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That's an impressive amount of Spirou's! Learning the ropes here, I didn't know about the cream, offwhite and white difference.

Smurf World Record I can't be the only one who thinks this is scary. There's something about the Smurfs that pushes people over the edge, it amazes me every time.

Today I found a Spirou 1071 & 1072 in the mail, Belgian version. They both look great, maybe better than the ones I've already sent to CGC. Got so excited I already submitted and packed them for grading. I've added Spirou 720, I'm curious if they'll label it as Marsupilami's first appearance. Adding a request this time.

They went from 50 lire to 70 lire in a couple of weeks. At such pace I can't imagine how much they're worth today.

Issue #26 and #32 have Smurfs on the cover as well. I prefer #22 though. Any Italians on the forum who could help me find these magazines?

I fell in love with the Tipitì 22 cover. The first Italian translation of La Flûte à Six Schtroumpfs from 1963. Can't find it anywhere.

http://www.europecomics.com/history-belgian-comics-part-1/ A history of Belgian comics, very interesting if you want some more info on Spirou & Robbedoes.

CGC responded. I should contact them back when I get confirmation they received my submission in their facility. Customer service +1 In other news; I found myself a good looking copy of 'La Flûte à Six Schtroumpfs' EO 1960. Johan en Pirrewiet, so much childhood memories!

I don't expect my books to be back before summer, so I'll have plenty of time to panic. Glad to hear customer service can notify the graders, I thought I missed my chance by sending out the comics too soon. I was checking the Census and they now mention Belgian and French editions exist, was this your request?

So I've contacted CGC and they told me I should add a post-it to the Robbedoes comic bag, requesting the Smurfs first appearance. This could become tricky, as the package is already shipped. I hope they'll notice the resemblance between Spirou and Robbedoes while grading.

I was looking at my collection and I own a copy of Spirou 720 in near mint condition. As Marsupilami is my favorite comic book character I would love to get it graded by CGC. How would this work if Spirou 721 is seen as his first appearance? I'm a newbie in comic book grading, how are these kind of conflicts usually resolved?

I used the online form and had to choose "Franco-Belgian" as a country, all Spirou's are graded that way and I didn't want to start my own Belgian category. Robbedoes is not graded before so I could fill in Belgium as a country, and it felt less frustrating. Nice collection!

These are the first comics I submit so I really don't know what to expect, they could be low to mid grade copies as well. I submitted Spirou 1071, Spirou 1072, Robbedoes 1071 & Robbedoes 1072. They're al Belgian editions except Spirou 1072 and they still have the Spirou coupons. I've printed the submission form today. How do I make sure CGC mentions the "first Smurf appearance" and "first Smurf cover" on the case?

I'm about to submit my finest looking copies. Exciting times!

No Smurf. I was looking at the CGC Census and discovered following mistake. Spirou 721 ain't the first appearance of Marsupilami, he first appeared in Spirou 720 (January 1952). I searched the forum and Marsupilami returned 1 result, it broke my heart.

Same story indeed. As a kid I grew up watching the cartoons & reading the comics, and I never noticed the difference in color.

In Robbedoes the Belgian edition is referred to as 1071A, the dutch edition is 1071B. The 1071A version had a Robbedoes-point at page 32, which was often cut out. Other differences can be seen on page 5, 25, 28 and 32.

- First Smurfs is Spirou 1071 & Robbedoes 1071 - First Smurfs cover is Spirou 1072 & Robbedoes 1072 - Spirou has a Belgian and French edition. - Robbedoes has a Belgian and Dutch edition. Peyo was born in Brussels so I would assume the Belgian versions are considered 'more original'.

A nice looking copy of "La flûte à six Schtroumpfs" is also available on eBay, this Johan & Pirlouit album was printed in 1960 and is considered to be the first Smurf appearance in a collected edition. The first standalone Smurf comic was printed in 1963 and was called "Les Schtroumpfs Noirs". This story can be found as a "mini-rêcit" in Spirou 1107, readers had to fold the middle pages of the issue and create their own mini version of "Les Schtroumpfs Noirs". So technically the first standalone Smurf comic appeared in 1959. I recently found out this story wasn't released in the USA until 2011 because of the racist undertone, and they made the black Smurf purple. Tintin all over again Spirou 1130, 1147, 1211, 1235, 1244, 2435 and 2438 each contain one of these little comics. In 1963 and later on they got printed as regular comics.

Using the home advantage I managed to get a copy of each version The name "schtroumpf" is translated to "smurf" in dutch.

Some of you might be interested in this fun little fact. While the french and walloons were reading Spirou in 1958, the dutch and flemish were reading Robbedoes. Just like Spirou, Robbedoes was printed in 2 versions with different ads. Robbedoes 1071 appeared on the exact same date as Spirou 1071. These magazines are rare to find.