Asterix and the Actress

Here comes the mission of Asterix where he, for the first time, seemed uneasy as the problem lies with the fair sex, whose acquaintance Asterix had so far avoided. The problem seemed to be brought home by the mothers of Asterix and Obelix who surprised them at their birthday (that falls on the same day) by visiting them and bringing gifts in the form of a precious sword and a helmet that actually belonged to Pompey but was swapped for a barrel of barley beer by our Gaulish heros’ fathers from a former Roman legionary who stole the same in the first place. Now the Romans at Condatum deputed an actress dressed as a Gaulish girl Panacea to recover the two and simultaneously threw Asterix’s and Obelix’s dads to gaol. Meanwhile the mothers were busy searching for a suitable bride for their sons that became a source of nuisance to our heroes. To top it off when the actress came to the village she managed to seduce Obelix, caused a strife between him and Asterix that cost the latter to have a temporary memory loss and almost stole the trophies back to Gaul. But confusion arose when on the way return, the actress conducted by Asterix and Obelix met the real Panacea and our heroes were baffled by the stunning resemblance of the two. Confusion also ran high in the Roman camp when Caesar issued directions to single out the soldiers in the pay of the traitor Pompey. Thus when Asterix and Obelix, hearing the news of their dads’ arrest, were running towards Condatum they found themselves racing with Caesar’s imperial army to the same destination. So ironically, for the time being, they seemed to be on the same side of the battle. Finally all the problems seemed to be solved satisfactorily and while the Obelix was grieving for not finding his pet Dogmatix, it is seen that the faithful dog was actually busy paring off and raising offsprings before returning again to his master.
This story was completely done by Uderzo after Goscinni’s death and was numbered 31 in the series.