Notes:
This scene appears to occur after the first panel of the first story sequence in this issue.
STORY DETAILS
Characters:
Richie Rich; repairman; Cadbury; Richard Rich
Synopsis:
Richie and a repairman are perplexed when the machine that dispenses Richie's allowance continuously pours out piles of cash, not knowing that Mr. Rich and Cadbury are stuffing bags of gold coins into the vault that supplies it.
Pages:
1.000
Notes:
The scene depicted on the front cover of this issue appears to occur after the first panel of this story.
Characters:
Richie Rich; Richard Rich; Regina Rich; Cousin Emil
Synopsis:
Richie wants to bring Gloria a gift. She tells him to bring something simple, and he knows that she will be upset if he spends much money. Through a series of coincidences, he ends up with several large gifts without spending any money, arriving on her doorstep with an assortment of items that is anything but simple.
Characters:
Richie Rich; Richard Rich; Cadbury; Mr. Fiscal
Synopsis:
When Mr. Rich can't join Richie for a planned hiking trip, he asks their butler Cadbury to go in his place. Richie doesn't have high hopes for the expedition, wondering to himself what a "stiff-necked" butler knows about hiking. However, Cadbury soon leads them off the regular path, opening Richie's eyes to parts of the estate that he has never seen. Cadbury repeatedly demonstrates his expertise and resourcefulness as an outdoorsman, teaching Richie a thing or two in the process. When asked later what Richie wants to be when he grows up, he says he wants to become a butler just like Cadbury.
Pages:
5.000
Notes:
Although this reprint is not of Cadbury's first appearance, this story is the first time that both the reader and Richie see that he is a man of action. It begins the close association Richie will have with Cadbury going forward and opens the door for the role Cadbury will play in future action-oriented adventures.
Characters:
Bobbie
Synopsis:
Bobbie uses a clock pendulum to automatically rock a cradle.
Synopsis:
Richie and his friends follow a map to a buried treasure chest, which contains a picnic lunch.
Pages:
1.000
Characters:
Lotta Plump [Little Lotta]
Synopsis:
Lotta tries unsuccessfully to cross a river by blowing a huge bubble with her chewing gum.
Pages:
1.000
Characters:
Jerry [Jerry the Jinx]; motorist
Synopsis:
Jerry think he has jinxed a motorist who gives him a ride and then gets a flat tire. The motorist laughs it off, but is not so happy when Jerry "helps" him jack up the car.
Synopsis:
Dot is dismayed when her uncle's sneezing scares off animals during their walk, but then she learns that his sneezes can be useful too.
Pages:
5.000
Title:
The Friend
Characters:
Abner Ant; ant leader
Synopsis:
While trying to establish a new colony, a group of ants has all but determined that the new location is not a good one. But Abner returns from a scouting mission boasting of plentiful supplies and a helpful friend.
Pages:
1.000
Letters:
typeset; ?
Title:
Modesty
Characters:
Gus Gopher; Geraldine; Garry
Synopsis:
Gus narrowly avoids a rattlesnake, a coyote and an owl on his way to visit Geraldine, but is modest about his exploits when he arrives.
Pages:
1.000
Letters:
typeset; ?
Title:
Crazy Mixed-Up Night
Characters:
Lotta Plump [Little Lotta]; Mr. Plump; Mrs. Plump; Mr. Polka; Mrs. Polka; Dot Polka [Little Dot]
Synopsis:
Dot thinks she hears burglars in the house.
Synopsis:
Richie uses his allowance to take a car full of friends to a drive-in movie.
Pages:
1.000
Characters:
Jerry [Jerry the Jinx]; children
Synopsis:
Jerry is accused of being infantile for wearing his helicopter beanie hat, and winds up in a baby carriage.
Pages:
1.000
Title:
Mystery of the Catman
Characters:
Richie Rich; Freckles Friendly; Pee Wee Friendly; Chubs; Richard Rich; the Catman; unnamed police officer
Synopsis:
To earn money for their club treasury, Richie and his pals try catching a famous jewel thief called the Catman in order to collect the reward money. Figuring that at some point the Catman will strike on the Rich estate, the kids build a variety of homemade traps and set them up around Richie's house. Sure, the Catman shows, but instead of a trap catching him, it is a side effort on Richie's part which brings the Catman into police custody.
Synopsis:
While out on a walk, Lotta sits on a wall as she and Dot chat, not realizing that the "wall" Lotta is sitting on is part of a rocket that is scheduled to take off shortly.
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CGC Census Report*
Grade
0.5
1.0
1.5
1.8
2.0
2.5
3.0
3.5
4.0
4.5
5.0
5.5
6.0
6.5
7.0
7.5
8.0
8.5
9.0
9.2
9.4
9.6
9.8
9.9
10.0
Total
Universal
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
0
2
6
4
1
0
0
17
Qualified
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Signature Series
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Restored
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
0
2
6
4
1
0
0
17
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