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.
Reprinted	from ?

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
Reprinted	from ?

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
Reprinted	from ?