"The Goblin of Boulder Wood" is based on the 1954 "Johan et Pirlouit" ("Johan and Peewit" in English) comic story "Le Lutin du bois aux roches" (The Goblin of Rocky Wood). The comic story is Peewit's (Pirlouit in French) debut. Unlike the cartoon version, the King's kidnapped niece is not Princess Sabina (who was created by Studio Peyo for the cartoon series), and the Smurfs do not appear in it as the comic story predates their 1958 debut.