Zé Carioca #2196 was published by Abril on January 1, 2002, as part of a series that began in 1961. Gérson LB. Teixeira and Ivan Saidenberg write, and art comes from Eli Marcos M. Leon, Euclides Kiyoto Miyaura and José Barbosa. It features José Carioca, Nestor, Phantom Blot, Pedrão and Afonsinho.