Caligula Minus

Few characters carry a name quite as memorably villainous as Caligula Minus, who made their debut in 1968's Asterix #1 — a collector-significant first issue that launched one of comics' most beloved universes under the legendary creative partnership of René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo. A Silver Age creation published under Egmont Ehapa, this character has persisted across an impressive 56-year span, appearing in both the classic Asterix series and the celebrated dialect editions of Asterix Mundart. Caligula Minus keeps distinguished company indeed, sharing pages with the likes of Obelix, Miraculix, and Julius Cäsar himself — the grand cast of that irreverent Gaulish world. With a key issue to their name and a presence stretching from the late 1960s all the way to 2024, this is a character whose place in the Asterix tapestry rewards the curious collector willing to dig in.