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'''Hipo-hipo''' ([[Tagalog language|Tag]]: "[[whirlwind]]" or "[[tornado]]"<ref name=Bansa>[http://www.bansa.org/dictionaries/tgl/?dict_lang=tgl&type=search&data=ipu-ipo Ipu-ipo] definition, bansa.org</ref>) is regarded as the first [[Philippines|Filipino]] <!--Do not add "fictional" as it is tautological; superheroes (and characters in general) are by definition implied to be fictionalized to some extent.-->[[List of Filipino superheroes|superhero]]. Ipo-ipo was created by Lib Abrena and Oscar del Rosario in April 1947 as a reaction against [[Japanese occupation of the Philippines|Japanese military invaders]] who occupied the Philippines in [[Philippine History#World War II and Japanese occupation|World War II]] and refused to surrender even after the admission of defeat by [[Japan]] in 1945.<ref name=WP>[http://komiklopedia.wordpress.com/2007/09/04/ipo-ipo/ IPO-IPO] superhero character, komiklopedia.wordpress.com</ref>
==Publication==
Hipo-hipo was featured in ''Magasin ng Pagsilang'' (literally "Magazine of Birth").<ref name=WP/>
==Superpowers==
Hipo-hipo derives his [[Superpower (ability)|superpower]]s from the whirlwind. His superpowers includes being as fast as the "speed of the wind" and being resistant to bullets that just pass through his body fired upon by guns.<ref name=WP/>
==Movie==
A 1969 movie, titled Bertong Ipu-Ipo, was made. Stars Roberto Gonzalez.
==See also==
*[[Siopawman]]
*[[Varga (comics)|Varga]]
*[[Lagim]]
*[[Darna]]
*[[Captain Barbell]]
*[[Voltar (comics)|Voltar]]
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