Asterix in Hispania. - Lot 10

Asterix in Hispania. GOSCINNY - UDERZO Asterix in Hispania. Dargaud, 1992. In-4 hardback, boards illustrated in color. 1992 reprint of this fourteenth album in the adventures of Asterix the Gaul. In this opus, our heroes cross the Pyrenees to bring back Pépé, the young son of the Iberian chief Soupalognon y Crouton, kidnapped by the Romans. The journey is a savory satire of Spain, with its burgeoning mass tourism, roadworks, processions and bullfighting, underpinned by Goscinny's comic genius and Uderzo's graphic virtuosity. The album definitively establishes the "journey abroad" structure that will make the series such a success, while introducing colorful secondary characters. A major work in which the clash of cultures is transformed into a universal comedy. Justification page: © DARGAUD EDITEUR 1969. Legal deposit: October 1992. ISBN : 2-205-00394-1. ISSN : 0758-4520. Second plate: Obelix carrying a menhir listing "Déjà parus" titles, stopping at Asterix in Belgium. Copy in good condition. Sturdy boards. First cover shows some signs of wear at the corners and slight handling marks on the varnish. Second board clean, with barcode clearly legible. Perfectly sound interior, complete with no erasures or tears. A fine copy of this Dargaud catalog classic. A landmark title in Franco-Belgian comics.