Deadly Class Volume 1: Reagan Youth

By (author) Remender Rick; By (artist) Craig Wesley; By (artist) Loughridge Lee
Short description/annotation:
It''s 1987. Marcus Lopez hates school. His grades suck. The jocks are hassling his friends. He can''t focus in class. But the jocks are the children of Joseph Stalin''s top assassin, the teachers are members of an ancient league of assassins, the class he''s failing is "Dismemberment 101," and his crush has a double-digit body count.
Description:
“Deadly Class is a solid read for those who want a combination of Mark Millar''s Wanted and Harry Potter with Garth Ennis''s (Preacher) style.” - Library Journal (Starred)

“A good start to a wicked series.” -- Booklist

It''s 1987. Marcus Lopez hates school. His grades suck. The jocks are hassling his friends. He can''t focus in class. But the jocks are the children of Joseph Stalin''s top assassin, the teachers are members of an ancient league of assassins, the class he''s failing is "Dismemberment 101," and his crush has a double-digit body count. Welcome to the most brutal high school on earth, where the world''s top crime families send the next generation of assassins to be trained. Murder is an art. Killing is a craft. At Kings Dominion School for the Deadly Arts, the dagger in your back isn''t always metaphorical.

Collecting the first arc of the most critically acclaimed new series of 2014, by writer Rick Remender (Black Science, Fear Agent) and rising star artist Wesley Craig (Batman).
Biographical note:
Rick Remender is the writer and co-creator of comics such as Fear Agent, Low, Deadly Class, Tokyo Ghost, Death or Glory, The Last Days of American Crime, Black Science, Crawl Space, A Righteous Thirst for Vengeance, Night Mary, The Sacrificers, The Scumbag, Seven to Eternity, Last Christmas, The Holy Roller, Napalm Lullaby, Grommets, and more. For Marvel he has written titles such as Uncanny Avengers, Captain America, Uncanny X-Force, and Venom. He''s written video games such as Bulletstorm and Dead Space, and worked on films such as The Iron Giant, Anastasia, and Titan A.E. He and his wife reside in Los Angeles raising two beautiful human monkeys.

Lee Loughridge is an Eisner and GLAAD-award winning comic book colorist who has worked for the biggest and best publishers in the business. He is notably the colorist for the 2024 Eisner award-winning comic book series SOMNA: A BEDTIME STORY, and is the creator of Image Comics’ hit new comic STANDSTILL.