birgits_bookshelf's review

5.0

Marcus wird angenommen auf der Akademie der tödlichen Künste, und obwohl er sich nicht als Top-Assassine sieht nimmt er an, denn alles ist besser als auf der Straße zu leben. Doch seine Vergangenheit holt ihn ein.

Deadly Class erzählt von Jugendlichen, die zu Killern ausgebildet werden. Sie kommen aus den verschiedensten sozialen Schichten und haben alle ihre eigene Vergangenheit mit der sie klar kommen müssen.
Rick Remender fängt in seiner Geschichte perfekt den Zeitgeist der 80er-Jahre ein, mit vielen popkulturellen Anspielen, die ich vermutlich nicht mal alle verstanden habe. Auch die Charaktere sind überzeugend und mit Tiefgang präsentiert.
Im ersten Band, dem Auftakt der Serie, wird genau genug gezeigt um Lust zu machen und das Interesse der Leser zu wecken, aber nach dem Ende sind noch viele Fragen offen und man hat Lust auf mehr.

Der Zeichenstil ist passen für das Thema und passt sich dynamisch an die Erzählung an, was so nicht viele Comics bieten.

Insgesamt ist der Comic sowohl leichte Unterhaltung, die sich schnell lesen lässt; er bietet aber auch viele Stellen die zum Nachdenken anregen, und zeigt ein stimmiges Bild der Jugend in den 80er-Jahren in Amerika.
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rafacolog's review

3.0
adventurous dark tense
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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adam_double_u's review

4.0

This takes what should be the hoariest of cliches (teenage assassins? big whoop) and actually makes a compelling story from it. The late 80s setting goes a long way and while the story is unavoidably violent, it's neither empty nor exploitative.
adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

mehitabels's review

4.0

Story is ok, but the art is beautiful
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hummeline's review

1.0

Truly fucking bad haha
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balletbookworm's review

3.0

Completely not like the blurb on GR. A lot of things get in the way of the story - takes a while to get going, a few clichèd characters, the Asian girl is whitewashed IMO (but she's got lots of tattoos, man...), an attempt at social commentary, too much "telling" and not enough "showing". Some really nice art and colors though. Very violent. (Someone at the GN discussion group mentioned a "Harry Potter" vibe with the secret school thing but then we never spend any time there to see how the school truly operates)

Given the character introduced at the end of the volume I am interested in checking out Vol 2 to see where it goes.

leeneee's review

3.0

3.5

My mistake was picking this up because I saw Lana Condor on the cover.

Spoiler I gave this book a chance even though it's outside my genre of choice. I love graphic novels, and this really did sound intriguing.

Whoever told the creators that beastiality was a vice worthy of including for their villain lied. Did he give a whole speech about it too????? What a terrible flex.

Delete this from my memory please.
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nessa_twixy's review

4.0

4.5

I really enjoyed this comic. not inly is it beautiful, it's fucking dark and I love dark shit. The depression that Marcus feels is something I can resonate with so easily and if anything that made me engrossed in the story. I actually felt I was a second body in this issue, as if I was there myself.

The art is incredible for me, the black and white tones with touches of colour really highlighted the type of story that is being portrayed.

The reason this is not 5 stars is because there were times where I got lost and wasn't sure where I was or where things were going. But I soon got back on track.

I really want to be in this world, and I need Saya in my life!