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Le Combat des Chefs = Asterix and the Big Fight (Astérix #7), René Goscinny, Albert Uderzo

Asterix and the Big Fight is a French comic book, the seventh in the Asterix comic book series. It was written by René Goscinny and illustrated by Albert Uderzo. It was first published in serial form in Pilote magazines, issues 261-302, in 1964. It was translated into English in 1971.

The Romans having been humiliated many times by the rebel Gauls, Felonius Caucus, advisor to Centurion Nebulus Nimbus, suggests a single combat between Vitalstatistix, chief of Asterix's tribe, and the Gallo-Roman Chief, Cass ...more

This could be an unpopular review.

I feel this a weak Asterix comic book. I watched the cover, and I had bad feeling about it.
1. Seeing Asterix running with worried face is unsettling. In my imagination, Asterix is a confident, smart , sometimes angry person. But the afraid face person on the cover is a big no for me.
2. Seeing Obelix so uncare is another minus. Obelix might be not the smartest person, but I never associate him as a cold-blooded person who crush an old guy with menhir. Okay, I was too serious, this is a comic book universe. But still, I don't like the uncaring face.
3. Seeing m ...more

So, the Romans did have psychologists
28 September 2012

Well, after reading a very heavy book on the Vietnam War I decided that I needed something lighter, a lot lighter, to read so that my brain simply did not fry, so I grabbed the Asterix Omnibus from under my bed (I am progressively collecting them and reading these albums again because that are one of those books that I simply loved as a child and as a adult I still gain immense amounts of pleasure from reading them) and read this one (there are two more to go in this omnibus).

This story is set entirely in the village, and I believe that t ...more

Chief Vitalstatistix is challenged to single combat by a rival (Gallo Roman) chief. According to custom, the winner takes control of the defeated chief’s tribe. In order to give the challenger a fighting chance, the Romans devise a plan to kidnap Getafix the druid (again with the kidnappings), so that Vitalstatistix does not have access to the magic potion. Only, this time things go pear shaped and the venerable druid ends up under one of Obelix’s menhirs (don’t ask, a rescue attempt gone south). The resulting amnesia and insanity of the druid obviously has the same effect that the Romans wish ...more

Initially published in French in 1966 as Le combat des chefs , Asterix and the big fight was first published in English in 1971.
After yet another humiliating beating of Roman Legionaries , loudmouthed Roman centurion , Nebulus Nimbus , and his cunning right hand man , Felonius Caucus , decide to enlist the help of Roman puppet chief , Cassius Ceramix , a fashionable sycophantic brute who loves everything Roman , to challenge Vitalstatistix of the tribe of indomitable Gauls , to a fight.
Whoever wins the fight , in terms of an ancient Gaullish custom , will determine who takes over the tribe.
But ...more