The mini-series that leads to the X-Event of 2011 continues! This month we get inside the heads of the two most important X-Men: Cyclops and Wolverine. See parts of their past you never saw before, experience the most intense moments in X-History and understand what leads to the Schism that is coming!
Once again, Prelude to Schism would have been a fine oversized one-shot. But by expanding such a limited concept to four issues, Jenkins just isn't able to provide the individual chapters with the meaty content they needed. Read Full Review
The result of all this is that I now feel uncertain about Schism - if this is what it's all about, it might not be worth the effort. Read Full Review
If you're a fan of Mann's art or an X-Men completest, then you'll probably buy this issue. But if you're neither of those things, you're better served waiting for the actual X-Men: Schism miniseries. Read Full Review
As I said at the start of the review, the phrase "waste of paper" is one I don't deploy lightly, and I'm not sure it really applies here. Certainly, there's some merit to be found, if only in the art. I have absolutely no trouble, however, describing this series as a waste of readers' time and money. It takes four issues to do nothing interesting, say nothing interesting, and " I suspect " will ultimately fail to have any impact on "Schism" (or any other X-Men comic, for that matter). Trust me when I say you can give this one a wide berth and miss absolutely nothing worth seeing. Read Full Review
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