Asterix and the Black Gold is the 26th Asterix book. It was first published in 1981 as L'Odyssée d'Astérix(The Odyssey of Asterix). The story is a combination of James Bond and the Bible. This story reveals one of the ingredients to the magic potion:Rock Oil. When Getafix runs out and his supplier fails, he sends Asterix of to Mesopotamia to get more