 When Gargamel first appeared in "Le Voleur de schtroumpf" ("The Smurfnapper"), published in 1959, he captured a Smurf, which he needed as an ingredient for a potion to make gold in accordance with the famed alchemic legend of the Philosopher's Stone.The other Smurfs rallied against him, and freed the kidnapped Smurf.The sorcerer was defeated and humiliated, swearing revenge