Publisher Editorial Abril Species Human Created by Manuel García Ferré | First comic appearance Aventuras de Hijitus Place of origin Trulalá | |
First appearance Aventuras de Pi-Pío
on Billiken Partnerships Pichichus, Oaky, Larguirucho Similar Patoruzú, Inodoro Pereyra, El Eternauta, Mafalda, Nippur de Lagash | ||
Retro magia comic tulio hernandez don manuel garcia ferre creador de hijitus me entrega distincion
Hijitus is a comic superhero created by Manuel García Ferré. He was the central character of the action-comedy animated series The Adventures of Hijitus which was broadcast on Argentina between 1967 and 1974. The TV series is frequently re-transmitted on Argentinian television as many Argentinians perceive it as nostalgic.
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- Retro magia comic tulio hernandez don manuel garcia ferre creador de hijitus me entrega distincion
- Hijitus el botellero larguirucho
- Profile
- Powers and abilities
- Media
- Characters
- References
Hijitus lives inside the Manuel Garcia Ferre universe shared with many other characters like Anteojito, Larguirucho, and others.
Hijitus lives inside a giant pipe in the outskirts of town with his dog Pichichus. For Argentinian popular culture "living inside a pipe" is analogous to being poor, so this means that Hijitus economic situation is bad. He does possess, however, a magical hat that allows him to convert into a superhero with multiple powers.
Hijitus el botellero larguirucho
Profile
Both the comic and series have a similar, simple structure. Hijitus is a poor good-hearted kid that fights aganist Professor Neurus (a mad scientist)' evil plans, transforming into a superhero named Super Hijitus and acts to fix the issues. A recurrent theme was Neurus trying to steal the hat, for possessing his powers, only to ending falling and ending on jail.
Powers and abilities
Hijitus is a normal human being. However, whenever he uses his hat, he transforms into Super Hijitus, a super hero with super strength, super speed, super endurance and other occasional super powers like super breath or heat vision, similar to Superman.
Media
The first animated appearance of the character, named Las Aventuras de Hijitus, made its debut on TV in 1967. On 12 September 1973, a movie with the same name, was released on cinemas. Hijitus had also a comic book, edited in 1970.