Wednesday, January 29, 2014

The Mansion Monster

Everyone's favorite poor little rich boy meets a jolting Jekyll and Hyde scenario in this freaky fun concoction from the April 1972 issue of Harvey Comics' Giant Size Richie Rich Success Stories #43. Golly, where's Little Dot when we need her?!!








6 comments:

  1. the story is cute but man i freaking love looking at those ads. even though ive seen them a million time i can't stop staring at them. i always wanted the onion gum for some reason but now i'm really intrigued by that 7 dollar battery operated 8mm projector. man i'd love to see that in action.

    too bad richie rick didnt have stripey straws

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  2. You did not just say Richie Rick

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  3. When I was a kid, up till eleven or so, this is the stuff I was most likely to have been reading most days. I got my comics off the Hey Kids spinner at the cheaper, edge-of-town grocery store's check-out aisle, and they would have been black and white super-sized digest reprints of these awesome Harley* Comics stories. Richie was one of my faves!

    Is it me, or is the figure drawing here--especially on Reggie--very Aragones-esque? Check out those undifferentiated legs/shoes.

    *that was for Carol.

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    1. Yeah the line work is a lot looser and more organic than the typical bold Harvey character style for sure, it is sort of smacking of Aragones, you're right

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  4. The artist sure made Richie Rich look like Mr. Hyde all right.
    I would not have guessed they would make him look so gruesome, he looks like one of the monsters you would see in a pre code tale.

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    1. Or at least looking like someone who works at the DMV in my area

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