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JAPAN VINTAGE AUTHORITYWeekly Shonen Jump 1990 No.3-4 — DRAGON BALL New Year Double Issue, Goku, Gohan and Chi-Chi in Santa Suits by Akira ToriyamaShueisha • New Year double issue, cover date January 8, 1990 • Dragon Ball cover marking 250 chapters, Merry Xmas artwork by Akira Toriyama • Slam Dunk, Yu Yu Hakusho\'s predecessors, JoJo Part 3, Dai no Daibouken inside • original newsstand printingDRAGON BALL COVER — 1990250 CHAPTERS CELEBRATIONORIGINAL 1990 PRINTINGGOOD — SEE CONDITIONSHIPS FROM JAPAN
Weekly Shonen Jump 1990 No.3-4, the New Year double issue, with Goku, Gohan and Chi-Chi in Santa suits on the cover in Akira Toriyama\'s art — 祝!連載250回突破!, celebrating Dragon Ball\'s 250th chapter. One of the most reproduced Toriyama Jump covers, here in its original printing.
Inside: DRAGON BALL (the Frieza saga on Namek), JoJo\'s Bizarre Adventure Part 3, Dragon Quest: Dai no Daibouken, City Hunter, Saint Seiya and the early-1990 line-up, plus the New Year specials.
Dragon Ball cover issues of 1990 are the strongest sellers of the era: the No.21-22 cover sold this summer for $389 and $498, and the 1985 covers for $330 to $1,400. The Santa cover is the one most often asked for.
Condition in one line: Good — complete, colours bright, with edge wear and toned pages. Full details below.
Peace of mind: every photo in this listing is of the exact copy you will receive. Want another angle, or a closer look at the colophon, the spine or the page edges? Ask via message before you buy and we will send it.
TitleWeekly Shonen Jump (週刊少年ジャンプ) 1990, cover date January 8, 1990 (No.3-4 double issue) — ShueishaEditionOriginal newsstand printing. Not a reprintKey contentDRAGON BALL cover by Akira Toriyama (Goku, Gohan, Chi-Chi in Santa suits, 250th chapter celebration). DRAGON BALL Frieza saga. JoJo\'s Bizarre Adventure Part 3. Dragon Quest: Dai no Daibouken. City Hunter, Saint SeiyaLanguageJapaneseFormatWeekly magazine, softcover, newsprint interior, approx. 18 x 26 cmConditionGood — see the Condition shipping from Japan with full tracking, rigid waterproof packagingCONDITION — Good — complete 1990 copy with age wear
Graded on our S / A / B / C scale as B (Good) from the supplier\'s photographs of this exact copy.
What the photos show
- Front cover: complete, colours bright; rubbing at the corners and edges, light creasing.
- Back cover: complete, with toning and rubbing.
- Spine: square, 「3・4」 legible; wear at the ends.
- Page block: tight, with even brown toning to the edges as on every copy of this age.
- Not stated by the supplier: odour, writing or loose pages. If our inspection finds any, we will tell you before shipping.
Supplier grade, quoted in full
The Japanese supplier, a registered secondhand bookseller in Osaka, grades the copy 「やや傷や汚れあり」 (some scratches or soiling) and writes — a used copy with some scratches, soiling and age-related deterioration. The five photographs (front, back, spine, two angled views of the page block) are of this exact copy.
If anything on this page does not match what we find when the copy is in our hands, we will tell you before we ship and refund in full if you prefer.
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