Children of the Atom (Earth-616)

Children of the Atom
Name	Children of the Atom
Members
Leader(s)	Cyclops-Lass
Current Member(s)	Cherub, Cyclops-Lass, Daycrawler, Gimmick, Marvel Guy
Affiliation and Identity
Identity	Secret
Allies	X-Men
Enemies	Formerly Hell's Belles
Origin and Status
Origin	Originally a group of human teens using alien gear to masquerade as mutant superhero. Later to be discovered that one of them is a mutant
Status	Active
Reality	Earth-616
Base of Operations	New York City
Place of Formation	Brooklyn, New York
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Vita Ayala, Bernard Chang
First	Marvel's Voices #1 (February, 2020)
First	Marvel's Voices #1 (February, 2020)

History

The Children of the Atom were a group of young vigilantes, they were comprised of Cherub, Cyclops-Lass, Gimmick, and the brothers Marvel Guy and Daycrawler. Using alien technology, the group pretended to be mutants and their goal was to join Krakoa.

On their first mission, they stopped the depowered Hell's Belles during a robbery. After defeating them, they met the X-Men, who questioned why the team hadn't came to Krakoa yet. They invited them to come, but the Children said they weren't ready and Daycrawler teleported them away as the police was closing by (and susceptible to oppose the young mutants due to the Kamala's Law, a legislation banning teen vigilantes). During the night, the team made their way to a gateway but were unable to pass through and enter Krakoa.

Storm later revealed that Carmen was a mutant, when she was inviting her to the Hellfire Gala.

Paraphernalia

Equipment

• Various pieces of alien technology that lets them emulate mutant powers.
• Pieces of Magneto's helmet

Transportation

Daycrawler a.k.a Nighty-Nightcrawler's teleportation.

Notes

• All members are patterned after prominent X-Men, with similarities in powers (or rather technology emulating powers), names and attire:
  • Cyclops-Lass (Buddy Bartholomew) is modeled after Cyclops (Scott Summers), one of the original X-Men.
  • Cherub (Gabe Brathwaite) is patterned after Angel/Archangel (Warren Worthington III), another original X-Man: Though his tech emits blast of sounds, he uses a power suit reminiscent of Archangel's appearance to fly. His codename relates as well to a choir of Angels.
  • Marvel Guy (Benny Thomas), a teenager who uses pheromones to hypnotize people, is patterned after Marvel Girl (Jean Grey), another original X-Man.
  • Daycrawler (Jay Thomas) is patterned after Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner), one of the new, international X-Men assembled after the original X-Men's apparent demise. He is a child with a teleporter who produces the "bamf" sound when teleporting, and his costume includes hands with seemingly only three digits (including thumbs) and feet with only two toes.
  • Gimmick (Carmen Maria Cruz) is based on Gambit (Remy LeBeau) (a thief and Marauder turned X-Man). She is the only mutant on the team, and with a completely different power set than Gambit.

Trivia

• Before their first full appearace in Children of the Atom #1, the Children of the Atom made a cameo in the story "Race" from Marvel's Voices #1 written by their co-creator, Vita Ayala. They appear as a group of civilians asking Forge for an autograph after he participates in the International Science Race Expo.

See Also

• 7 appearance(s) of Children of the Atom (Earth-616)
• 1 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Children of the Atom (Earth-616)
• 1 minor appearance(s) of Children of the Atom (Earth-616)
• 1 mention(s) of Children of the Atom (Earth-616)
• 19 image(s) of Children of the Atom (Earth-616)
• 5 member(s) of Children of the Atom (Earth-616)