Richie Rich Gems #41

Title: Richie Rich Gems
Issue: #41
Date: 1982
Publisher: Harvey Publications

No credits for any of the creative team.

Richie Rich has to deal with an army of thieves lured by news of a delivery of giant gems (dropped by helicopter) to the Rich mansion. There are also a couple of quick 2-page gemstone-related gag strips, followed by a text story and a pair of Stone-Age Richie stories. The bit with Stone-Age Richie getting all of his pet dinosaurs to help out with Richie's father's gold-mining operation was cute, and had a nice "kindness to animals" moral.

I'm not a huge fan of Richie Rich as a concept, just because there doesn't seem to be much reason for the "kid who has everything" to be all that heroic, and the comedy is mostly pretty obvious.

Still, there were some laughs to be had here. File it under harmless fun.

Rating: 5.5/10