0 z n z o w . 2 ( O U Q acoscnny M t e e M Written by Illustrated by Jean-Wes FERRI . Didier CONRAD (0 AN \ ofRS is AM tae y %y me GOSCINNY AND UDERZO PRESENT An Asterix Adventure ASTERIX AND GRIFFIN Written by EAN-YVES FERRI Mlustrated by DIDIER CONRAD Translated by ADRIANA HUNTER Colour by Thierry Mébarki SPHERE wwwasterix.com —[fF] Asterix and Obelix @lartdasterix THE Asterix titles available now Asterix the Gaul Asterix and the Golden Sickle Asterix and the Goths Asterix the Gladiator Asterix and the Banquet Asterix and Cleopatra Asterix and the Big Fight 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Asterix in Corsica Asterix and Caesar's Gift Asterix and the Great Crossing Obelix and Co. Asterix in Belgium Asterix and the Great Divide Asterix and the Black Gold 38 Asterix and the Chieftain’s Daughter 39 Asterix and the Griffin Wheres Asterix? Where's Dogmatix? 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A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN 978-0-7515-8397-7 (ebook) Sphere An imprint of Little, Brown Book Group Carmelite House, 50 Victoria Embankment London EC4Y 0DZ An Hachette UK Company www.hachette.co.uk www.asterix.com www.littlebrown.co.uk [Ef Asterix and obatix @lartdasterix (Books 10-12) 6 (Books 16-18) 7 (Books 19-21) 8 (Books 22-24) 9 (Books 25-27) 10 (Books 28-30) SPHERE All rights reserved. (Books 1-3) (Books 4-6) ee ” 2s P GAULISH VILLAGE "ss ARMORICA a Ke e (ROMAN CONQUEST). 50 BC ® CELTICA a) ay THE YEAR IS 50 BC. GAUL IS ENTIRELY ROMANS. WELL, NOT ENTIRELY INDOMITABLE GAULS STILL HOLDS AND LIFE GARRISON IS NOT EASY FOR THE FORTIFIED LAUDANUM THE CAMPS AND #. ee Per OCCUPIED BY THE ... ONE SMALL VILLAGE OF OUT AGAINST THE INVADERS. ROMAN LEGIONARIES OF TOTORUM, COMPENDIUM ... WHO AQUARIUM, ~ ASTERIX, THE HERO OF THESE ADVENTURES. A SHREWD, CUNNING LITTLE WARRIOR, ALL PERILOUS MISSIONS ARE IMMEDIATELY ENTRUSTED TO HIM. ASTERIX GETS HIS SUPERHUMAN STRENGTH FROM THE MAGIC POTION BREWED BY THE DRUID GETAFIX... OBELIX, ASTERIX’S INSEPARABLE FRIEND. A MENHIR DELIVERY MAN BY TRADE, ADDICTED TO WILD BOAR, OBELIX IS ALWAYS READY TO DROP EVERYTHING AND GO OFF ON A NEW ADVENTURE WITH ASTERIX — SO LONG AS THERE'S WILD BOAR TO EAT, AND PLENTY OF FIGHTING. HIS CONSTANT COMPANION IS DOGMATIX, THE ONLY KNOWN CANINE ECOLOGIST, WHO HOWLS WITH DESPAIR WHEN A TREE IS CUT DOWN. GETAFIX, THE VENERABLE VILLAGE DRUID, GATHERS MISTLETOE AND BREWS MAGIC POTIONS. HIS SPECIALITY IS THE POTION WHICH GIVES THE DRINKER SUPERHUMAN STRENGTH. BUT GETAFIX ALSO HAS OTHER RECIPES UP HIS SLEEVE . CACOFONIX, THE BARD. OPINION IS DIVIDED AS TO HIS MUSICAL GIFTS. CACOFONIX THINKS HE’S A GENIUS. EVERYONE ELSE THINKS HE’S UNSPEAKABLE. BUT AS LONG AS HE DOESN'T SPEAK, LET ALONE SING, EVERYBODY LIKES HIM... FINALLY, VITALSTATISTIX, THE CHIEF OF THE TRIBE. MAJESTIC, BRAVE AND HOT-TEMPERED, THE OLD WARRIOR IS RESPECTED BY HIS MEN AND FEARED BY HIS ENEMIES. VITALSTATISTIX HIMSELF HAS ONLY ONE FEAR, HE IS AFRAID THAT THE SKY MAY FALL ON HIS HEAD TOMORROW, BUT AS HE ALWAYS SAYS, TOMORROW NEVER COMES, IT'S 50 BC, AND TO ROMAN EVES THE WORLD TO THE EAST OF ROME LOOKS LKE BEVOND THE FURTHEST OATPOSTS 1S A LAND OF BARBARIANS, STRANGE PEOPLES WiTH ENPRONOANCEABLE NAMES... iste BUCINOBANTE? BAT IN THS: LESENDARY BESTIARY WITH 17S MELDINE OF MYTH AND REALIT3; ONE ANIMAL REMAINS ESPECIALLY? ENEMATIC... WELL, CARTOGRAPHUS, Me? TRUST? GEOGRAPHER, THIS TERRIEVING ANIMAL APPEALS TO WHERE TO FINI THIS ANKNOWN WORLD iS ALL THE MORE TERRIFYING BECAASE THE ROMANS HAVE SORTS OF OUTLANDISH CREATURES. ALWAWS SAID IT 1S HOME TO ALL OR PERHAPS AN ATAATUCAN? THE GRIFFIN! 6 cues’ HALF-EAGLE AND HALF-LION WITH HORSE'S EARS — A TRUE KING AMONG BEASTS! i TO THE EAST, ° CAESARI N SARMATIAN TERRITORY! i THE FAMED IN THE DEPTHS FAR OF BARBARICUM! GREEK EXPLORER ACROS THESEVENSES SAW iT! AND RECORDED iT iN His WRITINGS - I'VE CHECKED! WMA... ON HOUR SAW-SO, | STATED iN M? ‘GALLIC WARS! THAT THERE BESIDES, | SEEM TO RECALL “OUR WERE CYCLOPS EXPEDITION UNICORNS IN GERMANIAG)... WHICH EARNED ME QUITE A AHORSEWOMAN, O CAESAR! A SARMATIAN AMAZON CAPTURED iN - z SHE SAYS SHE WILL TAKE US TO THE GRIFFIN, O CAESAR! VERY WELL. TAKE US TO THE GRIFFIN, SARMATIAN, AND POU SHALL BE A DISASTER! DOTTED BRING WS THIS TIME! OF THE GRIFFIN! IT WOULD BS A PERILOUS EXP EDITION! WHAT DiD SHE IT iS OUR SACRED CREATURE. NO ONS 7 ie CAN CAPTURES THS VER? TEMPTING! EXHIBITING AN ANIMAL LIKE. ITHAT AT THE CIRCUS WOULD DO ALOT FOR MY POPLILARIT? WITH ORDINARY HARDWORKING ROMANS! SHE SAID IT'S AS GOOD AS ! iN THE ALL THE SPEAK, SARMATIAN, TELL CAESAR WHAT OU KNOW A SKIRMISH ON THE FRONTIERS OF BARBARICM! I DIDN'T CATCH THAT ACCENT'S NOT EAS4, WHAT'S SHE SAWING! WAS AHA, BUT IVE PREPARE THE EXPEDITION, CARTOGRAPHUS. CAPTURE THIS TERRIFYING BEAST AND BRING iT BACK, TO ROME ALIVE, AND CAESAR WILL INCLUDE POU IN HIS GLOR}! THANK “O41 FOR, SUPPORTING Me SCIENTIFIC APPROACH g O CAESAR! TH... THANG vou! WE REALL? ARE LOST THIS TIME! BLESS 704, 0 pRuip! MUST HAVE BEEN SENT Be "OUR SHAMAN FRIEND. LET'S FOLLOw iT! BY THE GREAT SALMON, HRS THEY ARS! WOLF SRINS FOUND THEA! WOU HELP OUR DRUID, OBELIX. VLL DEAL WiTH THE POTION! WH HAVEN'T SEEN SACH OTHER SINCE THE CARNUTIS GENTLE ART OF MAGIC SHMINAR. IT'S BEEN GRTAFIX, Me OLD COMRADE! HOW WAS POUR TRIPE (2 HURRY INTO Me? SPURT TO WARM UP! SO THIS 1S WHAT A SHAMAN'S SURT, LOOKS LiKEL AND HERE'S POUR KES OF POTION! | WELL, Me GAULISH FRIENDS, 1 70 LiKE ge A STYLISH L SATHSR TH... THANK VOU, FANCIAKUPPOV. | FEEL BETTER ALREAD? THANKS TO THIS BEVERAGE! = TSA WITH FSRMINTED MARRS ) | WAS VER? WORRIED ABOUT MILK, AW? FRIEND! HEALTH YOU. | DREAMT ABOUT vou ~ AND RESTORATIVE! — YOU WERE ALL BLACK AND WHITE AND BLURRED. | KNEW OU NEEDED HELP SO WE Y CAME AS FAST AS WE A FSW MONTHS AGO,| HAD A DARK SENSH OF FOREBODING, SO| CONSULTED THY DRUM AND iT ADVISED M3TO S 33K POUR HELE, Me GAULISH FRIENDS, BECAUSE WH/RE eiuege hice gical - . TH ROMANS HUGZ ARF @3S, | USED MP MAGIC TO CONTACT YOU. SENDING MARMOTS WOULD HAVE. TAKEN FAR TOO LONG! . APPROACHING NUMB3RS. TH3Y’R3 * iN COMING TO CAPTURA THA GRIFFIN, OUR AND SO THE? ARE! ONL? A FEW LEAZLES AWAz, A COLAIMN OF EXHASTED ROMANS 1S TOILINE ACROSS THE STEPPE... | GET THE FEELING POUR AMAZON'S TAKING US ALL ROUND THE HOUSES, CARTOGRAPHUS... WHAT DOES THE MAP SAY? IT'S NOT VER? CLEAR. WE'RE GOING THROUGH A DEAD ZONE. AAARGH! 4OUR MAP'S USELESS, CARTOGRAPHUS! OU'D DO BETTER TO TRUST Me? TRACKING INSTINCTS TO ~ OUR INSTINCTS DIDN'T HELP MLCH WITH THE CHCLOPS... FIND THE GRIFFIN! 1 WON’T TURN A BLiND WE SAID WE’ D PUT A“LID on) Lis orerors! EYE TO THiS, ILL CATCH YOUR CYCLOPS! YOU WAIT — THEY'LL BRING UP THE SiRAFFE iN A MINUTE! Q) > hs WHAT ABOUT THE GIRAFFE, THEN? I CAUGHT THAT, DiDN’T I? BUT #OU SHOULD REALLY LOOK FOR iT IN SiCiLY, NOT HELVETIA.... THAT THING POL THOUGHT WAS A LONG-NECKED HYENAT a aie Two GLIDES ARE COMING THE SCYTHIAN GUIDES REPORT THEIR FINDINGS... THIS LONELY PART OF THE PLANET HAS GLORIOUS SCENER®, THE PERFECT SITE FOR HIKING. IT'S EASY TO NAVIGATE, BUT WATCH OUT FOR THE ARROWS! OUR SCYTHESHAVE\D/ BEEN ATTACKED! 2 a in > 7 f ODDERISSTOV, OUR OLDS, WHO KEEPS US iN GOOD Si CHESS SMAKER, OLDBLOK’ weLiserup CAMP HERE! SES ||2s SETTING, WiTH VIEWS OF THE HILLS... CHILLING AND QUALIT? TIME WITH OUR LOVED ONES! IABITANT, DISTILALOTOV, 3, WOTTASTINKOV, OUR ON, OUR CARPSNTS! ERM... OBELIX, | R MENHIRS! = - Amr. j i SY SSS MES yee. “¢ i———_ c j ANAS = DOGMATIix! HE’S JUST NOT LISTENING! | STOP CHASING THAT WOLF THIS | [58622022 ) _ MINUTE! ¥ — Wir? 2 _<:/( NORMAL? NORMALL... euler P OF COLRSS, NTA OU DON'T KNOW, MINUTE, PANCIAKLPPOV, Me GALLISH I HAVEN'T SEEN AN’ WOMEN FRISND! iN HOUR Ou SBS, SARMATIAN WOMEN ARS NOMADIC WARRIORS WHILE w3 MSN STAY PEACEFUL? iN THE VILLAGE... ) Is THAT A MAN-SiZE VILLAGE! Hers) THEY? ARS! THE ROMANS ARS HERS, FANCTAKLPPOV! WS SAW THSIR SCeTHIAN GUIDES! 5 12 os tian S Me? WIFE PRZSWALSK?OVA. A PROPSR LITTLE _- AND PLUS ‘i THES CHILD : THERS'S WHAT DID #OU SAY? Me BELOVED NSCS KALASHNIKOVA CAPTURSD BY THS ROMANS? COULD naga YOuR MECE LEAD TYPICAL KALASHNIKOVA, SHS WAS OFF LIKS A SHOT! BUT I TOLD HER NOT TO GO WEST WITH THAT BASTARNAS* CHAP! NO, MY GAULISH FRI SND! ONL? SHAMANS KNOW WHSRS THE ROMANS | THE GRIFFIN 1S, WHICH 1S WHY KALASHNIKOVA 1S iN DANGER! | APMIRS YOUR PRIDS, LITTLE GAUL, BUT ROMANS ARS ALL WARWAR, NOT DAW-JAW — AND WAR 1S A WOMAN'S 208! AND iF YOU SEE DOGMATIX, BE SURE \ TO TELL Him VLL BE BACK, aie Take Oe felipe XK tHe ROMANS WiLL HAVE TO. WELL THEN, LADIES, THE TIME HAS COME FOR GAULISH DIPLOMAC. OBELIX AND | HAVE EXPERIENCE OF o WHOA THSRS, PRZSWALSKPOVA, REMSMBSR WHAT THS DRUM SAID! HSLP COME FROM THS GALLS, TICULARL? THS SMALLEST OF TH THE ROMANS. Z / 7 J 2 PFF! YOU AND YOUR DRUM! FINS, ¥OU CAN BE OUR SNVO#S. BUT ON CONDITION THAT “OU STAY UNDER OUR PROTECTION! ( STIR YOUR STUMPS! en *Tuarietasti”_4| LET’S SHOW THESE HEATHENS our FiNE ROMAN I)ARCHITECTURE! 2 SO DiD YOUR MAPS HELP AT ALL WiTH = QC S MA? | REMIND 7OL THE GIANT SQUID EXPEDITION WAS YOUR =: OVER THSRS! PPR. STILL, WE GOT TO SEE MERMAIDS! hw ‘| THEY WERE SEA COWS! AE ¥ Sa THE ROMANS ARS =e] BUILDING A CAMPLAL cad = LET'S GO AND NEGOTIATE. ARE “OUND COMING, OBELIX? — OY RR 8 of NO NEED TO BE RUDE! . ies b V B37 TSR TO BS CAR AFUL WITH THES 3ROMANS. MOLOTOVA WILL GO WITH Pou! y . g y an A POTION THAT MAKES US INVINCIBLE. IT'S REALL? T i WE NEED AN®THING, WE HAVE OUR DRUID'S POTION! A SPECTACULAR, 4 POTION THE POTION! OR YOU'LL SEE! NOT, WE'LL GO AND NEGoTiATE ALONE, BY TOUTATIS, iT’S IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER, POLE GOT ME HERE, OU KNOW. | FELL J INTO iT WHEN... Sot gy cM € Yas 5 743 J s i E GUIDES iS PATROLLING THE SiTE! ——~ WELL, DONE, OBELIX, OU TOOK HiM OUT iN ONE FELL Swoop?! BARBARIANS ON THE LEFT FLANK! aS i ia ALREAD#? WE HAVEN'T FINISHED THE CAMP ET, \ DOWN TOOLS! TAKE uP THE ARMS! BARRICADE THERE WE ARE!) 4 ‘ \/NEARLY THERE! @Z 5 & AVE, ROMAN! WE ARE GAULS AND WE COME iN PEACE TO NEGOTIATE! GALLS? SINCE WHEN HAVE THE AMAZONS USED GALLS TO DELIVER THEIR MESSAGES, Be JUPITER? Tiny v c 7 G PR y Oe ay WELL, THE ROMANS USE SCPTHIANS, SPARE COUR PRISONER, RELEASE HER, AND #OU WILL AVOID WAR WITH THE AMAZONS! COME, COME, GALL! THIS 1S JUST A FRIENDLY LITTLE HUNTING PARTY. AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR AMAZON PACKAGE SAFE WITH Us! AS AGREED, SHE'LL BE FREED TAKEN US TO THE ONCE SHE'SGRIFFI N! Siseeeualie de PEELE eee Ail ; SHE'LL NEVER take #OU TO THE GRIFFIN. anwar, NO ONE KNOWS WHERE TO. FIND THE orreal P SHAMAN KNOWS. WHERE TO FIND THE GRIFFIN: VERY WELL. IN THAT CASE, GAUL, HERE'S Mi? ULTIMATUM: IF YOU WANT THE AMAZON, ° GiVE US THE SHAMAN! IS THAT iT? NO THRASHING? 7 AND OUR JOB AS ENVOYS? NY THE ROMANS HAVE AN ALTIMATUM AHA! AN ULTIMATUM! THE \ Ale LITTLS GAUL'S BSSN . THE BY HOODWINKED HS, HE, \GAULISH DIPLOMAC+"! Ve1 ANP BACK AT FANCTAKUPPOV, WHAT SHOULD L THER S'S ONLY ONS THING TO DO: ASK THE SPIRITS FOR HELP! SHALL CONSULT Me? DRUM FINS! SAMS OLD, SAME OLD. COME ON, GIRLS! SVERVONS BACK TO CAMP TO SHARP EN OUR 18 ARROWS! TONIGHT! NSVSR MARRY A SHAMAN! NO INITIATIVS! IT'S ALWAYS Me DRUM! THIS AND ie DRUM! THAT! RIGHT, POU YOUNGSTERS, WE HAVE Sx PROBLEM: FOR THE FIRST TIME iN FOREVER IT'S LOST (TS MAGIC FOUR-LEAF CLOVER, PROPERTIES! OUR ONL? OPTIONS TO TRE MAKING MORE! HAVS FAITH, Me? GALISH FRISNDS! MEANWHILS OU CAN STAY WiTH VIRALOADOV BECAUSS ILL PROBABL? BE MAKING QUITS A NOISS WITH Me DRUM! FERMENTED MARE'S. MILK DOESN'T AGREE WITH BECAUSE DOGMATIX s IT BOs HE CAN LOOK AFTER HIMSELF! Z LISTEN! THAT'S HiM BANGING AT THE DOOR}! AND | CAN GIVE FOL A TASTS OF ALL OUR CHEES3S MADS FROM \ FSRMENTSD MARS'S MILK. OU WANT INTO A TRANCS TO THE SOUND OF HiS DRUM, Me? GAULISH FRIEND. THAT, MEANS YOU TOO HAVE A SHAMAN'S GIFT! 4” 1 SAW WINGED BOAR WILDL? CHASING DOGMATIX... MASBE YOU SHOULD TALK TO THE SHAMAN THE DRUM SPOKE TO HiM LAST NIGHT. IT TOLD HiM TO SiVS HIMSELF LP TO THE ROMANS iN SXCHANG 3 FOR THE BUT THAT'S MADNESS!!! BY TOUTATIS! QUICK, OBELIX, WE NEED TO STOP HiM! gs “ TAKS Me Two maR3s! Ey iA Wie, 20 THS SHAMAN? OH, Wg'S CONS! GONE? WHAT DO OU MEAN AT THAT VER? A MOME! == = \ * 3 PROMISED TOHOSTAGE! FRSS THS YOU AND 4OUR NEN ARE NOT TO TAKE Si slsain ae MORTe AN wae Now, /_THat’s ENoucH THE CENTURION! €MDLUNTEEReTeeons I'M iN CHARGE / i ‘i DECLARE CER AN RIGHT! YOU HEARD) L ; wee LATE! tHev've cor THE SHAMAN Now | AS WELL! [ HE WANTS TO KNOW iF WE HAVE A CAGE REAR ' TELL HiM THAT'S OUR BUSINESS! AND THAT'S ENOUGH TIME, WASTED, LET'S Go! THE GRIFFIN HUNT OPEN! THAT'S WHAT ?Od GAT WITH M3N AND 5 THEIR SNPLESS: ij CHIT-CHAT! z. | 4 “i ‘ WILL THS Y FOLLOW THEM AND WAIT FOR RIGHT MOMENT TO ATTACK! 1 Ge ie LET US COME WITH You, PRZEWALSKYOVA! OUR GAULISH HONOUR 1S AT STAKE HERE! SUDA PL A) TIN] (7 = CENT Sten fy Bela sclaeN Ly iy - D3CiIDSED WHICH OF #OU TWO TO SwiPs uP! h WEILL BRING HiM BACK, y es © DRUID! PROMISE! OFF YOU GO AND SAVE THE GRIFFIN, YOUNGSTERS! AND BE SURE TO TOO WEAK BRING BACK MY FRIEND FANCTAKLPPOV. i'M STILL A LITTLE TO GO WITH YOU. ce BOSMATEN BACK, ( HELP ME MAKE SOME POTION a) , q R V VizALOADOV HAS OFFERED TO. A AND WE'LL GET. < AHEM, WOULD OU MIND SWAPPING HORSES FOR 22 ( OUR MOLOTOVA 1S. WITH LOCALLY SOURCED INGREDIENTS. IT COULD ausT ¥ NO, ViRALOADOV! NOT MARMOTS, THAT CONFIRMS iT! WE'RE NEAR, THE UNKNOWN LAND EXPLORED BY ACROS THESEVENSES! Pye <4 TELL ME, CARTOGRAPHLS, WHAT HAPPENS AT THE VERY END OF THE END OF THIS LAND WE'RE GOING TOT TRICKY TO SA?! ACROS THESEVENSES. DESCRIBES iT AS A DARK LAND WHERE DAYTIME LASTS. ONLY? A MOMENT! Ld ; ZB | PERSONALL#? HAVE ALWASS BEEN SUSPICIOUS OF THAT WHOLE BUSINESS ABOUT THE SUN RISING | iN THE EAST ONCE A DAY! RIGHT, FAKENIUS! AND WHERE 1S iT THE REST OF THE TIME, HOHE NO ONE EVER EXPLAINS SO, WE'VE GOT TO ADMIT WE DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THE UNKNOWN WORLD! WELL, | WANT TO BE FIRST TO REACH THiS EDGE OF ‘THE WORLD THAT NO ONE'S EVER SEEN! Ge . THE EDGE? YOU WON'T HAVE AN 1G 7 WWE TOLD HO A Wie THERE iS NO i VOU TELL woes) , © CENTURION, FOU TELL MiM, THAT ILLITERATE HUNTER THE EARTH'S NOT FLAT, iT'S ROUND! & 5 TON yi THAT BLESS vou! A SPHERE, Che EDGE! HUNDRED TIMES! 77 MiSERERE! THE EARTH’S BONEHEAD! 4 WE'VE KNOWN THAT SINCE oa PYTHAGORAS! ROUND, FLAT, DOESN'T BOTHER ME SO LONG AS ATLAS KEEPS THE WHOLE THING FIRML? ON HiS SHOULDERS! A “ IS] aA ee, : Zl = a — = WSIRS GOING TO SURROUND THE ROMANS. WATCH CARSFULLY, THIS 1S HOW 7OU SST UP AN AMBUSH! THE POTION! s+ toutaris, | HAVALARFFOWA'S SO GOOD AT THE GAULISH ACCENTL 24 REALLY HOPE GETAFIX MANAGES TO 2 OF iT! TU MARE MOREIOF NO, ViIRALOADOV! NOT BACON LARD, RAINBOW CHARD! ae Be THE i RIVER AT THE FOOT OF THAT | Peds ps WAT SRFALL! PAH, HS/LL IUST HIPS OBELIX AND! BSHIND HiS DRUM AS = \ HAVE A BETTER 3 Ja,|) \ al \ G Ay ‘ a)\\e wy My . —V PANCIAKUPPOV'S DON'T VISION! HELP THOUGHT POUR [ SNORT AT HIM, WILL COME FROM MAGIC POTION \ WAS SuPPOSssD TO HSLP Us? \pRZSWALKVOVA! RAGING TORRSNT. THE SPIRIT y OF COULIBIAC, THS GREAT SALMON, iS BLOCKING OUR (ses & a 4 . = A PLANT | WS'RE APPROACHING THE i THE OTHER ON THA -OWS ON OTHER SISIDS! ARROWS 2 " yAy ~ se ABOUT poe TH RSMSMBSR \\ wii AND W3'LL SHOWSR THSM WITH PIE IN THE SKY! THERE'S A BRIDGE - LET’S CROSS iT! THE GAULS, PARTICULARL? wr THE SMALLEST, LecG OF THEM, GLE HOSEN a, . BRRRR... 1T LOOKS COLD! OBELIX? RAISE THE ROCK OMNIA FLUMINA ROMAM DUCLNTC! A TORRENT 1S A FAST-FLOWING WATER COURSE CHARACTE! BY iTS STEEP GRADE! AND OFTEN TUMLLTUOUS SPATES IN EARL? SPRING. 7m] 1) ALL RIVERS STAY STRONG, BRAVE MEN! we're Here To CAPTURE THE GRIFFIN! EVEN WITH REDUCED RANKS, LEAD TO ROME fis a , FORWARD ‘1 VOU, BUT I'M TELLING Hits SPATE TENET * WE SHALL CATCH iT! REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED TO THE DETACHMENT WHO WENT TO EGYPT AND DISTURBED THEIR STRANGE Gops. { = REALL#, aad PAKENILS? NORMAL! IT'S BECAUSE OF THE GRIFFIN! A J ; THE RASHES FAKENIUS iS RIGHT, THIS GRIFFIN'S GOING TO JINX US! IN OAR CAMP THIS EVENING, WE CAN ASK O4R GODS TO PROTECT US! WHAT'S: FAKENIUS SAPINGT GOOD iDEA! ANTONE BRING AN? INCENSE? Y AND UNEXPLAINED eippe TUMMIES! Be JUPITER, CARTOGRAPHLS! WHAT ARE POU DOING DAWDLING AT THE BAC! I WAS COLLECTING SOME SAMPLES... DUST ROUTINE! HALF AS MAN? LESIONARISS! | ADMIT iT WAS A GOOD PLAN! WMAL.. KIND OF LIKE Ou! YOU'RS AS STRONG AS AN AMAZON! iS CLOSING iN, AND THS ROMANS. WILL SOON HAVES TO SET UP CAMP! pee THE AMAZON HOSTAGE KALASHNIKOVA? 1M NOT WORRIED ABOUT HER! ie RIGHT, ENOUGH HANGING AROUND! THERE ARE PLENTY LEFT TO ELIMINATE! TO THE GRIFFIN'S TARRITORY. WS NSSD B oss! INFATULS 1S GUARDING THE AMAZON ALL BY AIMSELF! NEEDS DELIVERING SAFELY! ENOUGH! => @ up AND FLL PUT YOU iN ISOLATION! WITH THE PRISONER? MEANWHILE, THE EXPEDITION FORCE 7S SETTING AP ITS NEW THE ROMANS ARS CUTTING WOOD, IT'LL BS A HARSH WE KNOW, BUT NAUTILUS WENT DOWN LIKE A LUMP OF LEAD iN THE WATERFALL... 7 THINK THEYRE JUST BLNLDING A NEW ) DOGMATIX WOULDN'T BE HAPPY. HE HATES ANPONE HURTING TREES! 7 DON'T POL WORR?. YOUR DOG'S A WOLF THAT RUNS WITH THS PACK! REALLY? DID POUR DRUM TELL OU THATS 3 Ss BUT IM TELLING YOU, 1T WAS MY VER? OWN DOGMATIX with WOLVES! UST TRUST HIM, OBELIX, HE/LL BE BACK! Boom Boom Boom BOOM Boom B ms -_ iE SHAMAN'S APPEALING TO HEY... were uve ALL THE LEGIONARIES GONE!?! PROTECTS THE EXPEDITION... ENOUGH! GET iT TOGETHER! WE’ RE NOT SAVAGES! SNCENSE-LESS\ SO iT MAY NOT) WORK... = SNE Teter: SHAMAN TO STOP His DRUMMING! NO, NO... HAVE FAITH, Mi? GAULISH FRISND! WAIT! TIS USUALL# M3 WHO SAPS THAT! a HAVE SOMS MORSE FERMENTED MARS'S MILK! y I KNOW ABOUT WOLVES! THEY'LL BE A BAD INFLUENCE ON HiM! READY Now, ATTA— NO, WE HAVE TO KEEP GOING: é | ped STICK TO MY? PLAN LIKE WE DID ee NO, WAIT! WE. CAN'T! IT'S TOO AT THE WATERFALL AND WE'LL GRADUALLY? RISK? FOR THE SHAMAN! WEAR f sx! LET'S , GO AND SEZ see WHAT COME, OBELIX! y SORT OF SET-UP THEY'VE GOT. THEM THE? NSVSR LISTEN TOA THING - SO ANNO#ING! TONGS AND TWO SADDLES, O DRAID... OR WAS iT THE TONGUES OF TWO ADDERS? ASTERIX, IMSS DOGMATIX! 1 CAN'T TAKE, MUCH MORE OF BEING iSOLATED EAH, IA ZOOMING HOME AS SOON AS | CAN! (M DESPERATE FOR SUNSHINE... THINK FLL MOVE TO POMPET! WHEN WE \ Nice! \PPARENTL? E GR 001B GRGROGR Reacauust GEE @\ IT CAME . \\ W (oes Pi ! MONSTROUS GROWLING! DON'T BREATHE A IM NOT STUPID! HE COULD EASILY ASK US TO GO AND CHECK iT GORPOUGRRELELE Sia ATS STARTING f ii an ha i L CAN'T TAKE THE CREDIT! IT'S THAT FERMENTED CHEESE THAT... MILK FEW LITTLE ROMANS... FOR vou! THE PATROL fisher ee RAGE * Liu eg Atata FINGteacra =i DEFINITE RUN-IN L® HAP WITH THE GRIFFIN! Bf 5‘ IVE SPOKEN WERE NOT YET TOIN THE THE SHAMAN. GRIEFIN'S TERETTORS. OUR NCE SHAMAN CAN'T |PRONOU His iS YE!‘e's AND TALKS NONSENSE! WELL, THEN, SOMEONE NEEDS TO GO AND A LOOK! I'LL GO HAVE A LOOK! AND \ 1. }\ ys I DON'T BURY Me NOSE IN PAPYRUSES! | GET ON ae WITH 7 THINGS! | TAKE THE LION Ba THE HORNS! HAVE A 2 it CXS yi Ra KEEP OUR EVES PEELED! WEIRE NEAR THE EDGE OF IRN MOVE AND VLAM! 3 THE WORLD. ONE FALSE "WE HAD ENOUGH OF YOUR INSINUATIONS! \ A COLOSSAL FOOTPRINT! B = i ry) THE ROMAN iN THE FURS 1S GETTING Diva A HALT! NAME AND PASSWORD 5) BLEDSOE. AN FORGOTTEN POUR PASSWORD? / 4] IT'S THE AMAZONS, NTREPIDUS! THEY'RE ONLY JUST BEHIND US WITH - THESE SUPERSTITIOUS BARBARIANS ) STILL, | DON'T WONT ATTACK WHEN WE'RE LIKE THEM BEING HOLDING THEIR SO HOT ON OUR SHAMAN! S 34 DOESN'T MATTER! WE'LL SOW PANIC iN THE WHOLE CAMP! THEIR ENVO?S! p WY | WE MAY? BE ABLE TO SHAKE THEM OFF! BUT NOT A WORD TO THE LEGIONARIES. MUSTN'T FRIGHTEN THEM LINDUL#! fs COME ALONG NOW, DOWN! REMEMBER 4 CALM OUR THI ROMANS HAV3 BROKIN CAMP IN TH3 NiGHT! HaH?P = IS DOGMATiX BACK? aX A HUNTING PART, THEY SAID! IRE GOING THROLGH S32A OF CLOUDS! REALLY HEAR, THEM LAST NIGHT? WE MUST TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE MIST TO SNEAK IN AND GET THE SHAMAN! THE AMAZONS'LL BE HERE AN? MINUTE AND WE GET NO NOTIFICATION! COM ON, GiRLS! L3T’S GO AND FR33 THA ALWAYS: PULLING THE | WOOL OVER OUR EVES! M PREFERRED FIGHTING THE Least with =| THEM THINGS SUCH \ ap peou | REMEMBER A TIDY BUNCH, YES! WERE BLACK /THE VANDALS? AND WHITE! - _[ 4 AND THOSE HELVETTT WERE GOOD FOLLOWED THE RULES OF CONFLICT To THE LETTER! HEY! THAT'S ODD, iT SEEMS TO BE LIFTING OVER THERE! = WOW! FOUR FRIEND DOSSN'T GIV3 UP, DOSS HB! Z BUT... BUT! WHO ARE OUT PLEASE, MADAM, LET ME 6... AND POU'RE SEEING HiM WITHOUT THE POTION! HES, ASTERIX? ~ : at THEIR LSADSRS AREN'T HERS AND W3 CAN'T FIND OUR SHAMAN, PRZEWALSKYOVA! TYPICAL! BVEN DID ON OUR WEDDING Dar! 36 WHERE’S THE SHAMAN S NO iDEA! THE CENTURION JUST TOLD US TO COME HERE, HE DIDN'T SAP WHE! t a )} a 2 a DOGMATIX? TELL MEL” THE ROMANS wave TRICKED US! THESVE SPLIT INTO =n A NO TELLING WHSRS THE4'V3 GONS, THEN! 31.PALA MOUNT POUR HORSES ERS! tS j \im pW aa ( EIN AnD DOGMATIX? wieRe’s 2 Pp 4 werre » BEING Manes. LATED! wee WE?! GOOD ONE, INTREPIDUS! ROMANS! W3 HAV 3 REACHED THS GRIFFIN'S SACRED LAND, BUT THE ic? BRSATH OF WINTER HAS BLOCKSD OUR WAx. SADL®, THE REST OF THE MAP iS JUST FRAGMENTS. THAT MATCHES THE LAST DETAIL LEFT Be ACROS THESEVENSES! WHAT DOES THIS. WALL MEAN, BY \ DUPITER? AH WELL, THAT'S NOT IMPENETRABLE! IT MUST BE THE EDGE OF THE WORLD! LET'S SEE WHAT'S BEHIND iT! TO SEE ROME AGAIN! TOO LATE! THEY'VE REACHED THE SACRED LAND! OUR LAWS CAN SST STATS THAT NO SARMATIANS SXCEPT SHAMANS s 2 oer] FOOT iN THERE. THERE'S: Us! AND OBELIX NOTHING STOPPING CONCENTRATE, OBELIX! iS A BIT OF SHAMAN, AREN'T Ou, OU KNOW, ASTERIX, | THINK THE AMAZON'S CHOSEN ME — WE JUST CLICKED! 38 WELL, A FROZEN LAKE? cou're SKATING ON THIN 1CE NOW, UA NON: IT CONFIRMS WHAT LIKE THE THESENENSES SAIDACROS — ‘A LIVING CREATURE HIBERNATING NEAR THE LESS SPOTTED HARP?! BUT You MST CROSS 1,1 TALL vou! WHICH MEANS WE CAN BN Sieacuin wags nips VD DEFINITELY BE IN FAVOUR OF SNEAKING UP ON ST WHILE 17'S ASLEEP! iTS WINTRY SLUMBERS THS COULD BE A TRAP! e TiE UP THE J WE NEED TO DO ARECCE. #0U SCHTHIANS CAN GUARD THE SHAMAN — OU KNOW THE ROPES! SERIOUSLY? ARE #OU STILL ) eau, SO WHAT? IT'S THE ONLY CLUTCHING THAT VASET RELIABLE DOCUMENT ON THE n Wo st pid “ \ | - Yi see ING. ARN S GRIFFIN THAT WE'VE GOT! BUT... BUT... BY JUPITER! IT DOESN'T LOOK ANYTHING LIKE 40 \\ ASTERIX, | THINK | HEARD WOLVES! STOPS HiM SSSING"... ca ‘ Sa x Mie saee ees fi "y THE TWO ENVOWS! ‘THE POT OF FERMENTED HONS? DO YOU THINK TI HERE TO NEGO n THAT’S NOTOd&| a so WHAT?! — @ES, IT'S GOLD! GOLD ORE ('VE BEEN CAREFULLY? COLLECTING SINCE THE WATERFALL! DON'T OU THINK I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF THESE 1i-SESTERTII EXPEDITIONS THAT PA? ME WITH ACHES AND PAINS! SOONER OR LATER, KNOWLEDGE MUST PAY REWARDS! ACROS THESEVENSES LEFT ALOT MORE THAN A MAP! WHOLE FRAGMENTS OF HiS PAPYRUS REFER TO THE VAST GOLD DEPOSITS iN THE LAND OF TH FIN! TO KNOW TH: ern es ae Boel poet BROW THAT, I'M DiSAPPOINTED iN YOU, CARTOGRAPHUS! WE'RE NOT HERE FOR GOLD, WE'RE HERE FOR THE GRIFFIN: MORE IMPORTANTLY, YOUVE TRICKED US, SHAMAN! WE CAN'T PRESENT SUCH A HIDEOUS CREATURE BEFORE CAESAR! NN Tse = ae GOT COLD reer ABOUT FIGHTING, ds... ’' Z OBELIX! THE SHAMAN'S IN DANGER ON THE LAKE! 41 IM, UM, BO. BOSS, TO oe eM! OM COME WE'VE ee THE : l e Jerre TIKES! THE iCE iS CRACKING! WE'LL BE TOO BECAUSE THOSE TWO AMAZON REPS CAME ALONG AND THAT'S NOT A GOOD SiGN! DOGMATIX! STiLL CHASING AROUND WITH THOSE WOLVES! WE'RE ONL? Scouts AFTER ALL.. PAH! IVE SEEN PLENTY? OF DEER AT THE CIRCUS! 42 BUT THESE ONES DO LOOK VER® NAST#! Si.T, BY ROMALES! SUT! 3 LLL = : a BY TOUTATIS, THE SHAMAN'S GOING TO \ ie Y, a oye alt ' THAT'S RIGHT! GRAB THE ROPE! OF COURSE HE is! I'VE TAUGHT HiM TO FETCH! | FORGETTING | DELIVER —| MENHIRS FOR A LIVING! A DELICATE BUSINESS, MENHIRS! AND THE WES, ASTSRIX! WS'VS VENERATED THIS CREATURE FOR ALL TIME. IN THE EARLY DAYS WE HAP NO NAME FOR IT.. O SHAMAN, COULD THAT BAT AGREK EXPLORER WHO CAMSHSRELONG AZO CALLSD IT THE GRIFFIN BECAASS OF 17S FSARSOMS APP3ARANES... ALAS, H3 RPORTSD BACK TO THE W3ST WITH OTHER FINDINSS THAT COULD BNDANGSR OAR PHOPL 3... AN AMPHIBIOUS MONSTER THAT Z&US SENT INTO A DEEP SLERP... SO TH3 SHAMANS BUILT ON THE FRAR AND AWS AROZND THE GRIFFIN TO DETER RED? NTRIDIRS... NOT THAT war, Boss! MICH WORKED WO! G WALL WHICH QUITE BAH! HI THANKS THANKS TcTO Me UNTIL ALL THESES ROMANS: DOGSMATIX AND His CAMS ALONG - SO MANY | WOLVES, THE? WON'T BE OF THEM! BACK AN® TIME SOON! THE 1C3 HAS GIVEN WAY UNDSR THEIR WSIGHT. NATURE'S SPIRITS HAD THS LAST WORD... JUST AS THS DRUM PREDICTED! LET'S HEAD BACK, GETAFIX MUST BE WORRIED! x 44 //GM 0 9. SE aN “is s AND THE? RETURN FOR A TOLCHING RELNION WITH THE AMAZONS..- + AND, HAVING SET HiS WOLVES. ON THE ROMANS, HE WHISKED OFF TO SAVE THE SHAMAN! DIDN'T OL, DOSMATIX? Ol TOO! ON anean peterieon YOUR DRUM! _ - aS Fines SS - = =. - —" ££ | ie el, ae = LOOK! THE SNOW'S (ess MBLTING, SPRING'S ON iTS wa?! ‘ . ip Ye ahaaS ANP AFTER A LONE DESCENT, THE? ARE BACK AT STRANGE, iT SEEMS DESERTED! LL HAVE A LOOK HEHE! THAT'S THE PRISONER SO THEY ALL WANTED TO PICK | SNOWDROPS AND THEY LEFT THE DOOR OPEN AND THE PRISONER ESCAPED SO THEY ALL SET OUT TO FiND HE = — i OF THEM CAME < BAAAAAAAACK |\"" “ici KALASHNIKOVA'S ALWA?S GIVEN HER Deuiedee ie Gan AROUND! IWAS HOPING FOR MORE OF A MEAL! | SEE 7OU'VE MANAGED TO MAKE MORE POTION, O DRUIDE IL Jag (@B ie ALAS, NO, ASTERIX, BUT AN EXCELLENT FORTIFWING SOUP THAT'S CURED MY COLD! S| ware 1S Ws »s| ENIOVED WN EASTERN EAROPEAN COLNTRIES TO. THIS DA? AND | RAISS Mi? R SINDESR HORN TO OUR FOUR GAULS! AND OF COURSS, 17'S THE MEN WHO CLEAR THE TABLES AS USUAL! 46 @UP. SCARPE DIEM, AS THE? SAP... g GO, iS THAT AGREED? WELLING AN REMEMBER EACH OTHER IN OUR DREAMS AND MEET dP 4 A ANY Zz. AT THE CARNUT" ea sy Melee FARSWSLL, Me? GAULISH FRISNDS! | DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND THIS POTION BUSINESS, < BUT COMS BACK WHENSVER 7OU LiKS AND WEILL MAKE PROPER WARRIORS OF Ou! RIGHT, 4 WHERE'S OBELIX? ‘ HELLOOQOOOL WHERE'S HE GONE? | UNDERSTAND! FOR NOW 7OUR HEART BELONGS TO DOGG... BUT MAYBE SOME. DA? WHO KNOWS? al BQ AND TO MPN \ MENHIRS: sg U4 TOO... | BSHIND THE PURT. HSS SAVING HiS BUT, UM, THIS 1S WHERE |LIVE iN ARMORICA IF EVER... GOODBYES TO MOLOTOVA! | | IT'S VER? EAS? TO FIND! A LITTLE VILLAGE WITH FOUR ROMAN CAMPS: AROUND iT. Va DIANA BE PRAISED! WE'VE OUTRUN THE WOLVES! g MY BOL, DI “ww eeue,E 4 = TRUST Me INSTINCTS! ROME 1S THAT WAS, IM SURE OF iT! : aS WE JUST NEED TO HEAD AWA? FROM THE EDGE OF THE WORLD! = THERE 1s sah OF THE WORLD! BRING OUT THE THE WORLD'S ROUND, I'M TELLING GIRAFEE! YOU, POU NUMBSKULL! AS ROUND AS THE CPCLOPS! Eve! I THOUGHT WE'D TURNED A BLIND EXE ON THE C: AND, AFTER A LONE JOURNET, OAR FRIENDS ARE BACK IN THE VILLAGE WITH A BANQUET TO KEEP THE WOLF FROM THE DOOR. BLT SOME ZS we lie MG eead + ConeAD__22