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Asterix the Gaul adventures - Vol. 26 - Asterix and the Black Gold

Written and illustrated by: Uderzo
Original title: L'Odyssée d'Astérix
Published by: Les Editions Albert René
First album edition: 1981

Phoenician merchant Ekonomikrisis has forgotten the druid Getafix's order for rock oil - an essential ingredient in the magic potion. So Asterix and Obelix go prospecting for black gold in the Middle East.

Can they also outwit the Roman secret agent Dubbelosix and his amazing folding chariot, equipped with all the latest spy gadgets?

What the druids have to say about Asterix and the Black Gold

The surviving author made a second study trip. To create the album in rock oil, Albert Uderzo went to Israel.

A nice tribute to René disguised as a Bedouin has slipped into the album. This second book by Albert alone shows he still has a wide readership.

The German Mundart collection of Asterix translations in different dialects has no less than three versions of the adventure:

  • Törn för nix (Hamburg dialect)
  • Em Asterix sei groosi Tuur (Saarland dialect)
  • Asterix u Obelix uf Irrwäge (Swiss-German dialect)

Character profiles of the album Asterix and the Black Gold

Asterix, Cacofonix, Dogmatix, Ekonomikrisis, Fulliautomatix, Geriatrix, Getafix, Julius Caesar, Obelix, Pegleg, Pirate Lookout, Redbeard, Vitalstatistix...



Various versions of the album Asterix and the Black Gold

L'odyssée d'Astérix - French - Editions Albert René
L'odyssée d'Astérix - French - Editions Albert René - La Grande Collection
Asterix und Obelix - Die Odyssee - German (Paperback) - Egmont Ehapa Verlag Berlin
Asterix und Obelix - Die Odyssee - German - Ehapa - Die Utimative Edition
La odisea de Asterix - Spanish - Salvat
La odisea de Asterix - Spanish - Salvat La colección
A Odisseia de Asterix - Portuguese - ASA
A Odisseia de Asterix - Portuguese - A colecção – Salvat
A Odisséia de Asterix - Brazilian (Portuguese) - Record
L'odissea d'Astèrix - Catalan - Salvat
Asterix and the Black Gold - English - Orion
De odyssee van Asterix - Dutch (Paperback) - Editions Albert René
Asterixin Harharetket - Finnish - Egmont Kustannus OY AB
Η Οδυσσεια του Αστεριξ - E Odysseia tou Asterix - Greek - Mamouth
L'odissea di Asterix - Italian - Mondadori
Odyssea Asterigis - Latin - Egmont Ehapa Verlag Berlin
아스테릭스의 오디세이아 - Asteriks-ui Odiseia - Korean - Moonji
Asterix' odyssé - Danish - Egmont A/S
Asterix på irrvägar - Swedish - Egmont AB
Asteriks ve Kara Altin - Turkish - Remzi Kitabevi
Odyseja Asteriksa - Polish - Egmont Sp
Asterixova Odyssea - Czech - Egmont ČR, Prague
De törn för nix - Mundart 02 - Plattdeutsch I
Asterix u Obelix uf Irrwäge - Mundart 11 - Schwyzerdütsch II
Em Asterix sei groosi tuur - Mundart 28 - Saarlännisch I
 


Asterix and the Black Gold

Classic paperback collection
N° ISBN : 978-0-75284-774-0
Format : 287 x 216 mm
Pages : 48
Hardback edition
N° ISBN : 978-0-75284-713-9
Format : 287 x 216 mm
Pages : 48



The year is 50 B.C. Gaul is entirely occupied by the Romans. Well not entirely! One small village of indomitable Gauls still holds out against the invaders. And life is not easy for the Roman legionaries who garrison the fortified camps of Totorum, Aquarium, Laudanum and Compendium...
©2003-2012 - Les Editions Albert-René/Goscinny-Uderzo