Dragon Ball Part 2-3 (Viz Monthly Comics)
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| Dragon Ball Part 2 No. 3 | |
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| Released | May 1999 |
| Publisher | Viz |
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| Format | 6.625" x 10.25" |
| Pages | 32 pages |
| Chapters |
Dragon Ball Chapter 28 Dragon Ball Chapter 29 |
| Viz Publication | |
| Translation | Mari Morimoto |
| Adaptation | Gerard Jones |
| Editor | Trish Ledoux |
| Graphic Novel | Dragon Ball Volume 3 |
Dragon Ball Part 2 No. 3 is the fifteenth issue of Viz's Dragon Ball Monthly Comics, the original English-language printing of the Dragon Ball manga. It was released in May 1999 alongside the fifteenth issue of the "Dragon Ball Z"-branded chapters.
List of Chapters
| # | Viz Chapter Title | Original Publication | Page |
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| 28 | Dragon Ball Chapter 28: "Let the Training Begin!!" |
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1985 #28 (Japan, 11 June 1985) |
1 |
| 29 | Dragon Ball Chapter 29: "Bad Day at Turtle Rock" |
Weekly Shōnen Jump 1985 #29 (Japan, 18 June 1985) |
16 |
The title page of chapter 31 is repurposed (in its original greyscale) as a title page for chapter 28 on page 1. The title page for chapter 29 is omitted.
Cover Illustration
This issue's Akira Toriyama cover illustration was originally drawn for the cover of the 1987 #37 issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump. This issue contained Dragon Ball Chapter 137, and it was published on 11 August 1987. The Weekly Jump cover is reproduced in the 30th Anniversary Dragon Ball Super History Book.[1] The illustration itself gets full-page reproductions in Dragon Ball Daizenshuu 1 ("The Complete Illustrations")[2] and in the Dragon Ball Chōgashū ("A Visual History").[3]
Advertisements
Page 32 is an advertisement for A Chinese Ghost Story: The Tsui Hark Animation.
The back cover is a full-color advertisement for the Pioneer VHS box sets for the first 53 episodes of the FUNimation Dragon Ball Z English Dub (1996-1998), a DVD box set for the first 13 episodes of Tenchi Muyo!, a VHS box set of the first 6 episodes of Bastard!!, and a VHS box set of the first 7 episodes of Alien Defender Geo-Armor: Kishin Corps. This advertisement is reproduced on the fourteenth DBZ issue's page.
Staff
- English Adaptation: Gerard Jones
- Translation: Mari Morimoto
- Touch-Up Art & Lettering: Wayne Truman
- Editor: Trish Ledoux
- Cover & Interior Design: Viz Graphics
- Managing Editor: Hyoe Narita
- Editor-In-Chief: Sataro Fujii
- Publisher: Seiji Horibuchi
Letters Column
This issue's letters column is printed left to right on pages 31-30. There is a standard solicitation for reader letters on the inside of the front cover. A complete transcription of the column is below; fan art is omitted. The responses are written by editor Trish Ledoux. (Parentheses) and [brackets] are Viz; {braces} are Kanzenshuu notes.
Notes
References
- ↑ "The PERIOD of DRAGON BALL: EPISODE 1984-1988". 30th Anniversary: Dragon Ball Chōshishū –Super History Book–. Japan: Shueisha, 21 January 2016. ISBN 978-4-08-792505-0. (p. 26)
- ↑ "1987". Dragon Ball Daizenshuu 1: Complete Illustrations. Japan: Shueisha, 25 June 1995. ISBN 4-08-782751-8. (p. 48)
- ↑ "1987". Dragon Ball Chōgashū. Japan: Shueisha, 09 May 2013. ISBN 978-4-08-782520-6. (p. 39)
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