Deadly Class

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Deadly Class
Deadly Class 1 by Rick Remender, cover art by Wesley Craig, January 2014.jpg
Cover art for Deadly Class #1. Art by Wes Craig
Publication information
Publisher Image Comics
ScheduleMonthly
Genre Action-thriller
Period drama
Teen drama
Publication dateJanuary 22, 2014–October 19, 2022
No. of issues56
Creative team
Created by Rick Remender
Written byRick Remender
Artist(s)Wes Craig
Letterer(s) Rus Wooton
Colorist(s) Lee Loughridge (#1-14; 45-present)
Jordan Boyd (#15-44)
Editor(s)Sebastian Girner (#1-37)
Briah Skelly (#38-41)
Will Dennis (#42-present)
Collected editions
SC Vol. 1 ISBN   978-1632150035
SC Vol. 2 ISBN   978-1632152220
SC Vol. 3 ISBN   978-1632154767
SC Vol. 4 ISBN   978-1632157188
SC Vol. 5 ISBN   978-1534300552
SC Vol. 6 ISBN   978-1534302471
SC Vol. 7 ISBN   978-1534306967
SC Vol. 8 ISBN   978-1534310636
SC Vol. 9 ISBN   978-1534315686
SC Vol. 10 ISBN   978-1534319325
SC Vol. 11 ISBN   978-1534320079
SC Vol. 12 ISBN   978-1534323407
HC Vol. 1 ISBN   978-1632156648
HC Vol. 2 ISBN   978-1534308411

Deadly Class is an American action comic book series written by Rick Remender, illustrated by Wes Craig, colored by Jason Wordie, and lettered by Rus Wooton. Deadly Class is set primarily in the 1980s and follows students enrolled at King's Dominion Atelier of the Deadly Arts, a secret boarding school in San Francisco, as they train to become the next generation of top assassins for crime families across the globe.

Contents

Image Comics has published Deadly Class on a mostly monthly basis since the first issue was released on January 22, 2014. [1] It has taken numerous short breaks, and Remender announced the last storyline would take place from issue 49 through to issue 56.

A television adaptation aired on SyFy for one season from January 16 to March 20, 2019, before being cancelled on a cliffhanger.

Plot

The first issues of Deadly Class focus on the story of teenage orphan Marcus Lopez Arguello as he transitions from living on the streets to being enrolled into a school of assassins. The academy, run by Master Lin, is composed of children of mob bosses and mass murderers, learning the same trade as their parents. [2]

Marcus's decision to attend the school is one of the only decisions he gets to make for himself throughout the arc and history. His entire life has been composed of unfortunate events, each leaving him further ostracized from humanity. Marcus is homeless largely because his parents died in a horrible accident when he was young, leaving him in an orphanage whose headmaster required his manual labor for him to retain residence. This continued degradation of his sanity through the abuse by the hands of his roommates and guardians eventually drives him to committing a massive act of violence.

Deadly Class then follows the students in the academy and many of their eventual downfalls. [3]

Characters

Notes

  1. ↑ Also known as the Kuroki-gumi (黒木組), it is considered Japan's largest Yakuza syndicate in the Deadly Class universe.
  2. ↑ It is a powerful and feared African-American gang based in Oakland, California (a city very close to San Francisco, California, where King's Dominion is headquartered).
  3. ↑ Based in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua (in northern Mexico), it is a powerful Mexican drug cartel, whose most notorious leader was the infamous El Alma del Diablo, a violent and brutal Mexican drug lord and father of Maria's abusive ex-boyfriend, Chico.
  4. ↑ According to the TV adaptation of the comic book, her father is the leader of the infamous Dixie Mafia, a powerful crime syndicate based in the Southern United States, made up of White Southerners and with ties to the Ku Klux Klan.

Collected editions

Trade paperbacks
TitleMaterial collectedPublication dateISBN
Book One: Noise Noise Noise
Deadly Class – Vol. 1: Reagan YouthDeadly Class #1–6July 16, 2014 978-1632150035
Deadly Class – Vol. 2: Kids of the Black HoleDeadly Class #7–11March 18, 2015 978-1632152220
Deadly Class – Vol. 3: Snake PitDeadly Class #12–16October 7, 2015 978-1632154767
Book Two: The Funeral Party
Deadly Class – Vol. 4: Die for MeDeadly Class #17–21August 3, 2016 978-1632157188
Deadly Class – Vol. 5: CarouselDeadly Class #22–26March 15, 2017 978-1534300552
Deadly Class – Vol. 6: This Is Not the EndDeadly Class #27–31December 26, 2017 978-1534302471
Book Three: Teen Age Riot
Deadly Class – Vol. 7: Love Like BloodDeadly Class #32–35August 28, 2018 978-1534306967
Deadly Class – Vol. 8: Never Go BackDeadly Class #36–39, material from Free Comic Book Day 2019 Deadly ClassJuly 31, 2019 978-1534310636
Deadly Class – Vol. 9: Bone MachineDeadly Class #40–44June 17, 2020 978-1534315686
Book Four: Kids Will Be Skeletons
Deadly Class – Vol. 10: Save Your GenerationDeadly Class #45–48October 20, 2021 978-1534319325
Deadly Class – Vol. 11: A Fond Farewell, Part OneDeadly Class #49–52June 1, 2022 978-1534320079
Deadly Class - Vol. 12: A Fond Farewell, Part TwoDeadly Class #53-56November 22, 2022 978-1534323407
Deluxe hardcovers
TitleMaterial collectedPublication dateISBN
Deadly Class – Book One: Noise Noise NoiseDeadly Class #1–16November 19, 2014 978-1632156648
Deadly Class – Book Two: The Funeral PartyDeadly Class #17–31October 23, 2018 978-1534308411
Deadly Class – Book Three: Teen Age RiotDeadly Class #32–44, material from Free Comic Book Day 2019 Deadly ClassMarch 9, 2022 978-1534321991
Deadly Class – Book Four: Kids Will Be SkeletonsDeadly Class #45–56June 28, 2023 978-1534326057

Television adaptation

Directors Anthony and Joe Russo have signed on to produce a television series based on Deadly Class. The Sony Pictures Television-produced adaptation has been optioned as a pilot for the Syfy channel. [4] Benedict Wong, Benjamin Wadsworth, Lana Condor, Michel Duval and María Gabriela de Faría are among the actors cast in main roles for the series. [5] On April 18, 2018, Syfy picked up the pilot to series. [6] The first episode aired on January 16, 2019, on SyFy. After first season ending on a cliffhanger on March 20, 2019, the series was cancelled due to small audience and high production costs.

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References

  1. ↑ "Deadly Class #1". Image Comics. June 15, 2017. Retrieved June 15, 2017.
  2. ↑ Danoff, Mara (April 20, 2017). "DEADLY CLASS: The Making of a Murderer". Comicverse. Retrieved June 15, 2017.
  3. ↑ Richards, Dave (June 6, 2016). "Remender". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved June 15, 2017.
  4. ↑ Melrose, Kevin (July 21, 2016). "SDCC: Russo Brothers to Produce "Deadly Class" TV Series". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved June 15, 2017.
  5. ↑ Petski, Denise (November 9, 2017). "'Deadly Class': Syfy Sets Full Cast For Comic-Based Drama Pilot". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved November 9, 2017.
  6. ↑ Petski, Denise; Andreeva, Nellie (April 18, 2018). "Syfy Picks Up To Series 'Deadly Class' Drama Based On Graphic Novel From The Russo Brothers". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
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