X-Men: Prelude to Schism [Hardcover]

This is the compiled hardcover for the miniseries Prelude to Schism. This miniseries is about how and what the leader of the X-Men, a group of super-powered mutants, decides regarding how to deal with a looming menace that threatens to kill all members of the group. This is not a book where you see the whole process or what the menace is. You just know that it is coming, it is deadly, and a decision has to be made in a short time. Each part of the story focuses on how one of four members of the team lives that short time. As a TV show or as a serial of four comic books (which is the original format of the series) this plot device might have worked better than in a compiled edition, where a lot of it seem repetitious and been there done that. The story is competent and the art is very inhomogeneous, as artists change from one part to the next. Read it if you are a die hard fan of the X-Men.
Story:3
Art:3
Overall:3