Richie Rich Vaults of Mystery #47

(September 1982)

Our Millions are Missing (Table of Contents: 1)

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

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Let's jog on the rim of dad's money dam, Cadbury!

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Richie Rich the Poor Little Rich Boy [dollar sign, diamond and cent sign dot the I's]

Genre

adventure; children; detective-mystery

Characters

Richie Rich; Richard Rich, Sr. (mentioned); Cadbury

Synopsis

Richie and Cadbury investigate a mysterious case of money being sucked down a money dam.

Keywords

dam

Indexer Notes

Part 1 of 2. Story continues into "A Big Charge Account".

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

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Oh! Diamond mines are so fascinating!

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Richie Rich the Poor Little Rich Boy [diamonds dot the I's]

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Lady Parthington; miners, owner of diamond mines; Regina Rich (displayed on one of the two bins)

Synopsis

A lady finds diamond mines fascinating, and she appreciates the miners' plucking the diamonds from the ground and tossing them into a bin. But she is quite shocked when the mine owner's entire supply of diamonds belongs to just two customers: Mrs. Rich, and the remainder of the world.

Reprints

• from Richie Rich Digest Winners (Harvey, 1977 series) #14 (April 1982)

Indexer Notes

Despite being billed as a featured character, Richie does not appear in this story.

This story was a reprint of a story recently reprinted just five months before.

This story was previously adapted into a Hanna-Barbera produced skit which aired on ABC in 1981, but with some alterations.

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

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Freckles just phoned to ask if he could bring some hot dogs over!

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Richie Rich the Poor Little Rich Boy [dollar sign, diamond and cent sign dot the I's]

Genre

humor; animal; children

Characters

Richie Rich; Regina Rich; Freckles Friendly

Synopsis

On a summer day, Freckles offers to bring over some hot dogs to Richie. Upon arrival, Richie learns that the hot dogs Freckles contributed were not the ones people eat, but instead they were a group of dogs from the animal shelter who are eager to swim.

A Big Charge Account (Table of Contents: 4)

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

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We're sinking rapidly, mawster Richie!

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Richie Rich the Poor Little Rich Boy [dollar sign, diamond and cent sign dot the I's]

Genre

adventure; children; crime; detective-mystery

Characters

Richie Rich; Cadbury; Dr. Blemish; Blemish's sidekick; police officers

Synopsis

It is discovered that the sinking money is the work of Dr. Blemish who used a machine that brings billions of dollars to he and his sidekick. But Richie finds a way to reverse the effects so that Blemish and his sidekick get sucked into police custody.

Indexer Notes

Conclusion of a two-part story, which continues from "Our Millions are Missing".

Richly Defended, Part 1 (Table of Contents: 5)

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

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Wow! You sure have a lot of money out in the open, dad! Doesn't it make you nervous?

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Richie Rich the Poor Little Rich Boy [diamonds dot the I's]

Genre

children; crime

Characters

Richie Rich; Richard Rich, Sr.; Irona (in film); Cadbury (in film); Nurse Jenny (in film); Dollar

Synopsis

Mr. Rich boasts that the mansion is perfectly defended against crooks - or is it?

Reprints

• from Richie Rich (Harvey, 1960 series) #158 (September 1977)

Indexer Notes

Part 1 of a two-part story.

The Bounced Check (Table of Contents: 6)

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

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The turmoil at the Millionaires Trust Bank was incredible.

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Richie Rich

Synopsis

The bank manager accused Richie for an overdrawn check, but Richie clarified it was human error on his part and when he realized his mistake he quickly wrote a new check with the right amount, and Richie was pardoned as a result.

Reprints

• from Richie Rich Vaults of Mystery (Harvey, 1975 series) #31 (November 1979)

Indexer Notes

There is a Richie Rich promotional strip on the bottom of the first page accompanied by a line of text promoting the Richie Rich Saturday morning cartoon show on ABC at the time, and there is a Richie Rich readership poll on the bottom of the second page.

Richly Defended - Part 2: Richie Rich and Ultimo! (Table of Contents: 7)

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

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Barricade the door, Cadbury! Here comes a robber!

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Richie Rich the Poor Little Rich Boy [diamonds dot the I's]

Genre

children; crime

Characters

Richie Rich; Richard Rich, Sr.; Ultimo (robot); crooks; Cadbury; Nurse Jenny; police officers

Synopsis

The mansion is robbed by a seemingly unstoppable and super-powerful robot. However, Richie relies on humor to distract and eventually stop the robot, and two male crooks responsible for the robot and robbery were arrested.

Reprints

• from Richie Rich (Harvey, 1960 series) #158 (September 1977)

Indexer Notes

Conclusion of a two-part story.