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X-Men: Schism

by Jason Aaron, Kieron Gillen, Carlos Pacheco (Illustrations), Frank Cho (Illustrations)

3.64 of 5 stars 3.64 · rating details · 490 ratings · 44 reviews

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...more

Hardcover, 224 pages

Published January 11th 2012 by Marvel (first published May 25th 2011)

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May 04, 2013 Keith rated it 4 of 5 stars

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 somet...more

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Jan 22, 2012 Markus rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: comics-2012, x-men, marvel

Me and my x-men comics have a relationship going on over 20 years. We have had more good times than bad times, there's was a year or two that we lived in a separation, but Grant Morrison came and united us once more and everything was good for a while. Lately we have more bad times than good times and divorce was looming in a horizon. I decided to give last chance to this new 'counselor guy' named Jason Aaron and this thing called the 'Schism' and something happened, his plan worked. I was smili...more

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May 15, 2013 Tom rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I fell out of X-Men comics for a while, and with the current direction largely under Brian Michael Bendis, I am not expecting to go back anytime soon. So, why did the team break up with Wolverine ditching Cyclops? I would have thought Scott Summers would be the one to restart Xavier's school, not Wolverine. Presented here, it makes sense why that would happen. Cyclops is in full-on war mode. He thinks that mutants are rare, so they better band together and fight like crazy to stay alive from the...more

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Apr 11, 2013 Becky rated it 4 of 5 stars

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Oct 16, 2012 Justyn Rampa rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: graphic-novels

So I've finally read Schism which as far as events go, was very hyped but wasn't necessarily getting great reviews. I waited until I was able to get a copy from the library. The volume was six issues long. Five of those issues were the story proper and the final issue, Regenesis, was more like an epilogue. Schism proper was okay. The art changed from issue to issue and most of it was generic except Daniel Acuna in the third issue, so I didn't get too worked up about most of the art because there...more

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Aug 28, 2012 Trevor rated it 3 of 5 stars

Not too bad, though I don't think it really read like the huge, epic event it probably should have been, given the ramifications. I think part of the problem is that the event which leads to the titular "schism" doesn't really seem like that big of a deal, especially not in the wake of huge battles the X-Men have recently gone through in stories like Second Coming or even Curse of the Mutants. I mean, it's just Sentinels? Don't get me wrong, Sentinels are cool and all, and I'm glad to see them b...more

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May 01, 2012 John rated it 3 of 5 stars

I thought this specific story was pretty well written and integrated the peripheral characters well while highlighting the pressures both Cyclops and Wolverine are undergoing in the new situation for mutant kind. What I didn't like wasn't really in this book, it was more an uneasiness I have with the entire Marvel universe right now. Had you asked during the Morrison new x-men run,or even the Whedon astonishing run, which of these two characters would want to train the young mutants as soldiers,...more

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Apr 17, 2012 Matt rated it 3 of 5 stars

THE story which changes everything for Marvel’s misunderstood mutants as the teams are split into diametrically opposed alliances behind Cyclops (Scott Summers) and Wolverine (James “Logan” Howlett).
The origins of this ideological division can be traced back to M-Day, when rogue superheroine the Scarlet Witch warped reality to reduce the world’s mutant population to around 200, draining the powers of everyone else and as a consequence bringing Homo Superior to the point of extinction.
The majorit...more THE story which changes everything for Marvel’s misunderstood mutants as the teams are split into diametrically opposed alliances behind Cyclops (Scott Summers) and Wolverine (James “Logan” Howlett).
The origins of this ideological division can be traced back to M-Day, when rogue superheroine the Scarlet Witch warped reality to reduce the world’s mutant population to around 200, draining the powers of everyone else and as a consequence bringing Homo Superior to the point of extinction.
The majority of the planet’s surviving mutants established a nation state on the island of Utopia, off the American West Coast, but have frequently found themselves targeted by forces which would like nothing more than wipe out mutantkind forever.
But whereas Cyclops believes every citizen of Utopia is a soldier in the fight to secure a future for their race, Wolverine is growing increasingly uncomfortable with the island’s younger residents becoming involved in combat against foes who aren’t taking any prisoners.
When Summers addresses an assembly of United Nations representatives as part of his campaign to bring about the decommissioning of the world’s mutant-hunting Sentinel robots, the UN building is attacked, leading to many countries mobilising their relatively obsolete Sentinels in response.
When these giant robots suddenly lose control and begin attacking random civilians, the X-Men are sent to hot spots across the globe to deal with the troubles.
The situation reaches crisis point during an attack on a new San Franciscan mutant museum by the forces of a revitalised Hellfire Club, once led by a cadre of superpowered criminals, but now under the control of a gang of remarkably gifted children, who believe eliminating anyone with an X-gene is necessary to preserve the survival of humanity.
With the majority of the X-Men incapacitated or fighting Sentinel aggression worldwide, both Cyclops and Wolverine telepathically contact 14-year-old Oya, who is trapped inside the museum. Summers urges her to use her temperature-control powers to attack the Hellfire Club’s soldiers, but Logan wants her to get out instead. Eventually she sides with Scott, and kills dozens of soldiers, rescuing the injured X-Men and assorted civilians in the process.
It is an act which Wolverine cannot condone, but before he can tackle Cyclops about his actions, the Hellfire Club activates a new giant Sentinel and sends it on a collision course for Utopia. With just a handful of teenage mutants on the island, once again Summers and Logan are at odds over whether they should stand and fight or escape with their lives…
This milestone book promises to shake-up the X-Men universe forever, with the consequences of the split between those loyal to Cyclops and the supporters of Wolverine set to play out over years to come.
Jason Aaron’s script does a good job of selling the concept of the schism between the two long-term allies, but has little room to expand upon why assorted X-Men choose a specific side, something which will hopefully be touched upon in greater detail in future stories.
A strong array of artistic talent is on display here, but the lack of a single visual creator does create a certain inconsistency in the story-telling, although nothing which will cause the reader any real problems.
As a game-changer for Marvel’s mutants, Schism does exactly what it set out to achieve, and I for one will be eagerly looking forward to how things progress over the months to come.
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Feb 24, 2012 Sam Quixote rated it 4 of 5 stars

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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 t...more 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. (less)

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Oct 18, 2012 Shaun rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I was a little disappointed with this one. I thought the threat that lead to the schism would have been much larger, but again the focus is on the split and not outside forces. I was disappointed with the child ridden Hellfire Club; even though they were smart I though Aaron could have come up with better antagonists. At first I thought that I would side primarily with Logan, but realizing that the original X-men were also teens I saw Scott's side of the argument. The mutants live in a world th...more

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Mar 29, 2012 Rattoni rated it 1 of 5 stars

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. 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 fo...more

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May 20, 2013 Jeff Lanter rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: graphic-novels

For some reason, I've enjoyed all of the Marvel event books I've tried thus far. Part of the reason is the scale, but also it is because the few I've read don't seem forced or contrived (though I bet those exist). Schism has important consequences but still feels very focused on one event. Unlike more recent X-Men events like Nation X, the cast of characters is pretty small in Schism and I think it is primarily written for fans of Uncanny X-Men. There is nothing in the plot that surprises and th...more

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Nov 19, 2012 Scott rated it 2 of 5 stars

It's hard to work up enough interest to properly review this book. Admittedly, I was already off the Kool-Aid(tm), but the "Prelude to" volume had some promise.

Which was completely ignored, discarded even, for this series. In fact, 2 stars might be a bit generous, but I didn't hate it.

It's a super-powered goob fest. In true x-men Fashion, Marvel has reached back through time and find the plots you cared least about, dressed them up in new clothes, and demands that you love them.

In other words, y...more

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Jan 16, 2013 Brandon rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: graphc-novles-and-comic-books

This is a very good story, It can be viewed from both sides as being correct. Logan (wolverine) is on the side of protecting the inocence of the children, while Scott (cyclops), has begun to view the innocence of the children as a luxuruy that cannot be afforded. And Sadly, they are both correct. Scott has become responsible for the survival of the mutants, and entire race. And that weighs heavily on him. This story and his decent into no longer being the idealistic youth is being highlighted ex...more

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Dec 16, 2012 Ernest rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The build-up and execution of the two philosophies, now strangely yet appropriately led by Cyclops and Wolverine, was solidly done, if drawn out. I enjoyed the rise of the new Hellfire club, a group which is both distinctive in its nature yet still with the appropriate links to history and the moment at the United Nations was both terrible and brilliant. The story was solid with the high points quite well done but it did drag out a little and could have been more concisely told.

The final issue o...more

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Nov 21, 2012 Ryan rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: recommended

I really wanted this book to be better because the ideas are all good ones: a conflict between X-Men beliefs is a reasonable one; treating the X-Men like an army was stupid, because it only allowed a few characters to develop while the rest stagnated or regressed into pointlessness.

But there were a couple of flaws in the way this was carried out: first, there was no explanation as to how a bunch of 9 year olds could be so bad-ass; second, the last two chapters were sloppy (about the worst work...more

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Feb 16, 2013 Rishi rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: comics

Probably three and half stars for the writing, but two stars for the art. The art is not terrible for the most part, but every issue of this volume was done by a different artist and it is a little jarring. Aaron is good at creating creepy and unique villains though.

It does take X-Men in an interesting direction (I haven't read anything published after this yet), but I can't help but think that all the changes to the X-Men are going to be reversed in an upcoming volume.

Also, small note: Aaron us...more

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Jul 04, 2012 Craig rated it 4 of 5 stars

I thought it was pretty good, though the specific event that caused the actual break could have been something a bit more significant (rather than something staged to increase arms sales...say what?). I like the idea of 2 competing visions for the future of mutants and that Wolverine is the one who takes on the mantle of Professor Xavier's vision of mutants and humans coexisting--you'd kind of expect the opposite, especially since Logan is the de-facto leader of the X-Force, the mutant dirty wor...more

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Jul 22, 2012 Skyler rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: graphic-novels-2012, read-in-2012

Finally got caught up on the events that led up to the X-men split. It contains some interesting character development for Wolverine, the softy, and Cyclops, the extremist. Its impact is lessened a bit by already having read Wolverine and the X-men monthly. Also, the upcoming Marvel Now relaunch has me worried a bit. I can't believe that there isn't going to be an Uncanny X-men ongoing and I don't know if I can bring myself to read the Uncanny Avengers.

The artist changes from issue to issue and...more

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Mar 15, 2013 Gavin rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: comics

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, becau...more

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Jan 30, 2013 Beckiezra rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: comics-manga

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...more 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? (less)

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Jun 17, 2012 Mike rated it 3 of 5 stars

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 e...more 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:
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Sam Quixote “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...more
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Mike I agree this is a shattering question to ask, and it should have major consequences. I dunno, maybe I'm just uber-skeptical of the long-term effects o...more
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Apr 07, 2012 Rick rated it 2 of 5 stars

Where to start... How about the art? For a tent pole event have a consistent art team, not different teams for different sections. And the über-sentinel that supposedly is the ultimate mutant killing machine... that gets destroyed magically by nothing more than "coming together as a team"? Seriously? And I just can't buy Wolverine as the compassionate guy who doesn't think kids should fight and kill... but has mentored a teenage killing machine (X-23)? Come on...

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Sep 23, 2012 Steven rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: graphicnovels, super-heroes

Fiction requires a suspension of disbelief. My disbelief kept me from even enjoying some of the art (and I love Alan Davis' work without question).

The idea that Wolverine would be the true voice of Xavier's legacy over Scott tells me that Marvel's lost touch with its own characters, let alone having a firm hand on its own direction.

So, so glad I've given up reading comics other than random trades from the library....

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Jun 20, 2012 Andy Stehr rated it 3 of 5 stars

Pretty good. I'm digging Wolverine and the X-Men so much that I wanted to get some back ground. Where Wolverine and the X-Men is fun and cool, Schism is dour and serious. I like the X-Men more when they are having fun, not so much when they are preoccupied with the imminent extinction of the mutant race. Enjoyed it enough to pick up the full run of new Uncanny X-Men title.

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Feb 14, 2012 TJ Shelby rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: marvel

Really liked this story. Changes are coming for the X-men and I think it is going to be amazing. The interchanges between Cyclops and Wolverine were great. Both characters have evolved so much since reading there stories as a kid. If you hate the constant barrage of X-men crossovers though, I hate to tell you but it sure seems like that will inevitably continue.

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Jul 18, 2012 Shannon Appelcline rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: comics, comics-marvel

Aaron manages to offer up a good explanation to the schism that builds well on trends of recent years. He also does it with some nice humor and great characterization. Then Gillen manages rather impressively to make a long series of team choices fairly riveting, thanks mainly to the attention to character and continuity.

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Mar 11, 2012 Jamie rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: graphicnovels

The core of the book is good, though the bonus issue is a little anticlimactic for the total reading experience. I am confused as to how this actually connects to PRELUDE TO SCHISM, which made it seem like there was some specific event on the way that would be the actual cause of the split. Am I missing something?

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Feb 27, 2012 Leilani rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: graphic-novels

I enjoyed the callbacks to X-Men history that I recognized, and puzzled over the ones I didn't (must remember to look those up). The 3rd issue had beautiful art by Daniel Acuna; wish he had done more of it, although the other art wasn't bad by any means. Even the characters who were only around for a few panels felt true to themselves, and the main storyline was powerful. A very interesting place for me to jump back into the X-universe after a few years away.

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Jan 28, 2012 Myke rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: comics, graphic-novel

Since i've been reading both Gillen and Aaron's separate x-books (and enjoying both may i add) i thought it might be a good idea to see how the split occurred. In a way this helps shape Aaron's Wolverine & the X-men more than it does Uncanny X-men but the Regenesis issue shows us who goes with who.

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Jason 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 h...more Jason 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.(less)

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