comic. The lions (e.g. cheetahs) carved in the stones are the imperial Symbol of Baibars, and the gate with the 'lions', incorporated into Sultan Suleiman's outer wall, still stands today. Several characters in the story comment on the uselessness and nastiness of rock oil, wondering why anybody would want it; this starkly contrasts the dependence on petroleum which marks our own time. In the Norwegian translation, the new magic potion ingredient that replaced rock oil is not identified. In other languages Catalan: L'odissea d'Astèrix Croatian: Rimski druid (Roman druid) Czech: Asterixova odysea Dutch: De odyssee van Asterix Finnish: Asterixin harharetket German: Die Odysee Greek: Η οδύσσεια του Αστερίξ Hebrew: אסטריקס וירושלים של זהב שחור Indonesian: Perjalanan ke Mesopotamia (Journey to Mesopotamia) Italian: L'Odissea di Asterix Latin: Odyssea Asterigis Norwegian: Asterix' Odysse Portuguese: A odisseia de Astérix Polish: Odyseja Asteriksa Serbian: Asteriksova Odiseja Spanish: La odisea de Astérix Turkish: Asteriks ve Kara Altın Swedish: Asterix på irrvägar Reception On Goodreads, Asterix and the Black Gold has a score of 4.01 out of 5. References External links L'Odysée d'Astérix annotations Asterix and the Black Gold Official Website Black Gold, Asterix and the Comics set in Ancient Israel Comics set in ancient Mesopotamia Comics set in Jerusalem Comics set in Asia Comics set in deserts 1981 graphic novels Comics by Albert Uderzo Depictions of Julius Caesar in comics Works about petroleum James Bond parodies