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also, I'm with Pendragon in saying Dragonball isn't really a series I'd use as an example of "power creep" - yes, it is silly how powerful they get but the story isn't really ruined because to be frank DB's entire story is "get more power" over and over..

the worst offences, for me, is when characters get new powers at the toss of a hat and when their weak-points are reversed or constantly altered.. like someone said above, if you have established rules on what a cosmic entity can and can not do as well as what can and can not harm them it works out fine.. comic books suffer from the fact many new authors don't follow the rules of older writers and just make stuff up.

there's also a tendency to try and "up the power" - this in itself isn't bad but there's a certain point where even the most insane series has to draw a line.. killing things like Living Tribunal, for example, is crossing the line.. and disrespectful to core canon.