Monday, June 15, 2026

Richie Rich and Casper meet The Spectre

 

Uh oh, this looks like a dilemma that Richie won't be able to spend his way out of!  Let's hope Casper cas some connections on the other side to help out!

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  1. Looks as if Richard Rich, Sr. will be making the acquaintance of fellow Harvey character Hot Stuff, next issue. ;)

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    1. Yeah, I'd have to agree. It looks like Richie's dad cas--I mean, has--had it!

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  2. What if Richie Rich put his wealth into cryptocurrency? LOL!

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    1. @my namesake: shouldn't that be "What if Richie's dog put his wealth into Krypto-currency?"

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    2. @both Anons: double-groaner!

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    3. Imagine an all-dog team, made up of Dollar, Krypto, Lockjaw, Hot Dog, Pluto, and Snowy... Maybe led by Scooby Doo?

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    4. Ace's Dogs of War might have something to say about that.

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  3. I've always suspected that Richard Rich Sr wasn't actually the goody-goody, squeaky-clean heroic type his son sees him as. I'm sure he's got a lot to answer for.

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    1. You mean, what if he obtained his wealth as the result of a deal with Hercules' uncle from Hades? I guess that would make him a...Pluto-crat!

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    2. Or maybe Scrooge McDuck simply used his infamous lucky coin to get out of trouble with the Spectre.*

      *See STF #3400 @ 8/4/2021.

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    3. He got his start by selling 'Grit', according to an advert for doing so that was in one 1970s comic I re-read recently.

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  4. Rich Sr may have dealt with Thomas Wayne..this may not be as one sided as it looked. Casper meets the Spectre? That is different. I want to read this a lot!!

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    1. Or, he may have dealt with Howard the Duck's old foe, Pro-Rata the Financial Wizard. With the two of them conspiring to bedevil the Baxter Building on yesterday's cover.

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  5. I wonder what Bart Simpson would say about this issue, since he thinks Casper is in fact Richie’s ghost!

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    1. He'd say to the Spectre: "Don't have a holy cow, man!"

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    2. I mean, back in the '70s, there was a whole "Richie Rich and Casper" ongoing comic book series showing us their adventures together (which Richie always thought were dreams).

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  6. I would have expected him to come for Reggie.

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  7. The Super-Teens of Riverdale might have something to say about it.

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    1. Wrong Reggie. But, I'd love to see the Spectre go up against Sabrina the Super-Witch (sometime ally of Capt. Hero and Pureheart)!

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    2. I meant Reggie Van Dough, Richie's jerk of a cousin. He's usually the one up to some michief.

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    3. Which only goes to how much in common he cas---I mean HAS---with Reggie Mantle.

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    1. Well, if the Jetsons' mechanical maid Rosie can be ret-conned as a glorified cyborg (human brain in a robotic body), I suppose a case for making Richie Rich Casper's reincarnation could be feasible.

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  9. I'd never appreciated that Caspar and Richie have the same face. Add another vote to the "Caspar is Richie's ghost" tally.

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    1. From a previous life. A la Victoria Winters meeting the "ghost" of Josette in Tim Burton's DARK SHADOWS.

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  10. Or Victoria actually being the daughter of Elizabeth Stoddard, as was from what I gather something they had planned before Barnabbas took over the series.

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    1. Like the exact quantity of licks to reach the center of a Tootsie Pop? The world will never know!

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