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- Richie Rich (first appearance); Regina Rich (first appearance); unnamed boys playing baseball; unnamed bully
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- Richie wants to play baseball with the kids in the neighborhood, but Mrs. Rich insists that he stay inside and practice his dancing. Using some clever lighting and a music box, Richie creates the illusion that he is practicing his dance moves while he sneaks out the window to play ball. Meeting his friends, he plays ball until a bully tries to steal their equipment. Richie fights back, utilizing his dance steps to outmaneuver the bully.
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- Richie Rich; Johnny; Richard Rich; soap box derby spectators and judges; Butch
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- Richie helps his friend Johnny build a car for the soap box derby, for which the winner will win a college scholarship. He then learns that Mr. Rich has purchased a car for Richie for the same race - the best such car that money can buy and one that is sure to win the race. How can Richie enter the race and still help his friend get the scholarship money?
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- from Little Dot (Harvey, 1953 series) #3 (January 1954)
- This story should not be confused with the similarly titled story "The Big Race" in Little Dot #69, which also featured Richie Rich and which appears later in this volume.
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- Richie Rich; Richard Rich; unnamed Rich company executive; unnamed pedestrians and window shoppers; unnamed bank teller
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- Due to a strike by armored truck drivers, Richie volunteers to transport a large sum of money to the bank for his father. Someone in disguise makes several attempts to steal the money, but Richie has a few tricks up his sleeve (or in his lunch kit).
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This story sequence is reprinted twice in the volume, once in color (this instance) and once in black and white.
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- Richie Rich; Freckles Friendly; Peewee Friendly; Reggie Van Dough; Harkins
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- Richie, Freckles and Peewee are enjoying a day in Richie's pool, when Reggie drops by unannounced. He proceeds to play pranks on Richie and his friends and generally spoiling everyone else's fun. Fed up, Richie entices Reggie to play another prank which backfires on Reggie.
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- children
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- Richie Rich; Freckles Friendly (reprint of first appearance, not named in story); Peewee Friendly (reprint of first appearance, not named in story); Reggie Van Dough (reprint of first appearance); Jarvis (reprint of first appearance?); Reggie's chauffeur
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- Richie invites Freckles and Peewee over to play, and they are joined by the uninvited Reggie, Richie's wealthy and arrogant cousin. Reggie proceeds to wreck the house with his raucous play to the dismay of Richie and his friends. Freckles suggests they play outside where Reggie can't do as much damage, and Richie teaches Reggie a lesson with his oversize toy train.
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- children
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- Richie Rich; Richard Rich; unnamed Rich company executive; unnamed pedestrians and window shoppers; unnamed bank teller
- Synopsis
- Due to a strike by armored truck drivers, Richie volunteers to transport a large sum of money to the bank for his father. Someone in disguise makes several attempts to steal the money, but Richie has a few tricks up his sleeve (or in his lunch kit).
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This story sequence is reprinted twice in the volume, once in color and once in black and white (this instance).
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- Here, Ma'am! Take my seat!
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- children
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- Richie Rich; Butch; unnamed woman on bus; unnamed man on bus; unnamed soda fountain customers
- Synopsis
- Richie gives up his seat on the bus to a woman who is standing, then teaches a lesson to his less-mannered friend.
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This story is assigned a title of "Manners" by the editor of the reprint volume.
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- Richie Rich; Freckles Friendly (referred to as Tommy); Peewee Friendly (name not mentioned); Reggie Van Dough; Harkins
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- Richie enjoys a day out fishing with his pals until Reggie horns in on the fun. As usual, Reggie makes everyone miserable with his pranks, until Richie turns one of the pranks back on Reggie.
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- Richie Rich; Reggie Van Dough; Reginald Van Dough; Freckles Friendly; Peewee Friendly; Harkins
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- At his father's suggestion, Reggie invites Richie and his friends for a cruise on one of his family's yachts. Reggie's antics almost wreck the ship, but Harkins saves the day.
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- Richie Rich; Richard Rich; Johnny; Louie the Looter; unnamed policemen
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- With the Riches' new house guard home sick and his parents out, Richie takes it upon himself to keep a robber busy while his friend gets the police.
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- Oboy! I should get some terrific movies of the ski tournament with my new camera!
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- children
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- Richie Rich; unnamed ski champion; unnamed ski tournament spectators
- Synopsis
- While trying to film a ski champion with his new camera, Richie unknowingly performs an amazing ski jump.
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This story is assigned a title of "Ski Jump" by the editor of the reprint volume.
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- Get your trunks on, Fellas, I've got a treasure map!
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- children
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- Richie Rich; Freckles Friendly; Peewee Friendly; Richie's chauffeur (unnamed?)
- Synopsis
- Richie and his friends follow a map to a buried treasure chest, which contains a picnic lunch.
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This story is assigned a title of "Treasure Map" by the editor of the reprint volume.
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- Richie Rich; Freckles Friendly; Peewee Friendly; Reggie Van Dough; Harkins; Richie's chauffeur (unnamed?)
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- Richie takes his pals out to his father's ranch for some western-style fun. Unfortunately, Reggie tracks them down and is determined spoil the fun with his pranks, which eventually backfire on him.
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- Richie Rich; Freckles Friendly; Pee Wee Friendly; Reggie Van Dough; unnamed newspaper customer; unnamed butcher; Reginald Van Dough (Uncle Percy); Richard Rich; Tom Friendly
- Synopsis
- Reggie bets Richie that Richie's friends only spend time with him because of his money. To prove him wrong, Richie pretends that his family has lost all of their money, and Richie's pals proceed to prove Reggie wrong.
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- Have fun at the charity ball, Richie!
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- children
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- Richie Rich; Richard Rich; unnamed man dressed as clown; unnamed charitable woman
- Synopsis
- Richie dresses as a street urchin to win a costume prize at the charity ball. Having forgotten his wallet, he is unable to pay the entrance fee, and given his costume, he isn't believed when he says that is why he doesn't have any money. In a turn of events, he is eventually able to enter the ball.
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This story is assigned a title of "Charity Ball" by the editor of the reprint volume.
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- Richie Rich; Freckles Friendly; Peewee Friendly; Harkins; unnamed beachgoers
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- Richie invites Freckles and Peewee over to test out all the latest gadgets recently installed in the estate pool, and Harkins even brings them hot dogs and soda. But despite all the niceties, something still seems to be missing...
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- Richie Rich; Richard Rich; Freckles Friendly; Peewee Friendly; unnamed Rich Enterprises pilot
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- Mr. Rich takes Richie and his pals on a trip to the Florida everglades. While Mr. Rich works, the kids do some exploring, narrowly avoiding scrapes with an alligator and a wild boar. Soon they are lost, but they use their wits to help Richie's father find them. All ends well, including the boys' discovery of a prime location to drill for oil.
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Although the original story being reprinted is 5 pages long, only pages 1, 2, 3, and 5 are reprinted here.
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- Richie Rich; Clarence; Richard Rich; unnamed porter; unnamed waiter; unnamed ocean liner passengers; unnamed captain; unnamed Hawaiian boy
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- Mr. Rich takes Richie and his friend Clarence on a trip to Hawaii. Clarence continually embarrasses Richie and his father by acting greedy and ill-mannered, but he changes his tune when a young boy saves his life.
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- Richie Rich; Freckles Friendly; Peewee Friendly; Reggie Van Dough
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- Richie takes his pals to his scout headquarters, where he demonstrates several scouting techniques. As usual, Reggie causes them grief at every turn, but he does prove useful when Richie wants to show the guys how to tie various kinds of knots.
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- Say, Freckles! Mother just bought a new piano today, and I have something for you!
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- children
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- Richie Rich; Harkins; Freckles Friendly
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- Richie has an idea that will help Freckles sell newspapers on rainy days.
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This story is assigned a title of "News Stand" by the editor of the reprint volume.
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- Richie Rich; Freckles Friendly; Peewee Friendly; Reggie Van Dough; Harkins; unnamed construction workers
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- Richie and his pals build a treehouse, and Reggie feels the need to show them up by bringing in a construction crew to build a better one in the next tree over.
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- Richie Rich; Freckles Friendly; Peewee Friendly; Richie's doctor; Regina Rich; Mrs. Friendly; Tom Friendly; Harkins; unnamed cowboys (on television screen only)
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- Richie comes down with the measles, and his pals must spend 10 days in the Rich mansion due to a quarantine placed by Richie's doctor. The boys have a great time living in luxury while their mother worries that they won't be happy in their humble home when the quarantine is over.
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- Richie Rich; unnamed city councilman; Freckles Friendly; Pee Wee Friendly; unnamed children; Reggie Van Dough; unnamed sign maker
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- Richie is named honorary Mayor for the day, and Reggie is determined to cause problems for him.
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- Gee, I'm getting tired of dressing like this!
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- children
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- Richie Rich; Harkins
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- Richie decides to wear clothes that won't make his wealth so obvious.
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This story is assigned a title of "Rich Kid" by the editor of the reprint volume.
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- Richie Rich; Reggie Van Dough; novelty store salesman; Harkins
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- Reggie buys several novelty tricks to frustrate Richie and "test" his good-sportsmanship.
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- Golly! Look! All the kids are out sailing their boats on the lake today!
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- children
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- Richie Rich; Freckles Friendly; Peewee Friendly; unnamed children
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- Richie and his pals decide to bring their toy boats to sail on the lake, but Richie's isn't a toy.
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This story is assigned a title of "Sailboats" by the editor of the reprint volume.
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- children
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- Richie Rich; Richard Rich; Billy; Dot Polka [Little Dot]; Mrs. Carley; Frank; Billy's father
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- Richie's father asks him to play with a client's son who is extremely shy.
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- Gee, I sure hope Richie can come out to play!
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- children
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- Freckles Friendly; Peewee Friendly; Richard Rich; Jarvis; Richie Rich; Casper the Friendly Ghost (on movie screen only)
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- Richie's pals come to visit, but are told that he is being punished and must stay in his room. When they are allowed to visit him for 15 minutes, they find him in his room, surrounded by every toy and luxury a kid could desire.
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This story is assigned a title of "Punished" by the editor of the reprint volume.
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- children
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- Richie Rich; Richard Rich; Regina Rich; Mrs. Van Friggle; Cynthia Van Friggle
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- Richie's father leaves for a fishing trip, telling Richie that while he is gone, Richie will be the "man of the house". Mrs. Rich then goes to a luncheon with Mrs. Van Friggle, leaving Richie at home with Mrs. Friggle's daughter Cynthia. At Cynthia's suggestion, they decide to play house, and as the pretend "lady of the house", Cynthia proceeds to boss Richie around, asking him to move furniture and mind the "baby". Richie is pretty sick of it by the time their mothers return, but can later sympathize with his father, who is bossed around by Mrs. Rich upon returning from his fishing trip.
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- Richie Rich; Regina Rich; Richard Rich; Freckles Friendly (mentioned only); Pee Wee Friendly (mentioned only); Uncle Cashbucks (mentioned only); Charlie Check-Book (mentioned only); Aunt Money Belt (mentioned only); Uncle Spender (mentioned only); Reginald Van Dough (mentioned only)
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- Richie receives a variety of fantastic birthday gifts, but concludes that it is much more fun to play with his friends.
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- Time for your bath, Richie!
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- children
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- Richie Rich; Regina Rich; Jarvis
- Synopsis
- Richie and Jarvis collect a large assortment of boats and toys to be used during Richie's bath in a tub the size of a small swimming pool.
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The final panel of this story is very similar to the cover for Richie Rich #1, preceding it by almost three years. This story is assigned a title of "Bath Time" by the editor of the reprint volume.
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- Richie Rich; Freckles Friendly; Pee Wee Friendly; Reggie Van Dough
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- Richie and his pals set out for a day of hiking, each finding a four leaf clover in a clover patch just as they begin. Reggie invites himself to join the outing and immediately scoffs at them for believing their clovers will bring them good luck. He tries to pull several pranks to create "bad luck" for them, but each time the prank backfires and ends up causing him grief.
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- Gee whiz, Dad! You mean we can't go to our fishing camp like we planned?
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- children
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- Richie Rich; Richard Rich; Freckles Friendly; Peewee Friendly; Acme Tank Corp driver
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- Due to business obligations, Mr. Rich can't bring Richie and his pals to the lake for a fishing expedition. So, he brings the lake to them.
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This story is assigned a title of "Fishing" by the editor of the reprint volume.
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- Richie Rich; Freckles Friendly; Pee Wee Friendly; marble championship competitors and spectators; marble champion; newspaper readers; O. U. Crabbe; unnamed doorman; unnamed helicopter pilot; unnamed burglar; unnamed police officer; unnamed press club representative
- Synopsis
- Richie and his pals try their hand at producing their own newspaper and end up getting a coveted interview with a crabby and reclusive business mogul.
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- Well, boys ...are we set for our trip up north?
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- children
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- Richie Rich; Richard Rich; Freckles Friendly; Pee Wee Friendly
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- Richie, his dad and his pals pack all of the equipment needed for their fishing trip. Freckles wonders what will happen if they get a flat tire, but Richie assures him that his father never goes anywhere without a spare (including a spare car).
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This story is assigned a title of "A Spare" by the editor of the reprint volume.
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- children
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- Richie Rich; Richard Rich; Regina Rich; Jarvis
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- Richie's father tells stories of his own hard-working youth in order to instill Richie with ambition.
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- Richie Rich; Gloria Glad; Mr. Glad; Gloria's Aunt Prunella; Richard Rich; Unnamed florist; Casper the Friendly Ghost (in poster only); Unnamed perfume merchant; unnamed perfume customer; unnamed candy merchants
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- Richie buys several expensive gifts Gloria, but each one ends up lost or spoiled in some way. He finally reaches her house bearing extremely inexpensive gifts, garnering joy from Gloria but disapproval from her visiting aunt.
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- Hi, Richie! How about going fishing down at Wilson's pier?
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- children
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- Richie Rich; Freckles Friendly; Phillips; Captain Higgins; unnamed fisherman
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- Richie offers to give Freckles a ride by yacht to the pier where Freckles want to go fishing, but by the time they walk the long distance to the front of the yacht, they are already there.
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This story is assigned a title of "Dad's Yacht" by the editor of the reprint volume.
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- children
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- Richie Rich; Richard Rich; Harkins
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- Richie goes fishing with Harkins. During the outing, he finds a chest of coins while digging for worms, "catches" an old mattress full of money and accidentally discovers a new site for an oil well. When he returns home, Mr. Rich asks if he had any luck fishing, and the very displeased Richie gives the outing a thumbs down, even though the car is filled with all of the riches he found during the trip.
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The entire story is told with no written dialogue. The few thought balloons in the story contain images of what the character is thinking about.
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- Richie Rich; Gloria Glad; unnamed security guard
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- Richie takes Gloria on a tour of one of his father's factories. With some of the equipment there, he makes a huge candy-cane, a vat of lemonade, and a life sized doll, all for GLoria. Each time, she says she prefers a much smaller version of something similar that Richie has made for her by hand or given her in the past. Finally, Richie demonstrates a huge computer, and asks Gloria to ask it a question. She asks if Richie likes her, and the computer has difficulty answering the question, so Richie "fixes" the computer by writing an answer that Gloria is very happy to receive.
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- My name is Horace! We just moved into this neighborhood!
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- children
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- Richie Rich; Horace Van Snoot (first appearance); Jasper Van Snoot (first appearance); Richard Rich
- Synopsis
- Richie meets Horace Van Snoot, a new resident in the neighborhood. Horace condescendingly tells Richie how "frightfully rich" the Van Snoot family is, showing Richie his 600 acre estate as well as a skyscraper and an exclusive club that his father owns. He then takes Richie to where his father works as a vice president and is chagrined to learn that Mr. Van Snoot works for Richie's father.
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This story is assigned a title of "Horace" by the editor of the reprint volume.
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- children
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- Richie Rich; Regina Rich; Richie's Aunt Minnie; unnamed pedestrians; unnamed neighborhood boys and girls; Gloria Glad (mentioned only)
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- Richie's absent-minded Aunt Minnie sends Richie a gift, a life-sized doll, because she doesn't remember that Richie is a boy. He decides to bring it across town to Gloria. On the way to her house, he is embarrassed to be carrying a doll, and is teased by some boys. Gloria is not home, and rather than being teased again, he switches clothes with the doll and uses its wig to disguise himself as a girl, thinking that no one will notice a "girl" carrying a doll. His disguise fools everyone, including Aunt Minnie, who has dropped in and is now convinced that she has a niece rather than a nephew.
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- I'll show you around New York, Richie!
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- children
- Characters
- Richie Rich; Reggie Van Dough; unnamed pedestrians
- Synopsis
- Reggie takes Richie on a tour of New York City, where he boastingly points out buildings and businesses that his father owns. He claims that his father owns one of everything in New York, but Richie trips him up on that claim.
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This story is assigned a title of "One of Everything" by the editor of the reprint volume.
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- Richie Rich; Richard Rich; unnamed jeweler; unnamed newsboy; Mr. Adams; unnamed painter; unnamed sewer worker
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- Richie purchases an ancient hour glass which magically shifts him 24 hours into the future. While in "tomorrow", he witnesses several incidents of bad luck. Turning the hour glass over, he is sent back to his original time, where he is able to prevent the unfortunate events of tomorrow from taking place.
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- Richie Rich; Richie's cousin Midas (first appearance); Richard Rich; Richie's uncle Jeff (first appearance); Freckles Friendly; Pee Wee Friendly; unnamed boys; unnamed professional baseball players; unnamed baseball spectators; Mr. Hicks
- Synopsis
- Richie's cousin Midas likes nothing but business, which worries Midas's father. Richie takes Midas to play baseball with his friends, and although Midas's first attempts at hitting, pitching and catching are superb, he thinks the game is silly. Richie then takes him to a professional ball game, but Midas focuses on how profitable the concessions must be. Leaving Midas with the team manager, Richie returns to find Midas cheering the team and extremely engaged. At home, everyone thinks the still enthused Midas has changed, but he tells them he is only interested because he bought the team.
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- Richie Rich; Gloria Glad; Mr. Glad; unnamed city workers, unnamed pedestrians; unnamed sandwich board advertiser; unnamed flower delivery man
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- It's Richie and Gloria's one-year anniversary, and Richie wants to do something extra special. Gloria is at home working on her homework, but her thoughts keep straying to Richie. Her father tells her that she just needs to concentrate, something he has no problem doing when he needs to. However, as Mr. Glad goes about his day, he is annoyed to find that he cannot stop thinking of Richie himself, because Richie has posted anniversary messages to Gloria by every means available. As Gloria finishes her homework, Richie pays her a visit and Mr. Glad is still trying to focus on something else.
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- They sure treated you royally in the railroad terminal, Richie!
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- children
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- Richie Rich; Lester; Richard Rich (mentioned only)
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- It seems as though every building or business that Lester points to as he and Richie walk around the city is owned by Richie's father. Lester is relieved to hear that isn't the case with the Second National Bank, until he learns that Richie owns that himself.
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This story is assigned a title of "Dad Owns It" by the editor of the reprint volume.
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- This is the Potomac River, Richie! How's your pitching arm?
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- children
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- Richie Rich; Richard Rich
- Synopsis
- Mr. Rich challenges Richie to match George Washington's feat of throwing a silver dollar across the Potomac.
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This story is assigned a title of "Pitching Arm" by the editor of the reprint volume.
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- children
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- Richie Rich; Reggie Van Dough; Mickey; Mr. Fribble; Twinkletoes; Golden Nugget; horse show spectators; horse show judge
- Synopsis
- Reggie pays a fortune for a horse he thinks will win an upcoming horse show competition that he and Richie are entering. While Reggie brags about his future win, they pass Richie's friend Mickey, who is attached to Twinkletoes, the milkman's delivery horse. Twinkletoes is soon retired, which breaks Mickey's heart. Richie purchases Twinkletoes and reunites her with Mickey. Having discovered that Twinkletoes is incredibly fast and a good jumper, Richie encourages Mickey to enter her in the show, which he does. Despite Reggie's efforts to distract Twinkletoes, she ends up winning the gold cup.
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- children
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- Richie Rich; Gloria Glad; Herb Dripple; Nifty Dry Cleaners manager (Mr. Dripple?); Richard Rich; Mr. Jones; Perkins; Wembley Chemical Company receptionist; Mr. Hyde; unnamed police officers; Mr. Digby; unnamed butler
- Synopsis
- Although Herb Dripple wants to take Gloria to the school dance, she has already been asked by Richie. But she and Richie learn that the dress she wants to wear is at Nifty Dry Cleaners and won't be ready in time. Richie is determined to find a way to get her dress despite the obstacle. He visits successfully higher authorities in the matter, learning that Mr. Rich owns the parent company that ultimately controls Nifty. Despite his efforts, Richie can't get the dress, and he phones Gloria to apologize. She tells him that she has been at the dance with Herb, whose father owns Nifty Dry Cleaners.
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- children
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- Richie Rich; Gloria Glad; Mr. Jones; unnamed antiques dealer; unnamed art purchaser; unnamed chauffeur; Swifty; unnamed ring purchaser; unnamed mink coat purchaser; unnamed stock traders; unnamed newsboy
- Synopsis
- Richie decides to buy what he thinks is a $5.00 watch for Gloria. As it turns out, the watch is actually $500, and he only has twenty-five in his pocket. While deciding what to do, he is accidentally hit on the head, giving him amnesia. He remembers that he wanted to buy something and makes a small purchase. Someone immediately offers to buy it for more, knowing who he is and thinking that it must be a valuable painting. In a series of similar trades, Richie eventually ends up with significant funds. Bumping his head again, he regains his memory, whereupon he buys the watch for Gloria.
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This story should not be confused with a Richie Rich story also titled "It's a Gift" in Richie Rich Billions #18, which also features Gloria but recounts a different series of events.
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- This is a right nice little estate you have here, Richie!
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Richie Rich; Tex Talbot
- Synopsis
- Richie's friend Tex takes him on a trip to see his ranch in Texas. It takes several days to drive there, during which they discuss several times how Tex's ranch is one of the biggest in all of Texas. When they finally arrive, Richie discovers that he and Tex are neighbors, as they have been driving on the Rich estate for the entire multi-day trip.
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This story is assigned a title of "Little Estate" by the editor of the reprint volume.
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- children
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- Richie Rich; Richard Rich; Uncle Smart; amusement park patrons; newspaper vendor; waiter; candy vendor; Regina Rich; butler; chauffeur
- Synopsis
- Before Richie meets his Uncle Smart, Mr. Rich tells him that his uncle is very thrifty and it would make a good impression if Richie acted the same. All day, Uncle Smart suggests activities and Richie suggests a more thrifty option. This greatly impresses Uncle Smart, who says before parting that he would like to buy a nice gift for Richie to reward his thrift. Richie resolves to get the cheapest item wherever his Uncle takes him. Richie's parents are shocked to see Richie come home in a new limousine. Richie explains that it was the cheapest car at the dealership to which his uncle took him.
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- Zip Gum!
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Richie Rich; Richard Rich (in photograph only); Regina Rich (in portrait only)
- Synopsis
- Richie sees an advertisement for Zip Gum and remembers that he has some somewhere. He turns out his pockets, searches through drawers and closets, leaving behind a trail of currency and coins. Finally, he finds the gum in a hidden wall safe.
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This story contains no dialogue. The unofficial title is taken from the only text in the story. This story is assigned a title of "Gum Safe" by the editor of the reprint volume.
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- children
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- Richie Rich; Reggie Van Dough
- Synopsis
- Richie and his cousin Reggie compete in a soapbox derby race, but Reggie cheats to win.
- Reprints
This story should not be confused with a different Richie Rich story entitled "The Big Race" in Little Dot #3.
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- Gee, thanks for taking me fishing, Richie!
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Richie Rich; Johnny; unnamed fishing enthusiasts
- Synopsis
- Richie catches a huge fish, but throws it back so that Johnny can win a prize for the biggest fish.
- Reprints
This story is assigned a title of "Whopper" by the editor of the reprint volume.
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- Oh boy, a lucky horseshoe!
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Richie Rich; Louie; Spike; unnamed bank robber; unnamed policeman
- Synopsis
- Richie finds a horseshoe in the street and accidentally foils a bank robbery with it.
- Reprints
This story is assigned a title of "Lucky Horseshoe" by the editor of the reprint volume.
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- children
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- Richie Rich; Richard Rich; Regina Rich; Gloria Glad (first appearance); Mr. Glad (first appearance); flower delivery man; candy delivery man; doll delivery man
- Synopsis
- Richie goes on his first date, bringing his new girlfriend Gloria every flower in the florist shop. The next day he showers her with an overabundance of candy and dolls as well. Gloria's father becomes concerned with so many gifts filling up the house, especially when he hears Gloria tell Richie that she likes pets too. Gloria assures her father that Richie is only giving her one pet, but even so, Richie manages to go overboard.
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- Keep your city clean
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Richie Rich; unnamed bank tellers; unnamed security guard; unnamed policeman
- Synopsis
- Richie sweeps up a money mess.
- Reprints
Story contains no dialogue, so the unofficial title is taken from a sign in the story - the story's only text. This story is assigned a title of "Clean Cash" by the editor of the reprint volume.
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- children
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- Richie Rich; Richard Rich; Coach; students and football players; train conductor; taxi driver; Victor; Batz
- Synopsis
- After an "early to bed, early to rise" lecture from Mr. Rich, Richie resolves to make the most of his day. As the school football team's assistant manager, he must bring the team's equipment to an out-of-town game, requiring an early morning. Groggy from the time he wakes, Richie tries to nap at various points all day, but several distractions keep him from sleeping. Finally, he has to don a football uniform and play in the game, making the winning touchdown - drowsy all the while. At home he collapses into bed, where his father thinks he has been lazily sleeping all day.
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- Well! I have enough candy now to last me a month!
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Richie Rich; crook; policemen
- Synopsis
- A crook breaks into Richie's safe only to find it filled with candy.
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This story is assigned a title of "Burglar" by the editor of the reprint volume.
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- Richie, Here's the new car I was telling you about!
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Richie Rich; Richard Rich; motorist
- Synopsis
- Richie test drives one of his fathers new experimental cars.
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This story is assigned a title of "New Car" by the editor of the reprint volume.
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- adventure; children
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- Richie Rich; Gloria Glad; unnamed yacht crewmen and crew applicants; Manta; Lippy; Froggy
- Synopsis
- Richie takes Gloria for a cruise on his new yacht, but first he must fill out his brand new crew. Seeing Richie's ad for a captain and two seamen, Manta and his henchmen threaten anyone else who try to apply for the jobs and, using forged papers, fill the positions themselves. Once at sea, they take over the ship at gunpoint, hoisting a pirate flag. Richie and Gloria put up a fight but are soon locked in their cabins. Using suction cups, Richie climbs out the porthole in his cabin, not exactly sure what he plans to do.
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Story continues in "The Manta's Menace", immediately following in this reprint volume.
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- adventure; children
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- Richie Rich; Gloria Glad; unnamed yacht crewmen; Manta; Lippy; Froggy
- Synopsis
- Having taken over Richie's yacht, Manta and his thugs steer toward another ship, board at gunpoint and steal money from the other ship's crew. Meanwhile, using suction cups to climb along the ship's exterior, Richie makes it to the radio room but has to leave to avoid Manta's men. Back in his cabin, he signals another nearby ship of the danger using a mirror. Manta figures out what Richie is doing and threatens to harm Gloria if he causes any more trouble. With the suction cups, Richie reaches Gloria's cabin, and together they make their way to a ship storeroom. Manta discovers they are gone.
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Story continues from "Mutiny on the Oceanic!", immediately preceding in this reprint volume and continues in "When Pirates Walked the Plank", which immediately follows. Story page numbering begins again at page 1.
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- adventure; children
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- Richie Rich; Gloria Glad; unnamed thugs; Manta; Lippy; Froggy; unnamed Coast Guard captain
- Synopsis
- Richie and Gloria hide a box of supplies for use later, then use the suction cups to sneak back to their cabins. Having searched the entire ship, Manta and his thugs look for Richie and Gloria in their cabins again, where Richie pretends he has been all along. At night, Richie and Gloria sneak out and use the supplies they had hidden before. The next morning, the ship is surrounded by the Coast Guard, and Manta learns that Richie and Gloria have painted a warning message on the side of the ship.
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Story continues from "The Manta's Menace" immediately preceding in this reprint volume. Story page numbering begins again at page 1.
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- children
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- Richie Rich; Gloria Glad; Hawkins; Freckles Friendly; Jo-Jo; the collected Rich estate staff; unnamed boys in Freckles and Richie's gang of pals
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- Gloria gives Richie a pet parakeet named Jo-Jo. However, Jo-Jo flies out an open window, prompting the entire Rich estate staff and all of Freckles and Richie's friends to begin hunting for the missing bird. The search does not go well, so many people independently decide to buy Richie another parakeet. Meanwhile, Gloria is waiting for Richie back at his home, where she tells him that Jo-Jo returned to her house. However, by this time there are dozens of parakeets flying inside Richie's room and he can't tell which one is Jo-Jo
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- Yippee!
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Pee Wee Friendly; golfer
- Synopsis
- Pee Wee drops a golfer's ball into the cup when he isn't looking.
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This story is assigned a title of "Pee Wee" by the editor of the reprint volume.
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- Len Herman
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- children
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- Richie Rich; King Midas (in thought balloon only); Reggie Van Dough; Gloria Glad
- Synopsis
- Richie dreams of having the Midas touch.
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- Richie Rich; Cousin Skinner; Jarvis; Swanky Boy's Shop salesman; baseball stadium ticket salesman; A Votre Sante Restaurant waiters; delivery man
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- Richie meets his tightwad cousin, Skinner. Initially it appears that Skinner is generously buying Richie gifts and paying for his meals and entertainment. However, in each instance, Richie ends up paying for the purchase.
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- children
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- Richie Rich; Richard Rich; Gloria Glad
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- Richie's father gives him a wallet that can hold objects that are many times its own size. When he begins to show it to Gloria, she lectures him on the vulgarity of displaying wealth and tells him to put his wallet away. Richie complies but then surprises her by producing an umbrella, a chair, sandwiches, a radio and then a bicycle seemingly from nowhere.
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- Say! Look at all the old clocks!
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Richie Rich; Freckles Friendly; Pee Wee Friendly
- Synopsis
- Richie and his friends admire the clocks in an antique store window, which leads Richie to mention hour-glasses. Freckles and Pee Wee have never seen one, so Richie takes them to his home to see one. Of course, the hour-glass that he shows them is larger and more unusual than most.
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This story is assigned a title of "Hour Glass" by the editor of the reprint volume.
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- children
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- Richie Rich; Richard Rich; Professor Dredge; Jenkins; jungle guide; bodyguard; chef; pilot
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- Richie arranges an archeological expedition to get away from his life of luxury, but his father insists on sending along people and supplies for his every need. Visiting ancient Inca territory in South America, he stumbles upon riches at every turn - a field of huge diamonds, a mountain of solid gold and oil wells. Frustrated, he buys a remote bungalow in the Florida Keys, where he stays alone through a hurricane. He clings to something in the flooded basement, which he realizes later is a chest of jewels that has washed up during the storm.
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- Richie Rich; Richard Rich; Rover; Jeeves; Peter Probe; unnamed chemist; unnamed Rich estate staff
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- Richie and his father discover that mustaches are appearing on statues and paintings. Jeeves the butler has also mysteriously grown a mustache while sleeping. They hire a detective to find the source, who quits when he too instantly grows a mustache. Richie decides to investigate himself and discovers that someone has taken over his lab. It turns out that the would-be chemist has been working on the estate for years and came up with an instant hair growth formula to get noticed. The formula is accidentally lost, but Mr. Rich hires the man due to his ability to generate and attract attention.
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- Richie Rich; Freckles Friendly; Pee Wee Friendly; Chubs; Richard Rich; the Catman; unnamed police officer
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- To earn money for their club treasury, Richie and his pals try catching a famous jewel thief called the Catman in order to collect the reward money. Figuring that at some point the Catman will strike on the Rich estate, the kids build a variety of homemade traps and set them up around Richie's house. Sure, the Catman shows, but instead of a trap catching him, it is a side effort on Richie's part which brings the Catman into police custody.
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- Richie Rich; Richard Rich; Regina Rich; Harkins; Chef Pierre; Marie; unnamed musicians
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- While Richie parents are away, the estate staff care good care of Richie - a little too good in Richie's opinion.
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- children
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- Richie Rich; Gloria Glad; florist; doll shop salespeople; candy stand clerk
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- Richie wants to bring Gloria a gift. She tells him to bring something simple, and he knows that she will be upset if he spends much money. Through a series of coincidences, he ends up with several large gifts without spending any money, arriving on her doorstep with an assortment of items that is anything but simple.
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- Richie Rich; Richard Rich; Cadbury; Mr. Fiscal
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- When Mr. Rich can't join Richie for a planned hiking trip, he asks their butler Cadbury to go in his place. Richie doesn't have high hopes for the expedition, wondering to himself what a "stiff-necked" butler knows about hiking. However, Cadbury soon leads them off the regular path, opening Richie's eyes to parts of the estate that he has never seen. Cadbury repeatedly demonstrates his expertise and resourcefulness as an outdoorsman, teaching Richie a thing or two in the process. When asked later what Richie wants to be when he grows up, he says he wants to become a butler just like Cadbury.
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Although the story reprinted here was not Cadbury's first appearance, it was the first time that both the reader and Richie saw that he is a man of action. This began the close association Richie would have with Cadbury going forward and opened the door for the role Cadbury would play in future action-oriented adventures.
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- Richie Rich; Gloria Glad; bus driver; bus passengers; Ritzby; Rodney Van Snoots; Rodney's sister; medic; laundress; Hootsby; Mayor Van Snoot; Humphrey; Richard Rich; unnamed Native Americans
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- Richie and Gloria are invited to visit Rodney Van Snoot in his home town of Snobsdale. Everyone in the town is wary of outsiders, citing the germs and dirt they may bring. After several insults and implications that he and Gloria aren't good enough for the people of Snobsdale, Richie leaves with the desire to take the townspeople down a notch or two. Richie then learns that his ancestor was granted the land in 1710 by the Snobsdale Indians and that the land was deeded to Richie when he was a baby. He then outrages the Snobsdale citizens by giving the land back to the Indians.
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- Did you paint the new car blue, Bascomb?
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Richie Rich; Gloria Glad; Bascomb
- Synopsis
- Richie asks Bascomb to paint the limousine blue so that Gloria will not know that it is solid gold.
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This story is assigned a title of "New Car" by the editor of the reprint volume.
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- Hi, fellahs! Hi, Richie! Look at Pee-Wee stand on his hands!
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Richie Rich; Freckles Friendly; Pee-Wee Friendly
- Synopsis
- A normal playtime activity like doing handstands presents complications for Richie.
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The visual concept for this story was used again for the cover of Richie Rich Millions #18. This story is assigned a title of "Deep Pockets" by the editor of the reprint volume.
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- children
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- Richie Rich; Richard Rich; Midas Rich; Cadbury; Professor Potts; Native American chief; Gookins; Mrs. Midas Rich
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- Mr. Rich tells Richie about Midas Rich, who founded the family fortune. He describes Midas as a financial wizard who could almost see the future. Richie then meets Professor Potts, who wants funding for a time machine invention. Richie tests it out and travels back in time to meet Midas Rich. Midas turns out not to be a financial genius, but on Richie's advice buys up land that will one day produce oil. Back in the present, Richie asks for an advance on his allowance to fund the time machine's development, but his father tells him to avoid such nonsense and look to the future like Midas Rich.
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- children
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- Richie Rich [as himself, his imagined adult self and his imagined son]; Richard Rich; Regina Rich; Gloria Glad; Cadbury
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- Richie imagines that he and Gloria grow up to marry and have a son much like himself. He envisions a son who would be very pampered and who cringes at the thought of getting dirty or infected by germs. Not liking this mental picture, he then refuses to comb his hair and starts to play in the mud, after which he is immediately sent to take a bath. While in the tub, he resolves that any son of his will not get all the "fuss and attention" that he gets himself
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- Richie Rich; Gloria; Emil; pastry chef; dress shop owner; dress shop saleslady; candy shop owner; travel agent; truck driver; dress shop delivery man; engineer; Cadbury
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- Richie and Gloria go window shopping. At a few stores, Gloria mentions an item she likes, and as they make a small purchase, Richie whispers something to the shop owner. Later Gloria learns that Richie has purchased each of the stores. Richie's extravagance angers her, and she decides to teach Richie a lesson, mentioning that she wishes the moon were hers. Later Richie invites her to look through his telescope, which he has rigged to display an image of the moon "gift-wrapped" for her. Gloria thinks it is real and storms off in anger as Richie tries to explain that it's not what she thinks.
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- Look! There's an old well, Richie!
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Richie Rich; Gloria Glad
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- Gloria and Richie come across a wishing well, and Gloria makes a wish. They they realize that one is supposed to throw in a coin when making a wish, and neither one of them has any money on them. Richie solves the problem by writing a check and tossing it in.
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This story is assigned a title of "Wishing Well" by the editor of the reprint volume.
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- Richie Rich; Regina Rich; Cadbury
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- Mrs. Rich describes Cadbury as the perfect butler, saying that he knows how to carry out everything he's asked to do. Richie agrees that he's a great butler, but decides to test Cadbury on a few non-butlerish tasks - namely in the area of sports. To Richie's surprise, Cadbury proves to be an excellent baseball pitcher, a crack batter, and he even calmly catches a fly ball without a glove. He also proves to be superior at kicking a football and then catching it through a window while serving Mrs. Rich's tea.
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- Richie Rich; Gloria Glad; real estate salesman; Emil Chizul; homeowner; Bertha Chizul; construction crew; chauffeur
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- To celebrate the anniversary of the day they first met, Richie commissions a huge sculpture of Gloria. At great expense, he acquires a hill of solid granite and hires the best sculptor available, along with a crew of workmen. To keep the project a secret, the sculptor takes pictures of Gloria for reference rather than have her pose for the sculpture. However, when the day comes to unveil the finished art, the sculpture is of Gloria's friend Bertha, who was also in the pictures and who happens to be the sculptor's daughter.
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- Hmm! Richie, please clean up your desk and tidy your room!
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- children
- Characters
- Richie Rich; Regina Rich
- Synopsis
- Richie cleans his room and tosses out all the loose money.
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- Richie Rich; Richard Rich; Regina Rich; Cadbury; landscapers; exterminator; marching band; movers; wait staff; circus performers; chef
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- Richie suggests a picnic on the Rich estate, and his parents love the idea. However, as they set out, Richie is surprised to see a caravan of trucks following them to the picnic spot Mr. Rich has selected. Landscapers clear an area and lay down sod, exterminators spray for insects, the air is scented with perfume, a marching band and circus performers entertain them, and a bevy of butlers serve food that has been flown in by helicopter. Richie had wanted a simple picnic and sneaks away to build a fire and roast a hotdog. Soon his parents join him and enjoy "getting away from it all".
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- Look Richie-$150 shoes!
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Richie Rich; Reggie Van Dough; Cadbury
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- Reggie brags about several of the items of clothing he is wearing, pointing out how much each one cost. Not impressed and bored by the line of conversation, Richie excuses himself to put on his new suit. When he emerges, he is wearing his "$50,000" suit, which is made entirely of currency.
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This story is assigned a title of "$50,000 Suit" by the editor of the reprint volume.
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- Richie Rich; Gloria Glad
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- Richie and Gloria go for a hike through an undeveloped part of the Rich estate, and Gloria comments that it is nice to be away from any sign of Richie's wealth. But on several occasions, when she tries to pick up an interesting stone or pick a flower, she inadvertently trips switches that open one of the Riches' secret camouflaged vaults. After several such incidents, she becomes frustrated and suggests going to her house to get ice cream, which they do. However, there she also accidentally finds a forgotten hidden vault, as Mr. Rich used to own the property on which Gloria's house is built.
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- Richie Rich; Richard Rich; Regina Rich; Reggie Van Dough
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- Mr. Rich dreams that Richie has become greedy and miserly, converting the Rich mansion into a huge vault and hiring lawyers to take over all of the Rich assets and kick his parents out.
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- Richie Rich; Gloria Glad; Dr. McFogg; Richard Rich; boat merchant; unnamed boy; jeweler; Mrs. Sweetooth; doorman; chauffeur; waiters; restaurant patrons; Otto
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- Gloria makes Richie see a psychiatrist to help him stop spending money.
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In the table of contents for the reprint volume, the editor has shortened the story title to "...Head Examined".
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- Hi, Freckles and Pee Wee! What are you doing?
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- children
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- Richie Rich; Freckles Friendly; Pee Wee Friendly
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- Freckles and Pee Wee collect junk to make money.
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- Richie Rich; Richard Rich; Nurse Jenny; gardene
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- Richie joins Nurse Jenny on her daily walk.
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- Richie Rich; Gloria Glad; Mr. Glad; security crew
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- Richie tries to keep in contact with Gloria while she's on vacation.
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- Regina Rich; Cadbury
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- Cadbury gives Mrs. Rich driving lessons.
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- I have a special camera I want to show you, Gloria!
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- children
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- Richie Rich; Gloria Glad; artist
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- Richie's giant new camera has an artist hidden inside.
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This story is assigned a title of "Color Portrait" by the editor of the reprint volume.
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- children
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- Richie Rich; Gloria Glad; Freckles Friendly; Cadbury; Reggie Van Dough; Mr. Twit; construction workers; movie crew; Gloria's Aunt Matilda
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- Gloria has trouble getting a simple photo to send to her aunt in England.
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- humor; children
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- Richie Rich; Cadbury; actors; makeup and costume expert; Morty; Muriel
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- Cadbury reminisces about when he worked for a Hollywood movie monster creator.
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- adventure; children
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- Richie Rich; Richard Rich; Mr. Smith; Dr. Jones; Atoman [Paul Diable]; Haskins; Rocky; unnamed gangsters; Chief Weber
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- One of the estate scientists gains super-human powers in a radioactive accident and turns to evil, bent on destroying Mr. Rich's power.
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Story continues in "Richie Rich and the Man Who Couldn't be Stopped", immediately following in this volume.
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- adventure; children
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- Richie Rich; Richard Rich; Cadbury; Atoman [Paul Diable]; Rocky; unnamed gangsters; night watchman; Dan O'Hara; Captain Boland
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- Atoman begins blowing up Rich factories and demands a billion dollar ransom to stop.
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Continued from "Richie Rich and Atoman", immediately preceding in this reprint volume and continues in "An Empire Is Saved", immediately following.
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- adventure; children
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- Richie Rich; Richard Rich; Cadbury; Atoman [Paul Diable]; Rocky; unnamed gangsters; Higby; Sergeant; Rocky; unnamed gangsters
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- Richie corners Atoman in his mountain playhouse.
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Continued from "Richie Rich and the Man Who Couldn't be Stopped", immediately preceding in this reprint volume.
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- Thanks for having me over here today, Uncle Frugal!
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- children
- Characters
- Richie Rich; Uncle Frugal
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- Richie learns the hard way what Uncle Frugal hides in his mattress.
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This story is assigned a title of "Uncle Frugal" by the editor of the reprint volume.
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- children
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- Regina Rich; Buck (first appearance); Freckles Friendly; Pee Wee Friendly; police officer; Aunt Moola; Richie Rich; Penny (dog - not Penny Van Dough)
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- Richie plays with Aunt Moola's Dollar-matian dog, Buck, while she is busy shopping.
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Buck's first appearance here introduces the concept of the Dollar-mation dog, similar to a Dalmation, but with dollar signs instead of regular black spots. After another appearance in Richie Rich #65, Buck's role would be replaced by Dollar, Richie's own Dollar-mation dog, who went on to appear in many stories across the full range of Richie's titles.
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- Good grief, Richie! What is it?
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- children
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- Richie Rich; Freckles Friendly; Pee Wee Friendly; conductor; musicians
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- Richie's new Hi-Fi contains a full orchestra.
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This story is assigned a title of "Hi-Fi Set" by the editor of the reprint volume.
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- Richie Rich; Richard Rich; Mr. Broker; unnamed investment broker; Mammon
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- Richie dreams he meets Mammon, The God of Wealth.
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- The service Is wonderful, Pierre!
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- children
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- Richie Rich; Richard Rich; Regina Rich; Pierre; restaurant patrons; restaurant manager
- Synopsis
- Richie leaves their waiter a tip large enough for him to open his own restaurant.
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This story is assigned a title of "Pierre's" by the editor of the reprint volume.
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- Holland certainly has a beauty of it's own!
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- children
- Characters
- Richie Rich
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- While visiting Holland, Richie stops a leak in a dike with a wad of money.
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This story is assigned a title of "Perfect Cork" by the editor of the reprint volume.
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- children
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- Richie Rich; Richard Rich; scientist; foreign spies
- Synopsis
- Two spies follow Richie and watch him playing with a youth machine.
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Story continues in "It Can Be Dangerous!", immediately following in this reprint volume.
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- Richie Rich; Richard Rich; foreign spies
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- The spies steal the youth machine and abandon Richie in a swamp.
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Story continued from "Richie Rich and the Youth Maker", immediately preceding in this reprint volume.
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- I'd like to go in there a moment, Richie!
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- children
- Characters
- Gloria Glad; Richie Rich; Mr. Bloff; sales clerk; sign painter
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- When a lazy sales clerk won't bother to get Gloria a pack of bubble gum, Richie buys the store.
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This story is assigned a title of "Richie's 5 and 10" by the editor of the reprint volume.
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- adventure; children
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- Richie Rich; Cadbury; Blackie; Duds; gangster; Ben Craig; Ben Craig's father; museum curator; thief
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- Richie joins a treasure hunt for Richard the Lionhearted's crown.
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- adventure; children
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- Richie Rich; Cadbury; Ben Craig; Blackie; Duds; gangster; museum visitors
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- Richie discovers they already had the crown the entire time.
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- We're making a movie about a shipwreck on your father's lake—but we need an iceberg in this scene—
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- children
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- Richie Rich; movie director; cameraman
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- Richie provides a film crew with a prop for an iceberg.
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This story is assigned a title of "Uncut Diamond" by the editor of the reprint volume.
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- children
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- Richie Rich; Freckles Friendly; Pee Wee Friendly; Psychic Delia; bank robber; policeman; John Henry Breakwater; John's girlfriend
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- A psychic takes Richie on a trip through time to find her long lost love.
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- Keywords
- time travel
Continues in "The Rare Medium", immediately following in this reprint volume.
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- Richie Rich; Psychic Delia; Seminole Indians; Ponce de Leon; John Henry Breakwater; John's girlfriend; minister; Regina Rich; Richard Rich
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- Delia decides not to marry her true love when she discovers he lives on a Rutabaga farm.
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Continues from "Psychic Delia the Happy Medium", immediately preceding in this reprint volume.
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- children
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- Richie Rich; Scragg; unnamed crook; Rich estate security guards
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- Two crooks think they are fooling Richie into showing them where to find things they can steal.
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- Richie Rich; Regina Rich; Mrs. Wright; Mrs. Proper
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- Two members of the Correct Society, to which Mrs. Rich belongs, come for a meeting at the Rich estate. They are appalled at what they consider gaudy displays of wealth, until Richie makes a suggestion that changes their tune.
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- Richie Rich; Richard Rich; Reggie Van Dough; Brutus
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- Reggie uses an invisibility suit to play tricks on Richie, but somehow Richie keeps "accidentally" causing problems for him.
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- I'd like you to pick me up at Dad's office, Captain Worley!
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- children
- Characters
- Richie Rich; Captain Worley
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- Captain Worley does not know how he will figure out on top of which building that Richie will be waiting, but Richie figures out a way to signal him.
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This story is assigned a title of "Dollar Sign" by the editor of the reprint volume.
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- children
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- Richie Rich; Richard Rich; Mr. Cranium; Regina Rich; workmen; pedestrian; china salesman; Torshun; dog walker
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- Richie discovers that he cannot turn off an experimental pair of motorized skates that he is testing, which does not bode well for his mother's expensive new china tea set.
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- children
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- Richie Rich; astronauts; parade-goers; Richard Rich; paparazzi; robber; costume salesman; reporters; Martians
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- Richie grows tired of the publicity from being the first boy on Mars.
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- humor
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- Richie Rich; Cadbury; Mrs. Uperade; Alexander Posh; Mrs. Posh
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- Cadbury relates an embarrassing tale in which at a former employer he was forced to dress alternately as a butler and then as a maid.
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- children
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- Richie Rich; Cadbury; Regina Rich; Irona (first appearance); deer hunter
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- Richie is accompanied on a picnic by the Irona, the Rich's robot maid.
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Irona looks significantly different in this issue than she will in subsequent appearances. Her look undergoes major changes for her next appearance in Richie Rich #103, and then again in Richie Rich #104, where her design is fairly close to what readers will grow accustomed to going forward.
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- children
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- Richie Rich; Richard Rich; Freckles Friendly; PeeWee Friendly; Googie; unnamed executives; unnamed Rich company competitor
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- Richie and his friends accidentally make big business decisions on Rich Enterprise's new Televideo Ordermatic.
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