Pif Gadget #1609 was published by Editions Vaillant on April 1, 1976, as part of a series that began in 1945. Roger Lécureux writes, and art comes from André Chéret, Guillermo Mordillo and Marc Jean Pierre Moallic. It features Pif, Hercule, Placid, Muzo and Pifou, among 10 characters catalogued on VerseDB.