After years of training & adventure Goku has become Earth's ultimate warrior. & his son Gohan shows even greater promise. But the strikes are increasing as even deadlier enemies threaten the planet. More action-packed than the stories of Goku's youth DRAGON BALL Z is the ultimate science fiction martial arts manga. Get ready for action as time travellers aliens deities & the mighty Super Saiyans clash over the fate of the universe! (In Japan Dragon Ball & Dragon Ball Z were originally a single 42-volume series. VIZ Media's Dragon Ball Z contains vols. 27-42 of the original Japanese Dragon Ball from the first appearance of Goku's son Gohan to the climax of the series.) Trapped on war-torn Planet Namek Earth's heroes Gohan Kuririn & Bulma struggle to keep the Dragon Balls out of the hands of both Vegeta & the planet-destroying Emperor Freeza. But even a power-up courtesy of the Great Elder of Namek may not be enough to save them from Freeza's reinforcements: the Ginyu Force the five strongest fighters in outer space led by the supervillain Captain Ginyu! Desperate times call for desperate measures & Gohan & Kuririn find themselves with an unlikely ally as their theatrical enemies ro-sham-bo for the honour of who gets to kill them first! ...

Forced to ally with Vegeta against their common enemy Gohan & Kuririn fight desperately against Freezas elite troops the seemingly unstoppable Ginyu Force! But the tables may be turning as Son Goku finally arrives on Planet Namek his strength & speed increased ten-fold by training under 100 times Earths gravity! Could Goku have become the legendary Super Saiyan"!? & even if they defeat Captain Ginyu can they prevent Freeza from wishing for immortality on the Dragon Balls
- & Vegeta from betraying them & doing the same?"
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With an entire planet for their battleground Goku & Freeza continue their showdown to see whos strongest in the universe! But Gokus determination turns to horror as he realizes that his enemy has just been toying with him...and at just 50% of his full power Freeza is more than strong enough to beat Goku! Gohan Piccolo & Kuririn distract Freeza while Goku powers up for a gigantic genki-dama
- the last-ditch energy sphere" technique. Soon the heroes have no choice but to hope for a miracle..."
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The Lord of Lords mightiest of the deities has come to Earth
- & he needs the help of Goku Gohan & Vegeta! From across aeons of
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Earths heroes have come out of retirement & the audience at the Tenkaichi Budokai
- Strongest Under the Heavens martial arts tournament
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The day of the Cell Game has come
- the day when Earths champions must compete to save the entire human race from destruction.
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As Freeza changes into new forms each more powerful than the last the desperate heroes
- Gohan Kuririn Piccolo & the self-serving
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The mighty djinn Boo has awakened from his aeons-old slumber! As Boo's reign of terror begins even the mad wizard Bobbidi & his allies question whether such an uncontrollable being should have been set free. With all the universe's greatest champions dead petrified or beaten into unconsciousness only one hero remains to put up a fight... Vegeta. Will he win...or will Boo be free to turn the entire population of the world into sweets & gobble them up? ...

After years of training & adventure Goku has become Earth's ultimate warrior. & his son Gohan shows even greater promise. But the strikes are increasing as even deadlier enemies threaten the planet. More action-packed than the stories of Goku's youth DRAGON BALL Z features time travelers aliens & the mighty Super Saiyans clashing over the fate of the universe. ...

Breaking from his master Bobbidi the rampaging Boo turns the entire world into his candy store. To fight back Goku transforms into his most powerful form yet but the world's only hope may lie in Trunks & Goten the world's youngest & most promising fighters. Using an alien fusion technique they attempt to merge together to form a single even more powerful hero. Meanwhile as Boo destroys city after city the people of Earth call forth their secret weapon the seemingly invincible (but actually incompetent) Hercule. ...