Richie Rich Success Stories #3

(May 1965)

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

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Phew!" "Tee hee!

Genre

children

Characters

Richie Rich; Gloria Glad; pedestrians

Synopsis

As Richie and Gloria are walking around town, they see people casting shadows that look like a rabbit and a pig. Then they think for a moment that Richie is casting a shadow that looks like a dollar sign.

Indexer Notes

Panel 6 is similar to the front cover of this issue.

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

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This gives me an idea!

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children

Characters

Richie Rich; Gloria Glad; A. Chizzel

Synopsis

Richie commissions a sculptor to carve Gloria's likeness on the side of a mountain.

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• in Richie Rich Millions (Harvey, 1961 series) #79 (September 1976)

From Riches to Rags (Table of Contents: 3)

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

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children

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Richie Rich; Cadbury; Richard Rich; Bascomb; Regina Rich; Gloria Glad; amusement park ticket salesman; park-goers; door prize announcer; shady dealer; detective; policemen

Synopsis

After dressing in rags for a "rags and tatters" party, Richie receives a bump on the head and forgets who he is.

Reprints

• in Richie Rich Millions (Harvey, 1961 series) #79 (September 1976)

Indexer Notes

Story continues in "The Luck of the Riches", immediately following in this issue.

The Luck of the Riches (Table of Contents: 4)

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

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Richie Rich; Texican Airways agents; passengers; Mr. Quickbuck; flight attendant; pilot; Mr. Miller; land developer; Mr. Skinner; con men; policeman; detective; district attorney; reward seekers; Richard Rich; Mr. Dobbs; Gloria Glad

Synopsis

Stricken with amnesia, Richie executes several business deals, parlaying money he has won in a door prize into a handsome sum. Meanwhile, Mr. Rich's efforts to find his lost son finally pay off and Richie regains his memory.

Reprints

• in Richie Rich Millions (Harvey, 1961 series) #79 (September 1976)

Indexer Notes

Story continues from "From Riches to Rags", immediately preceeding in this issue. Page numbering begins again at 1.

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

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I love the sound of water dripping in a cave, Richie!

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children

Characters

Richie Rich; Gloria Glad

Synopsis

When Gloria tells Richie that she wishes that she could hear the sound of water dripping in the cave near her house, Richie sets up a machine to drop dimes, creating a similar sound.

Richie Rich and Black Lightning (Table of Contents: 6)

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

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Richie Rich; Mr. Bilder; Dot Polka [Little Dot]; Freckles Friendly; Lotta Plump [Little Lotta]; unnamed boy; horse trainer; Black Lightning; Richard Rich; Cadbury; Jimmy Jones

Synopsis

Richie prepares his new horse, Black Lighting, for the Richboro Steeplechase.

Reprints

• in Richie Rich Millions (Harvey, 1961 series) #79 (September 1976)

Indexer Notes

Story continues in "The Steeplechase", immediately following in this issue.

The Steeplechase (Table of Contents: 7)

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

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Richie Rich; Cadbury; policemen; Black Lightning; police captain; horse trainer; Jimmy Jones; Richard Rich; Regina Rich; steeplechase spectators; steeplechase judges

Synopsis

Richie discovers that Black Lightning has been sneaking away at night to go to the farm of Jimmy Jones, who Richie asks to be Black Lightning's jockey.

Reprints

• in Richie Rich Millions (Harvey, 1961 series) #79 (September 1976)

Indexer Notes

Story continues from "Richie Rich and Black Lightining", immediately preceding in this issue. Page numbering begins again at 1.

The Lawbreaker (Table of Contents: 8)

Little Lotta / text story / 2 pages (report information)

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children

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Lotta Plump [Little Lotta]; Lottie Plump; Officer Yancey; motorist

Synopsis

Lotta gets stuck in a large pipe and rolls across town, creating chaos and confusion.

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• in Richie Rich Millions (Harvey, 1961 series) #79 (September 1976)

Career Minded (Table of Contents: 9)

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Lotta Plump [Little Lotta]; Gerald; Joe James; Jenny James; Harold; Alice

Synopsis

After seeing examples of married couples that work together professionally, Lotta insists that she and Gerald must pursue careers in which they can work together.

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What a rotten springboard!

Genre

children

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Lotta Plump [Little Lotta]; Dot Polka [Little Dot]; Select Club members

Synopsis

Lotta enhances the "spring" of a diving board and ends up hurtling acoss a lake and into the pool of private club two miles away.

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Will you boys donate money for an orphan's home!

Genre

children

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Richie Rich; Reggie Van Dough; charity fundraiser

Synopsis

Reggie donates five dollars to a orphanage and sneers at Richie, who only gives one cent but promises to double it every day for a month. He is floored though, when Richie's final donation is over three million dollars.

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

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Acme Piggy Bank Company

Genre

children

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Richie Rich; girl; mother; guard

Synopsis

Richie needs a helicopter to put money into his huge piggy bank.

Lucky Boy (Table of Contents: 13)

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

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Richie Rich; Richard Rich; boys; father; oil company representative; Mrs. Van Dee

Synopsis

While pretending to be poor and playing with some boys in a poor part of town, Richie throws a lucky horseshoe over his shoulder and discovers oil, gold and a missing jeweled necklace, making his new friends rich.

Reprints

• in Richie Rich & Gloria (Harvey, 1977 series) #1 (September 1977)

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Little Lotta / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Come on, everybody... we're gonna duck for apples!

Genre

children

Characters

Lotta Plump [Little Lotta]; Dot Polka [Little Dot]; children; father

Synopsis

When Lotta attends a party in which the children are "ducking for apples", Lotta eats all of the apples in one "duck".

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

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My name's Hinky McGuirk! My mama takes in wash!

Genre

children

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Richie Rich; Freckles Friendly; Hinky McGuirk; Mr. Swank; Mrs. McGuirk

Synopsis

When Richie and Freckles meet a boy whose mother makes money by doing people's laundry, Richie sympathizes and buys a large quantity of clothes, deliberately getting them dirty in order to generate business for Hinky's mother. However, she turns out to be the owner of a large laundry company.

Advice for Reggie (Table of Contents: 16)

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

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Richie Rich; Reggie Van Dough; Gloria Glad; flower delivery man; pedestrian

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Reggie decides he wants to woo Gloria, and asks Richie's advice on how to win over a girl, not telling Richie in whom he is interested. Richie suggests buying gifts of candy and flowers, but Reggie's attempts to impress Gloria with extravagant gifts only angers her.

A Weighty Matter (Table of Contents: 17)

Little Lotta / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Lotta Plump [Little Lotta]; Mr. Plump; Dr. Spire; chef; cafeteria patron; movie ticket saleslady; ticket taker; concession salesman; movie audience; actor; usher; amusement park patrons;

Synopsis

Lotta's father and his doctor conspire to make Lotta think she has gained thirty pounds, prompting her to go on a crash diet and avoid food.

Talent Search (Table of Contents: 18)

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anthropomorphic-funny animals

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Charlie Chipmunk; Seymour Squirrel; Robbie Rabbit

Synopsis

Charlie and Seymour each have talents, but Robbie laments that there is none at which he is the best.

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• from Casper's Ghostland (Harvey, 1959 series) #13 (April 1962)
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• from Casper the Friendly Ghost (Harvey, 1952 series) #60 (September 1957)

Who, the Witch (Table of Contents: 19)

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humor

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Little girl; man

Synopsis

A man asks a little girl if she has seen a witch named Who

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• from Casper the Friendly Ghost (Harvey, 1952 series) #20 (May 1954)

Indexer Notes

This story borrows heavily from the concept of Abbott and Costello's "Who's on First".

Responsible Boy (Table of Contents: 20)

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

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Richie Rich; Richard Rich; Regina Rich; chauffeur; Butch; thief

Synopsis

With all of the staff off-duty and his parents away on a trip, Richie is alone in the big Rich mansion. A thief posing as a new butler comes by, hoping to steal whatever he can when Richie is not looking. Richie, hoping to prove how responsible he is, determines to really test this new butler, and works him so hard that the thief leaves without stealing anything.