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 teenagerhood 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. References X-Men: Children of the Atom @ comicbookdb.com 1999 comics debuts Marvel Comics limited series