Hijitus is an Argentine comic superhero created by Manuel García Ferré. He made his debut in September 1955 in the comic strip "The Adventures of Pi-Pío", published in "Billiken" magazine. In his debut he wear a bowler hat, but when it was republished in the Anteojito magazine, it appeared with a top hat, he was only a side character then, but after having some modifications became the protagonist of his own action-comedy animated series "The Adventures of Hijitus" which was broadcast in Argentina between 1967 and 1974. Later it in the 1990s and in 2010-2012 was broadcast again through El Trece channel with a high audience rate. He is one of the best-known Argentine comic characters, along with Patoruzú, Mafalda, Clemente and Juan Salvo "Eternauta". The TV series is frequently re-transmitted on Argentinian television as many Argentinians perceive it as nostalgic.