A key issue noted for First appearance of Urtica and First appearance of Thorax. My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic #61 was published by IDW Publishing on December 1, 2017, as part of a series that began in 2012. Ted Anderson writes, and art comes from Andy Price, Heather Breckel and Jennifer L. Meyer. It features Twilight Sparkle, Rarity, Fluttershy, Big McIntosh and The Observer, among 23 characters catalogued on VerseDB.