Issue Details

Issue	#1
Published	October 1977
Cover Price	0.75 USD
Pages	132
Editing	?
Notes	PDC51606-7. Copyrights are 1972 and 1973, so stories may be reprints from those years.

Cover Details - "Money Springs"

Characters	Richie Rich
Genre	humor
Notes	PDC51606-7. Copyrights are 1972 and 1973, so stories may be reprints from those years.

1 page Boy Scouts of America; Casper The Friendly Ghost public service announcement "Casper The Friendly Cub Scout Invites You To Be A Cub Scout"

Characters	Casper
Notes	Inside front cover.

1 page Richie Rich foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Richie Rich Dige$t $torie$"

Characters	Richie Rich; Gloria; Freckles; Peewee; Cadbury; Dollar; Irona; Nurse Jenny; Reggie; Richard Rich; Regina Rich
Synopsis	Table of contents for the issue.
Notes	Art appears to be excerpts from stories in this issue.

1 page Richie Rich story "Three-legged Table"

Characters	Richie Rich; Gloria
Synopsis	Gloria buys a table at a garage sale and Richie fixes a short leg with a stack of money.
Genre	humor

10 page Richie Rich story "Killer Kerry"

Characters	Richie Rich; Richdale Home director; Killer Kerry; Crowbar Moscowitz; bartender
Synopsis	After Richie donates to a senior citizen home, one of the old men kidnaps him and tries to run a crime spree like he did when he was younger. But it doesn't work out and Richie pays his own ransom.
Genre	humor; adventure
Notes	Presented in two parts: Part 1 is 5 pages and has no other title, Part 2 is 5 pages and is titled "The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Great!"

1 page Richie Rich story "Trained Elephant"

Characters	Richie Rich; Mayda Munny; Trixie
Synopsis	Richie's elephant, Trixie, is trained to bahte in the bathtub.
Genre	humor

1 page Little Lotta story "20 Minutes"

Characters	Little Lotta; bully
Synopsis	Lotta takes care of a rude bully by giving him 20 minutes to cool off.
Genre	humor

1 page Little Dot story "Daddy Loses His Cool"

Characters	Dot Polka; Mr. Polka; Mrs. Polka
Synopsis	Dot's father goes a little wacky over all the dots.
Genre	humor

2 page Richie Rich comics promo (ad from the publisher) "Have Yourself A Richie Rich Holiday...All Summer Long"

Characters	Richie Rich; Gloria; Reggie
Synopsis	House ad for 21 different Richie Rich titled comics.

5 page Richie Rich story "Little Sticky Fingers"

Characters	Richie Rich; Regina Rich; Mrs. Lamoola; Martin Lamoola; crook
Synopsis	Richie baby-sits Martin, but when someone steals a plane from the Rich's field, Richie thinks it was Martin.
Genre	humor

4 page Cadbury story "How Un-Butlerish!"

Characters	Cadbury; Regina Rich; Richard Rich; Cadbury robot; crook
Synopsis	Cadbury leaves for a vacation, but his replacement robot has a brain malfunction, causing Mrs. Rich to disassemble it.
Genre	humor

5 page Reggie story "The Gold Mine"

Characters	Reggie; Richie Rich; Mr. Digby; game inventor
Synopsis	Reggie eavesdrops on Richie and misunderstands a conversation, leading him to try to dig for gold but wrecking some digging equipment.
Genre	humor

1 page Richie Rich comics promo (ad from the publisher) "New! Get It Now!"

Characters	Richie Rich
Synopsis	House ad for Richie Rich Best of The Years Magazine.

2 page Richie Rich story "Big Game Hunting"

Characters	Richie Rich; Gloria; Reggie
Synopsis	Reggie thinks he's going hunting with Richie, but Richie is going to a big game at a stadium.
Genre	humor

5 page Richie Rich story "Money Problems"

Characters	Richie Rich; Richard Rich; Regina Rich; US Treasury agent; Mr. Dooley
Synopsis	The Rich's have so much loose currency around the house that they exchange it for a quadrillion, trillion, billion, million dollar bill. The bill blows away and is found and returned by a hobo, who chooses a great meal as his reward.
Genre	humor

5 page Richie Rich story "The Super-Hero Ray"

Characters	Richie Rich; Richard Rich; Reggie
Synopsis	Mr. Rich's labs invent a ray that gives people super powers and Reggie tries it on himself, leading him to do stupid stunts that nearly injure him.
Genre	humor

1 page Richie Rich story "Watch This Dive Dad!"

Characters	Richie Rich; Richard Rich; Regina Rich; Cadbury
Synopsis	While poolside, Richie uses an invention from his dad's labs to create a cloud to provide shade for his mom.
Genre	humor

5 page Richie Rich story "Money To Burn"

Characters	Richie Rich; Gloria; Wishford; Wishford's yacht captain
Synopsis	The kids are shipwrecked while yachting but Richie builds a rescue raft from some of Wishford's money.
Genre	humor

1 page Richie Rich story "Shoeshine"

Characters	Richie Rich; Freckles; cheaters
Synopsis	Richie fills in using Freckles' shoeshine kit and some fellows try to cheat him out of his fee.
Genre	humor

5 page Cadbury story "Cadbury's Vacation"

Characters	Cadbury; Caruthers; Richard Rich; Regina Rich; Richie Rich
Synopsis	Cadbury trains a replacement to work during his vacation, but ends up not going on vacation as the replacement is dishonest.
Genre	humor

1 page Cadbury story "The Diet"

Characters	Cadbury; Regina Rich; Richie Rich
Synopsis	Mrs. Rich asks Cadbury to help keep her on her diet.
Genre	humor

4 page Richie Rich story "Uncle Scrimp's $aving$"

Characters	Richie Rich; Richard Rich; Gloria; Uncle Scrimp
Synopsis	After Richie shows his uncle how poorly his money is hidden, Richie finally convinces him to put it in one of his father's banks.
Genre	humor

1 page Little Dot story "Play Money"

Characters	Little Dot; her friends
Synopsis	Dot one-ups her friends by using her play credit card instead of play money.
Genre	humor

2 page Reggie story "Fast Cars"

Characters	Reggie; Richie Rich; Dawkins; Reggie's employee; Gloria (cameo)
Synopsis	Reggie gets one of his fastest cars and challenges Richie to a race, which Richie wins using a lawn mower designed to look like a car.
Genre	humor

5 page Richie Rich story "Richie Rich Takes A Short Cut"

Characters	Richie Rich; Gloria; Rich fire department; crooks
Synopsis	Richie takes a "short cut" through an unused part of the mansion and finds crooks, his birthday present, and a fire. All of this makes him late for a date with Gloria.
Genre	humor; adventure

2 page Richie Rich story "Special Sno-Mobile"

Characters	Richie Rich; Reggie
Synopsis	Reggie shows of and brags about his sno-mobile, but Richie's does something special.
Genre	humor

4 page Richie Rich story "All-Around Sports"

Characters	Richie Rich; Gloria; Cadbury
Synopsis	Richie and Gloria try out mixed sports in his new Sport-O-Rama complex, such as playing basketball on ice skates.
Genre	humor

1 page Little Dot story "Mr. Foley's Surprise"

Characters	Dot Polka; Mr. Foley
Synopsis	Mr. Foley gives Dot a jar of bubble bath beads with no lid, and she carries it home in the rain.
Genre	humor

5 page Irona story "Irona's Date"

Characters	Irona; Richie Rich; Regina Rich; Steelo; Professor Wrench; muggers
Synopsis	Irona and Steelo go on a date and he thwarts some muggers and gives her an unusual present.
Genre	humor

1 page Richie Rich story "Pet Whales"

Characters	Richie Rich; Freckles; Peewee
Synopsis	It takes dozens of trucks to haul the feed for Richie's pet whales.
Genre	humor

5 page Little Lotta story "Wild About The West"

Characters	Little Lotta; Lotta's mother; motorcycle thugs; faux sheriff; comic book writer
Synopsis	Lotta captures some thugs at a historical celebration and a comic book writer decides to commemorate her deeds.
Genre	humor

4 page Richie Rich story "Funny Money"

Characters	Richie Rich; crooks
Synopsis	Richie foils some crooks by using novelty fake money.
Genre	humor; adventure

5 page Richie Rich story "The Tree Mansion"

Characters	Richie Rich; Richard Rich; Freckles; Peewee; contractor; airline pilot; forest rangers
Synopsis	Richie has a giant tree house built on trees so high they interrupt air travel.
Genre	humor

1 page Richie Rich comics promo (ad from the publisher) "It'$ A Bull$-Eye!"

Synopsis

House ad for Richie Rich Digest Winners.

1 page Richie Rich story "Kites"

Characters	Richie Rich; Freckles; Peewee
Synopsis	Richie's kite has a gimmick that lets it fly higher.
Genre	humor

5 page Richie Rich story "The Diet!"

Characters	Richie Rich; Richard Rich; Regina Rich; Cadbury
Synopsis	Mrs. Rich goes on a severe diet and takes the whole family with her, until Richie substitutes lighter weight fake jewelry when she weighs herself.
Genre	humor

1 page Richie Rich story "The Kiss"

Characters	Richie Rich; Richard Rich; Regina Rich; Irona
Synopsis	Irona learns about kissing and tries it on some machinery.
Genre	humor

1 page Richie Rich story "The Sneeze"

Characters	Richie Rich; Freckles; Peewee; Nurse Jenny
Synopsis	To keep Nurse Jenny from hearing him sneeze, Richie runs far out of the house.
Genre	humor

5 page Richie Rich story "Devlish Duplicator"

Characters	Richie Rich; crook; Professor Mindblow
Synopsis	A crook steals a device that changes his appearance and Richie cannot stop him until the Professor disables the device and uses one of his own.
Genre	humor; adventure

1 page Richie Rich story "The Cave"

Characters	Richie Rich; Richard Rich; scouts
Synopsis	Richie helps a couple of scouts find their way out of a cave...with a trail of money.
Genre	humor

2 page Richie Rich comics promo (ad from the publisher) "4 New Sensational Richie Rich Magazines Are Coming Your Way!!"

Characters

Richie Rich

1 page Richie Rich story "Klutzmonger Diamond"

Characters	Richie Rich; Regina Rich; lab worker
Synopsis	Richie solves the weight problem his mother is having with a heavy diamond, using a lighter-than-air gas.
Genre	humor

5 page Cadbury story "Cooking For Kicks"

Characters	Cadbury; Joe; Joe's customers
Synopsis	On his day off, Cadbury helps out a diner owner.
Genre	humor

1 page Little Lotta story "The Squeeze"

Characters	Little Lotta; Gerald
Synopsis	Gerald finds a way to avoid Lotta's hugs.
Genre	humor

1 page Little Lotta story "The Safe"

Characters	Little Lotta; Mr. Ajax; crooks
Synopsis	Lotta delivers a full safe to a bank, carrying it on her head.
Genre	humor

5 page Richie Rich story "The Smellevision Set"

Characters	Richie Rich; Richard Rich; Regina Rich; Dollar; firemen
Synopsis	The new smellevision has lots of problems with smells.
Genre	humor

1 page Richie Rich story "Old Joke"

Characters	Richie Rich; hobo
Synopsis	Richie pays a hobo for telling a good joke.
Genre	humor

1 page Harvey Comics promo (ad from the publisher) "It's Baseball Time"

Characters	Richie Rich
Synopsis	House ad for various sports-themed digest-sized comics.

1 page American Dental Association; Casper The Friendly Ghost public service announcement "Casper Helps The Friendly Dentists"

Characters	Casper; Richie Rich; Wendy The Witch
Synopsis	Message to brush and floss and visit your dentist every 6 months.
Notes	Inside back cover.

1 page Richie Rich comics promo (ad from the publisher) "Grab Them Before They're Gone!"

Synopsis	House ad for digest-sized comics.
Notes	Includes cover of this comic. Back cover.