Richie Rich
#17
(May 1963)
Harvey,
1960 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1963-02-15
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Harvey Enterprises Inc.
- Brand
-
Harvey Comics [Jack-in-the-box]
- Editing
- Sid Jacobson (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from 1963 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
[no title indexed]
Harvey Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Includes most of the Harvey characters.
[no title indexed]
Richie Rich / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I love hiking through the wilds...
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Richie Rich; Cadbury
- Synopsis
- Richie gets lost on the estate and spends the night in a money bin.
- Reprints
On Mars!
Richie Rich / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Richie Rich; Cadbury
- Synopsis
- Richie dreams that he and Cadbury go to Mars and find it inhabited entirely by butlers.
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
Richie Rich / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm sorry Gloria...
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Richie Rich; Gloria
- Synopsis
- Gloria thinks Richie has a date with another girl.
- Reprints
-
in Richie Rich Bank Book (Harvey, 1972 series) #12 (August 1974)
-
Just Name It
Richie Rich / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- 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
- Synopsis
- 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.
- Reprints
- in Richie Rich Bank Book (Harvey, 1972 series) #12 (August 1974)
- in Richie Rich Fortunes (Harvey, 1971 series) #43
- in Harvey Comics Classics (Dark Horse, 2007 series) #2 (October 2007)
-
[no title indexed]
100 Toy Soldiers / advertisement / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
Ad for toy soldiers from Long Island N.Y.
No company name.
Casper the Friendly Ghost and Company
Casper / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.25 page
- Characters
- Casper; Baby Huey; Spooky; Little Audrey; Herman; Katnip
Indexer Notes
In-house promo for Harvey comics.
Stumbo the Giant
Stumbo the Giant / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.25 page
- Characters
- Stumbo the Giant
Indexer Notes
In-house promo for Harvey comics.
[no title indexed]
Harvey Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Includes most of the Harvey characters.
[Hot Stuff]
Hot Stuff / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- Characters
- Hot Stuff; Stumbo
Indexer Notes
In-house promo for Hot Stuff comics.
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- Characters
- Sad Sack; Sarge; General Rockjaw; Sadie Sack
Indexer Notes
In-house promo for Sad Sack comics.
Little Dot and her Aunt Aggie
Little Dot / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- children; humor
- Characters
- Little Dot; Mrs. Polka; Aunt Aggie; Uncle Branes; Aunt Shape
- Synopsis
- Aunt Aggie impresses Dot by pretending she has super senses.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Uncle Branes and Aunt Shape appear in thought balloons only.
The Hero
text story / 0.8 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This was Tommy's big day.
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Tommy; Glenda; Wildcats baseball team; Rangers baseball team
- Synopsis
- Tommy strikes out in the most important baseball game of the season.
- Reprints
- from Hot Stuff, the Little Devil (Harvey, 1957 series) #35 (May 1961) which is reprinted
- from The Friendly Ghost, Casper (Harvey, 1958 series) #16 (December 1959) which is reprinted
- from Sad Sack Comics (Harvey, 1949 series) #38 (September 1954)
-
Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation
statement of ownership / 0.2 page
Indexer Notes
Total circulation for 10/1/61-10/1/62: 240,204
The Friendly Cat
text story / 0.8 page
- Genre
- children
- Synopsis
- Inky the Cat doesn't realize he's supposed to be afraid of dogs.
- Reprints
- from Harvey Hits (Harvey, 1957 series) #49 (October 1961) which is reprinted
- from Chic Young's Dagwood Comics (Harvey, 1950 series) #40 (March 1954)
-
Richie Rich
Richie Rich / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.2 page
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Richie Rich; Freckles
Indexer Notes
In-house promo for Richie Rich comics.
Call Me Speedy
Little Lotta / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Little Lotta; Gramps
- Synopsis
- Lotta carries Gramps' race car over the finish line.
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
Ad for Grit newspaper from Grit Publishing Co. Williamsport,Pa.
[no title indexed]
Garcelon Stamps / advertisement / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
Ad for a stamp approval service from Garcelon Stamp Co. of Cailas, Maine.
[no title indexed]
147 Famous Automobiles / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Ad for 147 toy cars for $2.49 from Carle Place, Long Island, N.Y.
[no title indexed]
Honor House Products / advertisement / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
Ad for miscellaneous bicycle accessories from Honor House Prod. Corp. of Carle Place, Long Island, N.Y.
Inside back cover.
[no title indexed]
Honor House Products / advertisement / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
Ad for wrist radio from Honor House Prod. Corp. of Lynbrook, N.Y.
Inside back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Richie Rich -
1.
[no title indexed]
Harvey Comics -
2.
["I love hiking through the wilds..."]
Richie Rich -
3.
[no title indexed]
Goodyear Bicycle Tires -
4.
On Mars!
Richie Rich -
5.
["I'm sorry Gloria..."]
Richie Rich -
6.
Just Name It
Richie Rich -
7.
[no title indexed]
100 Toy Soldiers -
8.
Casper the Friendly Ghost and Company
Casper -
9.
Stumbo the Giant
Stumbo the Giant -
10.
[no title indexed]
Harvey Comics -
11.
[no title indexed]
Casper and Company T.V. Show -
12.
[Hot Stuff]
Hot Stuff -
13.
[no title indexed]
-
14.
Little Dot and her Aunt Aggie
Little Dot -
15.
The Hero
-
16.
Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation
-
17.
The Friendly Cat
-
18.
Richie Rich
Richie Rich -
19.
Call Me Speedy
Little Lotta -
20.
[no title indexed]
Grit Newspaper -
21.
[no title indexed]
Garcelon Stamps -
22.
[no title indexed]
147 Famous Automobiles -
23.
[no title indexed]
Honor House Products -
24.
[no title indexed]
Honor House Products -
25.
[no title indexed]
American Seeds
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- Opsy
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- Peter Croome
- Gregory Fischer
- Merlin Haas
- Bob Hughes
- Donald Dale Milne
- Craig Richardson
- Tony R. Rose
- Mark Rudnitski (R.I.P.)
- Jim Van Dore
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