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DEADLY CLASS COMIC NOVELS / BOOKS, COLOUR ILLUS., VOLS. 1 & 2 - $25 (Jarvis Street & Front Street E., Toronto, Ontario)
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Vol. 1: '1987 Reagan Youth', 2nd Printing, 126 pgs., October 2014, Image Comics, Inc., Berkeley, CA, ISBN: 978-1-63215-003-5.;
Vol. 2:'1988, 'Kids of the Black Hole', Ist Edition, 194 pgs., Image Comics, Inc., Berkeley, California, U.S., March 2015, ISBN: 978-1-63215-222-0. Both books are in very good to excellent condition, clean text, with no discernible issues.
Vol. 1 – Blurb on back cover: “It's 1987 and homeless teenager Marcus Lopez Arguello has no reason to keep living. Until one fateful evening he is approached by a mysterious girl who invites him to join Kings Dominion Atelier of the Deadly Arts, a brutal clandestine high school, where the world's top crime families send the next generation of assassins to be trained..”
Vol. 2 – Blurb on back cover: “It's 1988 and Marcus Lopez is settling into life at Kings Dominion Atelier of the Deadly Arts, a secret school where the next generation of the world's deadliest assassins are trained. He has a girl, a circle of friends, and he's learning a trade.: the craft of killing. But Marcus's murderous childhood is about to catch up with him, threatening to reveal secrets he'd long hidden in the ashes of the past..”
In 2019, Sony Pictures Television adapted Deadly class into a televison series of the same name, for which Rick Remender served as showrunner and lead writer.
Rick Remender (b. 1973) is the writer and co-creator of several comics. For Marvel he has written titles such as Uncanny Avengers, Captain America, Uncanny X-Force, and Venom. He's written video games such as Bulletstrom and Dead Space, & worked on films such as The Iron Giant, Anastasia and Titan A.E. He lives in Los Angeles with his family.
Wes Craig is the artist/co-creator, as well as, 'The Gravediggers Union'. He has also worked on Superman, Batman, The Flash for DC Comics, and Guardians of the Galaxy and Spiderman for Marvel. He lives in Montreal, Quebec with his family.
"Craig's artwork once again elevates the piece, giving a sleek style to the players, and a Tarantinoesque setup to each panel. Bloody fun." (Booklist)
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