Richie Rich #218

(October 1982)

Isle Be Seeing You (Table of Contents: 1)

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

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Gulp! These skates are moving and I'm not even skating, Richie!

Genre

humor; children; crime

Characters

Richie Rich; Gloria Glad; crooks

Synopsis

Richie shows off some of his items that are self-powered for travel - including a boat that operates using legs to efficiently travel to an island. When crooks have arrived on the island to stash their loot, Richie and Gloria are tied to trees, and one of the trees walks so that Richie could free Gloria, escape and call the police. The island is apparently motorized and travels to town where the police arrest the bad guys. When the island is back to its proper place, Gloria observes a long pier, which is motorized and saves Gloria the walking.

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

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Where's the statue that was there, dad?

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Richie Rich; Richard Rich, Sr.; tour guide

Synopsis

A statue was taken away for repairs, and Mr. Rich stands on the platform to see if he could spot the repair truck. Meanwhile, a tour bus passes by the Rich estate, and a woman believes that Mr. Rich is a statue, and there is no reason to put up a statue of himself.

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

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Gee, folks! I'm sure glad we're going on a vacation!

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Richie Rich; Richard Rich, Sr.; Regina Rich

Synopsis

The Riches are on vacation. They would have done it some time ago, but Mrs. Rich was afraid to leave the house unattended for a month, since the servants were off too. Richie's bright idea was to take the mansion with them, via zeppelin.

Awful Route to Take (Table of Contents: 4)

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

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I'm going to take a different trail across the estate, Freckles! Would you like to come with me?

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Richie Rich; Freckles Friendly; Pee Wee Friendly

Synopsis

Richie and Freckles travel on a rugged trail, but excludes Pee Wee due to lack of room on Richie's scooter. Pee Wee follows the boys and dodge obstacles along the way. While the boys rest, a herd of bison, released by two crooks, were stampeding towards them. The crooks decide to rob the Rich mansion. Richie and Freckles go down a steep hill and a ski jump, and Pee Wee discovers a hot-air balloon which he uses to save the other boys from harm's way. The hot air burned the crooks, foiling the robbery plot.

Rich Office of Crime-Stopping (Table of Contents: 5)

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

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It says here that Rich has an office devoted to stopping crime of all kinds!

Genre

humor; children; crime

Characters

Richie Rich; Richard Rich, Sr.; crooks

Synopsis

Two crooks plot to detonate Mr. Rich's office devoted to ending crime, and Mr. Rich and Richie are watching every move they make via their computer. The crooks enter various businesses of Mr. Rich's. Little do the crooks know that the Rich Office of Crime-Stopping never existed in the first place, and was only a fake item to bring crooks out of hiding.

A Lot of Money (Table of Contents: 6)

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

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Freckles and Pee Wee Friendly were having unexpected company, and they therefore had to cancel their appointment with Richie Rich.

Genre

humor; children

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Richie Rich; Freckles Friendly; Pee Wee Friendly; Cousin Philip

Synopsis

Philip, a cousin of the Friendly kids, brags about the small amount of money he has on him, but Freckles insists that he wants to spend time with Richie Rich. When Freckles explains Richie's wealth to Philip - including Richie's massive weekly allowance - he is amazed.

Indexer Notes

There is a four-panel Richie Rich promotional strip, accompanied by a line of text advertising for the Richie Rich cartoon show airing on ABC at the time, on the bottom of the first page; and there is a Richie Rich readership poll on the bottom of the second page.

Cadbury Meets Servo (Table of Contents: 7)

Cadbury / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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humor; children

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Cadbury; Servo the Perfect Servant; Mr. Rich; Richie Rich

Synopsis

Mr. Rich introduces Cadbury to Servo, a robot butler. The robot goes haywire, and Cadbury gets annoyed. The robot is actually a toy revealed to contain a human being inside - Richie Rich, to be exact.

Reprints

• from Richie Rich Millions (Harvey, 1961 series) #58 (March 1973)