Synopsis:
Richie improves the effectiveness of the estate gardener's scarecrow.
Pages:
1.000
Characters:
Richie Rich; Gloria; robbers
Synopsis:
Richie explains why having so much cash lying around doesn't make it easy for robbers.
Pages:
1.000
Title:
The Hidden City
Characters:
Richie Rich; Dr. Matt Digmor; Reggie Van Dough; Parker Barrows; Kelsey; Cholly; armed guards; aircraft loaders; laborers; Gus; Dutch
Synopsis:
Richie brings $20 million to Italy to fund the excavation of an ancient town near Mt. Vesuvius, while mobsters plot to steal the money.
Pages:
5.000
Notes:
Story continues in "Richie Rich and the Lava Monsters", immediately following in this issue.
Title:
Richie Rich and the Lava Monsters
Characters:
Richie Rich; Reggie Van Dough; Dr. Matt Digmor; Parker Barrows; Kelsey; Cholly; laborers; Pietro; gangsters
Synopsis:
Mobsters dress up as lava monsters as a ploy to steal the cash that Richie is using to fund an excavation near Mt. Vesuvius.
Pages:
5.000
Notes:
Story continues from "The Hidden City", immediately preceding in this issue, and continues in "Look Out! There Are Real Lava Monsters", immediately following in this issue.
Title:
Look Out! There Are Real Monsters
Characters:
Richie Rich; Dr. Matt Digmor; Reggie Van Dough; laborers; Parker Barrows; Kelsey; Cholly; gangsters; Neapolitan police; Neapolitan firemen
Synopsis:
Richie has a few tricks up his sleeve for the mobsters who are interfering with an excavation he is funding.
Pages:
5.000
Characters:
Lotta Plump [Little Lotta]; bully
Synopsis:
Lotta and a bully each want to be the first to use a new playground slide.
Synopsis:
Cadbury relates a tale of a time when he was briefly employed as a farm hand.
Pages:
5.000
Title:
Badly Jar-red
Characters:
Willie; Brenda
Synopsis:
Even though Brenda worries, Willie builds a pile of books in order to reach the cookie jar, but it all comes crashing down.
Pages:
1.000
Letters:
typeset; ?
Notes:
The "presents" portion of "Richie Rich presents" is erroneously omitted.
Title:
The Pelican and the Crow
Characters:
Petey Pelican; Charlie Crow; blue jay; birds
Synopsis:
Charlie Crow teaches Petey Pelican to steal all the bird seed, but when Petey realizes he is learning to be a thief, he eats it all and leaves Charlie with nothing.
Pages:
1.000
Letters:
typeset; ?
Notes:
When first presented, this story was titled "The Crow and the Pelican". "Richie Rich" was added to the header with this issue, erroneously omitting "presents", which was corrected in later reprints of this story.
Title:
Hoop-EEE!
Characters:
Dot Polka [Little Dot]; Uncle Branes; pedestrian; Chauncey; Eleanor; bank robbers; police officers; Mr. Polka
Synopsis:
Dot plays with a hoop of lightweight metal invented by Uncle Branes, and she inadvertently foils some bank robbers in the process.
Pages:
5.000
Characters:
Lotta Plump [Little Lotta]; Mrs. Smotherluv; Don Smotherluv; Mr. Hathaway
Synopsis:
Lotta convinces a boy she is babysitting to behave for the barber.
Pages:
1.000
Characters:
Lotta Plump [Little Lotta]; costume party attendees; parent
Synopsis:
Lotta forgets to take off her devil costume and frightens the lady whose children she's supposed to babysit.
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CGC Census Report*
Grade
NG
PG
CVR
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
2
0
0
5
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
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
0
0
0
CGCxJSA
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
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
0
0
0
Total
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
2
0
0
5
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