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"In the Beginning": Jor-El and Lara escape the destruction of their home planet Krypton, crash landing on an Earth that is stuck at a medieval level of technology and culture. A band of mounted archers ride out from a nearby castle to attack them as Lara gives birth, but Jor-El obliterates the a

Quote1 Swifter than a crossbow bolt. More powerful than castle walls. Soaring over moats and fortifications. Look... up in the sky... our end. Quote2
— Constantine

Dark Knights of Steel #1 is an issue of the series Dark Knights of Steel (Volume 1) with a cover date of January, 2022. It was published on November 2, 2021.

Synopsis for "In the Beginning"

Jor-El and Lara escape the destruction of their home planet Krypton, crash landing on an Earth that is stuck at a medieval level of technology and culture. A band of mounted archers ride out from a nearby castle to attack them as Lara gives birth, but Jor-El obliterates the attackers with his heat vision just as their son, Kal-El, is born. Meanwhile, in the Kingdom of Storms, a peasant named Constantine has a vision of demons who will conquer the world, while King Jefferson listens and orders the prophecy recorded.

Nineteen years later, a now grown Prince Kal-El asks a knight named Bruce to let him join a hunt for a banshee, but Bruce refuses as the banshee's magic is one of the few things which could harm Kal-El. Bruce and Alfred ride to Feist Village, which has been evacuated by the Robins, orphan children who act as Bruce's spies and agents. Bruce goes to confront the banshee, whose name is Dinah, alone and accuses her of being an assassin sent by King Jefferson. Dinah denies it and attacks him, her screams levelling the building they stand in but leaving Bruce unharmed except for damaged ears much to both their shock. Kal-El swoops in and covers Dinah's mouth, observing that she looks like a scared girl rather than a monster. Bruce knocks Dinah unconscious and they carry her back to the Castle of El.

Jor-El and Lara, now king and queen of the land, summon them to the throne room. Bruce initially claims he brought Kal-El with him, but Kal-El admits he went of his own accord and without Bruce's knowledge, saying that he is unwilling to let normal men risk their lives for his family when he is almost invincible. He also suggests that Dinah is not the assassin that Bruce's spy in Jefferson's court reports is coming for them, believing that they are imprisoning innocents in their quest to remove magic from the kingdom. It is also revealed that Bruce is the bastard son of Queen Martha, wife of the previous ruler King Thomas. When his mother and stepfather died, Bruce refused to take the throne as the people would never accept a bastard king, and so Jor-El and Lara took power despite believing Bruce should be king.

Kal-El and Bruce begin arguing over Bruce's refusal to claim the crown but Jor-El orders them to stop and tells Bruce to walk with him. They go up to the battlements and Bruce tells Jor-El that he believes he is cursed as he was able to survive the banshee's scream despite being a normal man, and asks to be imprisoned or exiled. Meanwhile in the distant Hobb Forest, the Green Man charges an arrow with magic from his ring and an outlaw named Oliver fires it towards the castle. Jor-El confesses to Bruce that he is Bruce's father, which is why he is strong enough to fight the ones with magic. Immediately after, the magic arrow hits him in the eye and he is killed instantly. Bruce cradles Jor-El's body, his eyes glowing red.

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