King Longhorn and his gang first appear in the [[IDW comics#|My Little Pony comics]] story Reins, Trains and Carts with Wheels, during Applejack and Rarity's cross-country trip to Applewood. They stampede alongside their stagecoach and demand their valuables. Applejack, having pent-up frustrations over the course of her trip with Rarity, leaps from the carriage and physically assaults the bulls. In a daze, Longhorn declares that Applejack and Rarity "haven't seen the last of [them]." King Longhorn appears again in the [[IDW comics#|Friendship is Magic Issue #25]] and [[IDW comics#|