Image Comics
Writer: Rick Remender
Artist: Wes Craig & Lee Loughridge
Letterer: Rus Wooton
It’s been a year since the last issue of Deadly Class, and the world has changed significantly since then. This applies to both the real world and the world of Deadly Class. Following the massacre at the end of the previous arc, Marcus now finds himself in 1991. He’s hiding from his past, living in the bathroom of someone else’s home, and is overall the wreck you’d expect him to be.
Rick Remender takes advantage of the new status quo to allow readers to reacquaint themselves with Marcus. This is a character that readers have known for seven years now, and while everything about him is familiar, there is still plenty to learn. Marcus is full of self-pity as always, but he has some new music and a new level of elitism about it to flaunt.
This issue is full of drugs and parties, but it is rather quiet for the most part. Marcus meets someone new and has a long talk about music and bands that sell themselves out. Almost everyone has met someone like Marcus in high school, so it is easy for readers to put themselves in the new character’s shoes. Nothing really happens until the end of the issue, but that doesn’t prevent Deadly Class #45 from being an entertaining issue due to some solid dialogue and fantastic visuals.
I’ve said plenty about Wes Craig and Lee Loughridge‘s work on Deadly Class. Every issue looks fantastic, with a style and color palette that defines the series’ tone. This issue is full of pretty simple panel layouts, but every page is a delight to look at, with tons of details being scattered around Craig’s bold lines. The dialogue feels genuine due to Remender’s writing and the expressions that Craig gives the characters. Every panel throws the necessary amount of emotion at the reader thanks to Loughridge’s colors. Rus Wooton doesn’t get too many opportunities to shine as a letterer in this issue until the last few pages. He makes the most out of those, with letters that practically yell at the reader. Wooton’s work always gives Deadly Class a voice, and that doesn’t change here.
Deadly Class #45 is a quiet yet strong return for the series. There are a lot of changes here, and the new status quo is bound to bring some more exciting moments for Marcus and his surrounding cast.
Deadly Class #45
Deadly Class #45 is a quiet yet strong return for the series. There are a lot of changes here, and the new status quo is bound to bring some more exciting moments for Marcus and his surrounding cast.
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