Asterix the Gaul adventures - Vol. 4 - Asterix the Gladiator

Written by: Goscinny - Drawings by: Uderzo
Original title: Astérix Gladiateur
Published by: Hachette Livre
First published by: Pilote no. 126 (22/03/1962)
First album edition: 1964
The film Asterix versus Caesar made in 1985 was based on this album and on Asterix the Legionary.

When Cacofinix the bard is taken to Rome as a present for Julius Caesar, Asterix and Obelix set out to rescue him, sailing with master salesman Ekonomikrisis, the Phoenician merchant.

How do our Gaulish friends come to end up training as gladiators? The next Games in the Circus Maximus are not quite what Caesar and the Roman public expect …

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Asterix the Gaul adventures - Vol. 3 - Asterix and the Goths

Written by: Goscinny - Drawings by: Uderzo
Original title: Astérix et les Goths
Published by: Hachette Livre
First published by: Pilote no. 82 (18/05/1961)
First album edition: 1963

Asterix and Obelix escort Getafix to the druids' annual conference in the Forest of the Carnutes. Little do they know that the Goths are lying in ambush, ready to kidnap the Druid of the Year - who of course is Getafix!

But what with Gauls, Goths and Romans all at odds, it's hard to tell friend from foe … until Goths begin fighting Goths in the Asterixian Wars.

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Asterix the Gaul adventures - Vol. 2 - Asterix and the Golden Sickle

Written by: Goscinny - Drawings by: Uderzo
Original title: La Serpe d'Or
Published by: Hachette Livre
First published by: Pilote no. 42 (11/08/1960)
First album edition: 1962
It's a disaster - the druid Getafix has broken his golden sickle. Asterix and Obelix go to Lutetia (now Paris) to buy him a new one.

Soon they are tangling with the criminal underworld of the big city - can they outwit Navishtrix, Clovogarlix and the sickle-trafficking gang? Will Getafix ever be able to brew magic potion again?


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Asterix the Gaul adventures - Vol. 1 - Asterix the Gaul

Written by: Goscinny - Drawings by: Uderzo
Original title: Astérix le Gaulois
Published by: Hachette Livre
First published by: Pilote no. 1 (29/10 1959)
First album edition: 1961
Cartoon film adaptation: 1967

The year is 50 BC, and all Gaul is occupied. Only one small village of indomitable Gauls still holds out against the invaders.

But how much longer can Asterix, Obelix and their friends resist the mighty Roman legions of Julius Caesar? Anything is possible, with a little cunning plus the druid Getafix's magic potions! Their effects can be truly hair-raising …

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Asterix the Gaul (1959)

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