Asterix Omnibus 2: Includes Asterix the Gladiator #4, Asterix and the Banquet #5, Asterix and Cleopatra #6

by Rene Goscinny

Other authorsAlbert Uderzo (Author)
Paperback, 2011

Status

Checked out
Due 24-06-2023

Call number

741.5944

Collection

Publication

Orion (2011), 156 pages

Description

Asterix is celebrating 60 sensational years as an international comics superstar, and in the first collected edition from Papercutz, the stories are newly translated into American English for a new generation of fans! The story of Asterix starts here. These are the first three adventures of Asterix as he defends his tiny village from the overwhelming forces of the Roman Empire. Join the short, spunky, and super-powerful warrior from Gaul and his faithful friends--including the boar-eating delivery man Obelix and the ecologically-minded canine, Dogmatix--as they battle to protect their village against impossible odds. Asterix Omnibus volume one collects "Asterix the Gaul," "Asterix and the Golden Sickle," and "Asterix and the Goths." Three classic adventures in one great volume.… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member surreality
This volume of the collector's edition has two of the big classics with Asterix & Cleopatra and Tour de France. The drawing style is settling in and some main in-jokes are brought - the pirates, the helmet collecting game. And Idefix is finally introduced.
LibraryThing member EricCostello
Compilation of three moderately early Asterix adventures, which, while not the best of that period, still are very funny and beautifully drawn, especially "Asterix and Cleopatra." One oddity is that in the discussion of that story, no reference is made to one of the obvious inspirations for its
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timing, the legendary early 1960s film with Elizabeth Taylor.
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Language

Original language

English

Physical description

156 p.; 11.38 inches

ISBN

1444004247 / 9781444004243

Barcode

91120000487434

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