Dirty Pair: Biohazards [Paperback]

Toren Smith (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1990

The Dirty Pair face their greatest challenge yet when Kei confronts the awesome horror of...her employee evaluation! It looks simple: simulations are generated by the Central Computer to test her responses, but when a mysterious malfunction traps Kei in virtual reality, Yuri must enter the sim to save her from a series of increasingly night-marish scenarios. From outer space to the ocean depths to the infinity of cyberspace, can Kei and Yuri survive the simulated -- but still lethal -- terrors of the apocalyptic "Nanoclysm"?

--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Eclipse Books (February 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 156060008X
• ISBN-13: 978-1560600084
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,147,077 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Action! Adventure! Romance! Other Explicatives!, April 5, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Dirty Pair: Biohazards (Paperback)

This, the long-awaited reprint of the first American "Dirty Pair" mini-series from 1988 chronicles the adventures of Kei and Yuri, better known as the "Dirty Pair," on the planet Pacifica. Sent there to retake the genetic profile and memory pattern of a recently deceased scientist from his enemies, Kei and Yuri get more than they barganed for when they become involved in a battle between rival illegal biotech weapon manufacturers. Of course, the "Dirty Pair" plus viral weaponry can only equal disaster...

The artwork is primitive compared to the other entries in the series, this being Adam Warren's first professional work, but glimmers of the great comic artist to come can be seen throughout. Besides, bad Warren art is still good art by most standards.

However, the fun story makes "Biohazards" worth your time. Among other insanity, it includes: a truly bizarre romance between Kei and a scientist who happens to be in the body of a genetically engineered warbeast, an extraordinarily polite killer robot, and a bioagent that turns its victims into crazed berzerkers whose entire vocabulary consists of the words "KILL," "HA," "RRRRAAAAARRRR," and "DIE!"

And as a bonus, the VERY difficult to find 1994 "Dirty Pair" short story "I Honestly Hate You" is included in the package.

Recommended, but even though it is the first series, a new reader should start with one of the better "Dirty Pair" adventures published later, so as not to be dissuaded.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Get down and DIRTY!, October 10, 2001

By 

J. Alford (Atlanta, GA. United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dirty Pair: Biohazards, 2nd Ed. (Paperback)

Adam Warren's first DIRTY PAIR comic probably stuck to the way the Lovely Angels were originally concieved based on the novels of Haruka Takachiho. Up until now there has never been a DP manga, and still isn't. This is an American comic book mini-series done by Dark Horse Comics. Actually, this story was first printed by the now defunct Eternity Comics. It was available in graphic novel format before, but this time with a special back-up comic feature with Kei having a simulated fantasy about killing Yuri. In the main story, Kei and Yuri have to protect a genetics expert who's rival has been after him for years and planted his body inside a small rodent. After busting into the bad guy's compound and rescuing him, they help him get a new robotic body while then trying to retrieve his stolen tissue samples so he can clone a new body for himself. This one was alot like the way the Dirty Pair were portrayed back in their old anime series. BIOHAZARD is also one of the only ones of Warren's version that you'll ever see either the Pair's assistant Muhgi who in this one looks more like a large panther than a grizzly bear, and its about the only one that Yuri uses her special "Bloody Card" weapon. It's alot of fun, but they only keep getting better from here on in!