Dragon Ball.
By: story and art by Akira Toriyama ; [English adaptation by Gerard Jones ; translation, Mari Morimoto ; touch-up art & lettering, Wayne Truman ; graphics design, Sean Lee].
Contributors: Jones, Gerard.; Truman, Wayne.
Edition: Shonen Jump Graphic Novel ed.
Publisher: Shonen Jump Graphic Novel/Viz
Published: 2004
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 176
Subjects: Quests (Expeditions) -- Juvenile fiction.; Martial artists -- Juvenile fiction.; Quests (Expeditions) -- Fiction.; Martial artists -- Fiction.
Genres: Juvenile fiction.; Fiction.
Description: In the Strongest Under the Heavens martial arts tournament, Goku, Kuririn, and Tenshinhan face mighty enemies, such as a cyborg assassin, a strange young woman with a grudge against Goku, and a new and improved Piccolo.
Notes: Translated from the Japanese.

"In the original Japanese edition, Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z are known collectively as the 42-volume series Dragon Ball. The English Dragon Ball Z was originally volumes 17-42 of the Japanese Dragon Ball"--P. facing t.p.

"DB: 15 of 42."

"This book reads from right to left"--Cover p. [4].