Il Mago #97 was published by Arnoldo Mondadori Editore on April 1, 1980, as part of a series that began in 1972. Daniele Panebarco and Donne Avenell write, and art comes from Enrique Badia Romero and Ivo Milazzo. It features Popeye, Mafalda, Axa, Sam Pezzo and Big Sleeping, among 6 characters cataloged on VerseDB.