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Issue: Richie Rich Success Stories #3
Publication Date: May 1965
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Issues: #3 of 105 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagHarvey
Brand: Giant Size Harvey Comics [Jack-in-the-box]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Harvey Enterprises, Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/28/1965
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 21 (20 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Leon Harvey (credited); ? (actual)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Richie Rich
Character(s): Richie Rich; Gloria Glad; Dot Polka [Little Dot]; Lotta Plump [Little Lotta]; Cadbury
Synopsis: Richie casts a shadow that looks like a dollar sign.
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Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Richie Rich Success Stories
Character(s): Richie Rich; Gloria Glad; pedestrians
First Line: Phew!" "Tee hee!
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.
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Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Richie Rich
Character(s): Richie Rich; Gloria Glad; A. Chizzel
First Line: This gives me an idea!
Synopsis: Richie commissions a sculptor to carve Gloria's likeness on the side of a mountain.
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From Riches to Rags

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Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Richie Rich
Character(s): 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.
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The Luck of the Riches

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Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Richie Rich
Character(s): 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.
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Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Richie Rich
Character(s): Richie Rich; Gloria Glad
First Line: I love the sound of water dripping in a cave, Richie!
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.
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Richie Rich and Black Lightning

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Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Richie Rich
Character(s): 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.
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The Steeplechase

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Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Richie Rich
Character(s): 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.
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The Lawbreaker

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Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Little Lotta
Character(s): 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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Career Minded

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Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Little Lotta
Character(s): 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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Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Little Lotta
Character(s): Lotta Plump [Little Lotta]; Dot Polka [Little Dot]; Select Club members
First Line: What a rotten springboard!
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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Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Richie Rich
Character(s): Richie Rich; Reggie Van Dough; charity fundraiser
First Line: Will you boys donate money for an orphan's home!
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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Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Richie Rich
Character(s): Richie Rich; girl; mother; guard
First Line: Acme Piggy Bank Company
Synopsis: Richie needs a helicopter to put money into his huge piggy bank.
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Lucky Boy

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Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Richie Rich
Character(s): 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.
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Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Little Lotta
Character(s): Lotta Plump [Little Lotta]; Dot Polka [Little Dot]; children; father
First Line: Come on, everybody... we're gonna duck for apples!
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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Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Richie Rich
Character(s): Richie Rich; Freckles Friendly; Hinky McGuirk; Mr. Swank; Mrs. McGuirk
First Line: My name's Hinky McGuirk! My mama takes in wash!
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.
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Advice for Reggie

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Feature(s): Richie Rich
Character(s): Richie Rich; Reggie Van Dough; Gloria Glad; flower delivery man; pedestrian
Synopsis: 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.
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A Weighty Matter

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Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Little Lotta
Character(s): 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.
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Talent Search

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Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): 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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Who, the Witch

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Little girl; man
Synopsis: A man asks a little girl if she has seen a witch named Who
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Responsible Boy

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Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Richie Rich
Character(s): 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.
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