Potential spoilers for Children of the Atom #4 ahead!
The newest X-Team, the Children of the Atom, are set to crash the X-Men’s Hellfire Gala on Krakoa in a special preview for Children of the Atom #4, on sale in print and digital June 9. The team has been unsuccessfully trying to get to the utopian paradise of Krakoa for the last several issues, and now they have their best shot ever, thanks to the Hellfire Gala.
The Children of the Atom are teenagers who idolize the X-Men and have patterned their identities after existing X-Men: Cyclops-Lass is modeled after Cyclops, Cherub idolizes Archangel, the telepathic Marvel Guy takes his cues from Jean Grey, Daycrawler is inspired by Nightcrawler, and Gimmick gives off a Gambit vibe. Not only are they the newest X-Team, they are also its most mysterious. Nothing is known about their lives prior to readers first meeting them, and there is strong evidence that the Children of the Atom are not even mutants! Cerebro has been unable to detect the team and every time the Children attempt to travel through a Krakoan gate, they are denied entrance—something which would not be an issue if the Children truly were mutants. They are getting desperate, and when an opportunity to visit via the Hellfire Gala turns up, the Children leap into action.
The preview opens with the team at school, in their civilian identities. While navigating the usual parade of teen drama and angst, Daycrawler texts the team that the X-Men have opened Krakoa to humanity for one night only for the Hellfire Gala. The team quickly realizes that most of the humans invited will be celebrities and other superheroes, but they resolve to find a way to still crash the Gala.
The preview ends there, and readers must wait until June 9 to see if the Children are successful in making it to Krakoa and crashing the Hellfire Gala. The team has tried on multiple occasions to travel to the island and meet their heroes, but it has blown up in their face every time. Now they have their best opportunity yet. If the Children are successful and make it to Krakoa, will fans finally learn the team’s secret? If the Children were mutants, they would have been able to travel to Krakoa by now, so why have they been denied entrance thus far? And how will the X-Men react to meeting the Children?
The Children of the Atom, the newest X-Team, have been trying for months to go to Krakoa, and with the Hellfire Gala now they are the closest they have ever been in a special preview for Children of the Atom #4, by writer Vita Ayala, artist Paco Medina and colorist David Curiel.
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