Writer: Tom Taylor
Artist: Daniele Di Nicuolo
Colorist: Rain Beredo
Letterer: Wes Abbott
Cover Artists: Daniele Di Nicuolo & Rain Beredo; Mattia
de Iulis
Publisher: DC Comics
Price: $3.99
Release Date: October 8, 2025
Fel and Connor are competitive soccer players. They often
gather with their friends to pursue fantasy quests. But when a rock falls out
of the sky, and the children pull talking weapons from it, reality and fantasy
blur. Why did the spirits of legendary warriors choose them? And aren't Fel,
Connor, and their friends too young to be heroes? Let’s leap into C.O.R.T.:
Children of the Round Table #2 and see!
Story
When the police sirens wailed, Arthur Pendragon urged the
children to return home and hide their new weapons. But when Fel returns home,
Arthur objects to residing under a bed among dust and mold. Instead of hiding,
Lancelot guides Connor through the basics of swordplay in his backyard. But
like his former king, Lancelot grew used to living in a castle. The former
knight's consciousness may reside inside a sword. Still, he has standards.
In C.O.R.T.: Children of the Round Table #2, Connor
accompanies his grandmother to Bingo. Cade Yeager and his daughter may not ride
through the room in Shane Dyson’s rally car. Still, the evening doesn’t follow
its usual pattern. And on the way home, the threat Arthur and Lancelot worried
about surfaces.
After a look-in at the Hill in England, Tom Taylor lets us
glimpse events from Fel and Connor’s eyes. But while Fel grabbed the spotlight
in the last issue, this time, Connor is the star. He navigates the twists and
turns life throws at him and rallies his friends to brave the dangers that
threaten them all.
The weapons may have chosen Fel, Connor, Randall, Ash,
Kelly, Kevin, and Hanan. But in C.O.R.T.: Children of the Round Table #2, the
kids discover what it means to wield them. Fel, Connor, and their friends may
not be heroes yet. But they've got people watching out for them, and the
spirits of experienced warriors to guide them through the adventures to come.
Art
Daniele Di Nicuolo returns us to the Hill, where the former
guardians of the weapons sit around a round table and study glowing monitors.
In the Hollywood Hills, Fel clutches a sword as big as she is with two arms.
Soccer players occupy a poster and photos on her walls, while a symbolic
sculpture adorns her desk. Connor's thinner blade is longer than he is. As the
waning light tinges the windows of his hovel, Connor and Lancelot form a
silhouette. But the jewel in the hilt and the blade glow. And when Connor
whirls it and casts it into shadow, light races along its edges like a chainsaw
blade.
Connor's black, white, and blue uniform evokes a martial
artist, while his red belt suggests his novice status in C.O.R.T.: Children of
the Round Table #2. His grandmother dresses in the style of her youth. Marnie
owns her surroundings while dressed in blue, orange, red, and gold. When
Lancelot trained his pupil, the blue blade traced white arcs through the
purple, blue, green, orange, and yellow sky. But by the time Connor and Marnie
return home, a glowing moon shines in the starry black sky. Blue hovers over
nearby buildings. As with the monitors in the Hill, Rain Beredo makes the
nearby lamps and vehicle headlights glare.
Wes Abbott fills white dialogue balloons and colored
narrative boxes with lowercase black letters that grow bold for intonation and
swell for raised voices. The weapons speak colorful letters into white shapes
with matching borders. Sound effects follow Fel shutting out the world behind
her, the phone that keeps pestering her, Marnie protecting her grandson, and
Kevin’s stick breaking its vow of silence. Thanks to DC Comics for providing a
review copy.
Now, let's take a look inside:
Final Thoughts
Tom Taylor, Daniele Di Nicuolo, Rain Beredo, and Wes Abbott deliver
a fast-paced adventure that marks Childhood’s End for Fel, Connor, and their
friends in C.O.R.T.: Children of the Round Table #2.
Rating 9.2/10
For how this series began see my review of C.O.R.T.: Children of the Round Table #1.
