Writer: Tom Taylor
Artist: Daniele Di Nicuolo
Colorist: Rain Beredo
Letterer: Wes Abbott
Cover Artists: Daniele Di Nicuolo & Rain Beredo; Bengal
Editor: Kristy Quinn
Publisher: DC Comics
Price: $3.99
Release Date: November 12, 2025
As The Who sang, the kids are alright. But they won't be for long if the Agents of Mordred have their way. Earlier in the evening, Connor cut Lancelot's lesson short to attend his grandmother's Bingo night. When they returned home, two men in black forced their way into the house. After Marnie helped him escape, Connor reunited with his friends at the soccer field. But the Agents of Mordred followed. Can the children evade Mordred's ground troops and the helicopter hovering overhead? Let's leap into C.O.R.T.: Children of the Round Table #3 and see!
Story
When the boulder crashed in Bronson Canyon, the kids saw a sword jutting from it. Kevin imagined that it was a meteorite sent from face-hugging aliens. He grew confused when the boulder produced weapons for his friends but gave him a stick. And while the ancient arms spoke to their bearers, Kevin's stick gave him the silent treatment. But when Mordred’s forces surrounded them, the stick glowed, sending a wave of energy crashing into the surrounding soldiers.
Kevin may be confused by his silent stick in C.O.R.T.: Children of the Round Table #3. But Lancelot’s spirit speaks via Connor's sword, and Arthur Pendragon communicates with Fel through Excalibur. Little Hanan dislikes sneaking out of the house at night. But as the helicopter hovers overhead, Palamedes speaks through her bow. The knight's spirit tells Hanan how to attack Mordred's air support.
When the boulder cast off its chains and flew out of The Hill in Cornwall, Captain Gwen realized another age of heroes had begun. As she sat at the round table in her operations room, she told her lieutenants that the big boss was en route to California to assist the young heroes. The kids are frightened and confused in Tom Taylor’s story. Still, help is close by. No matter the odds against them, Fel, Connor, and their friends have a choice. They can succumb to fear. Or they can trust in their new weapon-bound friends, and like the Beastie Boys, fight for their right to parley.
Art
While the overturned vehicles burn, lights glare from the grandstands and the hovering helicopter. Daniele Di Nicuolo shows the children's fright through their expressions. Yet aside from Randall and Ash, who struggle with a longer, heavier spear and lance, the rest of the group holds their weapons high. A dramatic upshot increases Hanan's stature as she acts on trust. As it crashes to the ground, the overturned helicopter evokes a great white shark in C.O.R.T.: Children of the Round Table #3. (You're going to need a bigger brigade, Mordred!)
Rain Beredo shows the brightly colored diversity of youth clashing with a black-and-green monolithic establishment in a splash-page clash. Like a Roman soldier, Kelly shelters behind her red, blue, white, and orange shield. While the red pays homage to the group's leader, the other colors link with her attire. When he appears, their new boss sports colors that link him with all the children bar one. Yet in the brightly colored C.O.R.T.: Children of the Round Table #3, Hanan's pink hoodie looks at home inside her new boss's vehicles.
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 into white shapes with colored borders. Sound effects accompany the group’s first battle, while enlarged, colored dialogue heralds a new opportunity. Thanks to DC Comics for providing a review copy.
Now, let's take a look inside:
Final Thoughts
While everyone dies, the spirits of great heroes live on. As Fel, Connor, and their quest-loving friends learn about their new weapons, they discover that they are part of a historic justice league. In C.O.R.T.: Children of the Round Table #3, the children realize that their training is about to begin. And this time, no one's breaking for Bingo.
Rating 9.6/10
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