(W) Warren Ellis (A/CA) Kaare Andrews. Written by WARREN ELLIS Penciled by KAARE ANDREWS Cover by KAARE ANDREWS Children of the Atom* or something else? A small African town has been hit with a series of bizarre occurrences* as children are born possessing strange and powerful abilities. With the mutant race dwindling* the X-Men are the first on the scene to investigate the phenomenon. When they arrive* what looks to be a concentration of mutant births raises their hopes. But soon* they find themselves confronted by the country's ruthless leader* who has his own ideas of what the children truly are and how to deal with them. Have the X-Men stumbled across a series of new mutant births* or are they dealing with something far more dangerous? Collecting ASTONISHING X-MEN: XENOGENESIS #1-5 and material from the ASTONISHING X-MEN: XENOGENESIS #1 DIRECTOR'S CUT.