The Gauls are here! Asterix invades America in honor of his 60thanniversary!
One of the world’s greatest comics characters, theever-fearless Asterix, continues to battle supposedly unbeatable odds to protecthis tiny village from the Roman Empire. Fortunately, all of the villagers havesuper-strength thanks to a secret potion. In “Asterix and the BigFight,” one of the three classic Asterix graphic novels collected here,the Romans are beginning to wise up. Instead of trying to conquerAsterix’s village, the Roman’s challenge Vitalstatistx, chief ofAsterix’s tribe, to a one on one battle with the Gallo-Roman Chief,Cassius Ceramix of Linoleum. As per Ancient Gaulish customs, the loser wouldforfeit his entire tribe to the winner. “Asterix in Britain,” theRomans have conquered all of Britain except for a single village in Kent. Soundfamiliar? Anticlimax, a member of that British village, travels to Gaul to seekhelp from his first cousin once removed, Asterix. Together, with Obelix, theydecide to bring back a barrel full of the secret potion that imbues any.