Comic books in 'Manga', graded by CGC

Story and Art by Akira Toriyama. Searching for a cute girl as the first part of their training, Kuririn and Goku find Lunch, a dark-haired girl who seems to be made of sugar and spice and everything nice, but who's really a disaster waiting to happen. Seems there's a blond, trigger-happy female criminal nearby...who just happens to never be seen with Lunch at the same time! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

Story and Art by Akira Toriyama. Goku and Kuririn's training begins! With Lunch (the character, not the meal) in tow, Kame-sennin relocates the Kame House to the mainland and begins to put his new disciples through their paces. Goku looks like the stronger of the two, but Kuririn knows that sneakiness goes a long way. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

Story and Art by Akira Toriyama. Tired of being a 98-pound weakling? Kame-sen'nin, the Turtle Hermit, has a foolproof strength-improving method: you just have to run from dinosaurs, swim with sharks, and push boulders with your bare hands. Get ready, Goku and Kuririn! (CAUT: 3) NOTE: Not available outside the U.S., U.K., Australia, and Puerto Rico. b&w, 32pgs. Cover price $2.95.

Story and Art by Akira Toriyama. Goku and Kuririn survive Kame-sen'nin's training and travel to the world's biggest martial arts tournament to see just how much they've learned. Now they've just got to make it through the pre-elimination matches against hundreds of the world's toughest champs! Dragonball Z fans take note: this is the turning point where Dragonball starts to become the action series you know and love! (CAUT: 3) NOTE: Available only in North America, Australia, Puerto Rico, and the U.K. b&w, 32pg (5 of 15)$2.95" Cover price $2.95.

Story and Art by Akira Toriyama. The final contestants for the World Fighting Tournament are decided: Goku, Kuririn, and six other champions, including a face from Goku's past! Dragonball Z fans take note: this is when Dragon Ball starts to turn into the knock-down, drag-'em-out fighting manga you know and love! Cover price $2.95.

Story and Art by Akira Toriyama. The Tenkaichi Budokai is underway! Round One: Kuririn vs. Bacterian! Kuririn faces the odious Bacterian...but can he fight someone he can't even stand to smell? Round Two: Yamcha vs. Jackie Chun! Can Yamcha's "wolf fist" defeat the mysterious old master?" Cover price $2.95.

Story and Art by Akira Toriyama. Namu vs. Ran Faun! Namu, the mystic, is a master of the martial arts...but kows nothing of worldly ways. Ran Faun, his opponent, is a dirty fighter...and she's not above crying, "You wouldn't hit a girl would you?" Then: Goku vs. Giran! Goku's opponent in the fighting tournament is right out of a monster movie! Giran's got shark teeth, pterodactyl wings, and deadly spit, and somehow Goku must beat him! Or should I say "it?" b&w, 32pgs. Cover price $2.95.

Story and Art by Akira Toriyama. Goku vs. "Kaiju" Giran! Giran catches Goku in a blob of sticky spittle and bounces him around like a volleyball. Can Goku defeat the dinosaur-headed refugee from a monster movie? Then: Kuririn vs. Jackie Chun! Can Kuririn, the Shaolin shorty, defeat the mysterious contestant who knocked out Yamcha with one blow? (CAUT: 3) b&w, 32pgs. Cover price $2.95.

Story and Art by Akira Toriyama. Kuririn vs. Jackie Chun! It's the match you've been waiting for ? the world's toughest old man against the fearless, hairless Shaolin fighter! But even after months of training, is Kuririn tough enough? (CAUT: 3) NOTE: Not available outside North America, Puerto Rico, or the U.K. b&w, 32pgs. Cover price $2.95.

Story and Art by Akira Toriyama. Goku vs. Namu! In the next round of the world fighting tournament, our monkey-tailed hero fights the Indian mystic Namu (no, not Dhalsim)! But Namu needs to win the tournament to save the starving people of his village Scan. Will Goku bring himself to beat the good guy? b&w, 32pgs. Cover price $2.95.

Story and Art by Akira Toriyama. Goku vs. Jackie Chun! In the final round of the "Greatest Under the Heavens" martial arts tournament, Goku must face the "mysterious" Jackie Chun, whom Yamcha is convinced is Kame-sen'nin! But then why is Kame-sen'nin out in the audience? It's youth and strength versus old age and sneakiness as the great battle begins! b&w, 32pgs. Cover price $2.95.

Story and Art by Akira Toriyama. The fight of the century ? Goku versus Jackie Chun! In this fight, no trick is too down-and-dirty, no technique too physically impossible. The "Drunken Monkey" style! The "multiple images" trick! The "carnivorous ape" style! Who can possibly win?! b&w, 32pgs. Cover price $2.95.

Story and Art by Akira Toriyama. Goku vs. Jackie Chun: Round Three! As the battle rages into its third straight issue, Jackie Chun unleashes his mightiest secret weapons: hypnosis, a telekinetic blast, and more! As for Goku, well, he's just doing his usual tricks. Can anything take him down without destroying the Tenka-ichi Budôkai in the process? Cover price $2.95.

Story and Art by Akira Toriyama. Goku vs. Jackie Chun: Round 4! When Goku turns into King Kong in the middle of the Tenkai-ichi Budokai, Jackie Chun (and the audience) is running scared! What can stop a 50-foot monkey? The final round! Kamehameha! Cover price $3.50.

by Akira Toriyama To reach the top of Muscle Tower, Goku must beat Colonel White's hand-picked soldiers! Will he be crushed under the iron heel of Full Metallic Jacket? Then, Goku finds himself in an indoor forest with traditional Japanese scenery, where he must face a ninja! Why are you laughing? There's nothing tougher than a ninja, right? (CAUT: 3) NOTE: Not available outside North America, Puerto Rico, the U.K., Australia, and New Zealand. b&w, 32pg (3 of 14) Cover price $2.95.

by Akira Toriyama Goku vs. the ninja, round two! Which is stronger-nyoibo staff or samurai steel? Which is quicker ? shuriken stars or Goku's reflexes? And are five mirror-image ninjas equal to one monkey boy? It's too late to change your bets; they're already fighting! Cover price $2.95.

by Akira Toriyama Even five Sergeant Purples aren't enough to beat one Son Goku! This means that the Red Ribbon has to use their trump card... the Frankensteinian Cyborg Number 8! And there's something waiting on the next floor that's even worse! Cover price $2.95.

by Akira Toriyama Bearing the rescued mayor and the second Dragon Ball, Goku and Mechanical Man #8 are welcomed back by the grateful people of Jingle Village! But how will Goku find the other Dragon Balls when the Dragon Radar stops working? His only choice is to get help from Bulma... by going to her home in the Metropolis! How will country monkey Goku fare in the big city? b&w, 32pg (7 of 14) Cover price $2.95.

by Akira Toriyama On his first visit to her house, Goku meets city-girl Bulma's parents... who can't believe she's dating a weird short kid with a monkey's tail. ("I'm NOT dating him!" Bulma shouts.) After repairing the Dragon Radar, Bulma joins Goku on his quest to beat the Red Ribbon Army to the Dragon Balls. But they'd better bring bathing suits, because the next Dragon Ball is buried somewhere on a jungle island in the South Seas! (CAUT: 3) NOTE: Not available outside North America, Puerto Rico, the U.K., Australia, and New Zealand. b&w, 32pg (8 of 14) Cover price $2.95.

by Akira Toriyama The heroes visit the Turtle Hermit's island, where Bulma shows off her new invention: bracelets that cause their wearer to shrink! Then Bulma, Kuririn, and Goku take a submarine to find the next Dragon Ball, which is hidden in an undersea cave. But the Red Ribbon Army is right on their tail, led by the formidable Commander Blue! Cover price $2.95.

by Akira Toriyama Discovering that the Dragon Ball is somewhere in an undersea pirates' cave, Bulma, Kuririn and Goku descend to their goal in a submarine ?? but the forces of General Blue are not far behind! And the pirates have left a few traps behind to stop those who might steal their treasure! Meanwhile, the Red Ribbon army invades Kame Island, the population of which is just three: a turtle, the girl named Lunch, and Kame-Sen'nin, who, unfortunately for them, is the greatest martial artist in the world. (CAUT: b&w, 32pg (10 of 14) Cover price $2.95.

by Akira Toriyama Exploring the pirates' cave, Goku, Kuririn, and Bulma must face a cutlass-swinging robot and a giant octopus! But little do they know that the greatest danger is right behind them-Commander Blue, who is following them to steal the pirates' Dragon Ball! Lost in the maze of tunnels, can they find the buried treasure? Cover price $2.95.

by Akira Toriyama With the dangers of the Pirates' Cave neatly taken care of, Goku, Kuririn, and Bulma are free to plunder the pirates' treasure and the Dragon Ball-or so they think! While Goku is rustling up some food in another part of the cave, Commander Blue ambushes Kuririn and Bulma! Will Goku arrive in time to help Kuririn against the powerful Commander Blue? b&w, 32pg (12 of 14) Cover price $2.95.

DRAGON BALL PART 3 #13 by Akira Toriyama The pirates' cave is collapsing! Goku, Kuririn and Bulma struggle to escape the undersea fortress before they're buried under tons of rock, but unbeknownst to them, General Blue has also survived the devastation! Now General Blue must face all our heroes at once, but he's not worried-because he's got something up his sleeve that might blow all our heroes to smithereens! b&w, 32pg (13 of 14) Cover price $2.95.

by Akira Toriyama Goku and General Blue's mad chase takes them right out of Dragon Ball and into Penguin Village, the set of Akira Toriyama's original hit humor manga, Dr. Slump! Meet incompetent inventor Senbe Norimaki and his android "daughter" Arale! In this surreal sci-fi setting, Goku must face his final confrontation with the Red Ribbon's evil General and save the lives of his new friends! 16 extra pages for the same great price! (CAUT: 3) NOTE: Not available outside North America, Puerto Rico, the U.K., Australia, and New Zealand. b&w, 48pg (14 of 14) Cover price $2.95.

Story and Art by Akira Toriyama. Now 48 pages every month! Goku's search for the next DragonBalls takes him to the base of the mysterious Karin Tower, which marks the home of Rora and Opa, a proud Native American warrior and his son. But after the Red Ribbon Army setbacks Goku's dealt, they're more determined than ever to destroy him once and for all! As a strategic maneuver, Commander Red calls out his trump card and hires Taopaipai, the world's deadliest assassin. Next to this guy, even General Blue looks weak. b&w, 48pgs. Cover price $2.95.

Story and Art by Akira Toriyama. Goku's quest for strength takes him to the skies - the Karin Tower, which stretches into the heavens, and where the not-so-human hermit master Karin guards the Holy Water that increases strength tenfold! Meanwhile, miles below, the assassin Taopaipai has recaptured all but one of Goku's Dragon Balls... and now he's coming back to finish the job! 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

Story and Art by Akira Toriyama. Now each issue is 48 pages long! Taopaipai, the world's most deadly assassin, returns to Karin Tower to take the last remaining Dragon Ball from Upa. Little does the ruthless killer know that Goku isn't dead at all and is in fact on his way down from Karin Tower, stronger and faster from his training there. Has Goku's time on the tower given him the edge he needs to win, or will he become the only man who Taopaipai ever killed twice? b&w, 48pgs. Cover price $2.95.

Story and Art by Akira Toriyama. Originally, Goku only wanted to look for the Dragon Balls to find adventure, but now he has a wish ? to bring Upa's father back from the dead! With four of the Balls in his possession, he races recklessly straight into the maw of the enemy - the impossibly heavily guarded Red Ribbon Headquarters! 48pgs. Cover price $2.95.

Story and Art by Akira Toriyama. Commander Black fires rockets at Goku as Goku's friends rush to lend their aid - only to arrive too late! But one Dragon Ball is still missing, and the only way to find it is to find the wise old fortune-teller, Uranai-Baba, whose crystal ball can answer any question... but at what price? b&w, 48pgs. Cover price $2.95.

Story and Art by Akira Toriyama. To ask one question of the old witch - "Where is the last Dragon Ball?" - Goku and his friends must get past her gauntlet of supernatural fighters! First, Kuririn, Oolong and Pu'ar fight the Vampire! Then, Yamcha steps into the ring against the Invisible Man! 48pgs. Cover price $2.95.

Story and Art by Akira Toriyama. After Yamcha is defeated by the Mummy in a pitched battle above the bubbling wastes of the Devil's Toilet, Goku goes into the ring! Can he defeat the bandage-swaddled fighter? And waiting behind the Mummy is the next opponent in the supernatural tournament, with pitchforks and bat wings - the Devil! b&w, 48pgs. Cover price $2.95.

Story and Art by Akira Toriyama. Stronger than the Mummy, the Vampire, and even the Devil - who is the mysterious masked martial artist (with a halo over his head) who is Uranai Baba's fifth and final champion? Goku is forced to fight to the full extent of his strength against the incredibly skilled challenger, and yet he can't shake the feeling that he knows him from somewhere before! 48pgs. Cover price $2.95.

Story and Art by Akira Toriyama. Goku's mysterious, haloed opponent is revealed, and it's none other than... Son Gohan, his long-dead grandfather! But no sooner does the master-and-student fight come to an end than Pilaf, would-be ruler of the world, launches his own high-tech plan to get the Dragon Balls for himself! And now he knows Goku's weakness! Can Goku defeat Pilaf's scheme with no preparation, no strategy - no pants? b&w, 48pgs. Cover price $2.95.

Story and Art by Akira Toriyama. With all seven Dragon Balls in his possession, Goku can have anything in the world?but all he wants is to resurrect his friend Upa's father. Goku parts with Kame-Sen'nin, Kuririn, Yamcha, and Bulma, Goku and promises to see them all again in three years, at the start of the next Strongest-Under-the-Heavens Martial Arts Tournament! In the meantime, Goku will train by running in a straight line all the way around the world! But what will three years do to the five friends? b&w, 48pgs. Cover price $2.95.

by Akira Toriyama It's the elimination rounds of the Tenka'ichi Budokai ? the "strongest under the heavens" martial arts tournament! Goku, Kuririn, and Yamcha find themselves settling somebody else's grudge when they meet their future opponents Tenshinhan and Chaozu, the star pupils of the "Crane Hermit," the Turtle Hermit's old rival! Can their Turtle school kung fu defeat their opponents' Crane style? Plus: the reappearance of Jackie Chun... so to speak! b&w, 48pg (1 of 7) $2.95 Cover price $2.95.

by Akira Toriyama The Strongest-under-the-Heavens martial arts finals commence! First, "Turtle Hermit" disciple Yamcha fights "Crane Hermit" disciple Tenshinhan, a cruel three-eyed master of kung fu! Then, Jackie Chun fights the Wolfman! But why does a werewolf (and 30th-dan black belt) have it out for last time's tournament winner? (CAUT: 3) NOTE: Available only in North America, Puerto Rico, Australia, New Zealand, and the UK. b&w, 48pg (2 of 7) $2.95 Cover price $2.95.

by Akira Toriyama In a fierce battle between the shorter students of the Crane and Turtle Schools, Kuririn pulls out a kamehameha while Chaozu reveals HIS special attack ? the Dodon-pa blast! But where did Chaozu learn the Dodon-pa, the signature move of Taopaipai, the evil assassin!? Then, in the fourth match, Goku faces the super kickboxer Panpoot! NOTE: Not available outside North America, Puerto Rico, the U.K., Australia, and New Zealand. b&w, 48pg (3 of 7) $2.95 Cover price $2.95.

by Akira Toriyama It's a close battle of youth vs. old age as Jackie Chun fights Tenshinhan, the vain three-eyed disciple of the evil Crane Hermit. But more than a physical contest, it's a clash of ideas as Jackie tries to convince Tenshinhan to renounce the path of evil and become a good guy! Then, Kuririn fights Goku! (CAUT: 3) NOTE: Not available outside North America, Puerto Rico, the U.K., Australia, and New Zealand. b&w, 48pg (4 of 7) $2.95 Cover price $2.95.

by Akira Toriyama Kuririn and Goku have both mastered the Turtle School of martial arts?but Goku's raw physical power is much greater. As their fight wears on, Kuririn resorts to outwitting his opponent?not that difficult when you can just say "LOOK!" and Goku will turn his head in the direction you're pointing. Meanwhile, Tenshinhan waits to fight the victor. (CAUT: 3) b&w, 48pg (5 of 7) $2.95 Cover price $2.95.

by Akira Toriyama Round Two! With a sudden flurry of blows, Goku catches Tenshinhan off guard and nearly beats him ? but lets him stay in the ring rather than finish the fight so soon. Furious at being an object of mercy, Tenshinhan strikes back more angrily than ever ? and finds himself winning! Or is he really? (CAUT: 3) b&w, 48pg (6 of 7) $2.95 Cover price $2.95.

by Akira Toriyama Tenshinhan has turned from the evil teachings of the Crane Master, but now beating Goku is nothing less than a matter of pride! Using every technique at his disposal, he grows four arms, then levitates into the air and prepares to destroy the entire arena ? Goku into a "ring out" if he survives at all! (CAUT: 3) b&w, 48pg (7 of 7) $2.95 Cover price $2.95.

by Akira Toriyama New 64-page format! An ancient evil has been unleashed upon the Dragon World?the Great Demon King Piccolo, trapped long ago by Kame-Sen'nin's master, but freed by Emperor Pilaf to assist him in conquering the planet! Soon, Piccolo's army of monsters have stolen the world martial arts tournament roster and are methodically killing the greatest fighters on Earth, the only people who might pose a threat to their master! And for Goku, it's personal?because Kuririn was the first to go! (CAUT: 3) b&w, 64pg (1 of 8) (Note Price) $3.50 Cover price $3.50.