Royal Roy
Cover of Royal Roy #1 (Star Comics, April 1985)
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	April 1985
Created by	Lennie Herman (writer) and Warren Kremer (artist)

Royal Roy: A Prince of a Boy was a short-lived bimonthly comic book title from the Marvel Comics younger readers' imprint Star Comics, created by Lennie Herman and Warren Kremer.

[edit] Publication history

Royal Roy began in April 1985, as an answer to the successful Harvey Comics Richie Rich series. Its title character was the young Prince Roy of Cashelot, a fictional kingdom whose name was a blend of "cash" and "Camelot." Like Richie, Roy was surrounded by wealth and luxury, but wasn't spoiled by it; in many ways, he was just like any other young boy. Also like Richie, Roy had a sweet-natured middle-class girlfriend (Crystal Cleer) and a wealthy, abrasive acquaintance (Lorna Loot) who vied for his affections.

[edit] Controversy

In late 1985 Harvey Comics sued Star Comics for copyright infringement, claiming that Royal Roy was a blatant copy of Richie Rich.^[1] (Longtime Harvey creator Lennie Herman had created Royal Roy for Star Comics; Herman died in 1983^[2] before the first issue of Royal Roy was published.)

Royal Roy was cancelled after six issues in March 1986, and Harvey's lawsuit was dropped.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Entry in Don Markstein's Toonopedia
• An essay on Royal Roy

This article on a Marvel Comics title is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. v • d • e