Deadly Class co-creator Rick Remender has released a promo showcasing the television cast of the Image Comics adaptation next to their comic book counterparts.
Remender, who also serves as the serves as the upcoming SyFy series co-showrunner, tweeted the banner promo earlier this week featuring the cast directly opposite their corresponding characters with original art by co-creator Wes Craig.
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Like the comic series of the same name, Deadly Class follows a group of 1980s teenage misfits that are enrolled in a private academy training them to be assassins. Fueled by sex, drugs, and rock & roll, the aspiring killers must not only survive the reckless abandon of youth but literally survive each other as deadly rivalries begin to form.
The comic series debuted in January 2014 to critical and commercial success with Avengers: Infinity War directors Joe and Anthony Russo producing the adaptation which received a full series order from SyFy this past April. The banner tweeted by Remender was first seen as part of Image Comics display at Comic-Con International in San Diego this past July where the series had a major presence.
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Deadly Class is based on the Image Comics series of the same name created by Rick Remender and Wes Craig. The adaptation stars Benedict Wong (Doctor Strange, Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams), Benjamin Wadsworth (Teen Wolf), Lana Condor (X-Men: Apocalypse, Alita: Battle Angel), Maria Gabriela de Faria (Yo Soy Franky, Sitiados), Luke Tennie (Shock and Awe), Liam James (The Way Way Back, The Killing), and Michel Duval (Señora Acero, Queen of the South). It is expected to debut on SyFy sometime in 2019.