Puja's Reviews > Asterix and the Roman Agent

This is another exciting adventure from Goscinny and Uderzo with all the entertaining characters that make Asterix comics a wonderful escape from our modern lives. Well, menhirs, boars, flying fish and gagged bards aren't exactly my dream escape, but it is fun to see the antics of the Gauls as they go about their business and stand up to the mighty Romans. So mighty in large numbers with warfare strategy, yet the legions and soldiers with their hairy legs get squashed to pulp and thrown mid-air with such ease by Asterix and his friend Obelix. Even the tiny Dogmatix often gets a good pound of flesh from the poor Romans. The Druid's magic potion is responsible for the super powers of the Gauls and their successful resistance to the invaders, a definite cause of embarrassment for Julius Caesar.

This story revolves around a Roman agent who is entrusted with a special task to cause discord and mayhem with psychological warfare against the Gauls. Tortuous Convulvulus is skilled in causing disharmony and does so effortlessly in each scene he is placed. He cunningly causes misunderstandings amongst the Gauls using envy, malice and confusion as weapons.

As a result, for sometime our main heroes leave the village. However, all is well in the end. A full blown war takes place near the village. The Roman army suffers humiliation and defeat at the hands of the Gauls who unite and use the magic potion to show the enemy their place.

I picked up this comic and then discovered while reading there was a printing error - and a quarter of the comic was missing. I had to wait a couple of weeks to get an exchange. I was satisfied with the way the story ended - Asterix getting the better of the conniving Roman agent.