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Deadly Class: Compendium
Deadly Class: Compendium | Rick Remender
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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)
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Deadly Class: Compendium | Rick Remender
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I have not forgotten about my #2024Halfway countdown. Life gets in the ways (life=work & work related nonsense). Resuming on book 4 & using the trusty number generator is Rick Remender's 12 volume graphic novel series Deadly Class. In years past the best character work that I read were often in classics. But, this year I just can't stop thinking about the excellent character work in this series. Is it violent? Yes. Is it over the top at (CONT)

vivastory times? It can be a graphic commentary, but if it is excessive it seems to be a commentary on the excesses of American culture depicted. I have encountered A LOT of characters this year reading & retain a special place in my heart for both the music & characters in Remener's Deadly Class. (edited) 4w
vivastory BONUS: Ragnar Jonasson's “Snowblind“. This one kept me guessing to the very end & had a fantastic sense of place. I had read Jonasson before, but “Snowblind“ really helped cement my love for international mystery/thrillers. 4w
BarbaraBB Glas you are continuing! I liked Snowblind too. 4w
vivastory @BarbaraBB Thanks, friend! I was at a bookstore today & saw book 3 in the Dark Iceland series. I was seriously tempted to pick it up 3w
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