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Asterix

Astérix

Status: Ongoing

Genre: Humour


1. 1961 44p.	Astérix le gaulois
		Asterix (Orion) #1: Asterix the Gaul By: Orion ISBN: 9780752866055 (48p.) (1969) Format: Softcover Asterix Omnibus #1: Asterix Omnibus 01 By: Orion As: 'Asterix the Gaul' ISBN: 9780752891552 (144p.) (2007) Format: Softcover Puzzled by the problem of the last indomitable Gaulish village, the Romans send a spy to learn the secret of their enormous strength. That done, they capture the Druid Getafix and try to torture the secret of the magic potion out of him. Asterix wonders why Getafix has been gone for so long, and gets captured too. The head of the Roman garrison, Crismus Bonus, wants the potion so he can go to Rome and become Caesar. To have a little fun, Getafix brews up a batch of magic hair-growing potion and the Romans all drink it. After they've run out of hair jokes, Getafix relents and brews an antidote, and also a little cauldron of the strength potion so that he and Asterix can make their escape. Before they can leave, however, Julius Caesar himself turns up and wants to know what's going on. Asterix tells him about Crismus Bonus's plan to become Caesar, and Julius finds that very interesting. He releases Asterix and Getafix without seeing how the potion works. Asterix and Julius promise to meet again.
2. 1962 42p.	La serpe d'or
		Asterix (Orion) #2: Asterix and the Golden Sickle By: Orion ISBN: 9780752866130 (48p.) (1975) Format: Softcover Asterix Omnibus #1: Asterix Omnibus 01 By: Orion As: 'Asterix and the Golden Sickle' ISBN: 9780752891552 (144p.) (2007) Format: Softcover Getafix the Druid breaks his sickle, and Asterix and Obelix volunteer to go get a new one from Metallurgix in Lutetia. Once they get to the city, Metallurgix can't be found and they are arrested by Romans. While in captivity they learn that a gang of sickle-traffickers has had a monopoly since Metallurgix disappeared. The pair decide that Metallurgix has been kidnapped by the gang, set out to look for him, and get arrested again. A clue from a fellow prisoner leads them to leave the jail again and go to the Bois de Boulogne, where they find an underground chamber full of golden sickles, and beat up the gang. They still haven't found Metallurgix, and don't know who the big boss of the gang is. More searching, and they get arrested again. This time they discover that the Roman Prefect is the boss of the gang, and the Metallurgix is being held in the same building as they are. They free Metallurgix, get a free sickle, and return home.
3. 1963 47p.	Astérix et les Goths
		Asterix (Orion) #3: Asterix and the Goths By: Orion ISBN: 9780752866154 (48p.) (1974) Format: Softcover Asterix Omnibus #1: Asterix Omnibus 01 By: Orion As: 'Asterix and the Goths' ISBN: 9780752891552 (144p.) (2007) Format: Softcover Asterix and Obelix escort Getafix to the annual Druid's convention. Getafix wins the new tricks competition and is named Druid of the Year. Goths who have sneaked over from Germania then kidnap Getafix and take him home. They try to get some secrets of military value out of Getafix, but are not successful. Coming to the rescue, Asterix and Obelix end up imprisoned and scheduled for execution along with Getafix and Rhetoric, their wimpy Gothic-Gaulish interpreter. As a last request they ask for ingredients to make a Gaulish soup, which is of course the magic potion. Since their concern is not only to escape, but also to neutralize Germania for centuries to come, they feed the soup to Rhetoric. Rhetoric declares himself chief. Then the Gauls give swigs of potion to a whole succession of henpecked or otherwise dissatisfied Gothic men, who all raise armies and declare themselves supreme chiefs. That mischief done, our friends return to their village in Gaul for a victory feast.
4. 1964 44p.	Astérix Gladiateur
		Asterix (Orion) #4: Asterix the Gladiator By: Orion ISBN: 9780752866116 (48p.) (1969) Format: Softcover Asterix Omnibus #2: Asterix Omnibus 02 By: Orion As: 'Asterix the Gladiator' ISBN: 9781409101338 (144p.) (2008) Format: Softcover The Prefect of Gaul, Odius Asparagus, takes Cacofonix the bard to Rome as a present to Caesar. Caesar says to throw him to the lions in the next games. Asterix and Obelix hitch a ride with Phoenecian traders to Rome to rescue Cacafonix. Once in Rome they sign up for gladiator training in order to get close to where Cacofonix is being held. During the "training" they promise to free the other gladiators, and also teach them some new non-violent games. On the day of the circus, Cacofonix is thrown to the lions as advertised, but he sings to them and empties the arena of both lions and spectators. Order restored, the gladiators come on, throw down their weapons, and start playing parlor games, which enrages Caesar. Asterix tells Caesar that if he wants to see real fighting he should send in some legionnaires. Caesar sends in a cohort, and Asterix and Obelix make short work of them. This pleases the crowd, which was all Caesar wanted to do, so the Gauls leave for home in peace.
5. 1965 44p.	Le tour de Gaule
		Asterix (Orion) #5: Asterix and the Banquet By: Orion ISBN: 9780752866093 (48p.) (1975) Format: Softcover Asterix Omnibus #2: Asterix Omnibus 02 By: Orion As: 'Asterix and the Banquet' ISBN: 9781409101338 (144p.) (2008) Format: Softcover A new officer arrives from Rome to take care of the Gaul problem, and after seeing how impossible it is to attack the village of Asterix, decides to build a stockade around the whole thing. The idea is to isolate them so their spirit won't infect the rest of Gaul. The stockade isn't taken very seriously by the Gauls, and Asterix himself makes a wager with the Roman. He bets that he can travel all around Gaul, collecting the best foods from each area, and return to invite the Roman to a banquet featuring everything he's gathered. The deed is done, making the album a comic travelogue of Roman-era France. A little dog joins Asterix and Obelix in Paris (on page 12), follows them faithfully, and isn't noticed until the last page.
6. 1965 44p.	Astérix et Cléopatre
		Asterix (Orion) #6: Asterix and Cleopatra By: Orion ISBN: 9780752866079 (48p.) (1969) Format: Softcover Asterix Omnibus #2: Asterix Omnibus 02 By: Orion As: 'Asterix and Cleopatra' ISBN: 9781409101338 (144p.) (2008) Format: Softcover
7. 1966 44p.	Le combat des chefs
		Asterix (Orion) #7: Asterix and The Big Fight By: Orion ISBN: 9780752866178 (48p.) (1971) Format: Softcover Asterix Omnibus #3: Asterix Omnibus 03 By: Orion As: 'Asterix and The Big Fight' ISBN: 9781444004755 (144p.) (2012) Format: Softcover
8. 1966 44p.	Astérix chez les Bretons
		Asterix (Orion) #8: Asterix in Britain By: Orion ISBN: 9780752866192 (48p.) (1970) Format: Softcover Asterix Omnibus #3: Asterix Omnibus 03 By: Orion As: 'Asterix in Britain' ISBN: 9781444004755 (144p.) (2012) Format: Softcover
9. 1966 44p.	Astérix et les Normands
		Asterix (Orion) #9: Asterix and the Normans By: Orion ISBN: 9780752866239 (48p.) (1978) Format: Softcover Asterix Omnibus #3: Asterix Omnibus 03 By: Orion As: 'Asterix and the Normans' ISBN: 9781444004755 (144p.) (2012) Format: Softcover
10. 1967 44p.	Astérix Légionnaire
		Asterix (Orion) #10: Asterix the Legionary By: Orion ISBN: 9780752866215 (48p.) (1970) Format: Softcover Asterix Omnibus #4: Asterix Omnibus 04 By: Orion As: 'Asterix the Legionary' ISBN: 9781444004281 (144p.) (2012) Format: Softcover Obelix falls in love with Panacea, who has just returned from two years studying at Condatum. Obelix is heartbroken when he learns that she has a fiancé, Tragicomix, who has been drafted into Caesar's army and is fighting in Africa. Asterix and Obelix enlist in the Roman army in order to find and return Tragicomix to Panacea. Though the Roman military trainers find the task difficult, the Gauls eventually bring the training, and especially the cooking, up to Gaulish standards. Additional comedy is provided by an Egyptian tourist who enlists accidentally and speaks only in hieroglyphics. Once in North Africa, our heroes find that Tragicomix has been taken prisoner by Scipio's army (it's Romans against Romans). Effecting a rescue, and at the same time a victory for Casear, they go home with Caesar's blessing. Obelix is so happy to have his puppy Dogmatix and familiar cooking that he gets over Panacea, and Panacea goes off with Tragicomix to get married.
11. 1968 44p.	Le bouclier Arverne
		Asterix (Orion) #11: Asterix and the Chieftain's Shield By: Orion ISBN: 9780752866253 (48p.) (1977) Format: Softcover Asterix Omnibus #4: Asterix Omnibus 04 By: Orion As: 'Asterix and the Chieftain's Shield' ISBN: 9781444004281 (144p.) (2012) Format: Softcover When Caesar completed his conquest of Gaul, and Vercingetorix threw down his arms, it seems souvenir hunters took them away. Now Caesar wants to stage a triumph to show the Gauls who's boss, and he wants to be carried on the shield of Vercingetorix. Tribune Noxius Vapus is sent to find the shield. Meanwhile Asterix and Obelix have taken their chief, Vitalstatistix, to a spa for a liver ailment, and they end up joining the search for the shield. The way is not straight, and involves spies, big business, and much hiding in charcoal bins. In the end it develops that the shield Vitalstatistix is always being carried around on is that very same shield of Vercingetorix, and the Gauls stage a triumph with it for Caesar's benefit.
12. 1968 44p.	Astérix aux jeux Olympiques
		Asterix (Orion) #12: Asterix at the Olympic Games By: Orion ISBN: 9780752866277 (48p.) (1972) Format: Softcover Asterix Omnibus #4: Asterix Omnibus 04 By: Orion As: 'Asterix at the Olympic Games' ISBN: 9781444004281 (144p.) (2012) Format: Softcover
13. 1969 44p.	Astérix et le chaudron
		Asterix (Orion) #13: Asterix and the Cauldron By: Orion ISBN: 9780752866291 (48p.) (1976) Format: Softcover Asterix Omnibus #5: Asterix Omnibus 05 By: Orion As: 'Asterix and the Cauldron' ISBN: 9781444004908 (144p.) (2012) Format: Softcover The chief of a neighboring Gaulish village brings a soup cauldron of money to the village of Asterix, hoping to protect it from the Roman tax collectors. The next morning the cauldron is found empty in Asterix's hut, and to regain his honor Asterix must refill it. This involves travel. Asterix and Obelix visit Roman outposts, consider selling the stories of their adventures, and take wild boars to market, with no financial success. They try teaching tricks to Dogmatix, fighting as gladiators, acting, and betting at the races. Finally they try a bank robbery, but the tax collectors have already taken all the money. On the way home they run into a tax collector, who has just enough money to fill the cauldron. In fact, it's the same money because it smells like soup. The neighbor chieftain had been dishonest with them and had stolen the money back, hoping Asterix would find different money to repay him with.
14. 1969 44p.	Astérix en Hispanie
		Asterix (Orion) #14: Asterix in Spain By: Orion ISBN: 9780752866314 (48p.) (1971) Format: Softcover Asterix Omnibus #5: Asterix Omnibus 05 By: Orion As: 'Asterix in Spain' ISBN: 9781444004908 (144p.) (2012) Format: Softcover
15. 1970 44p.	La zizanie
		Asterix (Orion) #15: Asterix and the Roman Agent By: Orion ISBN: 9780752866338 (48p.) (1972) Format: Softcover Asterix Omnibus #5: Asterix Omnibus 05 By: Orion As: 'Asterix and the Roman Agent' ISBN: 9781444004908 (144p.) (2012) Format: Softcover
16. 1970 44p.	Astérix chez les Helvètes
		Asterix (Orion) #16: Asterix in Switzerland By: Orion ISBN: 9780752866352 (48p.) (1973) Format: Softcover Asterix Omnibus #6: Asterix Omnibus 06 By: Orion As: 'Asterix in Switzerland' ISBN: 9781444004915 (152p.) (2012) Format: Softcover
17. 1971 44p.	Le domaine des dieux
		Asterix (Orion) #17: The Mansions of the Gods By: Orion ISBN: 9780752866390 (48p.) (1973) Format: Softcover Asterix Omnibus #6: Asterix Omnibus 06 By: Orion As: 'The Mansions of the Gods' ISBN: 9781444004915 (152p.) (2012) Format: Softcover
18. 1972 44p.	Les lauriers de César
		Asterix (Orion) #18: Asterix and the Laurel Wreath By: Orion ISBN: 9780752866376 (48p.) (1974) Format: Softcover Asterix Omnibus #6: Asterix Omnibus 06 By: Orion As: 'Asterix and the Laurel Wreath' ISBN: 9781444004915 (152p.) (2012) Format: Softcover
19. 1972 44p.	Le devin
		Asterix Omnibus #7: Asterix Omnibus 07 By: Orion As: 'Asterix and the Soothsayer' ISBN: 9781444008364 (156p.) (2013) Format: Softcover Asterix (Orion) #19: Asterix and the Soothsayer By: Orion ISBN: 9780752866420 (48p.) (1975) Format: Softcover
20. 1973 44p.	Astérix en Corse
		Asterix Omnibus #7: Asterix Omnibus 07 By: Orion As: 'Asterix in Corsica' ISBN: 9781444008364 (156p.) (2013) Format: Softcover Asterix (Orion) #20: Asterix in Corsica By: Orion ISBN: 9780752866444 (48p.) (1979) Format: Softcover
21. 1974 44p.	Le cadeau de César
		Asterix Omnibus #7: Asterix Omnibus 07 By: Orion As: 'Asterix and Caesar's Gift' ISBN: 9781444008364 (156p.) (2013) Format: Softcover Asterix (Orion) #21: Asterix and Caesar's Gift By: Orion ISBN: 9780752866468 (48p.) (1977) Format: Softcover
22. 1975 44p.	La grande traversée
		Asterix Omnibus #8: Asterix Omnibus 08 By: Orion As: 'Asterix and the Great Crossing' ISBN: 9781444008388 (152p.) (2013) Format: Softcover Asterix (Orion) #22: Asterix and the Great Crossing By: Orion ISBN: 9780752866482 (48p.) (1976) Format: Softcover The ox carts from Lutetia are on strike, so there's no fresh fish in the village. Nobody really remembers how to fish, but Asterix and Obelix decide to try. They set out in an old boat during a storm, and are soon lost. The next morning there's no sign of land, but a pirate ship comes by and they raid it for food. Another storm blows them west, and their boat sinks. Asterix and Obelix swim to land, guessing successively that they might be in Gaul, Thrace, Crete, and Iberia. They interact with Indians and go hunting, and the Chief wants Obelix to marry his daughter. This makes it necessary to flee, and some lost Vikings come along just in time. The Vikings take Asterix and Obelix home as prisoners to prove they've been to a New World, but when they get back nobody believes them because the prisoners are Gauls. With other Gaulish prisoners, Asterix and Obelix escape from the Vikings and return to Gaul, without ever figuring out where they've been.
23. 1976 44p.	Obélix et compagnie
		Asterix Omnibus #8: Asterix Omnibus 08 By: Orion As: 'Obelix and Co.' ISBN: 9781444008388 (152p.) (2013) Format: Softcover Asterix (Orion) #23: Obelix and Co. By: Orion ISBN: 9780752866529 (48p.) (1978) Format: Softcover
24. 1979 44p.	Astérix chez les Belges
		Asterix Omnibus #8: Asterix Omnibus 08 By: Orion As: 'Asterix in Belgium' ISBN: 9781444008388 (152p.) (2013) Format: Softcover Asterix (Orion) #24: Asterix in Belgium By: Orion ISBN: 9780752866505 (48p.) (1980) Format: Softcover
25. 1980 44p.	Le grand Fossé	Art & Script: Albert Uderzo
		Asterix Omnibus #9: Asterix Omnibus 09 By: Orion As: 'Asterix and the Great Divide' ISBN: 9781444009675 (152p.) (2015) Format: Softcover Asterix (Orion) #25: Asterix and the Great Divide By: Orion ISBN: 9780752847733 (48p.) (1981) Format: Softcover
26. 1981 44p.	L'odyssée d'Astérix	Art & Script: Albert Uderzo
		Asterix Omnibus #9: Asterix Omnibus 09 By: Orion As: 'Asterix and the Black Gold' ISBN: 9781444009675 (152p.) (2015) Format: Softcover Asterix (Orion) #26: Asterix and the Black Gold By: Orion ISBN: 9780752847740 (48p.) (1982) Format: Softcover
27. 1983 44p.	Le fils d'Astérix	Art & Script: Albert Uderzo
		Asterix Omnibus #9: Asterix Omnibus 09 By: Orion As: 'Asterix and Son' ISBN: 9781444009675 (152p.) (2015) Format: Softcover Asterix (Orion) #27: Asterix and Son By: Orion ISBN: 9780752847757 (48p.) (1983) Format: Softcover A baby wrapped in Roman blankets is mysteriously left on the doorstep of Asterix and Obelix's hut. In the struggle to cope with the responsibilities of child care, Obelix manages to feed him a half-bottle of magic potion. The baby becomes a force to be reckoned with, using cows for rattles, etc. The Gauls investigate all the neighboring Roman outposts but can't find the baby's parents. Brutus, the adopted son of Caesar, wants the baby and sends a peddler and a nursemaid undercover to get him, but it doesn't work. Brutus then burns the village to the ground and steals the baby, escaping on a pirate ship. Asterix and Obelix bring them back, and Caesar shows up to see what's going on. Then Cleopatra shows up to explain that the baby is Caesars's son (and hers) and that she left him with the Gauls to protect them from Brutus. Since the village has been burned down, the closing banquet is held on Cleopatra's Galley.
28. 1987 44p.	Astérix chez Rahazade	Art & Script: Albert Uderzo
		Asterix Omnibus #10: Asterix Omnibus 10 By: Orion As: 'Asterix and the Magic Carpet' ISBN: 9781409101352 (144p.) (2008) Format: Softcover Asterix (Orion) #28: Asterix and the Magic Carpet By: Orion ISBN: 9780752847764 (48p.) (1988) Format: Softcover
29. 1991 44p.	La rose et le glaive	Art & Script: Albert Uderzo \| Color: Studio Legrain
		Asterix Omnibus #10: Asterix Omnibus 10 By: Orion As: 'Asterix and the Secret Weapon' ISBN: 9781409101352 (144p.) (2008) Format: Softcover Asterix (Orion) #29: Asterix and the Secret Weapon By: Orion ISBN: 9780752847771 (48p.) (1991) Format: Softcover
30. 1996 44p.	La galère d'Obélix	Art & Script: Albert Uderzo \| Color: Thierry Mébarki
		Asterix Omnibus #10: Asterix Omnibus 10 By: Orion As: 'Asterix and Obelix All at Sea' ISBN: 9781409101352 (144p.) (2008) Format: Softcover Asterix (Orion) #30: Asterix and Obelix all at sea By: Orion ISBN: 9780752847788 (48p.) (1996) Format: Softcover
31. 2001 44p.	Astérix et Latraviata	Art & Script: Albert Uderzo \| Color: Thierry Mébarki
		Asterix (Orion) #31: Asterix and the Actress By: Orion ISBN: 9780752846583 (48p.) (2001) Format: Softcover Asterix Omnibus #11: Asterix Omnibus 11 By: Orion As: 'Asterix and the Actress' ISBN: 9780752891583 (144p.) (2007) Format: Softcover
32. 1993 46p.	Astérix et la rentrée gauloise
		Asterix Omnibus #11: Asterix Omnibus 11 By: Orion As: 'Asterix and the Class Act' ISBN: 9780752891583 (144p.) (2007) Format: Softcover Asterix (Orion) #32: Asterix and the Class Act By: Orion ISBN: 9780752866406 (48p.) (2003) Format: Softcover Contains (): Amicales coopérations (3p) Chanteclairix - Le Coq Gaulois (5p) Conférence de presse (1p) En 35 avant J.C. (4p) En 50 avant J.C. (3p) Etc, etc ... (1p) La mascotte (4p) Le printemps gaulois (2p) Lire avec Obelix (3p) Lutèce olympique (4p) Mini, Midi, Maxi (2p) Naissance d'une idée (1p) Obelisc'h (5p) Rentrée gauloise (2p)
33. 2005 44p.	Le ciel lui tombe sur la tête	Art & Script: Albert Uderzo \| Color: Thierry Mébarki
		Asterix Omnibus #11: Asterix Omnibus 11 By: Orion As: 'Asterix and the Falling Sky' ISBN: 9780752891583 (144p.) (2007) Format: Softcover Asterix (Orion) #33: Asterix and the Falling Sky By: Orion ISBN: 9780752875484 (48p.) (2005) Format: Softcover
34. 2009 51p.	L'anniversaire d'Astérix & Obélix - Le livre d'or
		Asterix (Orion) #34: Asterix and Obelix's Birthday: The Golden Book By: Orion ISBN: 9781444000276 (56p.) (2009) Format: Softcover A collection of 12 new stories - all linked by the theme of Asterix's anniversary celebration.
35. 2013 46p.	Astérix chez les Pictes	Art: Didier Conrad \| Script: Jean-Yves Ferri
		Asterix (Orion) #35: Asterix and the Picts By: Orion ISBN: 9781444011678 (48p.) (2013) Format: Softcover When Asterix and Obelix rescue a mysterious Pict named MacAroon, they must journey to Caledonia, now Scotland, to return him to his lady love, Camomilla, the adopted daughter of the old king. However, the treacherous chieftain, MacCabeus, plans to marry her and claim the throne - with the help of the Romans! What with caber-tossing, bagpipes, malted water and an enormous otter in the loch, can the Gauls reunite MacAroon and Camomilla and enjoy some Roman-bashing along the way?
36. 2015 44p.	Le papyrus de César	Art: Didier Conrad \| Script: Jean-Yves Ferri \| Color: Thierry Mébarki
		Asterix (Orion) #36: Asterix and the Missing Scroll By: Orion ISBN: 9781510100459 (48p.) (2016) Format: Softcover Julius Caesar has finished writing the history of his campaigns in Gaul. His publisher, Libellus Blockbustus, forsees a huge success ... but there's a snag: the chapter about Caesar's defeats by the indomitable Gauls of Armorica. Cut it, Blockbustus advises, and everyone will believe that Caesar conquered all Gaul. Or will they? Newsmonger and activist Confoundtheirpolitix takes the chapter to Asterix's village. Can the Gauls make sure the truth is revealed?