories.
October 11, 2021
I could have sworn I read this and reviewed it...
But anyway re-reading it I still give it a solid 3 out of 5. The breakup between Cyclops and Wolverine is pretty well done and you can see they both love each other, yes that's right, LOVE each other but have very different beliefs. By the end all good things come to a end.
Did not like the art in this volume though.
But anyway re-reading it I still give it a solid 3 out of 5. The breakup between Cyclops and Wolverine is pretty well done and you can see they both love each other, yes that's right, LOVE each other but have very different beliefs. By the end all good things come to a end.
Did not like the art in this volume though.
July 7, 2016
Really great read! My favorite parts where the Wolverine/Cyclops fight, and the Regenisis issue included at the end. I definitely am going to pick up more X-Men titles when I go back to my lcs!
May 2, 2017
Esta saga me gustó mucho porque habla de la división que hubo en los X-Men entre Cíclope y Wolverine. Es, por decirlo así la explicación de cómo se formaron estos dos bandos y qué mutantes acompañaron a cada cual; y los demás cómics a partir de esta edición respetan siempre la separación de los X-Men casi hasta como lo conocemos en este 2017.
El hecho se desencadena en que Wolverine (muy extrañamente) critica a Cíclope el hecho de que se utilice a los niños mutantes como soldados defendiendo a la raza mutante. Cosa que no me cuadró pues él siendo tan asesino reclamarle a Cíclope eso me pareció un poco exagerado. Y con ello, se podría decir que la manera de entrenar a los X-Men fue la causa de este suceso.
El hecho se desencadena en que Wolverine (muy extrañamente) critica a Cíclope el hecho de que se utilice a los niños mutantes como soldados defendiendo a la raza mutante. Cosa que no me cuadró pues él siendo tan asesino reclamarle a Cíclope eso me pareció un poco exagerado. Y con ello, se podría decir que la manera de entrenar a los X-Men fue la causa de este suceso.
February 27, 2017
the famous wolverine vs. cyclops battle. Having read alot of the newer stuff this book becomes more and more important as time goes on. As we now know 2014 the teams are still broken. Regenesis is a really cool after comic that explains where all the x-men go. Overall Jason Aaron does a great job writing this book. and in the end...we get toad the janitor hahaha
November 4, 2024
"Schism" was a fairly good X-Men comic. The artwork is really good and works very well for this story.
Humanity has restarted the Sentinel program. The X-Men are struggling to deal with the fallout. As the Sentinels move on the mutants, we have a schism in the ideas off how to fight. In a strange twist, it is Wolverine that makes the argument for keeping the younger X-men away from the fight, while Cyclops argues that the war must be fought by all. This argument is happening in the face of annihilation. Good story and good art.
This volume also had an extra issue that shows the recruitment process for the two teams-some will go with Logan and others will stay with Cyclops.
Humanity has restarted the Sentinel program. The X-Men are struggling to deal with the fallout. As the Sentinels move on the mutants, we have a schism in the ideas off how to fight. In a strange twist, it is Wolverine that makes the argument for keeping the younger X-men away from the fight, while Cyclops argues that the war must be fought by all. This argument is happening in the face of annihilation. Good story and good art.
This volume also had an extra issue that shows the recruitment process for the two teams-some will go with Logan and others will stay with Cyclops.
January 30, 2013
Nostalgia for X-Men be darned, this took me almost a month to come back and finish because the first two chapters were so blah why do I care. The last 4 parts of the book went much faster, maybe it was just a change in my attitude. I have to go downgrade my rating for prelude to schism now because this book was much better than that one and I can't possibly give this book more than 3 stars because:
Things I hate:
10 year old super villains. They're not mutants, they're just super evil rich kids who manage to take out all the adults in their life, fight aliens, take over the Hellfire club, create a super sentinel, and successfully destroy the X-Men. It was ridiculous and part of why the second chapter was so hard to get through.
Stupid cavemen fights. What the what?! I guess it made it slightly interesting for someone, and was good for giving breaks as they divided everyone up for this stupid schism.
Logan being a total idiot about kids fighting as though that's not THE ENTIRE POINT OF THE X-MEN! The X-Men have always been kids fighting, that's who they are, Professor X gatherings impressionable young mutants and turns them into a commando team of fighters for truth justice and the mutant way!
Logan and Scott fighting each other when a freaking sentinel is there to destroy them. I think Scott has the sense to stop blowing Logan down to a skeleton after the first sentinel blast on the island even if I can imagine Logan preferring to keep fighting (even though obviously those kids he cares SOOO much about can't possibly have evacuated yet so he can't go blowing up the island).
The art was pretty decent even if I didn't love it all the time. Why can't the same artist do things? Is that asking too much? I loved loyal Logan at the beginning, I love Scott and Logan being friends, I love Logan respecting Scott. I have not read X-books even semi-regularly over the last 15 years so I realize there have been a lot of changes in the characters and the situations. I blame two things 1) those movies that made the comics decide spandex wasn't cool anymore and 2) terrorists making everyone feel like things can only be bad and we have to reflect that in our entertainment. So I know Scott has been doing some crazy stuff for the last decade and I can overlook it in general to read random graphic novels. Maybe I would see it as a more natural change in the books if it happened gradually over a decade but I just randomly read these newer collections (and wish there were some collections of the good stuff I was waiting to have happen for years and then it finally did a couple years after I stopped collecting) and somehow the X-Men have adopted Magneto's dream for mutant isolation and Scott is a jerk who takes advice from Emma and I don't even know who half the characters are and don't really care about their lost childhoods or mental anguish or whatever. I just care about the characters that I know and I do not like the way the writers have decided to tear them apart.
I can't give this less than 3 stars because it was an emotionally charged story for me at least and isn't that what a book should do?
Things I hate:
10 year old super villains. They're not mutants, they're just super evil rich kids who manage to take out all the adults in their life, fight aliens, take over the Hellfire club, create a super sentinel, and successfully destroy the X-Men. It was ridiculous and part of why the second chapter was so hard to get through.
Stupid cavemen fights. What the what?! I guess it made it slightly interesting for someone, and was good for giving breaks as they divided everyone up for this stupid schism.
Logan being a total idiot about kids fighting as though that's not THE ENTIRE POINT OF THE X-MEN! The X-Men have always been kids fighting, that's who they are, Professor X gatherings impressionable young mutants and turns them into a commando team of fighters for truth justice and the mutant way!
Logan and Scott fighting each other when a freaking sentinel is there to destroy them. I think Scott has the sense to stop blowing Logan down to a skeleton after the first sentinel blast on the island even if I can imagine Logan preferring to keep fighting (even though obviously those kids he cares SOOO much about can't possibly have evacuated yet so he can't go blowing up the island).
The art was pretty decent even if I didn't love it all the time. Why can't the same artist do things? Is that asking too much? I loved loyal Logan at the beginning, I love Scott and Logan being friends, I love Logan respecting Scott. I have not read X-books even semi-regularly over the last 15 years so I realize there have been a lot of changes in the characters and the situations. I blame two things 1) those movies that made the comics decide spandex wasn't cool anymore and 2) terrorists making everyone feel like things can only be bad and we have to reflect that in our entertainment. So I know Scott has been doing some crazy stuff for the last decade and I can overlook it in general to read random graphic novels. Maybe I would see it as a more natural change in the books if it happened gradually over a decade but I just randomly read these newer collections (and wish there were some collections of the good stuff I was waiting to have happen for years and then it finally did a couple years after I stopped collecting) and somehow the X-Men have adopted Magneto's dream for mutant isolation and Scott is a jerk who takes advice from Emma and I don't even know who half the characters are and don't really care about their lost childhoods or mental anguish or whatever. I just care about the characters that I know and I do not like the way the writers have decided to tear them apart.
I can't give this less than 3 stars because it was an emotionally charged story for me at least and isn't that what a book should do?
June 14, 2013
I came back to comics after this happened, at the beginning of the Marvel Regenesis period, having read most of Civil War, but nothing much else. (I did read House of M, which was important for this.) For that reason, this book answered a lot of questions that I didn't really even know I had.
I'm glad to know about Kade Kilgore and Quentin Quire and WHY everyone was so mad at Quire. All of this makes Wolverine's work with him at the new school even more mature and Xavier-ish.
Mostly, though, what this book did for me was show the final descent of Scott Summers into idiocy and megalomania. This brings us the Cyclops of AvX and of the new Mutant revolution. It's good to see that happen.
All the years have blinded him to the good and left him myopically seeing the hate. Now, more than ever, he truly is a cyclops, and the accompanying lack of depth perception that comes from not seeing things from two points has blinded him to anything else but his own hurt.
I'm glad to know about Kade Kilgore and Quentin Quire and WHY everyone was so mad at Quire. All of this makes Wolverine's work with him at the new school even more mature and Xavier-ish.
Mostly, though, what this book did for me was show the final descent of Scott Summers into idiocy and megalomania. This brings us the Cyclops of AvX and of the new Mutant revolution. It's good to see that happen.
All the years have blinded him to the good and left him myopically seeing the hate. Now, more than ever, he truly is a cyclops, and the accompanying lack of depth perception that comes from not seeing things from two points has blinded him to anything else but his own hurt.
May 10, 2016
So many tense events have led up to this moment....
Cyclops makes a plea to the UN to have the world decommission their Sentinels. Mutant acceptance is on the decline and he is worried about the safety of Utopia. Instead of complying, it enrages some of the countries and has them reactivating their old broken Sentinels. Enter the Hellfire Club...
Not the Hellfire Club that we've known for a long time, no, this Club is all children of famous and rich people, where the kids themselves are twisted and evil. Their first attack (and first huge fight of this book) is on the Museum of Mutant History. A young mutant is the only one left to stop them and, after Cyclops telling her to do what she feels is right while Wolverine tells her that she is a kid so she needs to escape, she fights back, killing (by accident) over 100 innocents. This event is what begins the Schism: Cyclops (believes that all mutants, regardless of age, should be taught to fight to defend themselves) vs. Wolverine (believes that young mutants should be in school and learning instead of fighting).
The young Hellfire Club mounts another attack. This time, they have developed a weapon that sucks in all metal around and uses the materials to create a very powerful Sentinel. The first Sentinel they make heads towards Utopia. The second major fight of the book comes then between Cyclops and Wolverine, who move the fight from verbal to physical once Scott uses Logan's love for Jean Grey as a low blow. THIS FIGHT IS EPIC, AND A LONG TIME COMING! SO AMAZING!
Their battle includes the Sentinel as well (third and final battle) but is joined by the young X-Men who decide to fight, even though they don't want to. Sentinel defeated, but damage done.
The last issue divides the X-Men into teams. Cyclops stays at Utopia and Wolverine takes his group back to Westchester to found the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning.
Amazing story! Must read for X-Men fans.
Cyclops makes a plea to the UN to have the world decommission their Sentinels. Mutant acceptance is on the decline and he is worried about the safety of Utopia. Instead of complying, it enrages some of the countries and has them reactivating their old broken Sentinels. Enter the Hellfire Club...
Not the Hellfire Club that we've known for a long time, no, this Club is all children of famous and rich people, where the kids themselves are twisted and evil. Their first attack (and first huge fight of this book) is on the Museum of Mutant History. A young mutant is the only one left to stop them and, after Cyclops telling her to do what she feels is right while Wolverine tells her that she is a kid so she needs to escape, she fights back, killing (by accident) over 100 innocents. This event is what begins the Schism: Cyclops (believes that all mutants, regardless of age, should be taught to fight to defend themselves) vs. Wolverine (believes that young mutants should be in school and learning instead of fighting).
The young Hellfire Club mounts another attack. This time, they have developed a weapon that sucks in all metal around and uses the materials to create a very powerful Sentinel. The first Sentinel they make heads towards Utopia. The second major fight of the book comes then between Cyclops and Wolverine, who move the fight from verbal to physical once Scott uses Logan's love for Jean Grey as a low blow. THIS FIGHT IS EPIC, AND A LONG TIME COMING! SO AMAZING!
Their battle includes the Sentinel as well (third and final battle) but is joined by the young X-Men who decide to fight, even though they don't want to. Sentinel defeated, but damage done.
The last issue divides the X-Men into teams. Cyclops stays at Utopia and Wolverine takes his group back to Westchester to found the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning.
Amazing story! Must read for X-Men fans.
March 30, 2012
I read Prelude to Schism, and I thought it was really good. It starts amazingly and it ends ok, nonetheless it is an interesting story that seems to settle ground for a great Event.
And then, there's Schism. During all Schism, I kept wondering where did the prelude fitted in? What was this great invisible menance that requiered the elite of the X-men to be together and to work as a Team, making aside their individual differences, and following their valerous leader.
The answer is nowhere to be found in schism, which turns out to be a really loose X-men story.
But let´s forget about that. Let´see Schism as a stand alone story.
Regarding the art, I hate when there are different artists drawing a single story, you may think that it is accetable since there are different titles involved in this story. Carlos Pacheco does the first number of the epic,and sets the bar high, but the other artists are so below Pachechos level that the whole thing suffers from it.
Carlos pacheco is really good, but he lacks a good colorist, and got quite a static part of the story.
Kubert ( Andy or Adam, I get them mixed)does a terrible depiction of the final batte, his figures seem so distorted before the battle begins that when they start the fight they don´t seem to get that much injuries since they are just as distorted as in the begining.
Scott and Logan have had so many issues over the years and there have been so many different reasons for Logan to leave the x school, We´ve been waiting for the fist figh between cyclops and logan for decades, and now that we have it, it seems that this story only answers the editorial decition to set things for Wolverine as an independant team leader, but it misses the catharsis of the breaking point.
And then, there's Schism. During all Schism, I kept wondering where did the prelude fitted in? What was this great invisible menance that requiered the elite of the X-men to be together and to work as a Team, making aside their individual differences, and following their valerous leader.
The answer is nowhere to be found in schism, which turns out to be a really loose X-men story.
But let´s forget about that. Let´see Schism as a stand alone story.
Regarding the art, I hate when there are different artists drawing a single story, you may think that it is accetable since there are different titles involved in this story. Carlos Pacheco does the first number of the epic,and sets the bar high, but the other artists are so below Pachechos level that the whole thing suffers from it.
Carlos pacheco is really good, but he lacks a good colorist, and got quite a static part of the story.
Kubert ( Andy or Adam, I get them mixed)does a terrible depiction of the final batte, his figures seem so distorted before the battle begins that when they start the fight they don´t seem to get that much injuries since they are just as distorted as in the begining.
Scott and Logan have had so many issues over the years and there have been so many different reasons for Logan to leave the x school, We´ve been waiting for the fist figh between cyclops and logan for decades, and now that we have it, it seems that this story only answers the editorial decition to set things for Wolverine as an independant team leader, but it misses the catharsis of the breaking point.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 26, 2016
Talk about a difference of opinions; Wolverine wants to protect mutant children while Cyclops thinks every mutant is a combatant. They clash in a very spectacular way and end up drawing a dividing line between the few remaining mutants.
The plot is so packed that it's a bit messy at times, but the epic showdown between Wolverine and Cyclops made me unable to give it a lower score ^_^
The plot is so packed that it's a bit messy at times, but the epic showdown between Wolverine and Cyclops made me unable to give it a lower score ^_^
May 6, 2025
Il y a beaucoup de choses à dire. Déjà, je suis une enfant du divorce.
Scott, leader des x-men, fait fasse à une grande menace et doit prendre des décisions pas faciles. Logan, son bras droit, commence à questionner ses agissements jusqu’à prendre des distances (permanentes). Les x-men se retrouvent cinder en deux et moi je me retrouve au milieu complément déboussolée.
J’ai trouvé que le récit était bien écrit et bien amené. Si tu es un lecteur régulier, ce n’est pas la première fois que Scott doit prendre des décisions radicales et ce n’est pas la première fois que Logan remet ça en question. Ce n’est pas non plus leur premier débat sur la question. Je comprends d’où viennent les deux personnages. Mon interprétation personnelle, c’est Logan a mal vécu ce qui s’est passé avec la x-force et regrette l’implication de Laura. He failed her. C’est pourquoi il tient une position pareil dans Schism. Quelqu’un dans les commentaires a dit que c’était culotté de sa part de prendre la défense des enfants quand il avait lui même envoyé Laura au combat mais je trouve que c’est l’inverse. Déjà, il était pas complément pour et il sait aujourd’hui à quel point il a foiré et n’aurait rien du laisser passer. Si vous lisez X-Force jusqu’au bout, c’est d’ailleurs lui qui prend la décision de la virer au détriment de Scott.
Maintenant j’aime bien l’évolution de Scott dans un personnage plus révolutionnaire et moins lisse qu’au début. Oui, il prend des décisions qui sont moralement questionnables mais il les prend pour le bien des mutants. Si personne n’est prêt à prendre des risques, rien ne changera. C’est d’ailleurs grâce à ça que les x-men ont réussi à sauver Hope et à sauver les mutants. Si Scott n’avait pas pris des risques, n’avait pas sacrifié des siens, les mutants seraient une espèce en voie de disparition. Donc en effet je suis fondamentalement pas toujours d’accord avec lui mais j’apprécie le fait qu’il assume toujours les responsabilités et qu’il n’est pas complément inconscient. Il sait ce qu’il fait, il sait que tout retombera sur lui mais il préfère qu’on le déteste (comme Hope), il préfère avoir des morts sur la conscience (comme vousavezqui) plutôt que d’abandonner le combat et je respecte ça.
Quelques pensées en vrac :
- Logan qui a dit à Scott qu’il a menti pour lui, tué pour lui, etc ça m’a UGHHHH. Ils s’aiment et se respectent énormément. Croyez moi le divorce était dur.
- Par contre Scott qui bring up Jean out of nowhere en disant qu’elle a jamais aimé Logan était trop nasty mdrrrr (libérez nous)
- Idie qui dit qu’elle préfère que ce soit elle qui soit une meurtrière plutôt que les autres enfants est tellement un reflet de Logan
- J’aime pas Namor
- Les méchants sont nuls. Dire que les x-men sont font boloss par des fachos millionnaires de DOUZE ans. La honte !
Bref,
Je suis très enthousiaste à l’idée de voir ce que va devenir Scott. Plus que Logan.
L’histoire se souviendra de la séparation de l’église et de l’état en 1905 et de la séparation de Logan et Scott en 2012.
Scott, leader des x-men, fait fasse à une grande menace et doit prendre des décisions pas faciles. Logan, son bras droit, commence à questionner ses agissements jusqu’à prendre des distances (permanentes). Les x-men se retrouvent cinder en deux et moi je me retrouve au milieu complément déboussolée.
J’ai trouvé que le récit était bien écrit et bien amené. Si tu es un lecteur régulier, ce n’est pas la première fois que Scott doit prendre des décisions radicales et ce n’est pas la première fois que Logan remet ça en question. Ce n’est pas non plus leur premier débat sur la question. Je comprends d’où viennent les deux personnages. Mon interprétation personnelle, c’est Logan a mal vécu ce qui s’est passé avec la x-force et regrette l’implication de Laura. He failed her. C’est pourquoi il tient une position pareil dans Schism. Quelqu’un dans les commentaires a dit que c’était culotté de sa part de prendre la défense des enfants quand il avait lui même envoyé Laura au combat mais je trouve que c’est l’inverse. Déjà, il était pas complément pour et il sait aujourd’hui à quel point il a foiré et n’aurait rien du laisser passer. Si vous lisez X-Force jusqu’au bout, c’est d’ailleurs lui qui prend la décision de la virer au détriment de Scott.
Maintenant j’aime bien l’évolution de Scott dans un personnage plus révolutionnaire et moins lisse qu’au début. Oui, il prend des décisions qui sont moralement questionnables mais il les prend pour le bien des mutants. Si personne n’est prêt à prendre des risques, rien ne changera. C’est d’ailleurs grâce à ça que les x-men ont réussi à sauver Hope et à sauver les mutants. Si Scott n’avait pas pris des risques, n’avait pas sacrifié des siens, les mutants seraient une espèce en voie de disparition. Donc en effet je suis fondamentalement pas toujours d’accord avec lui mais j’apprécie le fait qu’il assume toujours les responsabilités et qu’il n’est pas complément inconscient. Il sait ce qu’il fait, il sait que tout retombera sur lui mais il préfère qu’on le déteste (comme Hope), il préfère avoir des morts sur la conscience (comme vousavezqui) plutôt que d’abandonner le combat et je respecte ça.
Quelques pensées en vrac :
- Logan qui a dit à Scott qu’il a menti pour lui, tué pour lui, etc ça m’a UGHHHH. Ils s’aiment et se respectent énormément. Croyez moi le divorce était dur.
- Par contre Scott qui bring up Jean out of nowhere en disant qu’elle a jamais aimé Logan était trop nasty mdrrrr (libérez nous)
- Idie qui dit qu’elle préfère que ce soit elle qui soit une meurtrière plutôt que les autres enfants est tellement un reflet de Logan
- J’aime pas Namor
- Les méchants sont nuls. Dire que les x-men sont font boloss par des fachos millionnaires de DOUZE ans. La honte !
Bref,
Je suis très enthousiaste à l’idée de voir ce que va devenir Scott. Plus que Logan.
L’histoire se souviendra de la séparation de l’église et de l’état en 1905 et de la séparation de Logan et Scott en 2012.
June 18, 2023
Историята за разрива между Циклоп и Върколак по въпроса как да реагират на ударите на враговете си - каква да бъде съдбата на остров Утопия, където са се оттеглили оцелелите Х-мен и дали да включат в конфликта малолетните членове на оредялото си общество - определено ми се понрави. Артът, дело на няколко художника, също имаше какво да предложи.
August 24, 2018
Quentin Quire non è stata che la miccia per questa polveriera di tensioni tra la razza umana e quella mutante… tra Ciclope e Wolverine… c’è persino il Club Infernale per accrescere l’aspetto pirotecnico della cosa. Lo Scisma è uno degli X-Eventi più carismatici di sempre, uno dei miei preferiti.
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