Template:Short description Template:Multiple issues Template:For Template:Distinguish Template:Infobox comic book title X-Men: Children of the Atom is a six-issue comic book limited series released in 1999, retelling the origins of the X-Men.
The first issue is about the teen years of Cyclops, Jean Grey, Iceman, Beast and Angel, while the mutants have just appeared in the news. Professor X is pretending to be a school coordinator, in order to help the young mutants.