| The Dirty Pair | |
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 Cover to Dirty Pair: Run From the Future trade paperback. | |
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| Format | Multiple limited series |
| Publication date | 1988–2002 |
| No. of issues | 28 |
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| Creative team | |
| Created by | Haruka Takachiho |
| Written by | |
| Penciller(s) | Adam Warren |
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| Collected editions | |
| Biohazards | ISBN 1-56971-339-1 |
| Dangerous Acquaintances | ISBN 1560601167 |
| A Plague of Angels | ISBN 1569710295 |
| Sim Hell | ISBN 1569717427 |
| Fatal But Not Serious | ISBN 1569711720 |
| Run from the Future | ISBN 1569715777 |
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.[1][3] 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.
- ^ a b Eclipse Comics published Dirty Pair (4 issues, December 1988 – April 1989), Dirty Pair II (5 issues, June 1989 – March 1990), and The Dirty Pair III (5 issues, August 1990 – August 1991). Eclipse also published hardcover and softcover collected editions of the first two series.
- ^ Dark Horse Comics published Dirty Pair: Sim Hell (4 issues, May–August 1993), The Dirty Pair: Fatal But Not Serious (5 issues, July–November 1995), and Dirty Pair: Run From the Future (4 issues, January–April 2000). Dark Horse re-published the Eclipse collected editions along with new collected editions of the remaining four series.
- ^ Patten, Fred; Carl Macek (2004). Watching Anime, Reading Manga: 25 Years of Essays and Reviews. Stone Bridge Press. p. 39. ISBN 978-1-880656-92-1.