Royal Roy: A Prince of a Boy was a short-lived bimonthly comic book

Comic book

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 title from the Marvel Comics

Marvel Comics

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 younger readers' imprint Star Comics

Star Comics

Star Comics was an imprint of Marvel Comics that began in 1984 and continued to publish comic books until early 1988. Titles published by the imprint were aimed at child readers and were often adaptations of children's television series, animated series or toys...

, created by Lennie Herman and Warren Kremer

Warren Kremer

Warren Kremer was an American comics writer and artist best known for his creation of the Harvey Comics characters Richie Rich, Hot Stuff the Little Devil and Stumbo the Giant. His style is known for big, bold compositions, and a keen sense of contrast and color.- Childhood and early career...

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Publication history

Royal Roy began in April 1985, as an answer to the successful Harvey Comics

Harvey Comics

Harvey Comics was an American comic book publisher, founded in New York City by Alfred Harvey in 1941, after buying out the small publisher Brookwood Publications. His brothers Robert B...

 Richie Rich series. Its title character was the young Prince Roy of Cashelot, a fictional kingdom

Monarchy

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 whose name was a blend

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 of "cash

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" and "Camelot

Camelot

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." 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.

Controversy

In late 1985 Harvey Comics sued Star Comics for copyright infringement, claiming that Royal Roy was a blatant copy of Richie Rich. (Longtime Harvey creator Lennie Herman had created Royal Roy for Star Comics; Herman died in 1983 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.