Little Dot #27
Little Dot #27 (November 1957) is a mid-run installment of the anthology series that served as the primary home of Richie Rich during the four years before the character earned his own title. By this point in the Little Dot run, the Richie Rich backup feature had fully established the core cast — Richie, Freckles, Pee-Wee, Regina, and Richard Sr. — and stories from this era were considered strong enough to be reprinted multiple times across dedicated Richie Rich titles in the 1970s, a testament to their lasting appeal. The issue also sits at a historically resonant moment in Harvey's Silver Age output: original artwork from its Richie Rich story bears a rough pencil sketch of Hot Stuff on the reverse, drawn by Warren Kremer just weeks after Hot Stuff's own debut, offering a rare behind-the-scenes glimpse at the creative overlap driving Harvey's rapid expansion of characters in 1957.
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Richie Rich was created by publisher Alfred Harvey and artist Warren Kremer — though Kremer and editor Sid Jacobson both separately claimed originating the character — and debuted as a backup feature in Little Dot #1 (September 1953). By issue #27, the strip was well into its four-year run as a guest feature before Richie received his own solo title in 1960. The story art from this issue was produced by Kremer at twice-up scale in ink on Bristol board, consistent with Harvey's production methods of the era, and the survival of that original art has provided researchers with unusual documentary detail about the issue's creation.
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- Published by Harvey Comics, cover-dated November 1957; classified as Silver Age.
- Richie Rich was created by Alfred Harvey and Warren Kremer (with Sid Jacobson also credited in some accounts), debuting in Little Dot #1 (September 1953) — four years before this issue.
- The Richie Rich story in this issue features Richie alongside his friends Freckles and Pee-Wee Friendly.
- None of the seven cataloged characters make their first appearance in this issue: Richie Rich and Regina Rich debuted in Little Dot #1; Freckles and Pee-Wee Friendly and Reginald Van Dough debuted in Little Dot #2; Richard Rich Sr. debuted in Little Dot #3.
- The Richie Rich story from this issue was reprinted in Richie Rich Success Stories #40 (October 1971) and again in Richie Rich Jackpots #29 (June 1977), indicating Harvey considered it among the feature's stronger early entries.
- The original Bristol board art for this issue's Richie Rich story bears a rough ink sketch of Hot Stuff on its reverse side, drawn by Warren Kremer — the issue appeared on stands just one month after Hot Stuff's debut in Hot Stuff #1 (October 1957).
- The Little Dot series hosted multiple Harvey characters as backup features; issue #27's table of contents includes Little Dot stories, the Richie Rich story, and a Little Lotta story.
- Richie Rich did not receive a solo title until 1960, after which he became Harvey's most popular character, eventually headlining over fifty separate titles.
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Richie receives a variety of fantastic birthday gifts, but concludes that it is much more fun to play with his friends.
Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).