12 trials for Asterix

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

12 exams for Asterix ( French original title: Les Douze Travaux d'Astérix , literally "The twelve labors of Asterix") is a special edition of the Asterix series. It was first released in French in 1977 and is based on the film Asterix Conquers Rome . The German edition appeared in 1979 . It was rarely printed and is not even well known among fans. The film story comes from Pierre Tchernia , René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo , with his brother Marcel Uderzo drawing the album.

action

Because the Roman legionaries were beaten again by the Gallic village where Asterix lives, they believe that the villagers could be gods . So the general Gaius Julius Caesar gives the Gauls twelve tasks which presumably only gods would be able to solve to prove that the Gauls are mortal. If the Gauls were successful, Caesar would surrender and let the Gauls rule over the Roman Empire . However , if they fail , they should be enslaved . The challenge is accepted, and of course Asterix and Obelix have been chosen to represent the village. In the company of the Roman Gaius Pupus they finally master the tasks, and Caesar actually admits the superiority of the Gauls.

Remarks

The twelve tasks are strongly reminiscent of the twelve trials of Heracles . Also, this album is only 28 pages long. Usually the stories end after 44 pages. Furthermore, the French edition was produced in Belgium instead of France .

publication

The only German publication was in the magazine Comixene , issue 24-29. 12 exams for Asterix were translated into Dutch , Italian , Spanish and Serbo-Croatian in addition to German and English , whereby the German and Serbo-Croatian versions were only published in black and white .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.comedix.de/medien/lit/asterix_in_comixene.php

Web links

See also