Richard "Richie" $ Rich Jr. (often stylized as Ri¢hie Ri¢h) is a

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in the

Harvey Comics Harvey Comics (also known as Harvey World Famous Comics, Harvey Publications, Harvey Comics Entertainment, Harvey Hits, Harvey Illustrated Humor, and Harvey Picture Magazines) was an American comic book publisher, founded in New York City by A ...

universe. He debuted in ''

Little Dot Little Dot is a comic book character published by Harvey Comics about a little girl who is obsessed with dots, spots, and round, colorful objects. She was created in 1949 by writer Alfred Harvey and artist Vic Herman. Publication history Dot fi ...

'' #1, cover-dated September 1953, and was created by

Alfred Harvey Alfred Harvey (born Alfred Harvey Wiernikoff; October 6, 1913 – July 4, 1994), was the founder of comic book publisher Harvey Comics and the creator of the comic book characters Little Dot, Richie Rich, and Adam Awards. He was born to Russian ...

and

Warren Kremer Warren Kremer (June 26, 1921 – July 24, 2003)Warren Kremer
at the

. Dubbed "the poor little rich boy", Richie is the only child of fantastically wealthy parents and is the world's richest kid. He is so rich, his middle name is a dollar sign, $. During Harvey Comics' heyday from 1950 to 1982, Richie was the publisher's most popular character, eventually starring in over 50 separate titles, including the long-running comics ''Richie Rich'', ''Richie Rich Millions'', ''Richie Rich Dollars and Cents'', and ''Richie Rich Success Stories''. In 2011, Ape Entertainment began publishing a new licensed Richie Rich comic book series, taking the character in a very different, action-oriented, direction."'Richie Rich' Comics Return"
ICv2 (Oct. 9, 2010).

Publication history

Although created in 1953, Richie didn't have his own title until 1960. Once he did, however, he quickly became Harvey's most popular character, eventually starring in over fifty separate titles. The flagship, ''Richie Rich'', ran 254 issues from 1960 to 1991 (with a hiatus from 1982 to 1986), followed by a second volume that ran an additional 28 issues from 1991 to 1994. Other long-running titles were ''Richie Rich Millions'' (113 issues from 1961 to 1982), ''Richie Rich Dollars and Cents'' (109 issues from 1963 to 1982), and ''Richie Rich Success Stories'' (105 issues from 1964 to 1982). In 1972, Harvey realized that Richie was its most lucrative character, and introduced five new Richie Rich titles: ''Richie Rich Bank Book'', ''Richie Rich Diamonds'', ''Richie Rich Jackpots'', ''Richie Rich Money World'' and ''Richie Rich Riches''. By the mid-1970s, says historian Mark Arnold, "Richie was starring in 32 different titles every 60 days... Certainly Richie was the most successful feature in American comic books in the 1970s." Harvey ceased publishing in 1982, but started up again in 1986 under new ownership; this hiatus resulted in the cancelation of many titles. Richie (along with many of the Harvey characters) has been published only sporadically since 1994. Writers for the Richie Rich comic books and syndicated comic strip included Sid Jacobson, Lennie Herman, Stan Kay, and Ralph Newman. Richie Rich's most famous illustrator is

Warren Kremer Warren Kremer (June 26, 1921 – July 24, 2003)Warren Kremer
at the

. Other illustrators included

Ernie Colón Ernesto Colón SierraColón in English translation of Via (July 13, 1931 – August 8, 2019) was a stateside Puerto Rican comics artist, known for his wide-ranging career illustrating children's, superhero, and horror comics, as well as main ...

Sid Couchey Sid Couchey (May 24, 1919 – March 11, 2012) was an American comic book artist best known for his work on the Harvey Comics characters Richie Rich, Little Lotta and Little Dot. His style is known for big, friendly faces and a sharp sense ...

, Dom Sileo, Ben Brown, Steve Muffatti, and Joe Dennett.

Character

Despite any negative stereotypes associated with his incredible wealth, Richie Rich is portrayed as unfailingly kind and charitable (in fact, his moniker is "the poor little rich boy"). He lives in an expensive mansion and owns at least two of everything money can buy. Richie appears to be around seven to ten years old and wears a waistcoat, a white shirt with an Eton collar (which is obscured by a giant red bow tie), and blue shorts. He was occasionally shown attending school in his hometown of Harveyville. Other times he is classmates with

and

Little Lotta Little Lotta is a fictional character published by Harvey Comics from 1953 to 1972, and then sporadically until 1993. A contemporary of Little Audrey, Little Dot and Wendy the Good Little Witch, she was one of Harvey's best-known female characters ...

in Bonnie Dell.

Ape Entertainment

For the Ape Entertainment comic book series debuting in 2011, the character was updated by emphasizing his altruistic side; "a mix of

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and

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with the world's biggest bank account, Richie is an altruistic adventurer who travels the world helping the less fortunate!" The new Richie was joined by updated versions of his robot maid Irona and his butler Cadbury.

Supporting characters

Rich family

* Mr. Richard Rich Sr. – Richie's father; an

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(first appearance ''Little Dot'' #3) * Mrs. Regina Rich (née Van Dough) – Richie's mother (first appearance ''Little Dot'' #1) * Aunt Noovo Rich (a pun on the French term ''

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'') – Richie's wealthy but very eccentric aunt who is crazy about posting signs. She has a tendency to show off her wealth. While few of Richie's aunts and uncles are clarified to be paternal or maternal, Aunt Noovo is known to be his paternal aunt making her Mr. Rich's sister. * Uncle Titus - Although just as wealthy as the rest of the family, Uncle Titus is fanatical about saving money. He typically wears the most threadbare of clothes and makes every conceivable effort to avoid spending money, to the extent that his house is equipped with an alarm that goes off if he carelessly leaves the house with "too much" money. Some in the family have nicknamed him "Tite-wad"(as in tightwad), a name he accepts with good humor. * Aunt Mintley – Oft-bewildered aristocrat. * Aunt Cleo – An animal lover. * Uncle Worry – Richie's uncle, former

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of a professional football team known for its long losing streak. * Uncle Stormy – Another of Richie's uncles whom Richie initially mistakes for an impostor named Blackie Bludsoe in one issue. * Uncle Spender – Another uncle of Richie who squanders his money yet often realizes a profit on his extravagance. * Aunt Gussie – A formerly overweight aunt who slimmed down and decided to keep her new figure. * Aunt Surprise – A jovial aunt who brings Richie elaborate toys for Christmas and is imprisoned along with Richie, his parents, Cadbury, and Casper inside a magic lamp by the Meanie Genie. * Ezekiel Rich – Richie's nineteenth century ancestor whom Richie and Gloria met when they went back in time. He was arrested by the British as an enemy of the crown, but Richie came up with a way to save him. * Gabby – A cousin who talks incessantly, and became a salesman, only to discover it was not the best line of work for him. * Dollar – Rich family "Dollarmatian" dog (like a Dalmatian, but with dollar signs instead of spots).

Van Dough family

* Reginald "Reggie" Van Dough Jr. – Richie's mean, spoiled, maternal cousin, known for playing constant pranks on everyone, most notably Richie and his family, which causes his father to punish him. He treats his servants shabbily, often by calling them "peasant," which in turn causes them to call him "monster," but they swiftly correct themselves and call him Master (first appearance ''Little Dot'' #2). * Reginald Van Dough Sr. – Mrs. Rich's brother and Reggie's father. He is often angered with Reggie's non-stop pranks and often punishes him for them (usually by spanking). * Vanessa Van Dough – Mrs. Rich's sister-in-law and Reggie's mother. She is not as quick to punish Reggie for his pranks, but she doesn't tolerate Reggie's unabashed cruelty either. * Penny Van Dough – Reggie's baby sister. She talks only in "baby talk." The curl on her head is shaped like a dollar sign.

Richie's friends

* Gloria Glad – Richie's red haired girlfriend, notorious for her regular refusal of the many luxurious gifts Richie offers, and for her disdain for the open display of money, diamonds and other forms of wealth in Richie's household, despite his efforts to conceal it from her. Regardless, she always wins his attention in comparison to Mayda Munny. (first appearance ''Little Dot'' #33) Gloria's last name, for the 1994 live-action movie, was changed to Pazinski. * Mayda Munny – Mayda Munny (whose name is a play on the phrase "made of money") is Richie's snobby ravenette wannabe-girlfriend, who never wins his attention. Like the Riches and Van Doughs, her family is fabulously wealthy. Immensely jealous of Gloria, and often angry when her plans to snare Richie's attention backfire on her. Like Reggie, Mayda is snobbish and addresses those beneath her as "peasant". * Freckles and Pee-Wee Friendly – Richie's poor but most-prized friends (first appearance ''Little Dot'' #2), whose blue-jeaned playtime attire sharply contrasts Richie's bow-tied formal suit. Despite his working-class background, Freckles doesn't object to Richie's wealth the way Gloria does, and at times even enjoys it. Pee-Wee plays along with all of Freckles' and Richie's activities without ever saying a word. * Billy Bellhops – A redheaded boy who worked as a

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at his father's hotel. Premiered in "Richie Rich and Billy Bellhops" in 1977, but was short-lived. Created by Alfred Harvey's son Russel. * Timmy Time – An extraterrestrial boy who time-travels to present-day Earth with his robot friend Traveler (landing on the Riches' private beach) from the year 2019 in search of tholarine, a substance he needs for spaceship fuel back in 2019. He appeared only in ''Richie Rich Meets Timmy Time'' #1 (September 1977). Timmy Time was created by

as Mark Time. Colón's frustration at Mark Time being renamed Timmy Time and presented as a Richie Rich spin-off, when the original agreement had been that the character would debut in his own series, led him to abandon the project. * Jackie Jokers – A stand-up comedian and a friend of Richie Rich. * Jerry Jokers – Father of Jackie Jokers who often performs in comedy acts with his son.

Rich family employees

* Cadbury C. Cadbury – The Riches'

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who attends to the Rich estate. British born, Cadbury gives the image of propriety and service. When need demands, however, he becomes a tough, gun-toting man of action. He is also a master

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and wood-carver. The 1994 live-action movie gave him a modified (longer, but actually more credible) name: Herbert Arthur Runcible Cadbury. * Irona – The Riches'

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maid A maid, or housemaid or maidservant, is a female domestic worker. In the Victorian era domestic service was the second largest category of employment in England and Wales, after agricultural work. In developed Western nations, full-time maids ...

and Richie's

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. * Bascomb – The Riches'

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. * Chef Pierre – The Riches'

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extraordinaire. * Mr. Cheepers – Mr. Rich's

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. * Mr. Woody – The incompetent Rich estate

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whose work falls apart with a light touch. * Nurse Jenny – The Rich family

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who was Richie's

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when he was a baby. *

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Keenbean – A

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who is the head of the Rich

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department and Richie's personal

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. * Professor Mindblow – A worker at the research and development department. * Professor Pianissimo – Richie's

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teacher for one lesson in one issue, who becomes the teacher of a promising self-taught child violinist named Louis whom Richie met in a

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shop. * Chadwick – The Riches' assistant butler. * Minnie Mintz – One of the Riches' cooks. * Captain Fuzzby – The

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of the Riches' estate police. * Marie – The Riches' French maid and Chef Pierre's girlfriend. * Mr. Green – The Riches'

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. * Captain Alar – The pilot of the Riches' supersonic jet.

Villains

* The Onion – A recurring villain with horrible onion-powered breath capable of knocking victims unconscious with a trademark "hashoo!" * Dr. Robert Blemish – A recurring villain. He is an evil

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and nemesis of Professor Keenbean. * Dr. N-R-Gee – A recurring villain with the distinguishing feature of a huge red light bulb for a head, caused when scientist Phil Lament (a pun referring to a light bulb's "filament") suffered an electrical accident in his lab. * The Condor – A billionaire mastermind with his own terrorist army and the Rich Family's worst enemy. His only desire is to take over Mr. Rich's empire.

In other media

Animated TV series

* Beginning in 1980, Richie Rich appeared in his own

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show, simply called '' Richie Rich'' where Richie Rich was voiced by

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. The show aired on ''

The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show ''The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show (And Scrappy Too!)'' is a 60-minute Saturday morning animated package show produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and broadcast on ABC from November 8, 1980, to November 7, 1981. The program contained segments of ...

'' from 1980 to 1982 and ''

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'' from 1982 to 1984. In the animated version, Richie and his pals are somewhat older, around 12 years old. In the cartoon, Richie wears a red sweater with the letter "R" in front. Gloria was voiced by

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with the voice talents of Dick Beals as Reggie Van Dough, William Callaway as Professor Keanbean,

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as Irona and Regina Rich, Christian Hoff as Freckles and Pee-Wee, Stanley Jones as Cadbury and Mr. Rich, and

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as Dollar. While Dr. Blemish (also voiced by Frank Welker) appeared in one episode, Richie also has a recurring enemy in the Collector (voiced by

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). * In 1996, the second ''Richie Rich'' animated series, also called '' Richie Rich'' aired in non-network

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, starring Katie Leigh as the voices of Richie Rich and Irona. The series ran for 13 episodes and portrayed Richie in his "classic"

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outfit. The show also features the voice talents of Jeannie Elias as Freckles, Gloria Glad, Reggie Van Dough, and Pee-Wee, René Auberjonois as Richard Rich, Chef Pierre, and Professor Keanbean,

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as Dollar, Martin Jarvis as Cadbury and Bascomb, and

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as Regina Rich. * Richie Rich made some appearances in the Fox cartoon ''

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'', in the episodes " Three Men and a Comic Book", "

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", "

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", and " Double, Double, Boy in Trouble". * Richie Rich was parodied in the

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cartoon ''

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'', voiced by

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. He was featured in a parody of the TV show ''

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'', where the character is portrayed as a

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and a

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and he shows his house in the same style as the MTV show. * In 2019, Richie Rich made his first appearance as a guest character on ''

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'', a

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animated series based on Harvey Comics characters, voiced by

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. He is a main character in season 3, which premiered later that year.

Live action TV series

debuted a 2015 half-hour comedy series titled '' Richie Rich'' with Jake Brennan starring as Richie Rich, along with Joshua Carlon, Jenna Ortega, Lauren Taylor, Kiff VandenHeuvel, and Brooke Wexler. However, the series is very different from the original and the rest of the original main characters were replaced, like Herbert Cadbury their butler and Professor Keenbean head of Rich's research and development, the only exception is Irona. Unlike the comic book version, Richie is not born wealthy and he was self-made trillionaire. Unlike the comics, in this series, Richie has a sister, instead of being an only child, and both of them are raised by a single parent, their father. The show was executive produced by Jeff Hodsden and Tim Pollack from ''

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'' and ''

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''. The show was produced by

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Live-action films

* '' Richie Rich'', a live action film adaptation, was released in 1994, with

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as the titular character,

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as Richard Rich,

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as Regina Rich, Jonathan Hyde as Cadbury, Michael McShane as Professor Keanbean,

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as the evil Laurence Van Dough, and

providing special vocal effects. It was produced by

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Davis Entertainment and released by Warner Bros. under its

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label. * A live-action

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, '' Richie Rich's Christmas Wish'', followed in 1998. This film starred David Gallagher as the titular character, replacing Macaulay Culkin, Martin Mull as Richard Rich, Lesley Ann Warren as Regina Rich,

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as Cadbury,

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as Irona, Michelle Trachtenberg as Gloria,

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as Professor Keanbean, and

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as Reggie Van Dough.

Titles published

''Published by

unless otherwise noted'' * ''Richie Rich'' ** vol. 1 (Nov. 1960 – Jan. 1991)—254 issues ** vol. 2 (Mar. 1991 – Nov. 1994)—28 issues * ''Richie Rich Adventure Digest'' * ''Richie Rich and...'' (Oct. 1987 – May 1990)—11 issues; each issue had a different guest star whose name became a part of the title for that issue only * ''Richie Rich and Billy Bellhops'' * ''Richie Rich and Cadbury'' (Oct. 1977 – Jan. 1991)—29 issues * ''Richie Rich and Casper'' (Aug. 1974 – Sept. 1982)—45 issues * ''Richie Rich and Casper in 3-D'' * ''Richie Rich and Dollar'' (Sept. 1977 – Aug. 1982)—24 issues * ''Richie Rich and Little Dot'' * ''Richie Rich and Gloria'' (Sept. 1977 – Sept. 1982)—25 issues * ''Richie Rich and His Girlfriends'' (Apr. 1979 – Dec. 1982)—16 issues * ''Richie Rich and Jackie Jokers'' (Nov. 1973 – Dec. 1982)—48 issues * ''Richie Rich and New Kids on the Block'' * ''Richie Rich and Professor Keenbean'' * ''Richie Rich and Reggie'' * ''Richie Rich and Timmy Time'' * ''Richie Rich Bank Book'' (Oct. 1972 – Sept. 1982)—59 issues * ''Richie Rich Best of the Years Digest'' * ''Richie Rich Big Book'' * ''Richie Rich Big Bucks'' * ''Richie Rich Billions'' (Oct. 1974 – Oct. 1982)—48 issues * ''Richie Rich Cash'' (Sept. 1974 – Aug. 1982)—47 issues * ''Richie Rich Cash Money'' * ''Richie Rich, Casper, and Wendy'' * ''Richie Rich Diamonds'' (Aug. 1972 – Aug. 1982)—59 issues * ''Richie Rich Digest'' (Oct. 1986 – Oct. 1994)—42 issues * ''Richie Rich Digest Stories'' (Oct. 1977 – Oct. 1982)—17 issues * ''Richie Rich Digest Winners'' (Dec. 1977 – Sept. 1982)—16 issues * ''Richie Rich Dollars and Cents'' (Aug. 1963 – Aug. 1982)—109 issues * ''Richie Rich Fortunes'' (Sept. 1971 – July 1982)—63 issues * ''Richie Rich Gems'' (Sept. 1974 – Sept. 1982)—43 issues * ''Richie Rich Giant Size'' * ''Richie Rich Gold and Silver'' (Sept. 1975 – Oct. 1982)—42 issues * ''Richie Rich Gold Nuggets Digest'' * ''Richie Rich Holiday Digest'' * ''Richie Rich Inventions'' (Oct. 1977 – Oct. 1982)—26 issues * ''Richie Rich Jackpots'' (Oct. 1972 – Aug. 1982)—58 issues * ''Richie Rich Million Dollar Digest'' * ''Richie Rich Millions'' (Sept. 1961 – Oct. 1982)—113 issues * ''Richie Rich Money World'' (Sept. 1972 – Sept. 1982)—59 issues * ''Richie Rich Money World Digest'' * ''Richie Rich Movie Adaptation'' * ''Richie Rich Profits'' (Oct. 1974 – Sept. 1982)—47 issues * ''Richie Rich Relics'' * ''Richie Rich Riches'' (July 1972 – Aug. 1982)—59 issues * ''Richie Rich Success Stories'' (Nov. 1964 – Sept. 1982)—105 issues * ''Richie Rich Summer Bonanza'' * ''Richie Rich Treasure Chest Digest'' * ''Richie Rich Vacation Digest'' * ''Richie Rich Vacation Digest Magazine'' * ''Richie Rich Vacation Digest '93 Magazine'' * ''Richie Rich Vaults of Mystery'' (Nov. 1974 – Sept. 1982)—47 issues * ''Richie Rich Zillionz'' (Oct. 1976 – Sept. 1982)—33 issues * ''SupeRichie''

References

External links

Richie Rich at Grand Comics Database
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