(June 1982)
Harvey,
1977 Series
- Price
- 0.95 USD
- Pages
- 100
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1982-03
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Harvey Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Harvey World
- Barcode
- 0716585212215
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
On sale date taken from an in-house promo for this issue on the back cover of "Richie Rich Treasure Chest Digest #2".
[no title indexed]
table of contents / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Teasers and illustrations for the featured stories "Allowance", "They Say it's Haunted!", "My Merry Goldsmobile", "The Big Money Gun" and "Wealth Woes".
Also, this is the first issue since Richie Rich Holiday Digest #3 (February 1982) with descriptions of the featured stories below the story title.
[no title indexed]
Richie Rich / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Richie Rich; Gloria
- Synopsis
- A rainstorm develops as Richie and Gloria are enjoying a ride in Richie's hovercrafts, but Gloria had just done her hair. So Richie has Gloria enter his hovercraft and uses a remote control to flip Gloria's hovercraft upside down over them in order to keep Gloria's hair dry.
Allowance
Richie Rich and Dollar the Dog / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Richie Rich; Dollar; Richard Rich, Sr.
- Synopsis
- Richie receives his allowance from his father, reminds him to "save some for a rainy day". Richie gives a portion of it to Dollar, and Richie teaches Dollar that allowances is very useful - especially when it comes to buying something you want, and giving to the needy. But when a rain storm develops, Richie did literally save for a rainy day - he purchased umbrellas for Dollar and he.
- Reprints
-
from Richie Rich & Dollar the Dog (Harvey, 1977 series) #3 (June 1978)
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[no title indexed]
Richie Rich / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Richie told me to meet him near his red piggy bank at 4 o'clock!
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Richie Rich; Gloria Glad
- Reprints
- from Richie Rich Bank Book (Harvey, 1972 series) #31 (September 1977)
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[no title indexed]
Richie Rich / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Look, Richie-- hay! Let's jump and play in the hay!
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Richie Rich; Gloria Glad; Cadbury
- Synopsis
- While Richie and Gloria slide down a haystack, Cadbury decides to tumble down instead.
They Say it's Haunted! Part I
Richie Rich / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- children; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Richie Rich; Regina Rich; Richard Rich, Sr.
- Reprints
- from Richie Rich Profits (Harvey, 1974 series) #8 (December 1975)
-
Indexer Notes
Part 1 of 2. Continues into "A Sticky Wicket" in the same issue.
They Say it's Haunted! Part II: A Sticky Wicket
Richie Rich / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- children; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Richie Rich; Richard Rich, Sr.; Regina Rich; Mr. Wickett; Cadbury
- Reprints
- from Richie Rich Profits (Harvey, 1974 series) #8 (December 1975)
-
Indexer Notes
Conclusion of a two-part story.
Money Can Scare You!
Richie Rich / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Richie Rich; Regina Rich
- Synopsis
- As Richie piles his allowance money, he gets knocked out by a bag of coins and he ends up having a dream where a man transports he and Richie to Moneyland, which ends up becoming a bad dream.
- Reprints
- from Richie Rich Profits (Harvey, 1974 series) #8 (December 1975)
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[no title indexed]
Little Lotta / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I love the way cowboys jump on their horses!
- Genre
- humor; children; western-frontier
- Characters
- Lotta Plump
- Synopsis
- In a wild west town, Lotta mounts a horse, but she is so heavy the horse sinks into the ground.
Getting Him Interested
Richie Rich / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Richie Rich; Mayda Munny; Gloria Glad (in thought)
- Synopsis
- Mayda tries to get Richie interested in her belongings to distract his attention away from Gloria. No matter how much she tries, she fails every time.
- Reprints
- from Richie Rich Profits (Harvey, 1974 series) #8 (December 1975)
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Wealth Woes
Richie Rich / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Richie Rich; Richard Rich, Sr.; Regina Rich
- Synopsis
- Mr. Rich has learned that wealth can cause disaster. Whether it be a pipeline leaking banknotes, a snow-covered gold nugget causing a plane crash, a snowmobile skidding on the surface of a diamond, a ship crashing into a giant snow-covered pearl, or Mr. Rich even forgetting to leave his household allowance money so that Mrs. Rich could pay the paper carrier.
- Reprints
- from Richie Rich Zillionz (Harvey, 1976 series) #9 (April 1978)
-
Test Pie-Lot
Richie Rich / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Richie Rich; Reggie Van Dough; Cadbury; Richard Rich, Sr. (mentioned)
- Synopsis
- Reggie tests out flying devices that throw pies and hit their targets. But thanks to Mr. Rich's movie cannon, Reggie ends up getting his just desserts in the end.
- Reprints
- from Richie Rich Zillionz (Harvey, 1976 series) #9 (April 1978)
-
Music Dog
Richie Rich and Dollar the Dog / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; children
- Characters
- Richie Rich; Dollar; Cadbury; Richard Rich, Sr.
- Synopsis
- After observing Richie's piano lesson, Dollar dreams he can play a piano better, and even gets booked for a world tour where he shows off, appearing on television to perform a tune playing four pianos at once, using all of his paws, and ends up getting rave reviews, appearing on magazine and newspaper covers (including Life Magazine). Unfortunately, Dollar ends up developing "pawitis" and was saddened. After he wakes up, he realizes he had a daymare, and struggles at playing the piano for hours as if he was trying to remember something.
- Reprints
- from Richie Rich & Dollar the Dog (Harvey, 1977 series) #3 (June 1978)
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Calamity Gloria
Richie Rich and Gloria / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; children; western-frontier
- Characters
- Richie Rich; Gloria Glad
- Synopsis
- Richie shows Gloria a western movie he made for her. However, she does not like how the character acts in the film.
- Reprints
I am Engine
Richie Rich / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Richie Rich; Professor Keenbean; Irona
- Synopsis
- Keenbean develops yet another robot, but this one is unsatisfied with its purpose in "life".
- Reprints
- from Richie Rich Inventions (Harvey, 1977 series) #3 (August 1978)
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The Money Bullet
Richie Rich / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Richie Rich; Regina Rich; Gloria Glad; prospective crooks; Reggie Van Dough
- Synopsis
- Richie uses a computer that produces bad weather for the purpose of deterring crooks. But a third suspicious guy sneaks through a tunnel to access money, but an artificial gust of wind pushes the suspect back to his original location where a giant bullet-shaped object deflects the suspect and onto the floor - the suspect is actually Reggie.
- Reprints
- from Richie Rich Zillionz (Harvey, 1976 series) #15 (April 1979)
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My Merry Goldsmobile
Richie Rich / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; car; children
- Characters
- Richie Rich; Regina Rich; Bascomb
- Synopsis
- Richie wins a solid gold car on a raffle, and is very concerned about showing off. He tries every attempt to hide the car, but get discovered on every attempt - but Richie ultimately decides to paint the car black like Bascomb's limousine.
- Reprints
- from Richie Rich Zillionz (Harvey, 1976 series) #15 (April 1979)
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Butlers Need All the Skills They Can Learn
Richie Rich and Cadbury / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Richie Rich; Cadbury; Regina Rich; crook; Richard Rich, Sr.
- Synopsis
- Cadbury apparently has unusual powers and puts them to the test.
- Reprints
- from Richie Rich Zillionz (Harvey, 1976 series) #15 (April 1979)
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Fit for a King
Richie Rich and Dollar the Dog / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; children
- Characters
- Richie Rich; Dollar; Chef Pierre; Bascomb; Richard Rich, Sr.; Cadbury
- Synopsis
- Chef Pierre travels to a foreign country to prepare a formal dinner for a royal monarch, but Dollar stows away and causes chaos as usual. The royal monarch receives a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, implying that Dollar ate the food Pierre prepared, and switched it with the sandwich. Pierre was displeased, despite that the monarch actually enjoyed the sandwich.
- Reprints
- from Richie Rich & Dollar the Dog (Harvey, 1977 series) #3 (June 1978)
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[no title indexed]
Little Dot / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What a morning! My kitchen was invaded by an army of ants!
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Dot Polka
- Synopsis
- Dot overhears a conversation about a lady's kitchen having a surge of ants, and describes them as little dots. When Dot stares and admires the big dot on one of the ladies' heads (her tam), she freaks out as if a big ant was on her head.
- Keywords
- ants
Baoom
Richie Rich / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Richie Rich; Reggie Van Dough; film producer; cameraman
- Synopsis
- Reggie makes use of a device that sets off fake explosion sounds.
- Reprints
- from Richie Rich Bank Book (Harvey, 1972 series) #31 (September 1977)
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Indexer Notes
A rare four-page story.
[no title indexed]
Richie Rich / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Are you enjoying your grand tour of the wild west, master Richie?
- Genre
- humor; children; western-frontier
- Characters
- Richie Rich; Bascomb; Native American (whom Richie refers to as "Chief")
- Synopsis
- While out west, Richie and a native American perform a rain dance - which helps produce raining coins!
- Reprints
- from Richie Rich Bank Book (Harvey, 1972 series) #31 (September 1977)
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Richie Rich meets the Jinx!
Richie Rich / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Richie Rich; Jinx
- Synopsis
- A bully tries to cause misfortune for Richie, only to end up with positive results each time.
- Reprints
- from Richie Rich Bank Book (Harvey, 1972 series) #31 (September 1977)
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Indexer Notes
A second story in this issue with only four pages, a rarity for Harvey Comics.
Penny the Kid
Richie Rich and Dollar the Dog / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; children; western-frontier
- Characters
- Richie Rich; Dollar; Penny Van Dough; Vanessa Van Dough
- Synopsis
- Inspired by a western movie, Penny rides on Dollar's back like she was a cowboy riding a horse, impresses two girls, and even defeats a bully's tactics. When she returns to her crib, she is seen sleeping, wearing a cowboy hat and a sheriff's badge.
- Reprints
- from Richie Rich & Dollar the Dog (Harvey, 1977 series) #3 (June 1978)
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The Big Money Gun
Richie Rich / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Richie Rich; Richard Rich, Sr.
- Synopsis
- Richie's new invention is designed to send money to a bank via a huge cannon shell.
- Reprints
- from Richie Rich Zillionz (Harvey, 1976 series) #9 (April 1978)
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["Saturday... Sunday... M-Money-day?"]
Richie Rich Digest Winners -
1.
[no title indexed]
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2.
[no title indexed]
Richie Rich -
3.
Allowance
Richie Rich and Dollar the Dog -
4.
["Richie told me to meet him near his red piggy bank at 4 o'clock!"]
Richie Rich -
5.
["Look, Richie-- hay! Let's jump and play in the hay!"]
Richie Rich -
6.
They Say it's Haunted! Part I
Richie Rich -
7.
They Say it's Haunted! Part II: A Sticky Wicket
Richie Rich -
8.
Money Can Scare You!
Richie Rich -
9.
["I love the way cowboys jump on their horses!"]
Little Lotta -
10.
Getting Him Interested
Richie Rich -
11.
Wealth Woes
Richie Rich -
12.
Test Pie-Lot
Richie Rich -
13.
Music Dog
Richie Rich and Dollar the Dog -
14.
Calamity Gloria
Richie Rich and Gloria -
15.
I am Engine
Richie Rich -
16.
The Money Bullet
Richie Rich -
17.
My Merry Goldsmobile
Richie Rich -
18.
Butlers Need All the Skills They Can Learn
Richie Rich and Cadbury -
19.
Fit for a King
Richie Rich and Dollar the Dog -
20.
["What a morning! My kitchen was invaded by an army of ants!"]
Little Dot -
21.
Baoom
Richie Rich -
22.
["Are you enjoying your grand tour of the wild west, master Richie?"]
Richie Rich -
23.
Richie Rich meets the Jinx!
Richie Rich -
24.
Penny the Kid
Richie Rich and Dollar the Dog -
25.
The Big Money Gun
Richie Rich
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- Jonathan Seaward
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