Asterix and the Golden Sickle
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| French Title: | La serpe d'or |
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| Story: | René Goscinny |
| Illustrations: | Albert Uderzo |
| French Edition: | 1962 |
| English Translation: | 1975 |
| Preceded by: | Asterix the Gaul |
| Followed by: | Asterix and the Goths |
Asterix and the Golden Sickle is the second volume of the Asterix comic book series, by René Goscinny (stories) and Albert Uderzo (illustrations). It was first serialized in Pilote issues 42-74 in 1960.
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[edit] Plot summary
Disaster strikes in the Gaulish village when Getafix the druid breaks his golden sickle. Without one he cannot attend the annual conference of druids, or cut mistletoe for the magic potion which keeps the Roman armies at bay. Asterix and his friend Obelix set out for Lutetia (present-day Paris) to buy a new one from Obelix's cousin, the sicklesmith Metallurgix.
However, he has mysteriouly gone missing, and before long our heroes are exploring the underworld of the big city. They uncover a sickle-trafficking gang with sponsors high up the Roman bureaucracy, whose shadowy business is run from below a portal dolmen in the Boulogne forest. When all is revealed and the Gauls have rescued Metallurgix, they can go home with a new sickle for the druid and the magic potions will continue to flow.
[edit] Notes
This is the first time Obelix has a major role in the story. It is also the first journey away from the village for Asterix and Obelix. There was a planned film adaptation of this book, but it was never released.
[edit] In other languages
- Italian: Asterix e il falcetto d'oro
- Catalan: La falç d'or
- Spanish: La hoz de oro
- Finnish: Kultainen sirppi
- German: Die goldene Sichel
- Swedish: Asterix och guldskäran
- Dutch: Asterix en het gouden snoeimes
- Polish: Złoty sierp
- Portuguese: Asterix e a Foice de Ouro
- Estonian: Asterix ja Kuldsirp
- Latvian: Asteriks un zelta sirpis
[edit] Trivia
- The prefect (and the villain) is a caricature of the actor Charles Laughton.
[edit] References
- The complete guide to Asterix by Peter Kessler ISBN 0-340-65346-9
