Background
The title story draws upon Franquin's experiences in USA, when he joined Jijé and Morris on a journey to absorb Americana. While the other two harvested a great deal of material for their western series Jerry Spring and Lucky Luke, Franquin limited his USA-inspired work to the shorter story Les chapeaux noirs. Upon completing it, he went directly to work on Mystère à la frontière, another short story featuring a fairly harmless drug, and from there started work on Il y a un sorcier à Champignac. Since this became the launch of the series' stories told in long, in-depth context, this last prior work marks the end of the Spirou short story period.
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