Pif Gadget #1617 was published by Editions Vaillant on June 1, 1976, as part of a series that began in 1945. Jean Tabary and Michel Motti write, and art comes from François Corteggiani, Guillermo Mordillo and Marc Jean Pierre Moallic. It features Pif, Hercule, Placid, Muzo and Pifou, among 10 characters catalogued on VerseDB.