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Asterix and Son

Asterix and Son
R. Goscinny and A. Uderzo

Softcover $ 9.95
ISBN 0-75284-775-9

Orion
First published in English in 1983, 48 pages.

Back Menhir: "A baby boy is left in a basket outside Asterix’s hut - who can have dumped the foundling there, and why? Childcare is something new to the Gaulish warriors, but Asterix and Obelix do their best, although they have had more practice in thumping Romans. Childcare is also new to Crismus Cactus, Prefect of Gaul, who finds himself masquerading as a Gaulish nursemaid. Why are the Romans after the baby - and the just what plot is the treacherous Brutus hatching against Julius Caesar? As usual, it’s up to Asterix and Obelix, to find out … and to save the day . . .