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posted 01-04-2025 11:04 AM
 
Le Journal de Spirou - Spirou #1071 & #1072 (1958)
The Smurfs made their first appearance in the story of Johan & Peewit in the “Le Journal de Spirou” comic magazine in 1958.
The Spirou issues shown above are an important part of the history of the Smurfs! The Smurfs first appeared in Spirou with issue #1071, on the 23rd of October in 1958. The Smurfs first appeared on the cover of Spirou (Spirou #1072) dated 30 October, 1958. These magazines are highly collectable to comic book collectors and Smurf fans alike!
 Spirou Smurfs Issues - Checklist & Guide
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posted 01-04-2025 11:05 AM
Spirou #1071 - The Smurfs First Apperance (1958)
Spirou #1071 - The Smurfs First Spirou Cover Apperance (1958)
Spirou #1072 - featuring the first appearance of The Smurfs
Spirou #1073 - first cover appearance of The Smurfs
A little Smurf history...
As a young man, Peyo joined Spirou magazine and found success with his story of Johan & Peewit. And it was as part of this series that he created the Smurfs!
Following the Smurfs appearance in the Spirou magazine, Peyo continued working on the adventures of Johan & Peewit and of Pussy the Cat. He also created Benoît Brisefer (later Benny Breakiron), an extraordinarily strong little boy. But eventually the worldwide success of the Smurfs consumed all his energy. And he dedicated himself fully to their epic story, in all its aspects, until his death in 1992.
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posted 01-04-2025 11:08 AM
What is Spirou?
Spirou (Le Journal de Spirou) is a weekly Belgian comics magazine published by the Dupuis company since 1938. Each issue features a mix of short humor strips and serialized features with famous characters like Spirou & Fantasio, Marsupilami, Boule et Bill, Gaston, Lucky Luke, Jérôme Bloche, Cédric, Agent 212, Johan & Peewit, The Smurfs and more!
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posted 01-04-2025 11:09 AM
Spirou Smurf Covers
The Smurfs have graced the cover of many Spirou magazines over the years... here are some of my favorites! The illustrations are simply smurftastic!
Spirou #1392 - Smurfs in Snowy Nature (1964)
Spirou #1715 - Gargamel & The Smurfs (1971)
Spirou #1601 - Christmas Smurfs (1968)
Spirou #1604 - Daydream Smurf (1969)
Spirou #1525 - Fake Smurf (1967)
See ALL of the Spirou Smurf Covers!
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posted 01-04-2025 11:11 AM
SPIROU & SMURFETTE
Spirou #1460 - First Appearance of Smurfette (1966)
Mais non, ce n'est pas la schtroumpfette! La schtroumpfette elle est a la page 6!
But no, it's not the Smurfette! The Smurfette is on page 6!
Spirou #2328 - Smurfette & Smurf on Cover (1982)
Spirou #1460 - features the first appearance of Smurfette
Spirou #2328 - Spirou cover featuring Smurfette
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posted 01-04-2025 11:19 AM
Spirou #1723 - History of the Smurfs (1971)
Many favorite Smurf characters grace the cover of Spirou issue no. 1723... including Papa Smurf, Poet, Harmony, Greedy, Smurfette, Grouchy, Hefty, Lazy and more!
Spirou #2595 - The Smurflings (1988)
And here are the little Smurfs... The Smurflings! Snappy, Nat, Slouchy and Sassette appear on the Spirou cover in the 1980s.
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posted 01-04-2025 12:55 PM
Spirou #1732 - Schpiroumpf Special Vacances
Sheet Music of Smurf Hymn
I love that this issue included some sheet music for all of the musicians out there!
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posted 01-04-2025 01:56 PM
Spirou Smurfs Mini-Stories
Spirou Smurfs Mini-Stories (Back Side)
In the 1960s, Spirou invented the mini-story to add to its magazine! Four pages, in the center of the magazine, were dedicated to a mini story. These mini-pages told a complete story which the reader discovered after cleverly folding and stapling together the pages.
The first mini-story (The Black Smurfs) was published on July 2, 1959 in Spirou n°1107. It was an immediate success which led to regular publication until 1995. Due to its popularity, Dupuis later published these stories as separate books.
Spirou Mini Stories of the Smurfs:
- The Black Smurfs (1959)
- The Smurf Thief (1959)
- The Egg and the Smurfs (1960)
- The Fake Smurf (1961)
- The Hunger of the Smurfs (1961)
- The Hundredth Smurf (1962)
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posted 01-04-2025 09:15 PM
This is a rare uncut copy of The Hundredth Smurf mini-story insert from Spirou Issue #1244. The reader would carefully cut the sheets from the magazine, then place them in order and add a couple of staples to create a little book (like the completed mini-stories shown above)!
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posted 01-04-2025 09:28 PM
Spirou's First Dedicated Smurf Adventure (Mini Story):
The Black Smurfs
Spirou Mini Story - Les Sctroumpfs Noirs (The Black Smurfs)
Shortly after debuting as side-characters in the adventure of "Johan et Pirlouit" serialized in the Belgian comics magazine Spirou in 1958, the Smurfs had their own first adventure in a pocket-sized supplement (mini-récit) of Spirou no. 1107, dated July 2nd, 1959. Titled as Les Schtroumpfs noirs (The Black Smurfs), this adventure was scripted by Yvon Delporte who was Spirou's editor-in-chief at the time. Over the years, Delporte would contribute more scripts to the Smurfs.
Did you know? The Black Smurfs was the first Smurfs Adventure Mini Story and The Flying Smurf was the first adventure story (full-size) published in Spirou a few years later.
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posted 01-04-2025 09:35 PM
The Smurfs mini-stories / Les mini recits Schtroumpfs
Due to success of these 6 mini-stories in Spriou magazines, Dupuis later published them as independent books.
These smurftastic stories would ultimately be published in many different languages for Smurf fans around the world to enjoy. These are the stories we all know and love today!
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posted 01-04-2025 09:36 PM
Dupuis Presents Stories of The Smurfs Book Collection
Here is the 1970s collection of Smurf Books published by Dupuis in English. And many more Smurf stories were to come by a variety of publishers...
The Smurf Adventure stories have been released by different publishers over the years including - Dupuis, Random House, Hodder & Stoughton, and most recently, Papercutz.
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posted 01-04-2025 09:57 PM
SPIROU & BABY SMURF
Spirou #2435 - Le Mini-Album du Grand Film
"Le Bébé Schtroumpf"
Spirou #2438 - Encore Mini-Album
"Le Bébé Schtroumpf"
There are also two different Spirou Baby Smurf mini-stories (mini-albums).
Spirou 2435 - The Baby Smurf
Spirou 2438 - Baby Smurf's 1st Christmas
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posted 01-04-2025 10:11 PM
Spirou #3680 - Celebrating 50 Years of The Smurfs
Spirou celebrated The Smurfs 50th anniversary by featuring them on the cover of Spirou Issue No. 3680 in 2008... since the Smurfs made their debut in 1958!
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posted 01-05-2025 05:50 PM
Spirou #3423 - Peyo Smurf Portrait
Peyo "The Enchanter" is a Smurf! Spirou honored Peyo with a magazine cover on November 19, 2003 Issue No. 3423.
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posted 01-07-2025 05:02 AM
I have a collection called "Les Schtroumpfs: L'intégrale" (The Smurfs: The Complete Collection)
and it comes in four volumes with detailed documentaries covering the history of the Smurfs and their publication in Spirou. Nearly all the pictures in this thread are featured in that collection. There's even some model sheets from the Hanna-Barbera cartoon.
Spirou magazine is essentially a european version of Weekly Shonen Jump.
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posted 01-07-2025 06:44 PM
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posted 01-08-2025 07:19 AM
Smurftastic information and photos of the Les Schtroumpfs: L'intégrale books! I love that Dupuis took all of the Smurf publications from the Spirou magazines over the years and put them into a four volume series. Plus, including the detailed documentaries and all of the extra photos is very smurfy!
The "No, this is not Smurfette!" gags with famous people or landmarks with a Smurf hat is such fun! The Statue of Liberty and the Mona Lisa Painting is great. And all of Spirou characters and The Beatles too. Thanks for sharing, SomeGuy!
 The Smurfs Mashups with Other Cartoons
Mona Lisa Smurfette
Famous People as Smurfs
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posted 01-08-2025 07:24 AM
Les Schtroumpfs L'intégrale: Tome 1 1958-1966
Les Schtroumpfs L'intégrale: Tome 2 1967-1969
Les Schtroumpfs L'intégrale: Tome 3 1970-1974
Les Schtroumpfs L'intégrale: Tome 4 1975-1988
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posted 01-10-2025 07:56 AM
Those are the books I have but this collection only includes the stories drawn by Peyo himself, which I am perfectly fine with.
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posted 01-14-2025 08:03 AM
SomeGuy, what a smurfy collection to have! Thanks for sharing with all of us!
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posted 01-14-2025 08:08 AM
Spirou #1211 - Spirou Vacances
Even though The Smurfs are not on the cover of this 1961 Spirou Issue, it is a fantastic issue for Smurf fans. Not only does this issue include The Faux Schtroumpf (The Fake Smurf) mini-story but it also includes Spirou Smurf Stamps!
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posted 01-14-2025 08:11 AM
SPIROU SMURF POSTAGE STAMPS
Complete Uncut Sheet of Spirou Stamps (1961)
Journal de Spirou Smurf Stamps (1961)
Journal de Spirou Smurf Postage Stamps
Spirou No. 1211 (June 29, 1961) featured this full page of Spirou Postage Stamps. The stamps are perforated. It's rare to find the uncut sheet. All of smurf stamps read, "Journal de Spirou" and "Schtroumpf". Each smurf stamp has a different value.
There are 1s, 2s, 3s Smurf stamps (with different background colors), a 5s Black Smurf stamp and 10s Papa Smurf stamp. And Johan and Peewit each get their own stamp too!
Heros de Spirou Stamps (1971)
Later in 1971, a second series of Spirou stamps featuring The Smurfs came out (Spirou no. 1737 July 29, 1971 and Spirou no. 1741 August 26, 1971). These stamps are not perforated and do not have a face value. They are unofficial postage stamps that you have to cut yourself but are still fun to collect!
Smurf Stamps
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