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Version 1. (1992 Dark Horse) comic books

  • Issue #1
    Version 1. (1992 Dark Horse) 1

    Story and art by Hisashi Sakaguchi. A hard-bitten Japanese P.I. and a scientist's daughter travel to Australia to unravel the mystery of a sentient biochip! A secret research project has gone awry, and both the biochip and Eiko Hirgure's father have disappeared. Together with detective Happo Mitsuri, they uncover an increasingly tangled trail. Who is the mysterious stranger who contacts Happo? What is the sinister organization following the proceedings? And what does a mermaid have to do with all this? B&W. Cover price $2.50.

  • Issue #2
    Version 1. (1992 Dark Horse) 2

    Story and art by Hisashi Sakaguchi. Hap and Eiko set out to Lake Torrens, Australia, to trace the latest sighting of the strange creature that has disappeared with Eiko's father. They aren't the only ones interested in this biotechnological organism, however. A mysterious organization is following all the proceedings -- and has its own plans for this new form of life! B&W. Cover price $2.50.

  • Issue #3
    Version 1. (1992 Dark Horse) 3

    Story and art by Hisashi Sakaguchi. Hap and Eiko are at Lake Torrens, Australia to trace the latest sighting of the strange creature, Egos, which has disappeared along with Eiko's father. When this organism grown from a living biochip suddenly appears, they try to establish communication with it. These proceedings are followed with interest by the mysterious Black Echo, whose agents are spying on Hap and Eiko! B&W. Cover price $2.50.

  • Issue #4
    Version 1. (1992 Dark Horse) 4

    Story and art by Hisashi Sakaguchi. Hap and Eiko have stumbled onto the deserted secret hideaway of Egos, the sentient biochip and its creator, Dr. Higure -- under Lake Torrens in Australia! While the mysterious Black Echo's agents close in on the pair, Hap and Eiko frantically try to decipher what is happening with Egos -- as its exponentially growing intelligence focuses on the outside world! B&W. Cover price $2.50.

  • Issue #5
    Version 1. (1992 Dark Horse) 5

    Story and art by Hisashi Sakaguchi. Hap and Eiko have traveled through the river of mist to escape Black Echo... only to find it emptying into the ocean, marooning them at sea! They are rescued by a ship captain searching for a mermaid that could only be EGOS, the biotechnological creature Hap and Eiko are also searching for. They're not the only ones looking, though, as Black Echo takes to sea -- to capture EGOS! B&W. Cover price $2.50.

  • Issue #6
    Version 1. (1992 Dark Horse) 6

    Story and art by Hisashi Sakaguchi. At sea, searching for EGOS, Eiko makes a breakthrough communication with the strange creature. Her father's consciousness survives in EGOS, as a part of the sum total of human thought. EGOS is evolving into a collective conscience of the human race -- an enigmatic and unknowable creature, with unfathomable motives. For EGOS' own purposes, the weather patterns begin to change, and all sorts of marine mammals begin to congregate at the barrier reef, responding to a signal only they can hear... B&W. Cover price $2.50.

  • Issue #7
    Version 1. (1992 Dark Horse) 7

    Story and art by Hisashi Sakaguchi. A song at a frequency no human ear can hear is drawing marine mammals to Australia's great barrier reef. Could it be EGOS, the sentient biochip Hap and Eiko are tracking? As the Death's Head sails for the Capricorn channel to investigate, the sea grows more rough and dangerous. Is this due to natural forces, or is EGOS manipulating nature for its own unknowable ends? B&W. Cover price $2.50.

  • Issue #8
    Version 1. (1992 Dark Horse) 8

    Story and art by Hisashi Sakaguchi. In this final issue of Version part one, the Death's Head cruises Australia's great barrier reef as the water grows even more treacherous. EGOS, the sentient biochip, has been manipulating the environment, and now is causing a tidal wave! It looks like the end for Hap and Eiko -- and as EGOS flashes the one-word message DELETE, it may be the end for humanity. B&W. Cover price $2.50.