Royal Roy
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Cover of Royal Roy #1 (Star Comics, April 1985) | |
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| 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.
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, a parody of Gloria Glad) and a wealthy, abrasive acquaintance (Lorna Loot, a parody of Mayda Munny) 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.[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.
X-Babies
An updated version of Royal Roy (along with Planet Terry, Top Dog and Wally the Wizard) is featured in the four-issue X-Babies miniseries published by Marvel Comics in late 2009.