Richie Rich Inventions (1977) comic books 1980-1989

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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.

"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.

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First 60-cent cover price. "Outventions #2"; The Professor shows Richie several of his inventions that never became popular. Untitled one-page story; Richie is getting tired of receiving gifts made of gold. "Characters"; The Professor becomes convinced that he, Richie and everyone else they know are all characters in a comic book and that every move they make is being watched by a reader who has intentions of stealing his invention secrets or the Rich's money. "The Great Mansion-Wrecking Adventure, Part 1"; Irona is suffering from transistor fatigue, so another robot named Robusta substitutes for her; Robusta is strong, but not very intelligent. "The Great Mansion-Wrecking Adventure, Part 2: No Help Needed"; Seeing that Mr. Bricabrac, with Robusta's help, is redecorating the Rich estate to "look like an airport waiting room," Richie gets Irona's help; Insulted by comments regarding his artistic choices, Bricabrac storms off, which Richie knows will upset his mother. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.60.

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"Gold Gobbler, Part 1"; Irona has so much gold to polish that Richie and his father turn to their robot factory to see if they can find a helper for her; Dr. Tinker suggests the X-33 would be a good gold polisher. "Gold Gobbler, Part 2: Backfire"; The X-33 continues to "gobble" gold and Richie sees the Pilfer brothers emptying its contents and taking the gold items away; After speaking with X-33 in robot language, Irona determines that the robot does not want to steal but has been reprogrammed by the Pilfer brothers. "The Well-Made Maid"; Mr Blunt, a representative from the robot maid company that provided Irona, feels that Irona is obsolete and should be replaced by a newer model named Plastica. Untitled one-page story, script by Ralph Newman, art by Ernie Colon; Mr. Rich gives Richie the best snowmobile that money can buy, but when he looks out the window to see how Richie and his friends are enjoying it, he finds that they are having fun in the snow with far cheaper equipment. Untitled one-page story, script by Ralph Newman, art by Sid Couchey; Mr. Rich hears that Richie and his friends are building a house, so, since it is cold outside, he buys them a heater for it. "The Mental Mover!"; Professor Mindblow has invented a device that allows its wearer to move objects with mental commands; Reggie overhears the details and decides it would be useful for playing pranks on Richie, so he takes it from the Professor's lab. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.60.

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"A More Valuable Dollar"; Dollar is accidentally enlarged by the Professor's growth ray, resulting in some oversized doggie problems. Untitled one-page story; Richie makes an unusual snow angel. Untitled one-page story; Richie tries out his skill at throwing his voice, but Chef Pierre reacts much differently than Richie expects. "The Time Machine"; The Professors shows Richie a machine that can reveal the exact time any event in history took place; Two crooks attempt to use it to steal large amounts of money but get a surprise instead. "The Lonesome Robot"; Richie pretends to be a robot to keep a lonely robot company. "The River Monster" text story. "A Place For Irona"; Richie and Mrs. Rich decorate Irona's room in a manner they think Irona will appreciate, but Irona is already working on an alternate plan. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.60.

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"Professor Keenbean's Inven-Shuns"; Professor Keenbean shows Richie several inventions that never embraced by the public. Untitled one-page story; Richie comes up with an unconventional solution when he runs out of flashbulbs for his camera. "Just Helping Out"; Irona builds a fence around a safe, then changes her mind and secures it a way that knocks the Rich family off their feet. "Well-Guarded"; While Richie's parents and all the house staff are away, Irona looks after Richie and protects him from strangers. "Out of Action" text story. "The Fixers"; While on a picnic on the Rich estate, Richie, Irona and Nurse Jenny discover several instances of apparent vandalism; Irona and Nurse Jenny get these fixed in no time, but then they discover that the wrecked items were there for a movie to be filmed on the premises. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.60.

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"Puzzle-O"; When Irona becomes obsessed with solving a puzzle, Professor Keenbean sends another robot named Puzzle-O to help. Untitled one-page story; Gloria asks Richie to name the seven seas, and when he can't think of them all, his mind turns to what is familiar. Untitled one-page story; Although Irona was not "born," she finds the equivalent of a birthstone for herself. "Puzzle-O, Part 2: A-Maze-Ing"; Puzzle-O opens a "burglar-proof" vault, revealing a crook who has tunneled his way inside; Puzzle-O's puzzles and riddles make life difficult both for the crook and for Richie and Irona, who are trying to catch the crook as well as Puzzle-O. "The Magic Color, Part 1"; When Richie's allowance money turns white, he calls the mint and stumbles upon some crooks scheming to make a fortune by purposely creating currency that becomes discolored but can be restored later. "Memories" text story starring Regina Rich. "The Magic Color, Part 2: Color Me Green"; The crooks try to stop Richie, Cadbury and Gloria from disturbing their plans with sonic attacks and steam baths, but their efforts only delay them long enough for the police to arrive. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.60.