Pif Gadget #1686 was published by Editions Vaillant, as part of a series that began in 1945. Jean Tabary and Roger Lécureux write, and art comes from André Chéret, Guillermo Mordillo and Marc Jean Pierre Moallic. It features Pif, Hercule, Placid, Muzo and Pifou, among 8 characters catalogued on VerseDB.