The Smurfs

First appeared in an episode of the adventures of Johan and Pirluit called "The six holes of the flute" (La flûte à six trous) when it was published in the magazine Spirou in 1958 under the title "The flute six Smurfs" ( La flûte à six Schtroumpfs) in hardcover tome. These little characters reappear up to three times more on the adventures of John Guillermin and before getting his own mini-cartoon in the magazine Spirou in 1959. It is from this moment when every pitufo begins to acquire a character that will gradually differentiate from each other.
"War of the seven sources" ( "La guerre des fontaines September") or "The spell of Malasombra" ( "Le sortilège of Maltrochu") are among the occurrences of secondary heroes smurfs helping to resolve situations with compromised the magic of the Great Smurf.
Since the completion of the animation "The flute of the Smurfs" based on the original comic flûte à six trous in Spain by Editorial Bruguera called the first appearance of characters like the title of that movie. It would make the sale as the first title of the series of magazines, complete with stories of the characters in the Colección Olé.