UPDATED: The Smurfs comic - by DeVere

Some updates in red of a couple of these hard to find Smurf comics...

From 1996 here's issue 1 (November 1996) of 'The Smurfs' comic from DeVere Entertainment

32 pages in total

It contains the following comic strips by Peyou:

a). The Smurfosaurus (8 pages long)

b). The baby owl (8 pages long)

c). Lazy Smurf sets to work (1 page)

Issue 2, the Smurfs comic (December 1996)

32 pages in total

It contains the following comic strips by Peyou:

a). The Smurf's Christmas (8 pages long)

b). Gargamel - friend or foe? (8 pages long)

c). The wooden car (1 page long)

Issue 3, the Smurfs comic (January 1997)

32 pages in total

It contains the following comic strips by Peyou:

a). Taken for a ride! (8 pages long)

b). A kiss for Smurfette (8 pages long)

c). Smurf it yourself! (1 page long)

Issue 4, the Smurfs comic (February 1997)

32 pages in total

It contains the following comic strips by Peyou:

a). The little blue bunny (8 pages)

b). The warm-hearted Smurf (text story, 2 pages)

c). The Smurf's little kitten (8 pages)

d). Bloomin' lovely! (1 page)

Issue 5, the Smurfs comic (March 1997)

32 pages in total

It contains the following comic strips by Peyou:

a). All's well (8 pages)

b). The nothing machine (text story, 2 pages)

c). The DIY Smurf (8 pages)

d). That's ice...

Issue 6, the Smurfs comic (April 1997)

Stories by Peyou are as follows:

a). The Smurfs and mother nature (8 pages)

b). Jobs for the Smurfs (text story, 2 pages)

c). The tournament (8 pages)

c). Skating on thin ice (1 page)

The brand has changed (from DeVere entertainment limited to DeVere House of fun) but this is definitely issue 6 in volume as on page 2 it refers back to issue 4 (of volume 1 and it can't be referring back to issue 4 of volume 2).

James Hill on facebook also commented
...not sure whether or not there actually was a #6 for volume 2. We'd stopped packaging by then because DeVere had stiffed us for payment. They'd already gone bust once - see changing logos which signified a change in company - and we'd taken a hit on the last few issues of volume 1. When no payments arrived for the first couple of issues of volume 2 we decided to call it quits. 

Series 2

The series then appears to have been re-booted / re-numbered (the inside front page refers to this as "volume 2, number 1"). I'd previously been advised that this lasted 6 issues (but I can't remember who told me and James Hill (who worked on it) now isn't sure there was an issue 6. It's from 1997 but is otherwise undated

So this issue 1 is from 1997, but is also published by DeVere (albeit by DeVere House of Fun rather than by DeVere Entertainment), the price had been reduced down to £1.25 (from £1.85) but the page count is down to 24 pages (from 32) and the paper is cheaper.

Stories by Peyou are as follows:

a). Shake and fly! (8 pages)

b). The edelweiss (text story, 2 pages)

c). Food for thought (1 page)

Issue 2, the Smurfs comic

Stories by Peyou are as follows:

a). Musician Smurf's oompah! (8 pages)

b). Rhyme nor reason (text story, 2 pages)

c). Shake 'n' bake! (1 page)

Issue 3, the Smurfs comic

Stories by Peyou are as follows:

a). Puppy and the Smurfs (8 pages)

b). The whitebird (text story, 2 pages)

c). Trumpet trauma (1 page)

Issue 4, the Smurfs comic

Stories by Peyou are as follows:

a). Puppy and the Smurfs (8 pages)*

b). The red stew (text story, 2 pages)

c). Fruity fun (1 page)

*the story title is wrong (Puppy and the Smurfs was from issue 3) - this story is about the Smurf fire brigade 

Issue 5, the Smurfs comic

cover not to hand - does this even exist?

Issue 6, the Smurfs comic

cover not to hand - does this even exist?