Best of the bits is the one that pits Asterixs wits against bureaucratic futility, but there are other good ones as well. So, if you are really looking for the graphic books, then don't buy this one. This is a story book, and not a graphic story like the others. Try Prime All Go Search EN Hello, Sign in Account & Lists Sign in Account & Lists Orders Try Prime Cart. Amazon.com: asterix twelve tasks. The story is mildly entertaining, but hardly up to the same standards of the comics. Skip to main content. The Twelve Tasks of Asterix novelization of the 60s cartoon, based on an original (and funny) plot which spoofs game shows; the Roman Senate challenges A&O to perform 12 Herculean tasks to determine if these Gauls be Gods. "The Twelve Tasks of Asterix", for me personally, was a low point in the Asterix series.