Il Mago #56 was published by Arnoldo Mondadori Editore on November 1, 1976, as part of a series that began in 1972. Chester Gould and Chic Young write, and art comes from Franco Origone, Giorgio Cavazzano and Massimo Cavezzali. It features Popeye, Blondie, Dick Tracy, Nilus and Big Sleeping, among 6 characters cataloged on VerseDB.