Celebrating Asterix's 50th birthday
This year is the 50th anniversary of The Adventures of Asterix, the courageous Gaul whose adventures have been translated into more than 100 languages worldwide.
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To mark 50 years since Asterix first appeared in the pages of the French weekly magazine 'Pilote',
www.skyscanner.net selects some of the most well-known and best-loved comic and cartoon characters, hailing from all over the globe.
From our own quintessentially British cheese-lover to crime fighting robots in Japan, and not forgetting the Gaulish hero himself, there's something for everyone in the comic capers of the following adventurers.
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