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    <body><![CDATA[his series was originally written in French.  My brother (who spent some time there) brought back the English translations when I was young and even though I didn't really understand all of the humor, I loved them.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A clever comic set in trans Alpine Gaul during the Roman Era, with the barabarian Gauls as the heroes and the Roman Legionaires as their bumbling opponents.]]></body>
    
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