Dream Castle Spring Clean
Source: My Little Pony comic #13 (G1)
Comments: I know I always keep my shoes in vases.
The Witch’s Garden
Source: My Little Pony comic #44 (G1)
Comments: Hard to say what I love more, the witch’s garden being literally next door—with a sign that says “WITCH’S GARDEN”—or Spike’s expression when he sees Witch Wanda.
Moonstone’s Midnight Adventure, Part 3
Source: G1 Annual, 1985
See Also: Click here for other parts of the story
Comments: One of my favorite pictures of Majesty.
The Amazing Apples
Source: My Little Pony #2 (G1 comic)
Comments: Oh Majesty. You love these little schemes, don’t you?
Sorry the text is a bit off-kilter, this was photographed rather than scanned.
My Little Pony club (UK), 1986
Comments: There was also a club in the US, but I don’t know if the same items were offered. I have a feeling they weren’t.
Love the artwork here.
Issue: My Little Pony #5, “Merry Music”
Story Title: The Silver Challenge Cup
Summary: The jumping competition is about to begin, and Lemon Drop is expected to win—as usual.
Comments: In honor of the 2012 Summer Olympics, a jumping show starring My Easily Distracted Ponies. (Really, Bow-Tie? That couldn’t have waited?)
Firefly is the G1 pony most often compared to G4 Rainbow Dash—and justly so, since Rainbow Dash was indeed based directly off of Firefly. But in my opinion the correct equation is “Lemon Drop + Firefly = Rainbow Dash”. Because, sure, Firefly is fast, daring, and does aerial tricks, but Lemon Drop is the athlete who is always practicing, practicing, practicing, gets snappish if someone disturbs her jumps, and accrues blue ribbons and trophies like there’s no tomorrow.
To give an idea of how insanely competitive Lemon Drop is, at one point she agrees to a jumping contest with some spring-sprites … and refuses to back down even after realizing their jumps are like nine feet high and made of barbed wire.
BARBED. WIRE.
My Little Pony comic #26, “Happy Harvest!”
Story Title: A Worrying Time, Part 3. (See also Part 1 and Part 2 of this story.)
Summary: Cotton Candy unwittingly gave Applejack a magic apple as a birthday present … but now Applejack will sleep for a hundred years unless the ponies can get into the Garden of Herbs to cure her!
Comments: Poor Cotton Candy, I feel sorry for her as her friends knock her away from the secret passage. Anyway, this is how she becomes the Ponyland nurse, although “herbalist” seems like a more apt name. I’m interested to see the phrase “earth ponies” appear in this comic, I thought that was mostly a show thing.
My Little Pony comic #25, “Seaside Concert”
Story Title: A Worrying Time, Part 2
Summary: Applejack is comatose, and will sleep for a hundred years unless the ponies can get into the magical herb garden for the ingredients to cure her! But it’s not as simple as it seems …
Comments: Firefly looks as though she’s about to eat the little green man.
My Little Pony comic #24, “The Dancing Dragon”
Story Title: A Worrying Time, Part 1
Summary: Cotton Candy accidentally eats Applejack’s birthday hat. Then Applejack bites into a magic apple and falls down to lie “still, ever so still.” Then a witch turns up to inform Cotton Candy that Applejack will now sleep for a hundred years. I love G1 comics.
My Little Pony comic #13, “Dream Castle Spring Clean”, 1985
Title:: Pony Land in Danger, Part 2 of 3. (See also Part 1 and Part 3.)
Summary: A nefarious red cloud is roiling towards Ponyland. If it finds a single red object, it will take over the kingdom!
Follow the tag Pony Land in Danger to see the previous part of this story! The third part will also have this tag and will be posted on Friday. ^_^
