The Dirty Pair

The Dirty Pair
Cover to Dirty Pair: Run From the Future trade paperback
Publication information
Publisher
FormatMultiple limited series
Publication date19882002
No. of issues28
Main character(s)
  • Kei
  • Yuri
Creative team
Created byHaruka Takachiho
Written by
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
BiohazardsISBN 1-56971-339-1
Dangerous AcquaintancesISBN 1560601167
A Plague of AngelsISBN 1569710295
Sim HellISBN 1569717427
Fatal But Not SeriousISBN 1569711720
Run from the FutureISBN 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. 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.