Everyone has great memories of road trips with friends, but I would be very surprised if Marcus remembered anything past getting in the car to leave. Rick Remender and Wes Craig didn’t start Marcus in the best of places with this series, but #6 just set his world on fire. It’s stakes like the ones presented in Deadly Class that makes for compelling comics that mix the mundane with the ridiculous. Marcus is palling around with the potentially the world’s next generation of master assassins and he crossed one of them in a big way. There was bound to be a heavy price to pay; we will just have to wait until next month to see just much of Marcus’ blood it took to settle the debt. Read Full Review

If you haven't been following Deadly Class, shame on you. Go get this right now. Now. Like" now. Read Full Review

Deadly Class #5 feels like a nexus of pop culture from the 1980s, and this is once again due in part to Remender's and Craig's experiences growing up in that time period. In the back of this issue, Remender does talk about actually going to a Grateful Dead concert to pick up acid, then spending the night in Vegas, and finally getting jumped by gang members. It's these powerful experiences, combined with near-hallucinogenic art worthy of the writings of Timothy Leary and the art of Ralph Steadman that makes this as good as it is. If you aren't following Deadly Class right now, you are at a complete loss and should be ashamed of yourself. This is the title to read. Read Full Review

Deadly Class #5 forces me to do something I hate. After reading the issue a few times and mulling it over I can't help but call this one a must own as it earns my highest accolades. Read Full Review

Deadly Class #5 tops Remender and Craigs already stellar run. I couldnt imagine a way to improve this issue. Its a whacked out dive into the unsettling minds of dangerous kids, and this is the best example of it I can give you. Read Full Review

I have absolutely no idea where this thing is going after Issue #5. It might actually be going to nowhere… or everywhere. Who knows? All I do know is that I am along for the ride and I got my cassette player rolling along with the soundtrack of my life. Roll on gentlemen, roll on. Read Full Review

There are some of the most absolutely astounding sequentials I've seen in 2014 within the pages of this issue, and if Remender's work on this issue is the steak, than Craig and Loughridge are another delicious steak right next to it with a double serving of sizzle for everyone. This is one of the best two or three looking comics on the stands right now. Read Full Review

Deadly Class is an exaggerated retrospective of a creator's colourful history; however, it is neither self-indulgent nor trite. Often poignant and humorous, the pop-culture references, unlike Dan Slott's The Amazing Spider-Man, never feel tacked on, this month our protagonist is in the throes of a 'bad' acid trip, tortured by the events of his past. However, it is also a tale of friendship and comradery. Read Full Review

This definitely is the part where they let kids know drugs are bad for them. But it is awesomely written. Starting with the first panel you can feel the paranoia, the lack of judgement, the rapid and sometimes erratic movements, you feel the effects of acid and the anxiety Marcus is experiencing. The colors help with this acid trip. They change, from blues to reds to whites to yellows and they keep changing. The art also helps to maintain the acid trip, the expressions on Marcus while he is high and on the others, you can see fear, hate, surprise, desperation. Also the fights ,everything seems stop motion and painful. Read Full Review

As if Marcus didn't have enough going on, he gets in the middle of Chico and Maria, creating a literal threat to his life, and a more figurative threat to his developing feelings about another character. With some bonus process backmatter, this is the best issue of the series to date. It has action galore and finally bears a strong thematic constant. It's existential meaning amid an adrenaline-fueled fight or flight episode. #SorryT Read Full Review

I daresay this is the best chapter of Deadly Class so far, and Deadly Class is pretty damned good. I can't wait to see where this story goes next! Read Full Review

If there is one thing that is going to stand out for readers of Deadly Class #5, it will be Lee Loughridge's colorful blending of the 1980s with a wild acid trip. Considering this is exactly where Rick Remender and Wes Craig left Marcus in Issue #4, it fits the circumstances well. Read Full Review

The result is a frantically paced comic that never ceases to entertain or invoke awe. This is a master class in comic book storytelling told through the bent lens of heavy hallucination. Every single page is more fun than the last. Read Full Review

Remender and Craig appear determined to command your pull list, and at this point you'd be silly to resist them. Read Full Review

Deadly Classis so meticulously crafted, both in writing and art, that the seriesfeels like a greatest hits compilation. There are a few that don't stack up to the best, but none are ever bad. Every issue is overflowing with heart and soul, as evidenced by the creators ties to this story. It really feels like a passion project. Thankfully, Remender and Craig share this passion with us. This fifth issue doesn't hit the deep notes like its predecessors, but it remains as stylistically adept as ever. If both the set-up and solicitations are true, next month will change everything. The deepening relationship between character and reader is going to receive a gut punch. At least there's something to look forward to right? Highly Recommended. Read Full Review

In addition to great writing, the art is even stronger in this issue. Moving from sequences of cold, calm realism to the very violent to the very trippy, Craig and Loughridge are a fantastic match. The chase scene towards the end of the issue is incredibly anxiety inducing. While the writing seems more focused on an existential reflection, the gravity and immediacy of the threat is all communicated through the art. All told, this is a fantastic issue. Read Full Review

Oh man, what a trippy issue! But what a great trip that was. The visuals creates such a stirring environment which makes you want to question if everything you're reading is really happening (or if it's through the lens of an unreliable narrator). This is as close as you could get to reading Kirby's psychedelic Dr. Strange issues, and this issue is possibly best enjoyed by popping a few L's :D

Certainly NOT a jumping-on point, but this is a fantastic issue in all sense and dimension.

This series just keeps getting better and better. The art is fantastic, especially when portraying Marcus' visual perceptions while on his trip. I'm almost a bit surprised with how excellent the story is as well. The first few issues were very good, but these past two have really raised the bar.

Art: 3.5/5
Story: 4/5
Total: 7.5/10