Pif Gadget #1597 was published by Editions Vaillant on January 1, 1976, as part of a series that began in 1945. Jacques Kambouchner and Roger Lécureux write, and art comes from André Chéret and Guillermo Mordillo. It features Pif, Hercule, Placid, Muzo and Pifou, among 11 characters catalogued on VerseDB.