 He also gave him piercing eyes, based on Bruce Lee's paralyzing glare.<ref></ref>

"Dragon Ball" was serialized in the manga anthology "Weekly Shōnen Jump" from issue No.51 on December 3, 1984, to No.25 on June 5, 1995.<ref></ref><ref></ref> As the readership of "Dragon Ball" grew up, the magazine changed to reflect their changing interests.<ref></ref> The 519 individual chapters were collected into 42 "tankōbon" volumes by Shueisha from September 10, 1985, through August 4, 1995.<ref name="Shueisha 1"></ref><ref name="Shueisha 42"></ref> These saw any color or partly colored artwork grayscaled.<ref name="fancolor"></ref> For the series' 24th anniversary, the "tankōbon" received new cover art that has been used on all reprints since 2009.<ref></ref> Between December 4, 2002, and April 2, 2004, the series was released in a collection of 34 "kanzenban" volumes that retain the color artwork from its "Weekly Shōnen Jump" run.<ref></ref><ref></ref> This edition received newly drawn cover illustrations, and each volume included a poster of their respective cover image.