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September 10, 2004

Richie Rich and Google

My grandfather had a ton of old Richie Rich comic books. One of my favorite issues had Richie and Cadbury solving a mystery with the help of a WWII pilot who was famous for surviving pursuit by a hundred japanese planes. The villain in the story was named the Googol. I forget exactly what the Googol was was trying to steal, but the twist in the story was that the war hero was the Google. Richie figured it out because the number google is 10^100 (one followed by a hundred zeroes). A japanese fighter plane was nicknamed a "Zero"...so the pilot was the one followed by a hundred Zeroes.

The search engine Google was named after the number googol, and their offices, the Googleplex, was named after the number googolplex. (A googleplex is one followed by a thousand zeroes.)

I really wonder if the founders of Google read Richie Rich, because that was the coolest issue of Richie Rich EVARR!!11!!11!! (Actually, it was probably the only cool issue of Richie Rich. Richie Rich wasn't cool. Spider-Man was cool.) A search on Google (haha) reveals no connection though. In fact, I can't even figure out what issue of Richie Rich it was. It's true though. I wonder...

Posted by Wendell at September 10, 2004 02:00 PM

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Posted by Eric Sadoyama on September 10, 2004 4:42 PM:

Actually, a googolplex is a one followed by a googol zeroes. Much larger.

 
Posted by Mr.Wendell on September 10, 2004 5:02 PM:

You're right. I read 10^[10^100] wrong. My bad, but thanks for pointing it out.

 
Posted by ZZ Type on September 13, 2004 2:07 PM:

They didn't even mention Barney? Heck, his last name was even SPELLED "Google."

 
Posted by Sin on September 14, 2004 4:07 PM:

Holy flashbacks...I remember that Richie Rich story too...

Hmmm...here's a quick test of RR trivia...what was Richie's loudmouth cousin's name?

 
Posted by John on September 14, 2004 11:20 PM:

That's an easy one Reggie. Who was in charge of the Rich Invention Center?

 
Posted by Sin on September 15, 2004 6:56 PM:

Dude, that wasn't the whole answer...it wasn't just Reggie, it was Reggie Van Dough...

 
Posted by Mike on October 26, 2004 8:30 AM:

10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
This is google?

 
Posted by Bridget on January 4, 2006 8:39 AM:

Does anyone remember the name of the Richie Rich comic that featured the Googol. I too remember that one distinctly and wanted to show it to my son. I tried eBay, but with no luck. Thanks for any info ... maybe I'll see if the Harvey comic book company is still around...

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