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Issue Details

Issue #5
Published March 1990
Cover Price $2.00 USD
Pages 36
Editing Greg S. Baisden
Notes Cover number: 5 of 5; indicia: DIRTY PAIR II no. 5

Cover Details

Characters Shasti; Kei; Yuri
Genre science fiction
Pencils Adam Warren
Inks Adam Warren
Colors Adam Warren
Notes Cover number: 5 of 5; indicia: DIRTY PAIR II no. 5

1 page The Penumbra text article "HELLO GOODBYE:"

Script Catherine Yronwode
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover B&W indicia page editorial about staff changes at Eclipse.

25 page Dâti pea [Dirty Pair] story "GROUND ZERO"

Characters Kei; Yuri; Shasti; Briareos (cameo spoof); Mr. Ayoob
Synopsis The "Lovely Angels" try to stop Shasti's hijacking plan. Flashback sequence: The "Lovely Angels" get their licenses as "Trouble Consultants".
Genre science fiction
Script Haruka Takachiho (creator of characters and situations); Toren Smith; Adam Warren
Pencils Adam Warren
Inks Adam Warren
Colors Tomoko Saito (zipatone)
Letters L. Lois Buhalis
Notes Zipatone credit from letter column of #1. GCD page count includes title page, but not recap page between title page & rest of the story. (Page numbering in comic includes the recap page.) Cameo spoofs: Appurushîdo [Appleseed]; Sam & Max, Freelance Police
Reprinted in Dirty Pair Book Two: Dangerous Acquaintances Collection (Eclipse, 1991 series) #[nn] [hardcover]; in Dirty Pair Book Two: Dangerous Acquaintances Collection (Eclipse, 1991 series) #[nn] [softcover]; in Dirty Pair: Dangerous Acquaintances, The (Dark Horse, 1997 series) #[nn]

1 page Dâti pea [Dirty Pair] recap WHO ARE THE "DIRTY PAIR" ... ?

Characters Yuri; Kei
Genre science fiction
Pencils Adam Warren
Inks Adam Warren
Colors Tomoko Saito (zipatone)
Letters L. Lois Buhalis (speech balloons); typeset (text)
Notes Introduction to the "Lovely Angels" and recap of the first four issues of this series. Illustrated with panels from page 2 of issue #2 and page 19 of issue #4. Recap page is between the title page and the rest of the story.

3 page promo (ad from the publisher)

Notes B&W house ad: Dirty Pair Book One: Biohazards; inside back cover B&W house ad: Appleseed Book One: The Promethean Challenge; colour back cover house ad: Appleseed & Hobbit, The posters

3 page Dâti pea [Dirty Pair]; Usagi Yojimbo letters page "IT'S NOT OUR FAULT!"

Characters Yuri; Kei; Miyamoto Usagi
Genre science fiction
Script Greg S. Baisden; Toren Smith; Adam Warren; letters from: John R. Roe; Brock Hoagland; Russ Bullman; Reuben Langdon; Stan Day
Pencils Adam Warren; Stan Sakai; Stan Day
Inks Adam Warren; Stan Sakai; Stan Day
Letters L. Lois Buhalis (logo design); Tom Orzechowski (logo design); typeset (text)
Notes Letter column; illustrated with a Dirty Pair/Usagi Yojimbo "crossover" pinup and fan art by Stan Day; contains information on cameo spoofs in issue #1 of this series.

2 page Dâti pea [Dirty Pair] story "EPILOGUE"

Characters Shasti
Synopsis Reveals what happened to Shasti after the main story in this issue.
Genre science fiction
Script Haruka Takachiho (creator of characters and situations); Toren Smith; Adam Warren
Pencils Adam Warren
Inks Adam Warren
Colors Tomoko Saito (zipatone)
Letters L. Lois Buhalis
Notes Zipatone credit from letter column of #1. End of storyline.
Reprinted in Dirty Pair Book Two: Dangerous Acquaintances Collection (Eclipse, 1991 series) #[nn] [hardcover]; in Dirty Pair Book Two: Dangerous Acquaintances Collection (Eclipse, 1991 series) #[nn] [softcover]; in Dirty Pair: Dangerous Acquaintances, The (Dark Horse, 1997 series) #[nn]