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Asterix Omnibus Vol. 3: Collects Asterix and the Big Fight, Asterix in Britain, and Asterix and the Normans
One of the world’s greatest comics characters, the ever-fearless Asterix, continues to battle supposedly unbeatable odds to protect his tiny village from the Roman Empire. Fortunately, all of the villagers have super-strength thanks to a secret potion. In “Asterix and the Big Fight,” one of the three classic Asterix graphic novels collected here, the Romans are beginning to wise up. Instead of trying to conquer Asterix’s village, the Roman’s challenge Vitalstatistx, chief of Asterix’s tribe, to a one on one battle with the Gallo-Roman Chief, Cassius Ceramix of Linoleum. As per Ancient Gaulish customs, the loser would forfeit his entire tribe to the winner. “Asterix in Britain,” the Romans have conquered all of Britain except for a single village in Kent. Sound familiar? Anticlimax, a member of that British village, travels to Gaul to seek help from his first cousin once removed, Asterix. Together, with Obelix, they decide to bring back a barrel full of the secret potion that imbues anyone with super-strength, but word leaks out, and the Romans will do anything they can to thwart this rescue mission. Finally, in “Asterix and the Normans,” Asterix encounters a group of Normans who want to learn all about fear, and that's just the tip of the iceberg as far as how many strange and crazy things happen in this particular adventure. We won’t even mention which pop star is parodied in this story! Just when you think you know what to expect in Asterix, the creators Goscinny and Uderzo throw things at you that you never could’ve imagined. That’s probably why Asterix remains such a successful comics character to this day!
152 pages, Paperback
First published December 13, 2011
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René Goscinny
1,704 books1,238 followersRené Goscinny (1926 - 1977) was a French author, editor and humorist, who is best known for the comic book
Asterix
, which he created with illustrator Albert Uderzo, and for his work on the comic series Lucky Luke with Morris (considered the series' golden age).
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March 10, 2018
This Omnibus Vol3 has 3 adventures of Asterix and all 3 are fantastic. Loved it!
October 24, 2022
Random Asterix craving! I grew up on these and used to read them (in German) well into my twenties, so lots of fond memories there, and Asterix & the Normans is an old favourite. I do notice whenever I pick one of these up in English that the German translations were just… like, astoundingly good. I mean, they were just effortlessly, screamingly funny and all the puns were pretty smooth, whereas the English ones are frequently laboured and the efforts to work in puns are very visible. Obviously, as translations go, these are incredibly challenging since you have to work with the art and can’t just change something completely if the wordplay doesn’t work. But that’s why I’m so impressed with the German ones, including the names (come on, Grautvornix is SUCH a better name than Justforkix!) and the many adaptations into regional dialects that also worked really well if memory serves. The English ones… well, they try, lol.
November 17, 2019
HILARIOUS!!
February 12, 2020
Klask Asteriks maceralarına devam. Özellikle Britanya macerası güzeldi.
February 28, 2021
Nije mi zabavno kao nekada da čitam Asteriksa ali još uvek volim ovaj veseli sunčani crtež. Priče klasika ali uvek ispliva poneka lepa fora. Nekad su me uveseljavale jako ali sve prema vremenskom dobu ipak 4 zvezdice.
November 15, 2021
Özellikle "Asteriks Britanya'da" muhteşem...
May 31, 2025
IYKYK.
April 13, 2022
4/5
This is one of the first Asterix comics I read. Its funny and lighthearted, and features the old folktale about someone fearless learning to feel afraid. I'm obsessed with the art and these sleek copies are beautiful and easy to open, which I am also obsessed with. In the credits we learn that there is to be 10 more omnibus volumes that will make the complete series set and I will of course have to buy them all, now, to finish my collection.
This is one of the first Asterix comics I read. Its funny and lighthearted, and features the old folktale about someone fearless learning to feel afraid. I'm obsessed with the art and these sleek copies are beautiful and easy to open, which I am also obsessed with. In the credits we learn that there is to be 10 more omnibus volumes that will make the complete series set and I will of course have to buy them all, now, to finish my collection.
March 23, 2017
Natürlich ein weiterer Triumphzug in der sehr schönen Aufmachung der Gesamtausgabe. "Bei den Briten" ist sicherlich einer meiner absoluten Lieblingsbände. Und allein die Kunst, eine derart witzig pointierte Geschichte auf einem Wortspiel aufzubauen, wie mit den "Normannen" geschehen ist seine fünf Sterne wert.
April 29, 2022
Un clásico
Me gusta el juego de personajes en una antigüedad totalmente vigente mezclado con una historia entretenida y cautivante. Hace tiempo que en mi familia Asterix y Obelix son un referente contínuo
Me gusta el juego de personajes en una antigüedad totalmente vigente mezclado con una historia entretenida y cautivante. Hace tiempo que en mi familia Asterix y Obelix son un referente contínuo
April 27, 2019
The stories are great, the puns are hilariously corny, and the historical context is simply fantastic. The Asterix books are just good fun.
June 13, 2019
Awesome.
September 14, 2019
I have read all the volumes as a kid and now enjoying them again as much as I did before in the beautiful Omnibus edition. 😁
September 17, 2019
I have loved Asterix since I was in middle-school. I have recently been purchasing the omnibus collections.
August 2, 2021
The Normans was strange.
March 1, 2023
Extremely witty, action-packed, and a very fun read!
October 20, 2023
As always, a ridiculously fun time. Asterix in Britain is, I think, my favourite of the three.
October 29, 2023
I’m so obsessed with this little guy. If you see me spending all of my money collecting every volume of this series, don’t blame me. Blame my boyfriend. This is his fault.
August 5, 2024
Quite enjoyable and nice to read.
November 3, 2025
Excellent Sunday afternoon light reading. The subtle historical allusions are especially rewarding.
November 16, 2025
Three delightful stories. The last story about teaching the Normans fear is the best. Great graphics.
November 11, 2014
This book combines the seventh to ninth Asterix adventures into one volume.
The seventh Asterix adventure is Asterix and the Big Fight, which is possibly one of the best.
There is one village in Gaul that holds out against Roman rule. The Romans hatch a plan. "There's one custom that might come in very useful... it's called THE BIG FIGHT!" The big fight happens when the chief of one village wants to take over another village. He challenges the chief of that village to a big fight, like a boxing match, and the winner takes charge of the other's village. The Romans line up "collaborator and as colossal as the Colosseum" Cassius Ceramix of the village Linoleum for the job.
But because of the magic potion, brewed by druid Getafix, chief Vitalstatistix is invincible, so Cassius Ceramix refuses. The Romans then take out the druid, inadvertently as he gets knocked out by a menhir and loses his memory. Therefore the big fight goes ahead. Of course it is down to Asterix to get things right again and there is a lot of fun and jokes along the way
Then it is Asterix in Britain. At the book's beginning Caesar invades Britain. "All Britain was occupied... All? No... one village still holds out against the invaders." Sound familiar? Anyway they can't hold out for much longer so Anticlimax, a second cousin, once removed of Asterix, goes in search of the famous magic potion. A barrel is made and Asterix and Obelix escort Anticlimax and the barrel back across Britain with the Romans hot on their trail.
Maybe there is too much stereotyping of certain things in here, tea for example, but all-in-all another great Asterix story.
Then lastly is Asterix and the Normans.
Justforkix is the nephew of the village chief Vitalstatistix and is sent to the village from his native Lutetia (Paris) because he is soft and needs toughening up. Obelix suggests thumping him but Asterix disagrees. Meanwhile the Norman chief is concerned that his Normans don't know the meaning of fear so goes off to Gaul in search of it. Unfortunately the village they end up at is Asterix's village and they also don't know the meaning of fear. It's just as well Justforkix is there, "an expert on fear".
Along the way there is a lot of fun and jokes, from start ("Why, there's Postaldistrix the postman!") to finish. There is a kidnapping in the book too, which features in a lot of Asterix stories, but still a great Asterix story.
Trouble now is you'll want to read the others.
The seventh Asterix adventure is Asterix and the Big Fight, which is possibly one of the best.
There is one village in Gaul that holds out against Roman rule. The Romans hatch a plan. "There's one custom that might come in very useful... it's called THE BIG FIGHT!" The big fight happens when the chief of one village wants to take over another village. He challenges the chief of that village to a big fight, like a boxing match, and the winner takes charge of the other's village. The Romans line up "collaborator and as colossal as the Colosseum" Cassius Ceramix of the village Linoleum for the job.
But because of the magic potion, brewed by druid Getafix, chief Vitalstatistix is invincible, so Cassius Ceramix refuses. The Romans then take out the druid, inadvertently as he gets knocked out by a menhir and loses his memory. Therefore the big fight goes ahead. Of course it is down to Asterix to get things right again and there is a lot of fun and jokes along the way
Then it is Asterix in Britain. At the book's beginning Caesar invades Britain. "All Britain was occupied... All? No... one village still holds out against the invaders." Sound familiar? Anyway they can't hold out for much longer so Anticlimax, a second cousin, once removed of Asterix, goes in search of the famous magic potion. A barrel is made and Asterix and Obelix escort Anticlimax and the barrel back across Britain with the Romans hot on their trail.
Maybe there is too much stereotyping of certain things in here, tea for example, but all-in-all another great Asterix story.
Then lastly is Asterix and the Normans.
Justforkix is the nephew of the village chief Vitalstatistix and is sent to the village from his native Lutetia (Paris) because he is soft and needs toughening up. Obelix suggests thumping him but Asterix disagrees. Meanwhile the Norman chief is concerned that his Normans don't know the meaning of fear so goes off to Gaul in search of it. Unfortunately the village they end up at is Asterix's village and they also don't know the meaning of fear. It's just as well Justforkix is there, "an expert on fear".
Along the way there is a lot of fun and jokes, from start ("Why, there's Postaldistrix the postman!") to finish. There is a kidnapping in the book too, which features in a lot of Asterix stories, but still a great Asterix story.
Trouble now is you'll want to read the others.
December 29, 2021
This is the third collection of three in one Asterix stories. Not a true omnibus by Marvel and DC standards. While it wuld be interesting to see these stories collected in giant omnibuses I am not sure who they would be for. These are stories for children (or adults who love the adventure and humour of children stories) so they should always be in a format children can lift.
And yes, while they are written for children, they are by no means simple stories. There is complexity in the tales. There is a lot to keep track of and there is some great comedy bits. You can enjoy the stories on many levels.
This collection has some of the best stories from Asterix. We have my all time fav Asterix in Britain which is a "traveling tale". We have Asterix and the Big Fight which focuses on the Romans trying to conquer the village of Asterix which is based around the fact Obelix dropped a rock on the village Druid's head and the Druid can no longer make the potion that gives the villagers their super strength. And the final tale is one I had somehow missed reading earlier in my life, and I loved it - Asterix and the Normans. It is a tale of outsiders (the Normans) coming in and trying to learn fear from Asterix and his Gauls. It also has an outsider visiting the village (Justfornix) who gets caught in the middle of it all.
What I can admire is there is never one formula in these stories they are all so inventive and creative. You do see a little pattern of where the conflicts of the story comes from: Romans, traveling to a distant land on a mission, an outsider(s) comes to the village to stir up trouble. But it is always done in a new way.
Now before I end this review I do have to say these new translations by PapercutZ are horrid. I assume they needed new ones because copying the old ones would have been copyright infringement. But the new names and the new jokes they throw in are horrid and the person has zero sense of humour and comic timing. So I should take off a star for that. But the price and the fact there are THREE stories in the book give this collection back its star. But if you are true fans of Asterix I do advise you trying to get hold of the 70's (maybe 60's?) translations of the books. By my memory - they did a better job.
And yes, while they are written for children, they are by no means simple stories. There is complexity in the tales. There is a lot to keep track of and there is some great comedy bits. You can enjoy the stories on many levels.
This collection has some of the best stories from Asterix. We have my all time fav Asterix in Britain which is a "traveling tale". We have Asterix and the Big Fight which focuses on the Romans trying to conquer the village of Asterix which is based around the fact Obelix dropped a rock on the village Druid's head and the Druid can no longer make the potion that gives the villagers their super strength. And the final tale is one I had somehow missed reading earlier in my life, and I loved it - Asterix and the Normans. It is a tale of outsiders (the Normans) coming in and trying to learn fear from Asterix and his Gauls. It also has an outsider visiting the village (Justfornix) who gets caught in the middle of it all.
What I can admire is there is never one formula in these stories they are all so inventive and creative. You do see a little pattern of where the conflicts of the story comes from: Romans, traveling to a distant land on a mission, an outsider(s) comes to the village to stir up trouble. But it is always done in a new way.
Now before I end this review I do have to say these new translations by PapercutZ are horrid. I assume they needed new ones because copying the old ones would have been copyright infringement. But the new names and the new jokes they throw in are horrid and the person has zero sense of humour and comic timing. So I should take off a star for that. But the price and the fact there are THREE stories in the book give this collection back its star. But if you are true fans of Asterix I do advise you trying to get hold of the 70's (maybe 60's?) translations of the books. By my memory - they did a better job.
May 15, 2013
This is a good way to read these - the colours in this printing are gorgeous! The Asterix books have been re-coloured at various points in time. This was an Orion 2011 printing.
January 4, 2014
Would have been 5 stars if only Asterix vs The Normans was a stronger story.
August 19, 2014
great edition, bright coožlors, good paper.
April 14, 2015
It's Asterix and Obelix and all the Gauls. A classic collection of three books in one. Need I say more?
Have not laughed so in a while, and that shows how long it had been since I read Asterix!
Have not laughed so in a while, and that shows how long it had been since I read Asterix!
August 27, 2016
These books should be required reading for anyone interested in Latin, ancient history, and cheap puns, especially the last. The jokes are not always clever, but in this genre, that hardly matters.
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