List of Asterix volumes

This is a list of all Asterix volumes, including the 36 official albums and various tie-ins.

All original French publishing dates and volume numbers are shown. Other translation publishing dates and volume numbering may differ.

Goscinny and Uderzo

Volume Number	Year Published	English Title	French Title	Main Setting	Plot
1	1961	Asterix the Gaul	Astérix le Gaulois	Asterix's village (no travel)	The Romans discover that the secret of the Gauls' strength is the magic potion brewed by the druid Getafix, so they decide to capture the druid and get the recipe out of him. It is up to Asterix and his wits to save Getafix.
2	1962	Asterix and the Golden Sickle	La Serpe d'or	Lutetia (Paris)	Getafix's sickle breaks, so Asterix and Obelix volunteer to go to Lutetia to buy a new one. But there is a mysterious sickle shortage our heroes must get to the bottom of.
3	1963	Asterix and the Goths	Astérix et les Goths	Germany	The druid Getafix is captured by a tribe of Goths, and Asterix and Obelix must rescue him.
4	1964	Asterix the Gladiator	Astérix gladiateur	Rome	Odius Asparagus, the prefect of Gaul, captures Cacofonix and sends him as a present to Caesar. Unimpressed by Cacofonix, Caesar orders him to be thrown to the Lions at the Circus Maximus. Asterix and Obelix hitchhike all the way to Rome where they must become gladiators to rescue him.
5	1965	Asterix and the Banquet	Le Tour de Gaule d'Astérix	Various French cities	Unsuccessful at conquering the village, the Romans decide to isolate it by building a stockade. To remove it, Asterix strikes a bet with the Romans that he and Obelix can travel throughout Gaul and back to the village with various Gaulish delicacies without the Romans being able to stop them. The route is a parallel to the modern Tour de France cycling event. It's in this adventure that Obelix gets his dog, Dogmatix.
6	1965	Asterix and Cleopatra	Astérix et Cléopâtre	Egypt	Caesar calls the Egyptians inferior to the Romans. Outraged, Cleopatra wagers with him that her people can build a grand monument in record time. Edifis, a bumbling, timid architect is asked to perform the miracle, and asks his old friend Getafix for help. Meanwhile, his rival and Caesar's agents attempt to sabotage the effort.
7	1966	Asterix and the Big Fight	Le combat des chefs	Asterix's village (no travel)	The Romans conspire with a Roman-friendly Gaulish village to declare a ritual winner-takes-all fight between the village chiefs. One of Obelix's menhirs causes Getafix to lose his memory, leaving the Gauls without magic potion. The fight parodies professional boxing.
8	1966	Asterix in Britain	Astérix chez les Bretons	Britain	One small village in Britain still holds out against the Roman invaders. But with no Magic Potion, they need help, so Asterix's cousin Anticlimax comes to Gaul seeking aid.
9	1966	Asterix and the Normans	Astérix et les Normands	Asterix's village (no travel)	The Normans are fearless to the point of not even understanding the concept, so they travel to Gaul where they kidnap chief Vitalstatistix's cowardly visiting nephew Justforkix to teach them fear.
10	1967	Asterix the Legionary	Astérix légionnaire	Africa	Asterix and Obelix join the Roman Legion (in a parody of the French Foreign Legion) in an attempt to find the conscripted fiancé of Panacea, a villager on whom Obelix has a big crush. With an eclectic group of foreigners, they are sent to North Africa to fight the traitor Scipio.
11	1968	Asterix and the Chieftain's Shield	Le bouclier Arverne	Cities in southern France: Acqua Calidae (Vichy), Gergovia, Nemessos (Clermont-Ferrand)	After too many banquets, chief Vitalstatistix is forced to visit a spa in the Arvernian countryside to nurse his sore liver. Meanwhile, Caesar orders his men to search the area for the shield of Vercingetorix, regarded as a patriotic symbol by the Gauls.
12	1968	Asterix at the Olympic Games	Astérix aux Jeux Olympiques	Greece	To participate in the Olympic Games in Greece, the Gauls register themselves as Romans. When the officials declare the magic potion to be a form of illegal doping, Asterix turns to his native abilities to compete.
13	1969	Asterix and the Cauldron	Astérix et le chaudron	Condatum (Rennes)	Whosemoralsarelastix, chief of a nearby village, asks Vitalstatistix to hide his village's money to prevent the Romans from taking it. When the money is stolen under his watch, Asterix is banished until he can repay the money and recover his honour.
14	1969	Asterix in Spain	Astérix en Hispanie	Spain	Pepe, a young and spoiled child, is taken from the Romans. He turns out to be Spanish, and held hostage in an attempt to get them to surrender. Asterix and Obelix escort the child back to Spain.
15	1970	Asterix and the Roman Agent	La Zizanie	Asterix's village (no travel)	A troublemaker is brought to Caesar in Rome; he was to be executed in the Colosseum, but is so conniving that he got the lions to eat each other instead. Caesar sends him to the Gaulish village in an attempt to destroy unity.
16	1970	Asterix in Switzerland	Astérix chez les Helvètes	Switzerland	A poisoned Roman tax inspector seeks sanctuary in the village. Asterix and Obelix are sent to Switzerland to recover a Silver Star, or Edelweiss, which is needed to cure him.
17	1971	The Mansions of the Gods	Le Domaine des dieux	Asterix's village (no travel)	Caesar tries to dilute solidarity and weaken local customs in Gaul by creating a vacation resort near the Village. The villagers sabotage the efforts, first by magically replanting the forest as soon as it's cut, and by creating a slaves' union; later by being obnoxious neighbors to the resident Romans.
18	1972	Asterix and the Laurel Wreath	Les Lauriers de César	Rome	Thoroughly chagrined by his obnoxious brother-in-law, Vitalstatistix gets drunk and boasts that he will create a dish seasoned with Caesar's laurel wreath. He orders Asterix and Obelix travel to Rome to retrieve it.
19	1972	Asterix and the Soothsayer	Le Devin	Asterix's village (no travel)	In the absence of Getafix, a fraudulent seer seeks shelter against rain in the Village, then ingratiates himself to everyone by predicting the futures they want to hear, asking no food or money, merely items to "read" the future in (mainly as food and money). Unbeknown to the Gauls, he is hired by the Romans to convince the Gauls to abandon the village by that disaster would befall the village were he to be chased off.
20	1973	Asterix in Corsica	Astérix en Corse	Corsica	As part of the celebrations of the anniversary of Vercingetorix's victory at the Battle of Gergovia, the Gauls and their friends raid one of the nearby Roman camps. A very stoic and composed prisoner is discovered, who reveals himself as Boneywasawarriorwayayix, a tribal leader from Corsica. Asterix and Obelix accompany him back to Corsica, to unite the quarrelling tribes against the Romans.
21	1974	Asterix and Caesar's Gift	Le Cadeau de César	Asterix's Village	At the end of their career, legionaries are granted estate in the Empire to settle down. A perpetually inebriated soldier is given the Village, by Caesar's hand, which he promptly sells to an innkeeper for wine. Pushed by his dominant wife, the innkeeper sells his property and attempts to claim the village as his own. Upon discovering that his ownership is void, he campaigns to be elected chief, causing rivalries to ensue throughout the village. To complicate matter, the soldier returns and asks the local legions' aid in reclaiming his village, since he didn't get enough wine for it.
22	1975	Asterix and the Great Crossing	La Grande traversée	North America	Brewing the magical potion requires fresh fish, and Unhygienix has none since he imports it from Lutetia (Paris) (in spite of living near the sea). Asterix and Obelix sail out to catch fish, but become lost and end up on the other side of the ocean, discovering a New World, where they eventually become a legend to the Native American populace. Soon afterwards, a Viking explorer discovers America, and captures the first natives he finds (i.e. them) and brings them home. A running joke in this comic is that none of the races are able to understand one another, the Vikings speaking with Scandinavian vowels that the Gauls are unable to duplicate, but that their dogs are able to communicate perfectly.
23*	1976	Asterix Conquers Rome	Les 12 Travaux D'Asterix	various locations	To prove to his critics that the Gauls are mere mortals, Julius Caesar challenges the village to perform twelve tasks that only gods could perform, similar to the twelve tasks of Hercules. If they succeed, he will admit defeat and let them become the rulers of Rome, but if they fail, they will become his slaves. The challenge is accepted and Asterix and Obelix are chosen to represent the village, eventually succeeding in all tasks. (This comic book, published in 1976, is an adaptation of the original story animated film The Twelve Tasks of Asterix. The artwork is thought to be the work of Uderzo's brother Marcel. It has very rarely been printed and usually excluded from the canonical list of Asterix volumes.)
23	1976	Obelix and Co.	Obélix et Compagnie	Asterix's village (no travel)	Caesar sends one of his advisors to the Gaulish village, in an effort to make them rich, decadent and utterly dependent on Rome. He starts by buying menhirs at ever-increasing prices, thus persuading most of the village to make useless menhirs, and in turn employing other villagers to hunt for their food. The plan goes awry when Caesar's treasury turns out insufficient to fund the menhirs, and a commercial campaign to sell them in Rome fails because of competition from Egyptian menhirs and slave-made Roman menhirs.
24	1979	Asterix in Belgium	Astérix chez les Belges	Belgium	When Vitalstatistix hears that Caesar has said that the Belgians are the bravest of all the Gaulish peoples he heads to Belgium in a huff to show the world that his Armoricans are really the best.
32	2003	Asterix and the Class Act	Astérix et la rentrée gauloise	Most stories take place in Asterix's village	A collection of several short stories, including an experiment at different drawing and storytelling styles. Most stories are written by Goscinny.
34	2009	Asterix and Obelix's Birthday: The Golden Book			Several short stories, including some written by Goscinny.

Uderzo only

After the death of Goscinny, Uderzo continued the series by himself, writing his own stories on subjects such as feminism and aliens, with travels to India and Atlantis. These newer books are often criticised for lacking Goscinny's humor and writing style, and some fans consider the series ended with Asterix in Belgium. However, sales figures have shown no indication of diminished popularity.

Volume Number	Year Published	English Title	French Title	Setting	Plot
25	1980	Asterix and the Great Divide	Le Grand fossé	A fictional Gaulish village	Asterix and Obelix visit a village divided in half by its rival chiefs. However, one chief's son and the other's daughter are in love, and together with Asterix and Obelix, they reunite the village. The dividing chasm itself resembles the Berlin Wall. There is also a reference here to Romeo and Juliet.[original research?]
26	1981	Asterix and the Black Gold	L'Odyssée d'Astérix	The Middle East, Jerusalem	Getafix has run out of rock oil and sends Asterix and Obelix to Mesopotamia in search of it. They are accompanied by a Gaulish-Roman druid called Dubbelosix, who is really a double agent seeking to foul their mission. Includes a tribute to Goscinny, who was Jewish.
27	1983	Asterix and Son	Le Fils d'Astérix	Asterix's village (no travel)	A baby boy mysteriously turns up at Asterix's doorstep. No one in the village knows who he is, so Asterix is forced to be his adoptive father. Meanwhile, the Roman legions led by Brutus are after the baby, because in reality, he is Caesar's full-blooded son, Caesarion.
28	1987	Asterix and the Magic Carpet	Astérix chez Rahazade	India	A fakir from far-away India travels to Asterix's village and asks Cacofonix to save his land from drought since his horrible voice can make it rain. Cacofonix, accompanied by Asterix and Obelix, must travel to India aboard a magic carpet to save the life of the princess Orinjade, who is to be sacrificed to stop the drought.
29	1991	Asterix and the Secret Weapon	La Rose et le glaive	Asterix's village (no travel)	A feminist satire in which a female bard called Bravura replaces Cacofonix as school teacher and "liberates" the village women, causing the men to leave and live in the forest. Caesar secretly sends a battalion of female legionaries to conquer the village, having heard that the Gauls will not strike a woman. The men and woman have to settle their differences to overcome this threat.
30	1996	Asterix and Obelix All at Sea	La Galère d'Obélix	Atlantis	Left alone in Getafix's hut, Obelix drinks a whole cauldron of magic potion. He first turns to stone, then into a small boy. Meanwhile, a group of men have escaped from Roman slavery on board a ship. Together, they travel to Atlantis to make Obelix a grown man again.
31	2001	Asterix and the Actress	Astérix et Latraviata	Asterix's village (no travel)	A Roman actress pretends to be Panacea in order to steal back a fancy sword/scabbard and helmet belonging to Pompey, which Asterix and Obelix got for their birthday before Caesar learns Pompey is in Armorica.
33	2005	Asterix and the Falling Sky	Le ciel lui tombe sur la tête	Asterix's village (no travel)	Two rival outer space alien ships appear above the Gaulish village. The aliens want to know the secret of the great weapon the Gauls have, which is "known throughout the universe". The aliens are styled on the happy-faced Walt Disney and Marvel Comics superheroes of the American comic book style on one side, and futuristic robot and insect-like Japanese manga style on the other. The album is explained by Uderzo as a tribute to Walt Disney, who inspired him to be an artist. Reception of the album was mixed, with many fans criticizing the sci-fi setting, and thinly veiled references to the Bush administration. Despite this criticism, the album was not disliked by everyone, and reportedly sold well.[1]

Jean-Yves Ferri and Didier Conrad

The series now is not written by Albert Uderzo, but rather by Jean-Yves Ferri and illustrated by Didier Conrad - the first time the story creating has been shared between two people since Goscinny's premature death in 1977.

Volume Number	Year Published	English Title	French Title	Setting	Plot
35	2013	Asterix and the Picts	Astérix chez les Pictes	Scotland	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 - with the help of the Romans - plans to marry her and claim the throne.
36	2015	Asterix and the Missing Scroll	Le Papyrus Du César	Asterix's village (no travel)

Format

The storyline in a volume is typically 44 pages long; the exceptions are Asterix and the Goths, which is 43 pages, Asterix Conquers Rome, which is 28 pages; and Asterix and the Class Act, which is a collection of short stories.^[2]

In addition

In the mid-1980s a series of illustrated text stories appeared, with some original art, but mostly taken and modified from existing albums. These were 26 pages in a smaller format than the normal albums with large print. They are aimed at a younger audience and were not enthusiastically received; translation into other languages was spotty.

1. 1984 – Les Pirates (The Pirates)
2. 1985 – L'illustrissime Belcantus (The Illustrious Belacantus)
3. 1985 – L'abominable horrifix (The Dreadful Horrifix)
4. 1985 – Jericocorix (The Jericocorix)
5. 1986 – La course de chars (The Great Chariot Race)
6. 1986 – Le feu de pommes (The Apple Cider)
7. 1986 – Marmaille et pagaille (Kids and Chaos)
8. 1986 – L'eau du ciel (Water from Heaven)

In 1989 a final illustrated story appeared. The story was by Goscinny (in 1965) with new, original art by Uderzo. It was 32 pages and appeared in the larger format used for the regular albums. It was the only one that was published in English:

• 1989 – Comment Obelix est tombe dans la marmite du druide quand il etait petit (How Obelix Fell into the Magic Potion When he was a Little Boy)

Also in 1989–90 the first eight illustrated stories were reprinted in some locales as four books, each containing two of the original stories.

• 1999 – Le livre d' Asterix le Gaulois

In 2007, Editions Albert René published Astérix et ses Amis (Asterix and friends), a collection of short Asterix stories written and drawn by, and in the distinctive styles of, a number of cartoonists other than Uderzo. The book was dedicated to Uderzo on the occasion of his 80th birthday and carries a foreword by Sylvie, his daughter.

Movie adaptions

Asterix films not based closely on a single book have had film books released in a format similar to the original albums, but with scenes from the films and a written story. Fans don't consider them as truly part of the canon.

1. 1976 – The Twelve Tasks of Asterix (Les douze travaux d'Astérix)
2. 1985 – Asterix Versus Caesar (Astérix et la surprise de César)
3. 1989 – Operation Getafix (Astérix et le coup du menhir) – from Asterix and the Big Fight
4. 1994 – Asterix Conquers America (Astérix et les indiens)
5. 2006 – Asterix and the Vikings (Astérix et les Vikings)

They have been released on home video and DVD by the following companies in the following countries:

• – Cinema Plus Video
• – Palace Video
• – Select Video
• – Internacional Video Sistemas

References

1. "Asterix NZ – Take a look Inside – Asterix 33 "Asterix and the Falling Sky"". Asterix.co.nz. Retrieved 2011-03-13.
2. Asterix.co.nz – “…the 44 pages of the normal Asterix comics.”

External links

• Asterix NZ: Take a look Inside– Information on all the 33 Asterix books