Deadly Class is probably my favorite current ongoing series. Written by Rick Remender with art by Wes Craig, the series follows Marcus Lopez Arguello as he attempts to navigate King’s Dominion, a high school designed to train the next generation of international assassins. Set in the late eighties, the series provides a window into the underground music scenes and various youth countercultures of the time. I cannot recommend this series highly enough. Remender has crafted one of the most diverse, three-dimensional casts of characters in comics today, and his dialogue practically jumps off the page and into the ear. Wes Craig’s art for this series is wonderful as well, making equal use of heavy shadow and exuberant color to make sure the over-the-top violence present in basically every issue never loses its impact.
Although the TV adaptation of Deadly Class has been tragically cancelled, the comic is very much alive and well and returns on September 25th with its fortieth issue. In honor of its return, I have decided to rank the top 10 single issues of Deadly Class so far. For those fans of the show who maybe haven’t caught up with the comics yet, I’ll try to keep this list as free of any major spoilers. There are some minor spoilers here though, so be warned.
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