Deadly Class Volume 1: Reagan Youth

by Rick Remender

Book Overview

"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).

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1632150034
• ISBN13: 9781632150035
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Image Comics
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.6" x 10.1"
• Age Range: 16 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 11 and higher

Customer Reviews

beautiful story.

deadly class explores the lives of all sorts of people with seemingly polar opposite exterior personalities who soon realize there's more beneath the surface and that they've all got stuff in common. marcus is a morally gray character who walks the tightrope between justice for his past and the urge to fulfill his violent fantasies. his friends, all from different cliques, try to enforce some sort of moral guidance in him, but his borderline psychopathy is a double-edged sword. there's something to relate to in all the characters (...minus the bigotry) and it really helps change your perspective on other people. overall, reagan youth was really enjoyable with incredible art and i hope to continue reading this series. i absolutely recommend this :-)