Some thoughts about Dark Knights of Steel #2

What could cause a war between Kingdoms?

Jor-El has been murdered because their enemies believe their people are a bunch of killers and despite that the sons of El might want to prove them wrong, one of them will only make things worse.

This story continues with rather mixed results.

Tom Taylor offers a new installment where he plays with the cliffhanger of the last one about the assassination of Jor-El. This brings quick ramifications involving pretty much everyone in the cast and creates interesting and appropriate reactions from both Bruce and Clark, it was interesting to see how this affected them in their own different ways. Not only this but we're introduced to a version of Black Lightning and his family in a pretty intriguing manner that complements the plot and even a few new members of the different families as well.

... On the other hand though, the whole conflict seems forced as hell and this is all due to the new characters being introduced. The new daughter of El is presented in a compelling manner as a lover of  Wonder Woman kinda as a way to make us symphatise with her only to make her a rather fast murderer to the point that it makes me suspect that she's just a psychopath, pretty much proving their enemies right and seems like just a mean to make the war and story going faster. Oh, and the new member of Jefferson's family was also quickly introduced and killed just because of this same reason, again, forced.

And speaking as the Green Arrow fan I am, I often wonder what's Taylor's problem with the character because he often writes him terribly, kill him and even, in this case, torture him without any sense of reason, why did it have to be him? Why couldn't anyone else be in his place? Worst of all, is that they cut his arm off as this just works in the case of the antagonists as how they're a violent Kingdom. I don't know what Taylor is trying to prove here.

Yasmine Putri's artwork is very beautiful though with expressive characters and precise storytelling.

Aside from that, I don't think Taylor is smart enough to handle this kind of story. A shame really.