Pif Gadget #1491 was published by Editions Vaillant on November 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 Guillermo Mordillo. It features Pif, Hercule, Placid, Muzo and Rahan, among 9 characters catalogued on VerseDB.