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Issue: Richie Rich Best of the Years #1
Publication Date: October 1977
 
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Publisher: FlagHarvey
Brand: Harvey WorldView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Harvey Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
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Pages: 132
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UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.75 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 50 (40 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: PDC51694-9. Copyrights are 1969, 1972, 1973, so stories may be reprints from those years.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Four Color
Dimensions: digest size
Paper Stock: glossy card stock cover; newsprint interior
Binding: squarebound
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Richie Rich
Richie Rich
My gold-tar plays such rich notes!
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Casper The Friendly Cub Scout Invites You To Be A Cub Scout

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Boy Scouts of America; Casper The Friendly Ghost
Casper
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Inside front cover.
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Richie Rich Be$t Of The Year$

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
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Richie Rich
Richie Rich; Dr. Creemy; Jack Potts; Peewee
Table of contents for the issue.
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Richie Rich
Richie Rich; Mr. Gloot
Hi, Mr. Gloot— how's business?
Mr. Gloot's Fort Knox tour business is suffering because no one is interested in billions, so Richie lets him give tours of his dad's trillions.
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Richie Rich and the Endless Ice Cream

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Richie Rich
Richie Rich; Richard Rich; Dr. Creemy; Dot Polka (cameo); Freckles (cameo); Nurse Jenny; Cadbury
Due to an accident with Richie at the ice cream factory, Dr. Creemy invents endless ice cream. Mr. Rich decides to give it away, but kids soon begin developing tummy aches from eating too much, so Mr. Rich orders it all destroyed.
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Richie Rich
Richie Rich; Gloria
Hi, Gloria!" "Hi, Richie! What kind of surprise did you want to show me?
Richie shows off a new ride at his Harveyville Amusement Park.
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Richie Rich; Freckles
Thanks for coming with me to—gulp—where I have to go, Richie!
Richie accompanies Freckles on his dentist appointment and explains the meaning of tips.
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Cousin Jack Potts Returns!

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Richie Rich
Richie Rich; Richard Rich; Jack Potts; Mr. Snerd; crook
Jack fails at several jobs in Rich-owned businesses but foils a bank robber to collect a reward.
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Richie Rich
Richie Rich; Gloria
I wish I could bring Gloria something other than flowers sometimes!
Richie laments that he always ends up buying flowers for Gloria, until he finds that things could be worse if she were allergic to them.
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Have Yourself A Richie Rich Holiday...All Summer Long

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Richie Rich; Gloria; Reggie
House ad for 21 different Richie Rich titled comics.
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Make Me Laugh!

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Richie Rich
Richie Rich; Cadbury; Uncle Herbert
Richie's uncle never laughs despite all sorts of inducements at his home, but finally does when Cadbury slips on a banana peel.
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The Horse's Aide

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Nurse Jenny
Nurse Jenny; Richie Rich; Richard Rich; Mr. Fetlock; Mr. Carruthers; Asparagus
Asparagus, a racehorse of Mrs. Rich's, becomes so scared of Nurse Jenny that he wins a race trying to get away.
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Richie's Stamp Collection

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Richie Rich; Richard Rich; Freckles; King of Swobodia; members of International Stamp Collectors Association
Richie tires of his postage stamp collection because he has them all, but Freckles shows him how to collect handstamps.
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New! Get It Now!

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House ad for Richie Rich Digest Stories Magazine.
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Operation Ice-Bucket

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Richie Rich; Freckles; Peewee; Reggie; Cadbury; Charlie; Lester; Chef Pierre; Nurse Jenny; Richard Rich
Richie and his friends conduct a secret mission to bring home a surprise for Reggie's birthday, even though Reggie is a stowaway on the trip.
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A Guarded Moment

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Irona
Irona; Richard Rich; Regina Rich (cameo); Cadbury
Irona strictly interprets her instructions not to let anyone in or out of the house, which interferes with Cadbury's attempts to take a walk.
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Richie Rich
Regina Rich; a telephone installer
At last! I'm finished!
It has taken so long for telephones to be installed in every room of the Rich mansion that a new model has come out since the task was begun...so the installer must start over.
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Gramps Is A Champ!

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Little Lotta
Little Lotta; Lotta's grandfather
Lotta's grandfather loses his glasses and they take a trip to his optometrist. But because he can't see, he mistakenly leads them to Mexico, where Lotta wins a bullfight.
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Richie Rich
Richie Rich; Freckles; Richard Rich
Richie, what happened? We were just on your father's yacht!
The boys are washed off Richie's yacht by a wave and saved by a palm tree that signals the search party.
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Richie Rich and the Healing Gem

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Richie Rich; Nurse Jenny; a crook; Uncle Fortune (on phone)
Richie's uncle sends a gem that Nurse Jenny believes solves every problem that occurs.
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Richie Rich and the Punk Robot

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Richie Rich
Richie Rich; Richard Rich; Richie robot; Gloria Glad; town bully
Richie's new guard robot suffers a thinking failure after hitting a tree, so Richie has to rescue it instead.
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Little Dot
Dot Polka [Little Dot]; Uncle Rush; swimmers
It sure is nice of you to take me to the pool, Uncle Rush!
Dot's uncle rushes around so fast he changes his mind in midair while making a dive into a pool.
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Little Dot Meets Uncle Ecol

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Dot Polka; Uncle Ecol; aliens
Dot's uncle tries to study some aliens who have landed but instead has to scare them off earth after learning they plan to conquer the planet.
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Little Lotta
Lotta Plump [Little Lotta]; moving men
How can we tie up this crate without any wire?!
Lotta ties up a crate using a length of pipe as a ribbon.
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The School Transfer, Part 1

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Richie Rich
Richie Rich; Freckles Friendly; teacher; students; Regina Rich; Mrs. Vandersnoot; Snerdly Vandersnoot; Cadbury (cameo); Bascomb; Snobside School registrar; Gordon
Richie's mother enrolls him in a private school, where Richie learns they teach nothing but snobbery.
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School Transfer, Part 2: The Snobside School

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Richie Rich
Richie Rich; students; teachers; Heathcliff; Gordon; Charles; Louis; Freckles Friendly
Richie learns that his new private school teaches nothing but snobbery, so he is allowed to go back to public school.
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Richie Rich
Richie Rich; Freckles; Peewee (cameo)
Hi, Richie! What are you making?
Richie builds a snow Statue of Liberty.
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The Raffle!

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Richie Rich
Richie Rich; Freckles; Regina Rich; Richard Rich; Little Audrey (on tv); Casper (on tv)
Freckles and Richie buy raffle tickets for a tv and of course Richie wins. But he (and both of his parents) have the idea to swap tickets between the boys, so Freckles ends up with 3 tvs.
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Richie Rich
Richie Rich; Regina Rich; Irona; Bucksworth
Nice snow up here, Mom!
Irona takes cousin Bucksworth sledding, with her legs as runners.
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Richie Rich; Regina Rich
What's the matter, Mother? You look upset!
Richie designs a new chandelier using some of his mother's gems.
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Richie Rich and the Beastie Ray

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Richie Rich
Professor Mindblow; Ted; Richie Rich; Reggie; Cadbury; Nurse Jenny; Richard Rich
The professor invents a device that causes people to behave like animals and Reggie steals it and uses it for pranks, until it accidentally hits him.
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Richie Rich
Richie Rich; Gloria
Hi, Richie! What are you doing?" "I'm learning how to make a geodesic dome, Gloria!
Gloria mistakes a giant gem for a geodesic dome that Richie is building.
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Richie Rich and Dollar's School Daze

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Richie Rich; Dollar; Regina Rich; Mrs. Snobry; Fifi; Mrs. Van Snoot; Cadbury (cameo); Richard Rich
Dollar is sent to a training school but flunks out in his first day.
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It'$ A Bull$-Eye!

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House ad for Richie Rich Digest Winners.
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Dot Polka; uncle Branes; robot
I've been working to develop an amusing robot, Dot!
Uncle Branes invents a robot that blows enormous bubbles...with enormously messy results.
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Richie Rich and Walla The Magician, Part 1

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Richie Rich
Richie Rich; Gloria Glad; talent agent; Walla; oblins; ogre; ghost; Bastante; Porido; Artie
Richie hires a magician for a party but Walla shows up first and plays tricks to scare the kids.
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Story and page numbering continue in "Walla the Magician, Part 2: Richie Rich and the Surprise Party", later in this issue.
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Jackie Jokers
Jackie Jokers; Sam Booker
This is Sam Booker, Jackie! Good news, Baby! How'd you like two weeks at the Copa with your magic act?
Jackie gets a new gig and takes his magician's outfit to the cleaners...complete with rabbit in the hat and other stuff.
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498-499-500! How I appreciate a break so I may exercise, Master Richie!"

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Richie Rich; Cadbury; crook
Cadbury takes a exercise break and knocks out a crook while working out.
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Walla the Magician, Part 2: Richie Rich and the Surprise Party

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Richie Rich; Gloria Glad; Walla; Cadbury; Richard Rich; Regina Rich; servants; Hiram Hokum; Freckles Friendly; Pee Wee Friendly; party guests
Walla turns Richie's parents, Cadbury and the other servants into monsters, until Richie and Gloria get her to leave.
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Story and page numbering continue from "Richie Rich and Walla the Magician, Part 1", earlier in this issue.
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Gee, what a really nice watch this is... really the latest thing in watches!"

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Little Dot
Dot Polka; Little Lotta
Dot gets a new watch that tells everything but time.
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4 New Sensational Richie Rich Magazines Are Coming Your Way!!

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Richie Rich; store clerk
Yes, Young Man, may I help you?
Richie asks for gift suggestions for his father, but finds he already has everything that is suggested.
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The Remarkable Target

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Richie Rich; Reggie
Reggie tries to hit Richie with his new pumpkin gun, but Richie keeps outsmarting him with dummies.
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Little Lotta
Little Lotta
Wow! Big juicy carrots... and they're on sale!
Lotta crunches her carrots so loudly that she annoys the whole town.
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Okay, Master Rich! She's ready for a tryout if you are!

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Richie Rich
Richie Rich; mechanic
Richie's new robot horse throws him and breaks a leg.
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A Ghost, What Else?

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Little Lotta
Little Lotta; two crooks
Lotta tries to get a cat to come out of an abandoned house and makes such a ruckus she scares two crooks right into the hands of the police.
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Richie Rich; Richard Rich; pilot
Wow! There sure is a thick fog tonight!
The Rich's turn on certain lights in their mansion on foggy nights to guide planes to the airport.
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It's Baseball Time

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Harvey Comics
Richie Rich
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Casper Helps The Friendly Dentists

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Casper; Richie Rich; Wendy The Witch
Message to brush and floss and visit your dentist every 6 months.
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Inside back cover.
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Grab Them Before They're Gone!

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