The Hunger Of The Smurfs (comic story)

The Hunger Of The Smurfs is the fifth story of the original French-language The Smurfs comic book series and was part of the Little Comics Collection sub-series that was sold only in Belgium created by Peyo, it is published for the first time in issue 1235 of the Spirou publication on December 14, 1961.   A remastered 50th anniversary edition was published as a hardcover book on May 21th 2008 as part of the 50th anniversary of the Smurfs' appearances. Then it was met with a remastered 60th anniversary edition on May 20th 2018, with an updated "Dupuis" logo replacing the original.   Noticeably, the story also marks that the art style for the Smurfs from this comic story onward is starting to transition to almost look like the modern art style of the franchise as of today. The story introduces Chilly whom at the time, was the first distinguishable Smurf in the franchise (aside from Papa Smurf); the story also includes Jokey Smurf, Lazy Smurf and Weepy Smurf whom were unnamed Smurfs.

Characters

 * Papa Smurf
 * Dopey Smurf
 * Greedy Smurf
 * Chilly Smurf (Debut)
 * Jokey Smurf (Debut)
 * Weepy Smurf (Debut)
 * Lazy Smurf (Debut)
 * The Lord
 * Generic Smurfs

Plot
Winter is near and the Smurfs are gathering food. But days after the winter comes, the food storage is destroyed in a fire. To survive, they are forced to leave the village and find a place where they can feed themselves. After long days journeying in the cold wilderness, they find a human castle where its lord is living alone after losing all his fortune. Trying to find remaining food, they stumble on a secret room of jewels. They share their discovery with the lord, who can then buy food for them. The Smurfs are then able to go back to the village.