Piccolo has only one chance to destroy Cell before he merges with Androids seventeen and eighteen and becomes a threat to the world.

"DB: 31 of 42." "In the original Japanese edition, Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z are known collectively as the 42-volume series Dragon Ball. The English Dragon Ball Z was originally volumes 17-42 of the Japanese Dragon Ball"--P. [2]. In keeping with the original Japanese format, this book reads from back to front and from right to left.