The Dirty Pair
| The Dirty Pair | |
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Cover to Dirty Pair: Run From the Future trade paperback.
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher |
Eclipse Comics (United States) |
| Format | Multiple limited series |
| Publication date(s) | 1988 – 2002 |
| No. of issues | 28 |
| Main character(s) | Kei Yuri |
| Creative team | |
| Created by | Haruka Takachiho |
| Written by |
Adam Warren Toren Smith |
| Penciller(s) | Adam Warren |
| Inker(s) | Adam Warren Karl Story Tom Simmons Robert Dejesus Jason Martin Jim Royal Tomoko Saito Dan Brereton Lela Dowling Lea Hernandez Ken Macklin Joe Rosas |
| Colorist(s) | Guru eFX Ryan Kinnaird Robert Perchaluk Margaret Hessian Joe Rosas Dave Nestelle Gina Going |
| Collected editions | |
| Biohazards | ISBN |
| Dangerous Acquaintances | ISBN |
| A Plague of Angels | ISBN |
| Sim Hell | ISBN |
| Fatal But Not Serious | ISBN |
| Run From the Future | ISBN |
Eclipse Comics (United States)
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The Dirty Pair is an original English-language manga written and illustrated by Adam Warren, based on the original Dirty Pair characters created by Haruka Takachiho.
The American comic company and manga translator Studio Proteus acquired rights to create comic versions of the Dirty Pair in 1988. The first three limited series, reprinted in the collected editions Biohazards, Dangerous Acquaintances, and Plague of Angels, were published by the since-defunct Eclipse Comics. Later, the rights were transferred to Dark Horse Comics. The first three series were written by Toren Smith and Adam Warren and drawn by Warren — after that, Smith left the project and Warren took over writing completely. These stories have a much more cyberpunk style than the other versions; the later stories, starting with "Fatal But Not Serious", move into the transhuman and posthuman subgenres.
Kei and Yuri are two Trouble Consultants (Criminal Division, Class A) for the World Welfare Work Association (3WA), code-named "Lovely Angels", but known throughout the United Galactica (UG) as the "Dirty Pair", a nickname given to them by the press due to their bad luck with their missions, which always seem to end in complete disaster. But they are always cleared of any wrongdoing by the UG's Central Computer because the extreme damage is never actually their fault (though their mere presence has been known to make things worse).
They originally met at Meizuru university for Lucien genetic upgrades around A.D. 2134, although it is not necessarily canon, they were both misfits within their year, and so became friends. Around A.D. 2137, just before graduation from Meizuru university, they played a prank on their friends, convincing them that they were both psychic. Shortly afterwards, news reached the 3WA and they were scouted for recruitment and tested by a parapsychology institute. The pair cheated every which way possible (the really short skirts were Kei's idea), and they tested positive for clairvoyance, the 3WA considered this to be useful and hired them.
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