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When homeless orphan Marcus Lopez was asked to join a shadowy school specializing 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 his one-time lover Maria are thrown to the wolves when a Mexican Cartel, the family of a classmate they were forced to kill, comes gunning for revenge. The true costs 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 plunges headfirst into a black pit of drugs, sex, and self-destruction. And just when things seemingly can't get any worse, Finals Season descends on the school. And in this world final exams can be murder!
About the author
Rick Remender is the writer and co-creator of comics such as
Fear Agent, Low, Deadly Class, Tokyo Ghost, Death or Glory, The Last Days of American Crime, Black Science, Crawl Space, A Righteous Thirst for Vengeance, Night Mary, The Sacrificers, The Scumbag, Seven to Eternity, Last Christmas, The Holy Roller, Napalm Lullaby, Grommets, and more. For Marvel he has written titles such as
Uncanny Avengers, Captain America, Uncanny X-Force, and
Venom. He's written video games such as
Bulletstorm and
Dead Space, and worked on films such as
The Iron Giant,
Anastasia, and
Titan A.E. He and his wife reside in Los Angeles raising two beautiful human monkeys.
Wes Craig is the artist / co-creator of DEADLY CLASS, the writer / co-creator of THE GRAVEDIGGERS UNION, and the writer-artist of KAYA, debuting fall 2022, all from Image Comics. He has also worked on Superman, Batman, and The Flash for DC Comics, and Guardians of the Galaxy and Spider-Man for Marvel. He lives in Montreal, Quebec with his family.
Summary
- When homeless orphan Marcus Lopez was asked to join a shadowy school
specializing 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 his
one-time lover Maria are thrown to the wolves when a Mexican Cartel, the family
of a classmate they were forced to kill, comes gunning for revenge. The true
costs 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 plunges
headfirst into a black pit of drugs, sex, and self-destruction. And just when
things seemingly can't get any worse, Finals Season descends on the school. And
in this world final exams can be murder!
- Continuing the cult-hit dark teen drama, writer Rick Remender and artist Wes
Craig take readers on the darkest road through 1980s San Francisco, and the kids
that ruled its streets.
