Sadly, I lost my childhood collection in a cross-country move when the truck our stuff was in hit an embankment in a storm and we lost several boxes of things. My comics were one of those boxes.

Anyway, I loved Richie Rich for many reasons. The stories were easily understood by children, but also had that sly edge, sort of like Warner Bros. Cartoons, that could keep older kids and adults entertained. They had positive endings, even Reggie Van Dough, Richie’s spoiled brat cousin, usually came around to seeing the error of his ways by the end of the issues. . Richie seemed more embarrassed by his wealth than impressed with it, and frequently gave money to charity. He was kind to the people who worked for his family. And in the wider collection of characters who made frequent appearances, there were a lot of girls.

I think what I liked best was the fact that the girls weren’t all sweetness and light all the time, even the nice ones. Gloria called Richie on his shit pretty frequently, and also got mad at Mayda for putting the moves on Richie. Lotta would get mad at bullies and rescue people from them, fight crime. Little Dot and Audrey would also call out wrong doing, and on occasion help thwart crime. They all had fairly distinct personalities, and characters. And while all the children in the comic had fairly similar body shapes, the main exception being Little Lotta.