X-Men: Divided We Stand #1

All in all, this was a great book and if this <span style="font-weight: bold;">Divided We Stand</span> series can keep this up, it'll be on my pulllist as long as Marvel publishes it. Seriously, buy this book if you have any interest in X-Men. Read Full Review

I am not going to say that the comic is flawless, but I will state that I was drawn in by characters that I don't have much investment in. By giving us (sad) stories of just how out of place each mutant feels without the X-Men, we understand just how important the group was. So, while we don't see any more reason for Cyclops' deformation of the X-Men, we are given proper fallout to Messiah Complex, which is something that was sorely needed. Read Full Review

Somewhere in the middle is a Cannonball story, which I don't care one way or the other about, besides being a bit confused by the sudden lobotomy given to Paige Guthrie. But regardless of the shifting quality of scripts, Divided We Stand is a fairly good showcase of talent. I suspect X-Men fans wondering where their favorites went will get more from this offering than the casual reader, but if you know where to look there's a gem or two in these pages. Read Full Review

This is worth reading only if you are a die hard fan. Otherwise I would imagine that many of these stories will be retold in recap panels in upcoming issues in the X-universe. Read Full Review

Overall, the issue is only saved by the high quality of its contributors. The premise is just too weak, asking us to buy into a disbanded X-Men team while simultaneously being pretty much the only evidence we've seen of it. The mix of characters is heavily weighted towards the lowest-selling X-Men title that participated in "Messiah Complex", which it claims to be following up. I have to admit, in light of all that, I'm left feeling fairly skeptical about the next issue. Read Full Review

Ultimately, we don't need a book like this. We don't need to see what the lesser X-Men characters are doing during their time off. There's a reason why New X-Men was canceled: It sucked and so did the characters. This issue does little to prove otherwise. Read Full Review