The Dead Zone (Ora no Gohan wo Kaese!! "Return My Gohan!!" 1989) and The World's Strongest (Kono yo de Ichiban Tsuyoi Yatsu: "This World's Strongest Guy;" 1990) were the first two Dragon Ball Z features; eleven more would follow over the next several years. In both features; unsavory characters try to use the power of the Dragon Balls to obtain revenge and rule the Earth. After Shenglong grants him eternal life; Garlic; Jr.; seeks to destroy Kami and avenge his father in The Dead Zone. When it becomes apparent he can't withstand the combined power of Kami and the Z-Fighters; Garlic creates a "Dead Zone;" a sort of black hole that threatens to engulf everyone and everything. Gohan defeats him; turning the gift of eternal life into a terrible curse. Goku wisely decides not to tell Chichi about Gohan's newly discovered powers. In The World's Strongest; the Z-fighters are pitted against a resurrected mad scientist (rendered variously as Dr. Willow; Wheelo; or Uilo) and his hench-creatures. Goku asks the Earth's inhabitants to lend him the energy needed to destroy the evil genius. Both films feel like TV specials: Dead Zone is only 40 minutes long; World's Strongest; an hour. The viewer can choose English dialogue with US or Japanese music in stereo or the original Japanese tracks in mono. (Rated TV PG: violence; brief nudity; minor toilet humor) --Charles Solomon