Hijitus is an Argentine

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

 comic strip

Comic strip

A comic strip is a sequence of drawings arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often serialized, with text in balloons and captions....

 character created by Spanish animator Manuel García Ferré

Manuel García Ferré

Manuel García Ferré is a Spanish Argentine animation director and cartoonist.-Biography :García Ferré was born in Almería, Spain, in 1929. He arrived in Argentina in 1947, and worked for advertising agencies while studying Architecture. In 1952 his character Pi Pío was accepted and published by...

. Garcia Ferré adapted the character for a TV series that originally ran from 1967 to 1974. Then it ran again in the 1990s, and it is currently running (2010) in channel 13 at 12:00 with good rating audience. A film of the series, Las Aventuras de Hijitus, was released in 1973.

Plot

Hijitus is a normal child who can convert himself into a superhero

Superhero

A superhero is a type of stock character, possessing "extraordinary or superhuman powers", dedicated to protecting the public. Since the debut of the prototypical superhero Superman in 1938, stories of superheroes — ranging from brief episodic adventures to continuing years-long sagas —...

called Super-Hijitus using his magic hat and the magic phrase "sombrero, sombreritus, conviérteme en Super-Hijitus". He can fly and has super-strength. His costume is skintight, blue and has a cape. His chest symbol (à la Superman) is a hat.

Friends

• Larguirucho
• Pichichus
• Oaky
• Goldsilver
• El Comisario
• El Dragoncito Cantor
• El Boxitracio