Writer: Tom Taylor
Artist: Daniele Di Nicuolo
Colorist: Rain Beredo
Letterer: Wes Abbott
Cover Artists: Daniele Di Nicuolo & Rain Beredo; Tirso
Editor: Kristy Quinn
Publisher: DC Comics
Price: $3.99
Release Date: February 11, 2026
After Fel pulled Excalibur from the stone, and the children got their weapons, Merlin helped them escape the Agents of Mordred. But the spirit of Arthur Pendragon's son, imprisoned in Excalibur's scabbard, holds the President of the United States under his sway. And while the President holds Connor's grandmother hostage, Connor worries about her fate.
Thankfully, time passes more slowly in Camelot. Captain Gwen has trained the children in warfare. Merlin has taught Kevin how to wield his stick. But can Fel, Connor, and their friends rescue Marnie from one of the most secure buildings in the world? And how will Fel and the President enjoy their family reunion? Let's leap into C.O.R.T.: Children of the Round Table #6 and see!
Story
After Marnie's capture, Merlin transported the families of Fel and her friends to Camelot. There, they enjoy an enchanted holiday, unaware of what their children are doing. But like Connor, one of Fel's family members is absent. So, after Fel uses King Arthur's glamour and her family ties, she confronts her father in the Oval Office. Fel is part of a two-pronged attack to rescue Marnie from a cell and her father from Mordred's corrupting influence.
Tom Taylor capitalizes on events in previous issues while showing how the children have grown in C.O.R.T.: Children of the Round Table #6. Kevin struggled to trust his stick. Randall and Kelly were more adept at fantasy quests than real-world adventurers. Ash tended to hang back but didn't fear confrontation like Hanan. Of all the friends, perhaps Connor has struggled the most. After losing his parents, Connor tended to avoid closeness with others. But he has taken Lancelot's counsel, realizing that the most self-reliant knight leads a lonely life.
While Fel engages in a battle of wits with her father, Kevin demonstrates how he has learned to channel Pellinor’s power. Unlike the other former knights, who counsel their wielders as they train, the knight inhabiting Kevin’s wand has taken a vow of silence. While Pellinor leaves Kevin to judge how best to use him, Mordred encourages Fel's father to increase his power over others in C.O.R.T.: Children of the Round Table #6.
Art
After carrying her sword into the Oval Office, Fel rests her arm on Excalibur's crossguard, addressing her father in her soccer team uniform. Mark stops pointing Mordred at his daughter but holds the scabbard like a scepter. While Mordred's serpent-like headpiece dominates a closeup of the President, Arthur doesn’t crowd Fel’s face in a corresponding closeup.
As he passes through Security dressed in a school uniform, Kevin's features betray his anxiety. He knows he's playing a dangerous game as he navigates the checkerboard floor of a wide hallway. Perhaps as he fills the air with green smoke, Kevin remembers the beheaded Green Knight, or the statue missing from the stone likenesses in the hedge maze.
As Rain Beredo lavishes bright and appealing colors on Daniele Di Nicuolo's art in C.O.R.T.: Children of the Round Table #6, gold adorns Arthur's sword while Mordred's scabbard is bronze. Far below the royal confrontation, green-and-black-clad soldiers charge through billowing green smoke. Kevin appears as a red, white, and blue figure outlined in green amid purple surroundings. As the monocolored troops near, Kevin summons all the colors of the rainbow.
Wes Abbott fills white dialogue balloons with lowercase black letters that grow bold for intonation, swell for raised voices, and shrink for lowered voices. The weapons' dialogue inhabits white shapes with colored borders. Mordred speaks into white balloons surrounded by black smoke. Beige boxes with a stylized first letter locate us in time and space, while extreme emotion makes balloons spiky. Sound effects accompany Fel outthinking her father, a parent attacking his child, and Kevin channeling his stick’s power as Hanan makes Ash proud. Thanks to DC Comics for providing a review copy.
Final Thoughts
As with King Arthur and his knights, a great destiny may await Fel, Connor, and their friends. But while the children draw inspiration from a prolific chronicler of epic tales, Tom Taylor reveals how a desire for power can destroy even the strongest families in C.O.R.T.: Children of the Round Table #6.
Rating 9.6/10
To look inside see my preview of C.O.R.T.: Children of the Round Table #6.
For how this series began, see my review of C.O.R.T.: Children of the Round Table #1.
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