X-Men: Divided We Stand

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"X-Men: Divided We Stand"
X-Men Divided.jpg
Cover of X-Men: Divided We Stand 1 (Jun 2008), art by Brandon Peterson
Publisher Marvel Comics
Publication dateFebruary – August 2008
Genre
Title(s)
X-Men: Divided We Stand #1-2
Main series listed by individual story arc titles:
"Angels and Demons"
   X-Force vol. 3, #1-6
"Divided"
   The Uncanny X-Men #495-499
"Final Genesis"
   Young X-Men #1-5
"From Genesis to Revelations"
   X-Men: Legacy #208-214
"Get Mystique!"
   Wolverine vol. 3, #62-65
"The Only Game in Town"
   X-Factor vol. 3, #28-32
"Sins of the Father"
   X-Men: Legacy #208-214
"War Baby"
   Cable vol. 2, #1-5
Uncanny X-Men: Divided We Stand ISBN   0785119833
X-Factor: The Only Game In Town ISBN   0785128638
X-Force: Angels and Demons ISBN   0785129766
X-Men: Divided We Stand ISBN   0785132651
X-Men Legacy: Divided He Stands ISBN   0785130004
X-Men Legacy: Sins of the Father ISBN   0785130020
Young X-Men: Final Genesis ISBN   078513154X

"X-Men: Divided We Stand" is a 2008 comic book storyline published by Marvel Comics as a follow-up storyline to the "Messiah Complex" story arc.

Contents

Publication history

The story started with the issues of the X-Men-related titles cover dated April 2008. This included: The Uncanny X-Men ; Wolverine vol. 3; X-Factor vol. 3; and X-Men vol. 2, which was retitled X-Men: Legacy . It also launched three ongoing titles - Cable vol. 2, X-Force vol. 3, and Young X-Men - and a self-titled, two-issue limited series. Each ongoing series ran a separate story arc with "Divided We Stand" providing an overall theme. The aftermath of the story is continued in "X-Men: Manifest Destiny".

Individual titles

Plot

The X-Men are disbanded. A new X-Force team is formed to carry out covert assassination missions. Striking out on his own as usual, Wolverine hunts down Mystique to make her pay for her actions in Messiah Complex, while Cable tries to protect the mutant baby from Lucas Bishop.

Reading order

Uncanny X-Men

X-Men: Legacy

X-Factor

X-Force

Wolverine

Cable

Central title

Young X-Men

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