X-Men: Divided We Stand

In the wake of the "Messiah Complex" storyline, this two-issue Marvel series from 2008 checks in with the scattered X-Men as they cope with the decimation of mutantkind. Writers Duane Swierczynski and Skottie Young, alongside artists Chris Burnham and Young, spotlight individual characters and their personal struggles in a world where their kind is feared and nearly extinct. It's a quiet, character-driven interlude that captures the fractured state of the mutant community before the next great upheaval.