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Dragon Ball Z. [1] / story & art by Akira Toriyama ; [English adaptation, Gerard Jones ; translation, Lillian Olsen].

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Japanese Series: Shonen Jump mangaPublication details: San Francisco, CA : Viz Media, [2008]Edition: Vizbig edDescription: 491, [36] pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9781421520643
  • 1421520648
Other title:
  • Dragon Ball Z. Volume 1
  • DragonBall Z. 1
Uniform titles:
  • Doragon Bōru. English
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Volume 1. The world's greatest team -- Volume 2. The lord of worlds -- Volume 3. Earth vs. the Saiyans.
Summary: "FIVE YEARS have passed since the Tenka'ichi Bud kai (Strongest Under the Heavens) fighting tournament, where Son Goku emerged as Earth's ultimate champion. Goku has since settled down with a wife and even has a son, Son Gohan. All seems peaceful, until one day when a mysterious visitor appears and reveals that Goku is actually an alien! The visitor, Raditz, claims that Goku is a Saiyan Warrior, a member of the most powerful race in the universe. When the ruthless Raditz threatens to destroy Goku's family and the entire human race, Goku races to stop him and finds an unlikely ally in Piccolo, his old archenemy"--Page 2 of cover.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Juvenile Manga MVS Library Main room-back corner K- Comic/Graphic Novel (Juv) J MG TOR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 4010271

"Three in one"--Cover.

Consists of the first three volumes of the original graphic novel release.

In keeping with the original Japanese format, this book reads right to left.

"First published in Japan in 1984 by Shueisha Inc, Tokyo"--Page facing title page.

Includes a Title Page Gallery of the title pages for the individual chapters as they originally appeared in Weekly Shonen Jump magazine.

Volume 1. The world's greatest team -- Volume 2. The lord of worlds -- Volume 3. Earth vs. the Saiyans.

"FIVE YEARS have passed since the Tenka'ichi Bud kai (Strongest Under the Heavens) fighting tournament, where Son Goku emerged as Earth's ultimate champion. Goku has since settled down with a wife and even has a son, Son Gohan. All seems peaceful, until one day when a mysterious visitor appears and reveals that Goku is actually an alien! The visitor, Raditz, claims that Goku is a Saiyan Warrior, a member of the most powerful race in the universe. When the ruthless Raditz threatens to destroy Goku's family and the entire human race, Goku races to stop him and finds an unlikely ally in Piccolo, his old archenemy"--Page 2 of cover.

"Rated A for all ages"--Page 4 of cover.

Translated from Japanese.

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