Product Description: No intergalactic terrorist threats, no plots to overthrow the United Galactica, no 7:00 a.m. training runs -- it's just a relaxing vacation for Kei and Yuri, also known as the Lovely Angels, also known as the Dirty Pair. But their poolside bash goes bust when an old friend -- Shasti -- turns up at the same vacation spot! Shasti was their partner, a genetically-engineered superagent for the 3WA, until she betrayed the Pair. And now it's payback time!
Just a Typical Vacation For the Dirty Pair A reprint of the second "Dirty Pair" american comics mini-series(circa 1990), this one centers around the 3WA Trouble Consultant team "Lovely Angels," better known as the "Dirty Pair," on vacation. Of course, wherever Kei and Yuri go, trouble follows, and sure enough, it finds them. This time, the trouble comes in the form of Shasti, a genetically engineered "bioroid," who also happens to be a rogue 3WA agent. Kei and Yuri are forced to engage in a lunatic persuit of her throughout the book, leading up to a final confrontation in deep space. But not before they get arrested by the local police, infiltrate a luxury space-liner, disguise themselves as nubile server girls, and destroy an entire city, of course.
The artwork here isn't as impressive as later entries in the series, but that is understandable since this was only Adam Warren's second professional comics job. That said, the artwork is still nice to look at, and conveys the proper sense of hyperactivity customary in a story featuring Kei and Yuri.
The story itself is action-packed, and has a distinctly "Leathal Weapon" flare to it. And Shasti is one of the best female comics villans ever created.
On the downside, the science-fiction element in this story is a bit lacking compared to the later stories, which is why I have given it four stars instead of five. Still highly recommended, but a reader new to the "Dirty Pair" should start with "A Plague of Angels" or "Sim Hell."
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