Asterix and the Chieftain’s Shield

Asterix and the Chieftain’s Shield

Presentation

Written by: Goscinny

Drawings by: Uderzo
Original title: Le Bouclier Arverne

Published by: Hachette Livre
First published by: Pilote no. 399 (15/06/1967)
First album edition: 1968

When the hero Vercingetorix was defeated he threw his arms at Julius Caesar’s feet.

 

Years later, Caesar plans to hold a triumph with his enemy’s shield – but where is it? Romans and Gauls race to track it down, and Chief Vitalstatistix, dieting on a health farm, has a surprise to spring. Will Caesar defeat the Gauls again, or will the triumph go to Asterix?

What the druids have to say about the album

It’s now the turn of spas and health farms to get the Goscinny-Uderzo treatment. Re-reading the pages on Vitalstatistix’s cure is always a pleasure, and Obelix looking at the grape is unforgettable!

 

While the spirit of resistance shown by Asterix and his comrades no longer needs proving, it is particularly prominent here, with the Gauls going all out to lay claim to the shield of their chief Vercingetorix, from under Caesar’s nose.

 

Our heroes continue to thumb their own noses at their opponents, as Asterix albums are now being translated into Latin. This album gets the title Clipeus Arvernus.

Various versions of the album

Le bouclier Arverne

Français – Éditions Hachette

Le bouclier Arverne

Français – Éditions Hachette – La Grande Collection

Der Arvernerschild

Allemand – Egmont Comic Collection

Der Arvernerschild

Allemand – Egmont Comic Collection – Die Utimative Édition

El escudo Arverno

Espagnol – Salvat

El escudo Arverno

Espagnol – Salvat La colección

El escudo Arverno

Espagnol – Salvat La Gran Colección

L’escut Arvern

Catalan – Salvat

O Escudo de Arverne

Portugais – ASA

O Escudo de Arverne

Portugais – A colecção – Salvat

Asterix and the Chieftains’s Shield

Anglais – Orion

Het ijzeren Schild

Néerlandais – Éditions Hachette

Asterix ja Kadonnut Kilpi

Finnois – Egmont Kustannus OY AB

Asterix e lo scudo degli arverni

Italien – Panini Comics

Clipeus Arvernus

Latin – Egmont Ehapa Verlag Berlin

아스테릭스와 무적의 방패 – Asteriks-wa mujeogui bangpae

Coréen – Moonji

Romernes skræk!

Danois – Egmont A/S

Romarnas skräck

Suédois – Egmont AB

Galya Kalkani

Turc – Remzi Kitabevi

O Escudo Arverno

Brésilien (Portugais) – Record

Tarcza Arwernów

Polonais – Egmont Sp

Asterix un de Arvernerschild

Mundart 07 – Pfälzisch I

Asterix un da Aweanaschüld

Mundart 21 – Steirisch I

The bookseller’s corner

Classic paperback collection

N° ISBN : 978-0-75286-625-3
Format : 287 x 216 mm
Pages : 48

Hardback edition

N° ISBN : 978-0-75286-624-6
Format : 287 x 216 mm
Pages : 48