X-Men: Schism Premiere HC [2011] by Jason Aaron

X-MEN: SCHISM PREMIERE HARDCOVER

During X-Men Prelude to Schism series writer Paul Jenkins (Origin) focuses on the mindset and direction for mutants from the perspectives of Professor X, Cyclops, Wolverine, and Magneto just as the foundation of the mutant nation is set to crumble.

The stage is set for X-Men: Schism as the differences between both Cyclops and Wolverine split the X-Men apart. Jason Aaron describes Cyclops as a General and Wolverine as the number one soldier. Cyclops wants mutants isolated on Utopia from the human population while Wolverine favors integration. X-Men: Schism portrays the modern day fallout between Professor Charles Xavier and Magneto.

Cyclops heads to an international arms control conference in Switzerland with his one-man security team and token Avenger Wolverine. Cyclops speaks about officially petitioning the decommissioning of Sentinels around the world to prevent mutant genocide. His speech is interrupted by Kid Omega who proclaims himself as the future leader of the X-Men. Kid Omega uses his powers to give the world leaders an uncontrollable telepathic compulsion to reveal their secrets. Someone issues an order to release the Sentinels against both Cyclops and Wolverine as Kid Omega warns watch what comes next.

Nations around the world show their arms through revealing their Sentinel programs. Defective Sentinels around the world are attacking their human population as the X-Men prepare to stop them. Kid Omega Quentin Quire arrives on Utopia and requests sanctuary.Meanwhile Carlton Kilgore is shot and killed by his son Kade and takes over as CEO of Kilgore a world’s arms manufacturer. Kade orchestrated the release of Kid Omega all for the purpose of being admitted as the new Black King of the Hellfire Club, which consists entirely of humans.

X-Men Schism ends the same time as Marvel’s summer series Fear Itself for a reason according to Editor in Chief Axel Alonso. The books will split into two different teams with different mission statements starring both Cyclops on Uncanny X-Men and Wolverine on Wolverine & The X-Men #1. Plans are seeded this year for next summer’s Marvel event involving the X-Men.

X-MEN: SCHISM HIGHLIGHTS
- The Hellfire Club attacks the X-Men within the Museum of Mutant History using brain slugs

- Idie of Generation Hope takes down several men of the Hellfire Club

- Kilgore sets off a bomb creating a new Sentinel headed towards Utopia

- Cyclops uses the Generation Hope kids to defend Utopia while Wolverine disagrees

- Wolverine arms 2000lbs of plastic explosives to up both Utopia and the approaching Sentinel

- Cyclops attempts to stop Wolverine from destroying Utopia as the Super-Sentinel approaches

- The other mutant inhabitants of Utopia arrive to take on the Super-Sentinel

- The Super-Sentinel is destroyed and Wolverine leaves for New York to start a new mutant school

X-MEN: REGENESIS HIGHLIGHTS
- Cyclops retains his soldiers on Utopia while Logan builds a school for students

- Iceman becomes an instructor while Beast runs the new school

- Magneto, Namor, Colossus, Dazzler, and Psylocke remain on Utopia

- Cyclops asks Psylocke to recreate X-Force and begs Storm to stay to keep an eye on things

- Toad asks Logan to become a janitor at his new school

- Emma Frost liquids her corporate holdings to fund Utopia

This hardcover collects

X-Men:Schism #1-5

Generation Hope #10-11

X-Men: Regenesis

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