Richie Rich #209

(December 1981)

The Merry Adventures of Richie Hood (Table of Contents: 1)

Richie Rich / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Genre

adventure; children; satire-parody

Characters

Richie Rich; Gloria Glad; Freckles Friendly; Pee Wee Friendly

Synopsis

In a parody of the classic fairy tale "Robin Hood", Richie shows his friends his ancestor, Richie Hood. Pee Wee blows a horn artifact, which spews a scroll which illustrates the saga of Richie Hood, comic book style!

Keywords

archer; archery; fairy tale; forest; medieval; Middle Ages

Indexer Notes

Part 1 of 3. Continues into "As Forest that's Concerned".

Despite being a multi-part story, "Part I" is not displayed alongside the title.

This story would later be adapted into a cartoon segment which originally aired as part of the third episode of "The Monchhichis/Little Rascals/Richie Rich Show" on September 24, 1983. Unlike the comic book story, the cartoon adaptation involved Richie and Reggie as the main characters, a time machine which was invented by Professor Keenbean, and was set in Sherwood Forest and featured Robin Hood from the classic fairy tale.

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Richie Rich / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Richie, a diamond this size is ridiculous!

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Richie Rich; Gloria Glad; Regina Rich

Synopsis

Richie tries to find a good use for a gigantic round diamond after Gloria and his mother turn it down. In the end, he decided to use a gigantic diamond as a bowling ball.

The Merry Adventures of Richie Hood - Part II: As Forest that's Concerned (Table of Contents: 3)

Richie Rich / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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adventure; children; satire-parody

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Richie Rich; Gloria Glad; Freckles Friendly; Pee Wee Friendly; Jackie Jokers; Reggie Van Dough; Mayda Munny; Cadbury; Chef Pierre

Synopsis

As the saga continues, Richie is charged a toll to cross a log over a river and believes Reggie and Mayda are behind this, so Richie and several of his friends form a group and prepares a big fight against Reggie and Mayda.

Keywords

archer; archery; fairy tale; forest; medieval; Middle Ages

Indexer Notes

Part 2 of 3. Continues into "An Arrow Escape".

The Merry Adventures of Richie Hood - Part III: An Arrow Escape (Table of Contents: 4)

Richie Rich / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Genre

adventure; children; satire-parody

Characters

Richie Rich; Gloria Glad; Freckles Friendly; Pee Wee Friendly

Synopsis

Richie Hood takes part in a long-distance pie-throwing contest against Reggie and Mayda. As the story closes, Richie ultimately wins and Reggie gets punished.

Keywords

archer; archery; fairy tale; forest; medieval; Middle Ages; spanking

Indexer Notes

Conclusion of a three-part story.

With the exception of "Richie Rich and Casper" stories, this would be the final original Richie Rich story published by Harvey Comics that was more than ten pages in length until "Richie Rich and the New Kids on the Block" #1 in 1991.

The Money School (Table of Contents: 5)

Richie Rich / text story / 2 pages (report information)

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Genre

humor; children

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Richie Rich; Barnaby Cash; Regina Rich; Cadbury; Aunt Vera; Reggie Van Dough

Synopsis

After the owner of a private school for extremely rich kids visits, Mrs. Rich encourages Richie to attend Cash Academy. However, she has a change of heart after learning that Reggie is interested in attending school there.

Reprints

• from Richie Rich Dollars and Cents (Harvey, 1963 series) #71 (February 1976)

Indexer Notes

There is a four-panel Richie Rich promotional strip on the bottom of the first page, and a four-panel Casper promotional strip (dancing Casper version) on the bottom of the second page.

You Can Count on Me (Table of Contents: 6)

Richie Rich / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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humor; children

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Richie Rich; Mr. Cheepers; Richard Rich Sr.

Synopsis

Mr. Rich insists that Mr. Cheepers needs a vacation to get his mind off counting for a while. Cheepers takes up various hobbies including water skiing, mountain climbing and skydiving, but is instantly bored on every attempt and falls asleep. He eventually has found an interest in scuba diving - but for the purpose of counting all the fish 20 feet below, underwater.