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Issue Details

Issue #[16]
Published 1978
Cover Price [none noted]
Pages 52
Editing ?
Notes Book title is "Asterix And The Great Crossing" on cover, spine, and title page. Not numbered as part of any series. No price noted, though store sticker shows $3.50 USD. Publication date given is from "First Published in Great Britain 1978 (limp)." Indexed from a 3rd impression copy, 1979, missing final 6 pages and back cover. ISBN 034021589 (limp)

Cover Details

Characters Asterix; Obelix; Anticlimax; Getafix
Synopsis Asterix and friends are sailing rough seas in a small sailboat.
Genre adventure; humor; period
Pencils Albert Uderzo (signed)
Inks Albert Uderzo (signed)
Notes Getafix appears as inset only.

2 page filler

Notes Inside front and back covers are blank.

2 page credits

Characters Asterix
Synopsis Credits and publishing information.
Pencils Albert Uderzo
Inks Albert Uderzo
Letters typeset

1 page Asterix illustration "[Map of the Gaulish Village and its surroundings]"

Genre adventure; humor; period
Script René Goscinny; Anthea Bell (translation); Derek Hockridge (translation)
Pencils Albert Uderzo
Inks Albert Uderzo
Letters typeset
Notes Background on the period and location of the story.
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1 page Asterix character profile "A Few of the Gauls"

Characters Asterix; Obelix; Getafix; Cacofonix; Vitalstatistix
Synopsis Short presentation of some of the Gauls.
Genre adventure; humor; period
Script René Goscinny; Anthea Bell (translation); Derek Hockridge (translation)
Pencils Albert Uderzo
Inks Albert Uderzo
Letters typeset
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44 page Asterix story "Asterix And The Great Crossing"

Characters Asterix; Obelix; Getafix; Cacofonix; Vitalstatistix; Dogmatix; Huntingseåssen; Herendethelessen; Steptøånssen; Håråldwilssen; Nøgøødreåssen; Unhygienix; Roman soldiers; pirates; American Indians; Ǿdiuscømpårissen; unamed Gaul slave
Synopsis Asterix, Obelix and Dogmatixset set off on a fishing expedition and end up in North America. The Vikings Huntingseåssen and Herendethelessen find them and take them back to their homeland, where they meet slave from Gaul.
Genre adventure; humor; period
Script René Goscinny; Anthea Bell (translation); Derek Hockridge (translation)
Pencils Albert Uderzo
Inks Albert Uderzo
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