Writer Vita Ayala and artist Bernard Chang bring this latest batch of young mutants to life with humor and the soap operatics the X-Men are known for. I couldn't put this issue down. Read Full Review

Featuring strong themes, clever writing, and excellent character designs, Vita Ayala and Bernard Chang create a cant miss series in Children of the Atom #1. Read Full Review

This first issue was good, beautifully written and if you are comfortable with the X-titles in the past few years since Moira McTaggart's House and Powers of X books this is for you! I did struggle in the middle and felt Vida could have either removed or tightened the school gym scene, but it didn't stop me from reading. The last four pages have made me add this to my subscription list! Read Full Review

Children Of The Atom #1 is a great introduction to a new team of heroes. It grabs readers by the throat with a big fight in the opening pages and never let's go, dropping more and more interesting things into the mix before ending on a moment that is kind of predictable but no less gripping for that. Chang's art is pretty great throughout, selling the actions and the characters. Children Of The Atom does a lot with its first issue, and all of it will keep readers coming back. Read Full Review

The long-awaited and much-anticipated Children of the Atom kicks off with one of the most impressive debuts of the X-line. This powerful issue takes a look at identity in the world of mutantkind in a really meaningful way. Read Full Review

Children of the Atom #1 is a solid debut that's not quite what's expected. While it might seem like “Junior X-Men”, there's something else going on that's not clear as of yet. It delivers a bit of mystery in what originally seemed like a pretty straightforward adventure. Read Full Review

Children of the Atom#1 is a strong start to a series that many have highly anticipated. The new characters are a breath of fresh air and will be a wonderful addition to the already exceptional cast that this line has. X-Men fans who want something a little different will want to pick this issue up. Read Full Review

Children of the Atomis surprisingly fun and entertaining. If you think this is something you've seen before, there is a little more going on than we think. Vita Ayala proved the naysayers wrong with this strong debut on Children of the Atom. The pencils and colors help build up the likability of this issue. Children of the Atom is a book that should be read by anyone who enjoys a good story. Read Full Review

Strong characters, good superhero action and enough curiosity to keep me coming back for more make for a solid debut issue. I've got a couple nitpicks with the storytelling, but they're really minor. Read Full Review

Children of the Atom #1 is an energetic and exuberant first issue. These brand new characters are easy to like. Whilst they may bear a resemblance to existing mutants, just from a first glance, they are very much individual heroes. The action is fun, displayed by fantastic art that also provides us with unique designs. Read Full Review

Children of the Atom #1, has excellent art and is certainly a different kind of X-Men story. Despite a bumpy start, the writing settles into decent levels as the issue progresses, and the story opens up many questions that put a lot of pressure on future issues to pay off. Read Full Review

Children of the Atom #1 as a start was solid. I think that this creative team will have their work cut out for them if them want to make this book worth the investment compared to the other books with established mutants. Read Full Review

This issue isn't limited to the art, however. Cyclops-Lass narrates from the outset, so Buddy's personality comes through strongest simply due to having more time to speak and share their thoughts. With the issue filtered through this POV, Buddy's dynamic with Carmen get the most development by virtue of the two being best friends and spending more time together when not in costume. But the other three teammates get the short shrift. Buddy's thoughts about Gabe are briefly detailed at one point, but Benny and Jay get less time. Jay, the youngest of the group who doesn't attend high school with the others, falls by the wayside in particular. Read Full Review

Speaking to the issue overall, Children of the Atom #1 sets up an intriguing mystery at its core that has me interested to keep reading, but it's TBD on whether or not it ends up becoming an essential pull for readers moving forward. Read Full Review

While I didn't love the hero vs. villain smack talk in the beginning of this book, Ayala finished really strong. The cliffhanger you're hit with forces you to happily backtrack and think about everything you just read in a completely new way and that is impressive writing, no matter which way you slice it.  Read Full Review

Vita Ayala and Bernard Chang kick off Children of the Atom with a fun and engaging first issue. Multiple plotlines are set up that builds intrigue to learn more about who the members of the Children of the Atom are. The way this team works into the greater story around Krakoa we've seen in all the X-Men comics worked well to give this series a hook that gets the reader to come back for more. Read Full Review

Only at the end of the issue do readers even understand what story is being told, which raises a lot of questions, but no more compelling reasons to continue reading. Read Full Review

This was a strong first issue.

Plenty to enjoy here. Fun action, good dialogue especially for the kids and a strong narrative. I like what I see.

That... actually wasn’t bad

Meet the Children of the Atom, an X-Men-themed group heroing in the New York area. They're complicated, they're mysterious, and they won't go to Krakoa. I admire how big this debut swings, laying out a complex status quo and bringing up possibly too many questions. The art is great, particularly the costume designs. The script is over-wordy and has a few minor glitches, but it succeeded in whetting my appetite for more.

Pretty good start, quite a lot to take in but hoping this keeps improving in the upcoming issues. Great premise and I'm excited to see it resolved.

Some of the narration got confusing because it switched perspectives without any indication. But overall, it was pretty good.

The art is not my favorite and the story about these kids is just not clicking with me. It's gonna be a no for me dawg.

This was okay.

I'll give it this much, it's better than her New Mutants but still not that great. Vita Ayla is overhyped, she's not really that great of a writer. C-Level at best. I don't know what all the hype is with her or why people are hiring her like crazy and throwing big opportunities her way because I've read all of her books and only a handful of them have been okay. I think she's going to end up like Rosenberg and Brisson once the hype wears off and just end up being work for hire here and there. Her New Mutants is the most boring drivel on the face of the planet, her second issue into her new run on that title and I couldn't keep my eyes open, I fell asleep twice. She's tanking that book and I love New Mutants, I've been waiting forever for a new long run and she's just not the writer for it. more

Juvenile and unnecessary.

so much is terrible about this book. act 1 is a confusing fight scene between gender bent x-men and genderbent x-men villains. act 2 randomly 'ships' Storm and Jean. act 3 is predictable teen drama.

honestly, this reeks of bad fan fiction and it's a shame this made it out into the world.