Sunday Trade: Asterix

Astreix Omnibus written by Rene Goscinny, illustrated by Albert Uderzo, translated by Anthea Bell and Derek Hockridge

First published in 1961 Asterix has been one of the two pillars of European comics for FIVE decades. The tales of a fictional Gaul village in the 1st Century, holding out against the Roman conquest have sold millions of copies. This omnibus collects the first three stories. Astrix the Gaul which introduces the titular hero, his best friend Obelix and their village. Asterix and the Golden Sickle has the pair attempting to buy a new golden sickle for their villages druid, Getafix, and running up against a band of sickle smugglers. The last story Asterix and the Goths has Getafix kidnapped by the Goth chieftan Choleric, who hopes to use the druid's magic to aid his plans for conquest...

The stories of Asterix are amusing as hell. Full of bad puns, running gags and broad physical humor. Its no wonder that for decades millions of people have been following the adventures of the clever Gaul and his friends...

Legion of Super Heroes: Vol. 1

A nice new take on the class DCU team. Its a little weird to hear Clark going by Superman instead of Superboy because of the rights issues. And hopefully later episodes will keep increasing the number of Legionairres shown. Good use of the Fatal Five in the premiere and I like the Alexis Luthor and evil-Superboy characters...