Richie Rich Inventions (1977) comic books 1979-1981

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"Arctic Ice Delivery Service, Part 1"; Richie and his father try several methods to move Antarctic icebergs to a water starved western state, but each time it melts before they can deliver it. Untitled one-page story; Peewee and the Professor team up to create a giant bubblegum bubble. "Arctic Ice [Delivery Service], Part 2: Think Cool"; Richie and his father attempt to transport arctic ice to a water-starved western state via a radio matter transmitter. "The Danger Stopper"; Richie and Cadbury go for a hike on some land recently added to the Rich estate; During their outing, Richie has several opportunities to test a new vibration ray that briefly stops movement. "The Emotion Controller"; Richie experiments with an invention that instantly changes people's moods and emotions. "Mixed Feelings"; Gangsters kidnap Richie, but don't realize that he has with him an invention that can instantly change their emotions. "Frightfully Fit"; After hearing Cadbury talk about frequently exercising, Mrs. Rich tries to secretly observe him doing so; Cadbury finds ways to exercise without being seen, and ends up catching a burglar in the process. "The Social Climber"; Lotta goes to a wealthy friend's party, but mistakenly attends a party at a different house, where the hostess thinks Lotta is a maid from a temp agency. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.50.

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"Robots on His Mind, Part 1"; Two crooks trespassing on the Rich estate grounds are foiled by a series of robotic anti-theft devices. Untitled one-page story; Fortunately for Richie, a crook who tries to rob him is more interested in Richie's wallet than in the old tire Richie is rolling down the street. "Robots [on His Mind], Part 2: Always Room for Improvement"; Two crooks kidnap Richie and the Professor, planning to force the Professor to build a robot that steals for them. "The Very Best Boomerang"; The Professor gives Richie a boomerang that works too well, causing Richie some frustration and a crook to rethink his life of crime. "It's A Mud, Mud World"; Two crooks threaten Richie's parents with an invention that can turn jewelry to mud. "Cadbury's Last Laugh"; Richie and Cadbury test two robot servants and learn that the robots need very specific instructions in order to do their jobs correctly. Untitled one-page story; Gloria refuses Richie's suggestions for gifts of expensive jewelry and candy. "Bull's-Eye Butler"; Cadbury demonstrates his ability to toss almost anything and hit his target. Untitled one-page story; Lotta's shout while climbing in a snow-covered mountain doesn't create an avalanche, but it does have another unexpected effect. "Little Dot and Aunt Fumble"; Dot visits her Aunt Fumble for a cooking lesson; but her aunt's clumsiness and quirky methods repeatedly end up injuring Dot. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.50.

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"Oddball Professor, Part 1"; Richie is perplexed when the Professor plays some nasty tricks on Richie's friends and family. Untitled one-page story; While competing in a chauffeurs' race, the resourceful Bascomb overcomes several cheating attempts by another competitor. "Oddball Professor, Part 2: Don't Mess with a Genius"; A disguised Dr. Blemish tricks the Professor and plans to keep him locked away; Suspecting foul play, Richie and his father follow the Professor's trail. "I'm Only Perfect"; Richie contends with and attempts to repair a conceited robot. "Out of Sight, Part 1"; Richie visits one of the Rich factories for an inspection, but finds it has completely disappeared. "Out of Sight, Part 2: The Invisible Men"; Richie releases the imprisoned Professor whose "invisispray" is allowing the crooks to hide the entire Rich factory. "Well Guarded"; Gloria wants to bring Richie to a park across the street from the Rich estate, but she is continually foiled by anti-kidnapping devices that are set to protect Richie. "The Deciding Issue" text story. "Fast Cures"; Nurse Jenny apparently "cures" people with just a touch or an interaction, which attracts some unwanted attention. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.50.

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"HIP"; The Professor's latest creation, a computer designed to solve problems by answering questions, considers all the questions asked of it too trivial and a waste of time for its talents. Untitled one-page story; Reggie uses a time machine to go back in time a throw a pie at cavemen, but he gets a surprise of his own in the process. "Weather You Will Is Up To You"; Two crooks hope to find cash in a truck that Richie and the Professor are driving, but they are instead frustrated by its cargo—a machine that generates weather effects. "Sure Hitter"; Reggie steals a glove that allows its wearer to throw items and always hit the desired target, which he uses to throw pies at unsuspecting bystanders. "Visitor From A Million Years Ago! Part 1"; Mr. Rich uses a time machine to retrieve a giant man from a million years in the past. "Visitor From a Million Years Ago, Part 2 Way Back When"; Richie befriends a stone age giant brought from the distant past and helps him escape a mob of angry townspeople. "Big Bill Blues"; Two crooks have trouble spending a billion dollar bill they have stolen from Richie's vault. "The New Job" text story. Casper, the Friendly Ghost ad. "The Angel"; Richie and Marva try to stop an unethical financier from controlling the local production of a play that Marva is starring in. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.50.

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"The Smartest Computer"; A computer dubbed the Riches' "smartest" makes itself mobile and then begins enlarging itself, based upon comments from Mr. Rich. Untitled one-page story; Irona chops wood in an unconventional way. "Guardedly Speaking"; When Reggie enters the Rich estate unannounced, he falls victim to a series of anti-crook devices. "Chow Hound!"; Dollar wants to try a new dog food he sees advertised on television, but Chef Pierre refuses to give him anything but freshly made food. "The Planet Collectors, Part 1"; Professor Squintmore shows Richie and his father a planet 40 light years away that is inhabited by giant aliens who collect moons to use as jewelry and ornamentation in their buildings. "The Planet Collectors, Part 2: The Mightiest Attack!"; Richie, his father and the Professor have observed giant aliens who have embarked on a journey to "collect" an inhabited planet. "Precious Equipment"; Richie is disconcerted by the fact that his Mom brought along a backpack full of jewelry for their mountain-climbing expedition. "Taking the Cake" text story. "Cure for Crooks"; Two criminals hold the Rich family at gunpoint. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.50.

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"The All-Ball"; Richie tests out the All-Ball, a ball that automatically adjusts its size and shape depending upon the sport being played. Untitled one-page story; Richie gives Pee Wee a solid gold toy, which attracts the attention of a would-be thief. "Spray It Isn't So!"; As a way to prevent thievery, the Professor invents a spray that instantly camouflages valuable items (or people) to appear ordinary or worthless. "Can't See It!"; Reggie tries to use an invisible net to play pranks on Richie and Gloria. Untitled one-page story; Mr. Woody tries to fix a table that has one short leg. "It's the Thought-Power That Counts"; After an initial failure, the Professor perfects a device that allows one to mentally transport objects from one location to another. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.40.

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"Once Upon A Time!"; While looking for fossils, Richie and Cadbury uncover a large metallic capsule with a hinged door and a figure of a head on top with a face that looks just like Cadbury; Stepping inside, is transported one millions years back in time. Untitled one-page story; Reggie makes a fake spider to try to scare Richie, but Richie ends up scaring Reggie instead. "Time Will Tell!"; When Cadbury is sent back in time, Richie and the Professor use another time machine to follow him into the past; There they must rescue Cadbury, who has been tied up by cavemen. "Constructo"; Professor Keenbean presents his latest invention: a machine that can build alomst anything instantly—houses, bridges, highways, etc. "What I Did This Summer" text story. "Super Healthy"; Mr. Rich inhales a cloud of vapor collected from a probe on Venus, and starts demonstrating tremendous feats of strength as well as very poor judgement. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.40.

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Last 40-cent cover price. "TV or Not TV"; Professor Keenbean creates a satellite that allows the Riches to choose to watch any television program on Earth from their special TV set. Untitled one-page story; Cadbury is so adept at anticipating Mrs. Rich's needs that she thinks he might be able to read minds. "The Rich Flow"; Richie and his father try to think of a way to transport a large quantity of gold without crooks taking notice. "Big Mouth"; The Professor demonstrates a robot that "consumes" currency and coins by sucking them in, and then storing them in a compacted state, with the ability to later dispense exact amounts on demand. "A Surprise for Richie" text story. "Me Sitter, You Richie"; Scientists at the Rich Science Institute ask Richie to babysit the world's only talking gorilla. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.40.

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First 50-cent cover price. "Ear Conditioning"; Richie tries out the Professor's latest invention, a "super ear," which allows its wearer to hear the quietest of sounds. Untitled one-page story; Richie test-drives a car which does not use gasoline, but it surprised to learn what does power it. "Smellervision Dog"; Dollar volunteers to test an invention which converts what he smells into a television image. "The Unrefreshment"; The Professor invents a liquid that warps and distorts everything it touches. Untitled two-page story; When Richie tells Reggie that Cadbury postpones all emotions while on duty, Reggie does his best to get Cadbury to show his emotions. "Pie Golly"; Reggie writes a movie script centering on his latest toy: a cannon that makes and throws pies. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.50.

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"Games Robots Play!"; The Professor builds a watch-robot that is very interested in sports, but not very interested in guarding the Rich estate. "Games Robots Play, Part 2: You've Gotta be a Football Hero"; Richie executes an idea to keep Sportovac busy, then finds a way to get the robot to "tackle" the crooks who are stealing from the Rich mansion. "Feeling Funny"; The Professor invents a machine that is supposed to give plants human intelligence, but all of the plants he tries it on simply start laughing. "Dollar's Problem" text story. "Uncle Chump"; Freckles is worried about his gullible uncle, who always falls for get-rich-quick cons. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.50.

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"Some Weather"; Richie and Cadbury observe a strange cloud that they think has been created by a weather making device invented by Professor Keenbean. Untitled one-page story; Richie demonstrates how television shows can be much better when viewed on a smellavision, which accompanies video images with associated smells. "Some Weather, Part 2: Cloudy Capers"; Richie, Cadbury and the Professor contend with a rogue cloud that seems to be intelligent; They manage to lead it into a freezer in the Rich mansion, where it condenses into water and freezes. "Gone With The Wind"; The Professor considers his latest invention, an anti-gravity paint, a failure and rips up the formula. Untitled one-page story; Although this is a Richie Rich feature, complete with his logo, Richie does not appear in the story. "Peculiar Pets"; Several animals undergo transformations in a lab accident that give them odd appearances; Richie takes them for a walk, then remembers that he needs to write a paper for school. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.50.

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"Super Shock-Absorbers, Part 1"; Richie and Gloria have fun with another new invention; This one makes the recipient totally invulnerable for a time. Untitled one-page story; A worker at the Richville Cleaners is routinely checking to see if customers have left anything in their pockets before cleaning the clothes. "[Super] Shock-Absorbers, Part 2: Invincible"; Richie and Gloria are buried under a pile of heavy money bags, but they have been sprayed with a protective coating that makes them temporarily invulnerable to harm. "Butler's Fling"; Cadbury is looking for an idea for a skit to compete in a contest at his butlers' club; He and Richie turn to the Professor, who has created a ray which enables people to fly with thought-power. "The Job Hunter" text story. "How To Keep Sneerful"; Reggie uses a portable sneer machine to cause havoc, until Mr. Rich confiscates it and sends it out into space. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.50.

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"The Smell of Success"; Richie uses the Professor's distilled scents to protect a gold shipment from crooks. Untitled one-page story; Richie is annoyed by the way Reggie always kicks the tires on the Rich's cars, so he prepares a "kick" for Reggie. "What's That You Said?"; Richie and Gloria try out the Professor's invention that instantly translates what animals are saying into English. "The Radar Raider"; Chef Pierre has a new radar device that warns him whenever Dollar is close enough to steal food. "The Newspaper" text story. "The Instant Uglies!"; An experimental liquid that instantly gives anyone or anything a temporary ugly appearance provides Richie with a way to escape kidnappers. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.50.

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"Superio"; Richie has arranged for a newspaper photographer to take pictures of an automatic power shovel named Superio; Richie introduces Irona to Superio, but he insults her, making it obvious that he considers her inferior. Untitled one-page story; Gloria is amazed by giant fruit grown in the Rich greenhouses. "Superio, Part 2: Even a Power Shovel Can Learn Something Good!"; Irona helps Richie escape from a playhouse being swept over a waterfall by improvising wings; Superio, realizing that the disaster is his fault, tries to hide by burrowing into a mountain. "The Super Swatter"; To Richie's surprise, Mr. Rich nervously cautions Richie against using a fly swatter that he is holding; In explanation, they take the swatter out on the estate grounds, where Mr. Rich demonstrates that the swatter instantly destroys anything it swats. "The Desperate Chase"; Having stolen a powerfully destructive fly-swatter, two crooks lead Richie and his father on a high speed car chase. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.50.

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Last 50-cent cover price. "Dolls and Dollars, Part 1"; Both of Richie's parents believe they have seen dolls walking away with currency; Richie and Irona do find some dolls around the estate but don't see any of them move.; To get to the bottom of the mystery, Richie asks Professor Keenbean to shrink him and Irona down to the size of dolls. Untitled one-page story; Mrs. Rich can't hear a quiet cuckoo clock, so Richie asks the Professor to replace it with a louder one. "Dolls and Dollars, Part 2: Think Small"; Richie and Irona, shrunken to doll size, follow cash-stealing dolls to a cave on the estate; There the dolls place the money in a large pile; As they are watching, Richie and Irona are grabbed by the crooked doll-maker who is using the dolls to steal. "Higher and Higher"; The professor demonstrates his Super Lift Air, which can make heavy objects float; Bascomb mistakenly uses this air for the tires in a limousine, which causes the car to float across the Rich estate grounds. "More Than Plenty" text story. "There's No Escaping Him!"; Reggie's parents are continually frustrated by Reggie's pranks, even when they take a trip to the orient. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.50.