Asterix
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The Adventures of Asterix is a series of French comic books written by Réne Goscinny (story) and Albert Uderzo (illustrations). The storyline follows a village in Gaul 50 B.C., the only village that has not been conquered by the Romans, thanks to a magic potion which gives superhuman strength brewed by the village druid. The story centers around the Gaulish warrior Asterix and his friend Obelix.
The 33 original books were originally written in French, but have been translated into numerous other languages, including English, Dutch, German, Danish, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish, Spanish, Catalan, Basque, Portuguese, Italian, Hungarian, Polish, Romanian, modern Greek, Turkish, Slovenian, Bulgarian, Serbian and Croatian.