Pif Gadget #1480 was published by Editions Vaillant on October 1, 1973, as part of a series that began in 1945. Jean-Marie Nadaud and Roger Lécureux write, and art comes from André Chéret, Gerald Forton and Marc Jean Pierre Moallic. It features Pif, Hercule, Placid, Muzo and Pifou, among 9 characters catalogued on VerseDB.