The druid Getafix is running short of rock oil
- an essential ingredient in the magic potion that gives the Gaulish villagers superhuman
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Gaul was divided into three parts. No four parts
- for one small village of indomitable Gauls still held out against the Roman
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Gaul was divided into three parts. No four parts
- for one small village of indomitable Gauls still held out against the Roman
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For the millions of Asterix fans old & young alike the wait is over. ASTERIX RETURNS sees our favourite hero on fine form in this superb collection of short stories. ASTERIX RETURNS

Includes:: 10 short stories by Goscinny & Uderzo (many unpublished in the UK) & a further 2 br&-new short stories created by Albert Uderzo. The initial print-run in French is a cool million & Asterix & his chums once again look set to take the UK by storm.

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The Gauls have only one fear: that the sky may fall on their heads tomorrow. But tomorrow never comes says Chief Vitalstatistix. Or does it? It looks as if it's come at last for Asterix Obelix & the other villagers. & some surprising new characters fall along with the sky. Our friends soon find themselves in the middle of a space race... ...

Gaul was divided into three parts. No four parts
- for one small village of indomitable Gauls still held out against the Roman
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Out at sea fishing Asterix & Obelix are blown off course in a storm. Luckily they land on the shores of a Roman colony
- or is
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Two rival chieftains have been elected to govern a little village in ancient Gaul & a ditch dug through the village divides it literally into a party of the left & a party of the right. But the son & daughter of the two chieftains are in love. Histrionix & the beautiful Melodrama have more sense than their fathers & call in Asterix Obelix & the druid Getafix to sort out the political wrangling. What with the intriguing of the sinister traitor Codfix who wants to marry Melodrama himself the Gauls work is cut out for them can they persuade the star-crossed lovers village to reunite against the threat of Julius Caesars Roman legionaries? Getafix brews some interesting new magic potions to help ...

Two rival chieftains have been elected to govern a little village in ancient Gaul ' & a ditch dug through the village divides it literally into a party of the left & a party of the right. But the son & daughter of the two chieftains are in love. Histrionix & the beautiful Melodrama have more sense than their fathers & call in Asterix Obelix & the druid Getafix to sort out the political wrangling. What with the intriguing of the sinister traitor Codfix who wants to marry Melodrama himself the Gauls' work is cut out for them ' can they persuade the star-crossed lovers' village to reunite against the threat of Julius Caesar's Roman legionaries? Getafix brews some interesting new magic potions to help' ...

The little Gaulish village where Asterix & Obelix live has just one drawback
- its bard is the worst musician in the entire ancient
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