Patoruzú

Patoruzú
Patoruzú as he looks in his modern version
Publication information
First appearanceOctober 19, 1928 on Crítica
First comic appearancePatoruzú (November 1936)
Created byDante Quinterno
In-story information
Place of originBuenos Aires
PartnershipsIsidoro Cañones
Upa
La Chacha
AbilitiesSuperhuman strength

Patoruzú is a comic character created in 1928 by Dante Quinterno and is considered the most popular hero of Argentine comics. Patoruzú is a wealthy Tehuelche cacique with great estate properties in Patagonia, and possesses both superhuman physical strength and a charitable yet naive heart. He was originally only a side character in Quinterno's series "Don Gil Contento", but became so popular with readers that the comic was renamed after him.