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Image:1987 - 2.jpg|Sticker collector poster * came with issue 2 - 1987
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Image:Gv.JPG|1 game
Image:1987 - 4.jpg|Stickersheet came with issue 4 - 1987 [[Cherries Jubilee, Sprinkles, Lickety Split, Posey, Masquarade, Gingerbread]]
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Image:1987 - 2.jpg|2 - 1987 Sticker collector poster
Image:1987 - 7.jpg|Poster wuith [[Megan, Sundance, Lickety Split]]came with issue 7 - 1987
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Image:Gw.JPG|4 - 1987 Stickers
Image:1987 - 9.jpg|Playmat came with issue 9 - 1987
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Image:Gx.JPG|6 - 1987 Tshirt transfer
Image:1987 - 12.jpg|Calendar poster Sommer / Herbst came with  issue 12 - 1987
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Image:1987 - 7.jpg|7 - 1987 Poster with [[Megan]] [[Sundance]] [[Lickety Split]]
Image:1988 - 5 a.jpg|Card [[Glory, Baby Glory]] came with issue 5 - 1988
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Image:1987 - 9.jpg|9 - 1987 Playmat
Image:1988 - 5 b.jpg|Card came with  issue 5 - 1988
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Image:1987 - 12.jpg|12 - 1987 Calendar poster Sommer / Herbst
Image:1988 - 5 c.jpg|Card [[Cotton Candy]] came with  issue 5 - 1988
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Image:Gu.JPG|1 - 1988 Calender
Image:1988 - 5 d.jpg|Card [[Peachy, Sprinkles]] came with  issue 5 - 1988
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Image:Gt.JPG|3 - 1988 Stickers
Image:1988 - 9 a.jpg|Table cards came with  issue 9 - 1988
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Image:1988 - 5 a.jpg|5 - 1988 Card [[Glory]] [[Baby Glory]]
Image:1988 - 9 b.jpg|Table cards came with  issue 9 - 1988
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Image:1988 - 5 b.jpg|5 - 1988 Card
Image:1988 - 10.jpg|Scratchbook , scratch with a pencil and a drawning will appear came with  issue 10 - 1988
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Image:1988 - 5 c.jpg|5 - 1988 [[Cotton Candy]]
Image:1988 - 11.jpg|Stickers came with  issue 11 - 1988
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Image:1988 - 5 d.jpg|5 - 1988  [[Peachy]] [[Sprinkles]]
Image:1988 - 12.jpg|Poster [[Milky Way, Bow Tie, Majesty]] came with  issue 12 - 1988
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Image:Gs.JPG|7 - 1988 Tshirt transfer
Image:1989 - 1.jpg|Flutter calendar poster came with  issue 1 - 1989
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Image:Gr.JPG|8 - 1988 Sticker [[Megan]] [[Sundance]]
Image:1989 - 2 a.jpg|Card [[Megan, Baby Ribbon, Baby Applejack]] came with  issue 2 - 1989
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Image:1988 - 9 a.jpg|9 - 1988 Table cards
Image:1989 - 2 b.jpg|Card [[Love Melody]] came with  issue 2 - 1989
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Image:1988 - 9 b.jpg|9 - 1988 Table cards
Image:1989 - 2 c.jpg|Card [[Lemon Drop, Spike]] came with  issue 2 - 1989
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Image:1988 - 10.jpg|10 - 1988 Scratchbook , scratch with a pencil and drawning will appear
Image:1989 - 2 d.jpg|Card [[Moondancer]] came with issue 2 - 1989
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Image:1988 - 11.jpg|11 - 1988 Stickers
Image:1989 - 3 a.jpg|Easter card [[Dancing Butterflies, Up Up and Away,Milky Way]] came with issue 3 - 1989
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Image:1988 - 12.jpg|12 - 1988 Poster [[Milky Way]] [[Bow Tie]] [[Majesty]]
Image:1989 - 3 b.jpg|Easter card inside came with issue 3 - 1989
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Image:1989 - 1.jpg|1 - 1989 Flutter calendar poster  
Image:1989 - 3 c.jpg|Easter card backside [[Baby Lickety Split, Lickety Split]] came with issue 3 - 1989  
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Image:1989 - 2 a.jpg|2 - 1989 Card [[Megan]] [[Baby Ribbon]] [[Baby Applejack]]
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Image:1989 - 2 b.jpg|2 - 1989 Card [[Love Melody]]
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Image:1989 - 2 c.jpg|2 - 1989 Card [[Lemon Drop]] [[Spike]]
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Image:1989 - 2 d.jpg|2 - 1989 Card [[Moondancer]]
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Image:1989 - 3 a.jpg|3 - 1989 Easter card [[Dancing Butterflies]] [[Up Up and Away]] [[Milky Way]]
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Image:1989 - 3 b.jpg|3 - 1989 Easter card inside
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Image:1989 - 3 c.jpg|3 - 1989 Easter card backside [[Baby Lickety Split]] [[Lickety Split]]  
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Image:Gi.JPG|4 - 1989 stoff button
 
Image:1989 - 5 a.jpg|Tracing Drawning came with issue 5 - 1989
 
Image:1989 - 5 a.jpg|Tracing Drawning came with issue 5 - 1989
 
Image:1989 - 5 b.jpg|Tracing Drawning came with issue 5 - 1989
 
Image:1989 - 5 b.jpg|Tracing Drawning came with issue 5 - 1989
Image:1989 - 6.jpg|Shirt Transfer [[Megan, Sundance]] came with issue 6 - 1989
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Image:Gj.JPG|6 - 1989 tshirt transfer [[Megan]] [[Sundance]]
Image:1989 - 7 a.jpg|Table cards [[Spike]] came with issue 7 - 1989
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Image:Gq1.JPG|7 - 1989 spike table cards [[Spike]]
Image:1989 - 7 b.jpg|Table cards [[Spike]] came with issue 7 -1989
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Image:Gq2.JPG|7 - 1989 Spike table cards [[Spike]]
Image:1989 - 10 a.jpg|Telephone book [[Peachy, Lemon Drop]] came with issue 10 - 1989
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Image:Gk.JPG|8 - 1989 scratchers
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Image:Gl.JPG|9 - 1989 Sticker [[Tex]]
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Image:1989 - 10 a.jpg|Telephone book [[Peachy]] [[Lemon Drop]] came with issue 10 - 1989
 
Image:1989 - 10 b.jpg|Telephone book inside came with issue 10 - 1989
 
Image:1989 - 10 b.jpg|Telephone book inside came with issue 10 - 1989
Image:1989 - 12 a.jpg|Christmas card [[Megan, Majesty, Spike]] came with  issue 12 - 1989
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Image:Gh.JPG|#11 1989 stickers
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Image:1989 - 12 a.jpg|Christmas card [[Megan]] [[Majesty]] [[Spike]] came with  issue 12 - 1989
 
Image:1989 - 12 b.jpg|Christmascard inside came with issue 12 - 1989
 
Image:1989 - 12 b.jpg|Christmascard inside came with issue 12 - 1989
 
Image:1989 - 12 c.jpg|Christmascard backside came with issue 12 - 1989
 
Image:1989 - 12 c.jpg|Christmascard backside came with issue 12 - 1989
Image:1990 - 1.jpg|Calendar poster [[Lickety Split, Tootsie]] came with  issue 1 - 1990
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Image:1990 - 1.jpg|Calendar poster [[Lickety Split]] [[Tootsie]] came with  issue 1 - 1990
Image:1990 - 2.jpg|Winter Poster [[Ice Crystal, Snowflake, Spike, Tic Tac Toe]] came with issue 2 - 1990
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Image:1990 - 2.jpg|2 - 1990 Winter Poster [[Ice Crystal]] [[Snowflake]] [[Spike]] [[Tic Tac Toe]]
Image:1990 - 3.jpg|Painting Pallet [[Pretty as a Picture]] came with issue 3 - 1990
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Image:Gm.JPG|3 - 1991 paint pallet
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Image:Gn.JPG|4 - 1990 Sticker [[Cotton Candy]]
 
Image:1990 - 5.jpg|Scratch a drawning book came with issue 5 - 1990
 
Image:1990 - 5.jpg|Scratch a drawning book came with issue 5 - 1990
Image:1990 - 6 a.jpg|Card came with issue 6 - 1990
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Image:Ga1.JPG|6 - 1990 Cards
Image:1990 - 6 b.jpg|Card came with  issue 6 - 1990
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Image:Ga2.JPG|6 - 1990 Cards
Image:1990 - 6 c.jpg|Card came with issue 6 - 1990
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Image:Go1.JPG|8 - 1990 4 cute cards
Image:1990 - 6 d.jpg|Card came with  issue 6 - 1990
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Image:Go2.JPG|8 - 1990 4 cute cards
Image:1990 - 9.jpg|Label Stickers [[Majesty, Spike, Peachy, Bow tie]] came with issue 9 - 1990
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Image:1990 - 9.jpg|9 - 1990 Label Stickers [[Majesty]] [[Spike]] [[Peachy]] [[Bow tie]]
Image:1991 - 6.jpg|Sticker poster [[Glory, Posey, Peachy, Surprise]] came with issue 6 - 1991
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Image:Gp.JPG|11 - 1990 make a pony house
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Image:Ge.JPG|1 - 1991 calendar
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Image:1991 - 6.jpg|6 - 1991 Sticker poster [[Glory]] [[Posey]] [[Peachy]] [[Surprise]]
 
Image:1991 - 7.jpg|Sticker for the poster [[Lemon Drop]] came with issue 7 - 1991
 
Image:1991 - 7.jpg|Sticker for the poster [[Lemon Drop]] came with issue 7 - 1991
 
Image:1991 - 8.jpg|Sticker for poster [[Brandy]] came with issue 8 - 1991
 
Image:1991 - 8.jpg|Sticker for poster [[Brandy]] came with issue 8 - 1991
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Image:Gd1.JPG|9 - 1991 doorhanger
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Image:Gb2.JPG|9 - 1991 doorhanger
 
Image:1991 - 10 a.jpg|Drawning trace card came with issue 10 - 1991
 
Image:1991 - 10 a.jpg|Drawning trace card came with issue 10 - 1991
 
Image:1991 - 10 b.jpg|Drawning trace card came with issue 10 - 1991
 
Image:1991 - 10 b.jpg|Drawning trace card came with issue 10 - 1991
 
Image:1991 - 11 a.jpg|FallGame came with issue 11 - 1991
 
Image:1991 - 11 a.jpg|FallGame came with issue 11 - 1991
 
Image:1991 - 11 b.jpg|Pony poster came with  issue 11 - 1991
 
Image:1991 - 11 b.jpg|Pony poster came with  issue 11 - 1991
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Image:Gf.JPG|12 - 1991 stickers
 
Image:1992 - 1.jpg|Calendar 1992 came with  issue 1 - 1992
 
Image:1992 - 1.jpg|Calendar 1992 came with  issue 1 - 1992
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Image:Gg.JPG|2 - 1992 stickers
 
Image:1992 - 4 a.jpg|Easter card came with  issue 4 - 1992
 
Image:1992 - 4 a.jpg|Easter card came with  issue 4 - 1992
 
Image:1992 - 4 b.jpg|Easter card inside came with  issue 4 - 1992
 
Image:1992 - 4 b.jpg|Easter card inside came with  issue 4 - 1992
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Image:1992 - 11 a.jpg|Big troll game came with  issue 11 - 1992
 
Image:1992 - 11 a.jpg|Big troll game came with  issue 11 - 1992
 
Image:1992 - 11 b.jpg|Big troll game came with issue 11 - 1992
 
Image:1992 - 11 b.jpg|Big troll game came with issue 11 - 1992
Image:1993 - 1.jpg|Desktop Calendar [[Majesty]] came with issue 1 - 1993
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Image:Gc1.JPG|#12 1992 adventcalender
Image:1993 - 3.jpg|Moomins stickers came with  issue 3 - 1993
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Image:1993 - 1.jpg|1 - 1993 Desktop Calendar [[Majesty]]
Image:1993 - 7.jpg|Adress stickers came with issue 7 - 1993
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Image:1993 - 3.jpg|3 - 1993 Moomins stickers
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Image:Gb1.JPG|6 - 1993 hat
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Image:Gb2.JPG|6 - 1993 hat
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Image:1993 - 7.jpg|7 - 1993 Adress stickers
  
 
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Revision as of 09:56, 30 July 2017

The UK had an extensive run of G1 MLP comic books, featuring stories, puzzles, Activity Club pages, special contests, and more. Two separate comic books, My Little Pony and My Little Pony and Friends, ran at the same time. My Little Pony and Friends included comics about the Moondreamers, Potato Head Kids, Fairy Tail Birds, and GLO Friends in addition to stories about the ponies.

History

The first comic, called simply My Little Pony (1985 - 1993) had a run of 223 issues. A second comic book, My Little Pony and Friends (1987 - 1994) had 51 issues.

The comics were usually produced fortnightly (every two weeks), though sometimes they switched to a weekly schedule. The two comic runs shared a common continuity, with the events of one series often being referred to in the second series. My Little Pony and Friends outlasted My Little Pony by about six months.

London Editions Limited, later renamed Fleetway Editions Limited, published both comic books. Judith Laverty was the editor of My Little Pony from at least 1988[1] until 1993 when the comic was discontinued. Martin Gray was the editor of My Little Pony and Friends, while Samantha Scattergood was in charge of Advertising for it.

All art came from the Spanish company Selecciones Ilustradas, usually sent via fax[2]. Writers included Hilda Young[2] and Mike Wild.[1] Martin Gray also contributed some scripts, including a story featuring the Smooze in My Little Pony and Friends #30.[2]

Hasbro UK was heavily involved in quality control of the comic books, "requiring approval of plots, scripts, layouts and finished art."[2]

Other European countries, such as a Germany, Finland, and Holland, also had comic books. The stories and illustrations were generally the same as in the UK comics, translated into the appropriate language. (These comic books were not necessarily released in the same order as the UK comics, however.) Italy had a unique comic book with original stories and illustrations rather than reused London Editions stories. The United States and other non-European countries did not have any comic books at all.

Comic Continuity

Although they featured many of the same pony characters as the television shows, the comic books were clearly set in their own continuity.

Some of the differences from the cartoons:

  • Almost every pony had magic, not just unicorns.
  • Unicorns did not have the ability to wink (teleport).
  • Majesty, never seen in animated form, was in almost every comic.
  • The ponies never moved into Paradise Estate, they just used it as a vacation home.
  • Many of the pony personalities were different. Wind Whistler was rather silly, Shady was more confident, etc.
  • Larger cast of ponies and a recurring cast of non-pony characters.


The comic book universe shares many similarities with the G1 backcards. Most ponies have whatever character traits and magical abilities they had in their backcard story. (Medley can make the sound of a harp by waving her tail, for example, and Cotton Candy has a sweet tooth for flowers that gets her into trouble.) The comics fit in the same continuity as the UK children's books published by World International Publishing Limited, such as The Stolen Shadow, The Cross Weather Witch, and The Man in the Moon.

Almost all Year 2 and Year 3 ponies appeared in the comics, even ponies who were never sold in the UK. By Year 4 most of the newly introduced ponies were ones available in local shops.

Both magazines eventually switched from the dragons-and-castles fantasy world of early G1 to the more modern world of My Little Pony Tales.

Non-Pony Characters

The comics featured many allies and enemies of the little ponies. Megan was a friend of the ponies, although Molly and Danny were never seen. Other friends included Rob Rabbit, the woodland crier; Junk-It, a being made of assorted junk; hapless Magician Muddle; and many others. Likewise there were recurring villains, like Wizard Wantall and Get-It,

Some of the non-pony characters are listed here.

My Little Pony Comic Covers

My Little Pony Comic Seasonal Special Covers

My Little Pony and Friends Comic Covers

Free Gifts (from either comic)

Dutch Comics

Italian Comics

German Comics

German comic Gifts

France Comics

Swedish Comics

Finnish Comics


See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 J. Laverty, personal communication, November 5, 1988.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Gray, Martin. "Too Dangerous For A Girl." Superman Family Adventures #9 review. February 2, 2013