Richie Rich #228

When Richie Rich spots a mysterious shiny bump on the moon’s surface, it turns his usual night of stargazing into a mission worth chasing. With Gloria enchanted by the full moon’s romance, the two kids set off to prove the anomaly is real—leading to a space mission in the works.

In this lighthearted 1987 tale from *Richie Rich* #228, Bascomb finds himself stuck without a car to drive—his usual rides are in the shop or away on vacation. With nothing but time on his hands, he passes the hours by pretending his backyard is a racetrack, turning imagination into a joyride.

In a brief, lighthearted moment from *Richie Rich* #228, Melvin’s careless habit of tossing a banana peel on the sidewalk leads to a playful but pointed lesson when Audrey slips and delivers a comical kick to his backside—proving her point without saying a word.

When meteors devastate the Moonstar colony and send Richie and his friends drifting into space, the only hope lies in a daring rescue mission. With a pair of rockets and a vacuum chamber built for the task, Mr. Rich launches a bold plan to pull his children and the stranded astronaut back from the void.

In this lighthearted 1987 tale from *Richie Rich* #228, Reggie tries to impress Richie with his latest fame—first a photo in a window, then a magazine spread, and finally a postage stamp—only to exhaust his friend with endless boasting. The moment takes a playful turn when the two pass a monument bearing Richie’s face, leaving the spotlight’s true source in question.

In this lighthearted 1987 tale from *Richie Rich* #228, Mrs. Plump receives a bouquet of lilies from Mrs. Kindly, unaware of the mix-up to come. When Lotta gets hungry and tosses some green vegetables into her sandwich, she doesn’t realize the greens are actually the very flowers she just saw—leading to a silly, mistaken bite.