Series:

Deadly Class

10 primary works • 12 total works

Book 1

Cover of Deadly Class Volume 1: Reagan Youth
“Deadly Class is a solid read forthose who want a combination of Mark Millar's Wanted and Harry Potterwith Garth Ennis's (Preacher) style.” - Library Journal(Starred)

“A good start to awicked series.” --Booklist

It's 1987. Marcus Lopezhates school. His grades suck. The jocks are hassling his friends. He can'tfocus 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'sfailing 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 crimefamilies 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 inyour back isn't alwaysmetaphorical.

Collecting the first arcof the most critically acclaimed new series of 2014, by writer Rick Remender(Black Science, Fear Agent) and rising star artist Wesley Craig(Batman).

Book 1

Cover of Deadly Class Compendium

Deadly Class Compendium

by Rick Remender

Published 6 February 2024

It's 1987. Marcus Lopez hates school. His grades suck. The jocks are hassling his friends. He can't focus on 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.

 

From New York Times-bestselling writer RICK REMENDER (LOW, BLACK SCIENCE) and fan favorite artist Wes Craig (KAYA, Batman) this collects the entire dark, heartfelt, and twistedly humorous story of a group of damaged Gen X teens fighting a system determined to transform them into monsters.  

 

Collects DEADLY CLASS #1-56 and the DEADLY CLASS FCBD one-shot

Book 2

Cover of Deadly Class Volume 2: Kids of the Black Hole
"Craig's artwork once again elevates the piece, givinga sleek style to the players, and a Tarantinoesque setup to each panel. Bloodyfun." -Booklist

Volume 2 is here! It's 1988 andMarcus Lopez is getting settled into life at Kings Dominion for the Deadly Arts,a secret elite school, to train the next generation of assassins andprofessional murderers. He has a girl, a circle of friends, and he's learning atrade: the craft of killing. But his murderous past is about to catch up withhim, and there are a few things about Marcus that even his friends don't knowabout - secrets which threaten the lives of everyone at his school. Becausethere's a reason Marcus was sought out by the school's shadowy principal MasterLin, a man who's long had an eye for Marcus' unique talents.

CollectingDeadlt Class #7-11, and continuing the story of a group of damaged,deranged, and struggling teenagers living through one of the country's mostvibrant and chilling eras.

Book 3

Cover of Deadly Class Volume 3: The Snake Pit
  • When homeless orphan Marcus Lopez was asked to join a shadowy schoolspecializing in training the next generation of the world's deadliest assassins,he figured he had nothing left to lose. He was wrong. Now, Marcus and hisone-time lover Maria are thrown to the wolves when a Mexican Cartel, the familyof a classmate they were forced to kill, comes gunning for revenge. The truecosts of the life he's chosen to live are only just dawning on Marcus. Incapable of staving off the ravages of love, life, and death, he plungesheadfirst into a black pit of drugs, sex, and self-destruction. And just whenthings seemingly can't get any worse, Finals Season descends on the school. Andin this world final exams can be murder!
  • Continuing the cult-hit dark teen drama, writer Rick Remender and artist WesCraig take readers on the darkest road through 1980s San Francisco, and the kidsthat ruled its streets.

Book 4

Cover of Deadly Class Volume 4: Die for Me
It's 1988 and Marcus Lopez's first year at KingsDominion, the elite academy where damaged teenagers are forged into the world'sdeadliest assassins, is coming to a close, and the final exam ismurder...literally. What few friends, what little love Marcus managed to scrapetogether become his greatest weakness, as the school descends into chaos. Passor Fail, no one survives the Freshman Finals without getting blood on theirhands.

From writer Rick Remender and artist WesCraig comes the darkest chapter of DEADLY CLASS yet.


Book 5

Cover of Deadly Class Volume 5: Carousel
It’s morning in America, and a new era of DEADLY CLASS begins here!The survivors of last arc’s brutal finale barely have time to considerwhat they’ve done before a new class of kids arrives at the school, eagerto pick up the bloody mantle.

Collects issues 22-26

Book 6

Cover of Deadly Class Volume 6: This Is Not The End
The Freshman class has gotten a bloody welcome toKings Dominion, as the newly empowered student council holds brutal sway overthe hallways and dorms. If you’re not part of the group you’re partof the body count. Meanwhile, Saya’s own mysterious past comes back tohaunt her, betrayal and subterfuge are around every corner. And far from thebloodshed are Marcus and Maria, rare survivors of the deadliest school on earth,harboring dark desires of revenge.

Don’t miss the darkest and most revealingchapter of RICK REMENDER and WES CRAIG’s smash-hit series DEADLYCLASS.

Collectsissues 27-31

Book 7

Cover of Deadly Class Volume 7: Love Like Blood
Marcus and Maria have resurfaced, and withthem a whole ocean of bad blood crashes on the shores. Shabnam and the StudentCouncil are out to put Marcus and Maria in the grave for good this time,Saya’s maniacal brother Kenji stokes the flames of hatred, and in theshadows of those flames looms Headmaster Lin, waiting to reward whoever is leftstanding with a place by his side—or a sharp knife in theback.

Rick Remender and Wes Craig unleash thedeadliest year yet on the students of KingsDominion.

Collects DEADLY CLASS#32-36

Book 8

Cover of Deadly Class Volume 8: Never Go Back
The crew returns to Kings Dominion to discover thingshave changed in their absence. The program has changed. Master Lin's schemesrevealed. Betrayal. Mystery. The secret of the catacombs beneath the school. Areckoning for the corrupt. Our friends try to hold everything together asFreshman finals loom ever closer...

Rick Remender and Wes Craig’s darklyhumorous look at the 1980s underground comes fullcircle.

CollectsDEADLY CLASS #36-40

Book 9

Cover of Deadly Class Volume 9: Bone Machine
The Sophomore exam draws near as another year comes to aclose in RICK REMENDER and WES CRAIG's smash-hit series.

COLLECTS DEADLY CLASS#40-44

Books 4-6

Cover of Deadly Class Deluxe Edition Volume 2: The Funeral Party
Collecting arcs four through six of RickRemender and Wes Craig’s ongoing darkly humorous drama about the lives of‘80s teens training in a secret academy to either become assassins orstand up and become humans. Presented in deluxe oversized hardcoverformat!

Collects DEADLY CLASS#17-31

Books 1-3

Cover of Deadly Class Deluxe Edition Volume 1: Noise Noise Noise
Collecting the first three arcs of RICK REMENDER and WES CRAIG’s dark, violent and twistedly humorous story of a group of damaged teens enrolled in a secret high school, training to become the world’s greatest assassins. Bursting at the seams with sketches, concept art and other extras, this oversized 8x12” hardcover is the ultimate way to experience the 1980s underground.



Collecting DEADLY CLASS #1-16.