X-Men: Divided We Stand

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X-Men: Divided We Stand is the follow-up storyline from the crossover entitled X-Men: Messiah Complex which started in February 2008

[edit] Storyline overview

There is no main story, as the crossover deals with several characters trying to adapt to the X-men's disbandment. Here are the events that have happened in the titles so far:

• In Uncanny X-Men with the team disbanded, Cyclops and Emma Frost have taken a holiday to the Savage Land, but are called to San Francisco by Archangel because a hippie 'goddess' (actually Martinique Jason) has placed the city, including Hepzibah, Warpath, Iceman and Archangel, under her control and in a 60s style illusion.

• Meanwhile, Nightcrawler, Wolverine and Colossus are travelling through Europe, when they are captured in Russia by the Red Room and interrogated by someone who wants to know why M-Day has left America with the most mutants and Russia with none.

• In X-Factor the team is struggling to deal with their own losses, as Wolfsbane leaves to join X-Force. Layla Miller is trapped in the future and Jamie Madrox now bears an M tattoo over his eye. They soon run up against Arcade, who holds Mutant Town hostage while most of the populace contemplates either changing the district's name or leaving altogether. However, an ex-Purifier named Taylor has sabotaged the district and dies, causing bombs to explode throughout Mutant Town.

• In new series Young X-Men, Cyclops gathers Rockslide, Wolf Cub, Dust, Blindfold and new character called Ink to fight the new Brotherhood of Mutants, who are apparently now consisting of former New Mutants Sunspot, Cannonball, Magma, and Danielle Moonstar. However Cyclops may not be who he seems. Blindfold has also had a vision of the team being betrayed and killed while fighting Donald Pierce and Rockslide demands she be added on the team or he won't join.

• In the renamed X-Men: Legacy the Acolytes have retrieved Professor X's body, which is being kept alive by Omega Sentinel. Exodus heals Professor Xavier's damaged mind while Magneto arrives and clashes with his former disciples. Meanwhile Sunspot and Sebastian Shaw are clashing within the Hellfire Club. Xavier leaves Exodus, after a battle on the Astral Plane, and goes his own way, watched over by Gambit, who comes to defend him from masked soldiers.

• In a relaunch of X-Force the new group (consisting of Wolverine, X-23, Warpath and Wolfsbane) are sent after the Purifiers by Cyclops. They soon discover that Wolfsbane's father Reverend Craig is helping them. They have also rebuilt Bastion, who is using Magus to create a 'Choir' of anti-mutant leaders including Donald Pierce, Leper Queen, Cameron Hodge and the reanimated forms of William Stryker, Stephen Lang, Bolivar Trask, and Graydon Creed. Archangel will also be helping the X-Force after Wolfsbane is wounded after being captured by the Purifiers and injected with a large dose of heroin.

• Meanwhile in his own title, Wolverine has also been sent after Mystique by Cyclops to punish her for her role in Messiah Complex. As he tracks her Wolverine remembers his own history with her.

• Cable has a new title, where he is in the future trying to protect the mutant baby while he is being pursued by Bishop, who desires to kill the child to prevent his dark future from occurring. Cable has recently encountered a much older Cannonball in the future.

• The Free Comic Book Day issue focuses on Pixie as she returns to her old life in Wales. However, her investigation into several missing people leads her into conflict with the N'Garai. Cyclops, Emma Frost, Beast, Colossus, Nightcrawler and Wolverine come to her aid and she is offered a place among the new X-Men team forming in San Francisco after they defeat the N'Garai demons.

In the X-Men: Divided We Stand limited series, several characters are explored, mostly those who left the X-Men:

• Gentle returns to Wakanda but is shunned by his people, even his own mother due to his Russian father. He finds he prefers the New X-Men's company, even though they annoyed him and using his powers has put his life at risk.
• Anole finds that his parents have rejected him as his experiences with the X-Men have left him too violent. Northstar comes to help him adjust but Anole leaves his family, punches Northstar and claims the X-Men ruined their lives by not letting do normal teenage things.
• Scalphunter is making a living at a diner in the desert when he is confronted by Nightcrawler, who tells him to redeem himself and ask for forgiveness before God, as faith is what prevents Nightcrawler hating him. Scalphunter is later seen wearing a cross, taking the advice to heart.
• Cannonball and Husk are travelling home when they stop for lunch. Cannonball gets into a bar fight with a Cabot and realises that they will never be safe or accepted. He flies off, leaving Husk behind.
• Hellion awakens in a civilian hospital, where he was transferred. Emma Frost tells him that the X-Men are no more and so he seeks another figure to follow: Magneto. Magneto rejects his service, but tells him to be ready, as mutancy's next war might come sooner than he thinks.
• Beast returns to the ruined mansion, where he destroys all of the X-Men's files on mutants around the world. He also removes all of their advanced technology. He finally takes No-Girl with him and they leave the ruins behind.
• Magik is in Limbo and remembering her origin. She manages to return to Earth and finds an amulet with jewels representing her soul. She resolves to find the missing pieces of her soul.
• Forge returns to the Eagle's Nest, ruined after the battle between Cable and Bishop. He starts to repair the damage when Bishop returns and takes him out. When he reawakens he finds that Bishop has stolen a robotic arm and all the notes on Cable's time travel device. He tries to rewrite the notes, but fails due to a time paradox. He instead starts to secure the Eagle's Nest against further attack, to prevent himself being vulnerable again.
• Havok is on a prison planet in Shi'ar space, listening to the tortured screams of Polaris, Ch'od and Raza Longknife. Vulcan appears on a monitor and taunts him by telling him the events of Messiah Complex. He says the baby, and all of mutantkind's hope is lost. Havok destroys the monitor and says that if one baby can be born so can another, meaning that there is always hope.
• Danielle Moonstar is relaxing at her home in the mountains when Surge arrives, having run all the way there. Surge tells Danielle what has happened and how she believes her actions led to Hellion's injuries. Danielle shares her experiences as a New Mutant with Surge and reveals that things will always get better, like the dawning of a new day. Surge replies that every day has a sunset.

[edit] Issues

The following issues have been confirmed to be related to the storyline:^[1]

[edit] February 2008

• Uncanny X-Men #495 ^[2]
• X-Men: Legacy #208 ^[3]
• X-Force #1 ^[4]
• X-Factor #28^[5]
• Wolverine #62 ^[6]

[edit] March 2008

• Uncanny X-Men #496 ^[7]
• X-Men: Legacy #209 ^[8]
• Cable #1 ^[9]
• X-Factor #29^[10]
• X-Force #2 ^[11]
• Wolverine #63^[12]

[edit] April 2008

• X-Men: Divided We Stand: Book 1 (of 2) ^[13]
• Uncanny X-Men #497 ^[14]
• X-Men: Legacy #210 ^[15]
• X-Factor #30^[16]
• Young X-Men #1 ^[17]
• X-Force #3 ^[18]
• Cable #2 ^[19]
• Wolverine #64 ^[20]

[edit] May 2008

• X-Men: Divided We Stand: Book 2 (of 2)
• Uncanny X-Men #498
• X-Men: Legacy #211, 212
• X-Factor #31
• Young X-men #2
• X-Force #4
• Cable #3
• Wolverine #65

[edit] June 2008

• Uncanny X-Men #499
• X-Factor #32
• Young X-Men #3
• Cable #4

[edit] July 2008

• Young X-men #4
• X-Force #5
• Cable #5

[edit] August 2008

• Young X-Men #5
• X-Force #6

[edit] Notes

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