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Image: F04 freegift.jpg|'''#4''' August Fun Book
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Image: F04 freegift.jpg|4 August Fun Book
Image:8.jpg|Issue 8 Sticker poster
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Image:35.jpg|№ 5 Calendar winter/spring
Image:30.jpg|Issue 30 Game poster
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Image:8.jpg|8 Sticker poster
Image:31.jpg|Issue 31 Shirt Transfer
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Image:30.jpg|30 Game poster
Image:35.jpg|Issue 5 Calendar winter/spring
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Image:31.jpg|31 Shirt Transfer
Image:36.jpg|Issue 36 Calendar summer/autumn
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Image:36.jpg|36 Calendar summer/autumn
Image:46.jpg|Issue 46 Moondreamers poster
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Image:46.jpg|46 Moondreamers poster
Image:47.jpg|Issue 47 Moondreamers poster
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Image:47.jpg|47 Moondreamers poster
Image:63.jpg|Issue 63 Snowtrain game
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Image:63.jpg|63 Snowtrain game
Image: 67_freegiftptA.jpg|'''#67''' Colour Pages (part only)
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Image: 67_freegiftptA.jpg|67 Colour Pages (part only)
Image: 67_freegiftptB.jpg|'''#67''' Colour Pages (part only)
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Image: 67_freegiftptB.jpg|67 Colour Pages (part only)
Image: 68_freegift.jpg|'''#68''' Dragon Stickers
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Image: 68_freegift.jpg|68 Dragon Stickers
Image:74.jpg|Issue 74 Magic Message ponies folder
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Image:74.jpg|74 Magic Message ponies folder
Image: 75_freegift.jpg|'''#75''' T-Shirt Transfer
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Image: 75_freegift.jpg|75 T-Shirt Transfer
File:G1 Comic Free Gift 80 Mould.jpg|'''#80''' Plastic Mould
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File:G1 Comic Free Gift 80 Mould.jpg|80 Plastic Mould
Image:81 blue.jpg|#81 blue balloon came with this issue
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Image:81 blue.jpg|81 blue balloon came with this issue
Image: ComicValentine.jpg|'''#90''' Valentine's Card
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Image: ComicValentine.jpg|90 Valentine's Card
Image:91.jpg|Issue 91 Meet the brush n grow ponies booklet
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Image:91.jpg|91 Meet the brush n grow ponies booklet
Image:101.jpg|Issue 101 Magic drawning card
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Image:101.jpg|101 Magic drawning card
Image:101-.jpg|Issue 101 Magic drawning card
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Image:101-.jpg|101 Magic drawning card
Image: G1 Comic114 FreeExtraComic.jpg|'''#114''' Extra Comic
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Image: G1 Comic114 FreeExtraComic.jpg|114 Extra Comic
Image:115.jpg|Issue 115 Button / pin badge I love my little pony comic
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Image:115.jpg|115 Button / pin badge I love my little pony comic
Image:119.jpg|Issue 119 win a candy cane pony
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Image:119.jpg|119 win a candy cane pony
Image:119-.jpg|Issue 119
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Image:119-.jpg|119
Image:122.jpg|Issue 122 Game card
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Image:122.jpg|122 Game card
Image:122-.jpg|Issue 122
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Image:122-.jpg|122
Image:122--.jpg|Issue 122
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Image:122--.jpg|122
Image: G1 Comic123 ValentinesDayCard.jpg|'''#123''' Valentine's Card
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Image: G1 Comic123 ValentinesDayCard.jpg|123 Valentine's Card
Image:125.jpg|Issue 125 win a dance n prance pony
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Image:125.jpg|125 win a dance n prance pony
Image:126.jpg|Issue 126 Button / pin badge  dragon Firey
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Image:126.jpg|126 Button / pin badge  dragon Firey
Image: G1 Comic128 EasterPoster.jpg|'''#128''' Easter Egg Hunt Poster
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Image: G1 Comic128 EasterPoster.jpg|128 Easter Egg Hunt Poster
File:Number 133 duck comb and ribbon.jpg|'''#133''' Aqua [[G1 Combs/Brushes#Duck Combs|Duck Comb]] and [[Ribbons (G1)|Ribbons]]
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File:Number 133 duck comb and ribbon.jpg|133 Aqua [[G1 Combs/Brushes#Duck Combs|Duck Comb]] and [[Ribbons (G1)|Ribbons]]
Image:134 2.jpg|Issue 134 metallic sticker
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Image:134 2.jpg|134 metallic sticker
File:164 blue comb.jpg|'''#164''' Blue glittery SHS comb
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File:164 blue comb.jpg|164 Blue glittery SHS comb
File:G1 Comic 182 stencils.jpg|'''#182''' Random Stencil
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File:G1 Comic 182 stencils.jpg|182 Random Stencil
Image: PhotoGrid 1448243653607.png|'''#211''' Comb
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Image: PhotoGrid 1448243653607.png|211 Comb
Image: ComicValentine2.jpg|My Little Pony Comic &copy;1991
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Image: ComicValentine2.jpg|№  My Little Pony Comic &copy;1991
Image: ComicPostcard.jpg|My Little Pony Comic &copy;1989
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Image: ComicPostcard.jpg|№  My Little Pony Comic &copy;1989
Image: ComicSticker1.jpg|Mirrored Sticker  
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Image: ComicSticker1.jpg|№  Mirrored Sticker  
Image: ChristmasTreeComb.jpg|Comb (also available with [[Merry Treats]])
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Image: ChristmasTreeComb.jpg|№  Comb (also available with [[Merry Treats]])
Image: comic-pin2.jpg|[[Dancing Butterflies]] Pin Badge
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Image: comic-pin2.jpg|№  [[Dancing Butterflies]] Pin Badge
 
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Revision as of 15:39, 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