This was okay...only okay. Maybe I've been away from the X-Men too long. Maybe it was all the holes in the plotline. I don't know.

The writing was only okay. One twelve-year-old genius megalomaniac who talks like he's 50 and straight out of bad James Bond fan-fiction I could tolerate. But an entire cabal of them? No.

The art started off fairly weak with Pacheco, but improved over the five issues. ( )

An interesting take on the mutants and their struggles with all of humanity. Also, a symbol of how human interactions are, especially under stress. ( )

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.... ( )

According to the back of this book “…heroes will clash, kinships will fracture and the landscape of the Marvel universe will change forever.” Well, until the next big reset button needs to be pushed anyway. Schism is essentially the set-up for the restructuring of the X-Men books, with Wolverine and Cyclops having irreconcilable differences of approach. The teenage Hellfire Club amuses, straddling the line between silly and sinister, and the odd character moment charms but as with most ‘event’ books it just feels like the groundwork for the next summer blockbuster story. ( )

X-men schism #1-5 and X-men: regenesis #1 ( )