Update: A Marvel Comics representative has confirmed to Newsarama that the digital🎶 comiXology version of Children of the Atom #1 has been updated to reflect the contents of the print version. The version previously available on comiXology differed slightly from the print version in terms of the lettering and at least one page of art.
Marvel has offered no explanation behind the apparent error, though it seems an older version of the comic's contents was inadv𓆏ertently added to comiXolog♔y as opposed to the final, updated version, which was correctly printed.
It's common for comic books to undergo edits between the first draft and the actual print run, especially when t🍨here are long delays as in the case of Children of the A🌳tom, which was put on hold for nearly a year due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
As for the contents of Children of the Atom #1, the story contains a major surprise about꧂ the characte🐬rs who make up the nascent mutant team.
Original story follows:
Readers of this week's long-awaited new X-Men title Children of the Atom #1 may🃏 find themselves surprised not just by the reveal of the team's true nature, but also by the actual content of their copy of the book.
In a rare (and odd) situation, it seems there are marked differences between the print and . Though the story's overall content remains the same, with the characters still receiving the same intr꧑oductions and apparent origins, the print and digital versions of the issue have s🔴mall differences in their dialogue, word balloon place🧸ment, and in some cases, the art, with at least one major difference between the two versions.
Most of the changes arಞe subtle – removing or adding words from word balloons, or moving the position of word balloons and text boxes between panels and pages. However, the issue's final page features totally different art, a fully redrawn splash-page from series artist Bernard Chang.
Here's a side-by-side cಌomp꧂arison of the two pages, with the print version on the left, and the comiXology version on the right (beware of mild spoilers, if you haven't read the issue):
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