Schism
2011The X-Men fracture. When the new Black King of the Hellfire Club — a twelve-year-old sociopath named Kade Kilgore — engineers an international anti-mutant arms race and launches a massive Sentinel attack on Utopia, Cyclops and Wolverine's simmering disagreements erupt into open conflict. Cyclops orders the teenage mutants to fight; Wolverine refuses to let children be soldiers. Their argument escalates into a brutal physical confrontation on the beach of Utopia as the Sentinel bears down. In the aftermath, Wolverine takes half the X-Men back to Westchester to reopen the school (renamed the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning), while Cyclops maintains his militant Extinction Team on Utopia. The X-Men are split in two.
5 core issues, 7 optional tie-ins/crossovers
PrologueXavier reflects on the X-Men's history and the coming crisis
PrologueMagneto's perspective on mutant leadership
PrologueCyclops weighs the burden of command
PrologueWolverine confronts what the X-Men have become
Cyclops and Wolverine attend an international arms conference; Quentin Quire causes an incident; the new Hellfire Club is introduced
Kade Kilgore's Hellfire Club activates Sentinels worldwide; Cyclops asks the students to prepare for battle
Wolverine clashes with Cyclops over using the students as soldiers; a massive Sentinel heads for Utopia
Cyclops and Wolverine fight each other on the beach as the Sentinel approaches
The students defeat the Sentinel themselves; Wolverine decides to leave Utopia and reopen the school in Westchester
Tie-InHope's team caught between Cyclops and Wolverine
Tie-In
EpilogueEvery mutant chooses a side — Cyclops's Utopia or Wolverine's school; the X-Men franchise splits in two