Il Mago #40 was published by Arnoldo Mondadori Editore on July 1, 1975, as part of a series that began in 1972. Alex Raymond and Benito Jacovitti write, and art comes from George Lemont, Guillermo Mordillo and Johnny Hart. It features Felix the Cat, Rip Kirby, Fritz Katzenjammer, Hans Katzenjammer and B.C., among 16 characters cataloged on VerseDB.