FIM Comics Thread

[Bekuno]

I wanted to make a thread to keep anyone interested in the FIM comic up to date and also to help anyone interested in reading them figure out where to start!

Ongoing FIM comics:
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
My Little Pony: Legends of Magic (starts April)
My Little Pony: The Movie Prequel (releasing in June)

Completed FIM comics:
My Little Pony: Fiendship is Magic (5 issues)
My Little Pony: Micro Series (10 issues)
My Little Pony: Friends Forever (38 issues)


One Shots:
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Holiday Special
Equestria Girls Holiday Special
My Little Pony Deviations

Annuals:
Annual #1: Equestria Girls
Annual #2: Power Ponies
Annual #3: Guardians of Harmony

Comics on the shelves as of the end of May 2017:
Friendship is Magic #53 & #54
Legends of Magic #2

What is in each of these comics?

The main series recounts the adventures of the mane six happening off screen. The "arcs" can span from two to four issues and there are some oneshots. Lots of fun stories!

Friends Forever takes two ponies, ponies who are friends or ponies you'd never expect to see together, and tells a story about them. Each issue has two different ponies.

Fiendship is Magic is comics about the villains Tirek, The Sirens, Chrysalis, Sombra, and Nightmare Moon. Each issue focuses on one character.

Legends of Magic tells tales of the history of Equestria and the ponies who shaped it and explores the past.

The Micro Series was a series of one-shots where each issue focused on one character.

Deviations is an one shot exploring a "what if?" scenario.

I want to read the comics, how should I start?

If you are not looking for single issue comics there are many trade paperback, omnibus, and hardcover variations.

For those looking to buy in bulk I recommend purchasing the omnibus volumes. There are currently three omnibus volumes of the main series and two omnibus volumes of the Friends Forever series. The main series omnibus volumes have collected issues #1 - #37 as of now while the Friends Forever omnibus has covered issues #1 - #22

The other option is trade paperback, trade paperbacks cover four issues each. This goes for both the main series and friends forever. The main series has 12 so far, friends forever is up to 9.

Adventures in Friendship is a series of hardcover comics that contain one comic from the micro series and two comics from the friends forever series in each volume.

The Micro Series is collected in two trade paperback's called Pony Tales.

The Fiendship is Magic series is collected in a single trade paperback.

Annual comics are released in trade paperback, as is the EQG holiday special.

I'm not interested in the stories but I love the art, are there art books?

Sure is! There art art galleries, cover galleries, an art book and a treasury edition to showcase all the awesome covers and art from the comics!

[aquamarinemolly]

Awesome and informative Bekuno <3

If anyone out there happens to have the FIENDship is Magic IDW comic #1 Retail Incentive cover (Twilight Sparkle sugar skull by Sara Richard), I have been hunting for over a year and will happily trade another rare comic or buy it

[Mermaid]

This is great information! I love the comics, but it's hard to keep track of all the different books/issues! Thanks for posting!

[Seachanger]

Thank you so much for this!

[TornadoTwist]

Perhaps it's a bit of self-promotion *blush* but since the MLP Comics have a lot of cover variants you can check them all here:

https://data.mlpmerch.com/comics/ Simply click on an issue and it will give you more info including the covers.
Or you can go here to see all the cover artist:
And the cover types: https://data.mlpmerch.com/comic-covers/variant/

[Bekuno]

No please feel free to share those links! I was using your site when I compiled this list anyway 

I love to collect variant covers myself, and bought a bunch when hastings went out of business.

My goal for this thread is to bump it at the end of each month and give updates on what released and I'm happy to answer any questions!

[Kiwi]

Stopped and picked up my Feb comics today (although one is being re-ordered so I can get Agnes's sub cover).

[Stormness_1]

Mods can we sticky this? It's a great resource!

[Bekuno]

Main post has been updated!

This March IDW will be ending one series and releasing a new one just for the month of March.

Friends Forever is officially ending with issue #38 about Celestia and Luna. The series is ending to make way for the Legends of Magic series coming in April!

My Little Pony: Deviations, a special comic , focuses on a "what if?" scenario. The comic is "What if Celestia chose Prince Blueblood instead of Twilight Sparkle?"

The 3rd annual (Guardians of Harmony) has had it's official release though some copies may have begun to appear in late February. These comics, as the name suggests, focuses on the GoH playsets.

And a really awesome announcement for those of you excited for the upcoming movie, a prequel graphic novel will be released in September!

[Bekuno]

Hey all, I finally update the thread! Sorry about that.

Friends Forever has officially concluded with a 38 issue run!

The 2nd Friends Forever Omnibus will be out this month and the MLP Movie Prequel comics will begin in June.

Not much else to report right now