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...creation of René Goscinny, 40 (Albert Uderzo, 39, does the drawing). His secret potion, mixed by the druid Panoramix, is to Astérix what spinach is to Popeye. He and Obélix uppercut their foes with such equivalents of "Socko!" as "Tchad" and "Patchoc!" Every page has a brawl, and the puns fly as fast as the fists, whether Astérix and Obélix are smuggling a barrel of the potion into Britannia to aid an ally besieged by the Romans or rescuing Panoramix from the cabbage-eating, goose-stepping Goths...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: France: Hail the Great * ! | 12/23/1966 | See Source »

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