World Distributors
- Country:
- United Kingdom
- Indicia / Colophon Publishers:
- 6
- Brand Groups:
- 2
- Brand Emblems in Use:
- 10
- Total Number of Series:
- 248
- Total Number of Issues:
- 2647
- Show Covers by Month:
- using on-sale date or using publication date
- Show Issues by Month:
- using on-sale date or using publication date
- Notes:
- Started shortly after World War 2, brother Alfred, John, and Sydney Pemberton were in the business of selling second-hand books in Manchester. They then started as publishers, specializing in annuals, dominating the market for decades. They continued publishing as World International starting in 1980. In 1991 they moved to new offices in Handforth, Cheshire, still operating as World International and publishing annuals in much lesser volume. 1999 saw the company acquired by Egmont World. A change of offices to Wilmslow, Cheshire in 2001 saw yet another change of company name to Egmont Children's Books (Egmont Books Limited). Annuals continued to be published, but any mention of World was removed from company logos.
- Keywords
- annuals
Editing
| Series | Year | Issues | Covers | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 77 Sunset Strip Comic Album | 1963 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | 1964 |
| The A-Team Annual [b] | 1985 | 3 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | 1985 - 1987 |
| The Aeronauts Annual [b] | 1972 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 1972 |
| Alias Smith and Jones Annual [b] | 1976 | 2 issues (2 indexed) | Gallery | 1975 - 1976 |
| All Star Western [m] | 1950 | 6 issues (0 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 5) | 1950 ? - ? |
| Annie Oakley and Tagg | 1955 | 10 issues (0 indexed) | Have 6 (Need 4) | 1955 - 1956 |
| Asterix Annual 1980 [b] | 1979 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 1979 |
| Attack! [m] | 1966 | 14 issues (1 indexed) | Have 7 (Need 8) | 1966 - 1966 |
| The Avengers Annual [b] | 1976 | 4 issues (4 indexed) | Gallery | 1976 - Christmas 1977 |
| Basil Brush Annual [b] | 1971 | 10 issues (0 indexed) | Have 10 (Need 1) | 1971 - 1980 |
| Batman World Adventure Library | 1966 | 11 issues (1 indexed) | Have 11 (Need 1) | 1966 - ? |
| Battle Beasts [b] | 1988 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | 1987 |
| Battleground [m] | 1966 | 39 issues (6 indexed) | Have 26 (Need 21) | 1966 - ? |
| Beep Beep the Road Runner [b] | 1974 | 2 issues (1 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 1) | 1974 - [circa December 1974?] |
| Ben Bowie and His Mountain Men [m] | 1955 | 15 issues (0 indexed) | Have 9 (Need 7) | 1955 - ? |
| Ben Casey Annual [b] | 1963 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | 1963 |
| The Beverly Hillbillies Annual [b] | 1965 | 4 issues (4 indexed) | Gallery | 1965 - 1968 |
| Bewitched Annual [b] | 1966 | 2 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | 1966 - 1967 |
| Billy the Kid Adventure Magazine [m] | 1953 | 76 issues (14 indexed) | Have 68 (Need 13) | 1953 - 1959 ? |
| Billy the Kid Western Annual [b] | 1953 | 8 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | 1953 - 1960 |
| Black Beauty Annual [b] | 1974 | 6 issues (1 indexed) | Have 2 (Need 4) | [September] 1974 - [September] 1979 |
| Black Diamond Western [m] | 1949 | 31 issues (1 indexed) | Have 18 (Need 16) | 1949 ? - ? |
| Black Fury | 1955 | 8 issues (0 indexed) | Have 7 (Need 1) | 1955 - 1956 |
| Bobby Benson's B-Bar-B Riders [m] | 1950 | 12 issues (2 indexed) | Have 7 (Need 5) | 1950 - 1951 |
| Bonanza [b] | 1963 | 7 issues (4 indexed) | Have 7 (Need 2) | [1963] - 1966 |
| Bonanza Comic Album [a] | 1964 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 1) | 1964 |
| Bonanza World Adventure Library | 1967 | 3 issues (0 indexed) | Have 2 (Need 2) | 1967 - 1967 |
| Boris Karloff Comic Album [a] | 1970 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | 1970 |
| Bravestarr Annual [b] | 1986 | 5 issues (0 indexed) | Have 2 (Need 5) | 1986 ? - 1989 ? |
| Brick Bradford | 1959 | 6 issues (1 indexed) | Have 6 (Need 1) | 1959 - 1959 |
| Bronco Layne [b] | 1960 | 4 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | 1960 - 1964 |
| Buck Jones | 1953 | 11 issues (0 indexed) | Have 4 (Need 7) | 1953 - 1954 |
| Bugs Bunny Annual [b] | 1951 | 22 issues (12 indexed) | Have 18 (Need 11) | 1964 - 1985 |
| Bugs Bunny Comic Album [a] | 1960 | 2 issues (0 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 1) | 1960 ? - ? |
| Captain Britain Annual | 1977 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | 1977 |
| Cartoons and Gags [b] | 1973 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 1973 |
| Centurions PowerXtreme Annual [b] | 1986 | 2 issues (1 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 1) | [September] 1986 - [September] 1987 |
| Champion the Wonder Horse Comic Annual [b] | 1952 | 4 issues (4 indexed) | Have 4 (Need 1) | 1952 - 1958 |
| Cheyenne [m] | 1961 | 0 issues (0 indexed) | No Covers | 1961 ? |
| Cheyenne Annual [b] | 1961 | 5 issues (2 indexed) | Gallery | 1961 - 1965 |
| Cheyenne Comic Album [a] | 1959 | 2 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | 1961 [copyright date] - ? |
| Cisco Kid | 1952 | 51 issues (1 indexed) | Have 41 (Need 11) | 1952 - 1955 |
| The Cisco Kid Comic Album [a] | 1950 | 3 issues (2 indexed) | Gallery | 1950 ? - ? |
| Combat War Stories | 1963 | 2 issues (2 indexed) | Gallery | 1965 - ? |
| Cowboy Comic Album [a] | 1952 | 5 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 1952 - 1954 |
| Crime-Buster Johnny Hazard [m] | 1959 | 6 issues (0 indexed) | Have 6 (Need 1) | 1959 - 1959 |
| Dale Evans Queen of the West | 1955 | 12 issues (0 indexed) | Have 10 (Need 2) | 1955 - 1955 |
| Dan'l Boone | 1955 | 7 issues (4 indexed) | Have 7 (Need 2) | 1955 - 1955 |
| David Cassidy Annual [b] | 1973 | 2 issues (1 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 1) | [September] 1973 - [September] 1974 |
| Davy Crockett Western Tales [m] | 1950 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 1) | 1950 ? |
| Deputy Dawg Annual [b] | 1973 | 2 issues (0 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 1) | 1973 - 1974 |
| Disney's Mickey Mouse Annual [b] | 2000 | 2 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 1999 - 2000 |
| The Dr Who Annual [b] | 1965 | 24 issues (10 indexed) | Have 20 (Need 5) | 1965 - 1985 |
| Dr. Kildare Annual [b] | 1964 | 3 issues (3 indexed) | Have 3 (Need 3) | 1964 - 1966 |
| Dracula Lives Special Edition [b] | 1975 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | 1975 |
| Dracula's Spinechillers Annual [b] | 1982 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | [September] 1982 |
| Dungeons & Dragons Annual [b] | 1985 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | 1985 |
| Ernest Haycox's Western Marshal | 1953 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | 1953 |
| Exciting Romances [m] | 1952 | 5 issues (1 indexed) | Have 3 (Need 2) | 1952 - 1952 |
| The Fantastic Four Comic Album [b] | 1969 | 2 issues (2 indexed) | Gallery | 1969 - 1975 ? |
| The Fantastic Four Comic Annual | 1969 | 2 issues (2 indexed) | Gallery | 1969 - 1970 |
| Favourite Funnies Comic Album | 1950 | 4 issues (0 indexed) | Have 4 (Need 1) | 1950 ? - ? |
| Flash Gordon | 1953 | 3 issues (0 indexed) | Have 2 (Need 1) | 1953 - 1953 ? |
| Flash Gordon | 1959 | 6 issues (1 indexed) | Have 6 (Need 4) | 1959 - 1959 |
| Flash Gordon annual [b] | 1968 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 1968 |
| Flash Gordon World Adventure Library | 1967 | 8 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | 1967 - 1967 |
| The Flintstones Annual | 1963 | 10 issues (5 indexed) | Have 9 (Need 3) | 1963 - 1976 |
| The Flintstones Family Cartoon Annual [b] | 1980 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | 1981 |
| The Flintstones on the Rocks Comic Album [b] | 1961 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 1) | 1961 |
| Flying A's Range Rider | 1954 | 17 issues (0 indexed) | Have 11 (Need 7) | 1954 - 1955 |
| Frankenstein Comic Album [a] | 1967 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 1967 |
| Garrison's Gorillas Comic Album [b] | 1968 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | 1968 |
| Garrison's Gorillas Comic Album [a] | 1968 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 1968 |
| Gene Autry and Champion | 1956 | 34 issues (1 indexed) | Have 26 (Need 10) | 1956 - 1958 |
| Gene Autry Comic Annual [a] | 1957 | 2 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | 1957 ? - ? |
| Gene Autry Comics [m] | 1951 | 6 issues (0 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 6) | 1951 - ? |
| Ghost Stories Comic Album [a] | 1965 | 2 issues (1 indexed) | Have 2 (Need 2) | 1965 - 1966 |
| Ghost Stories Television Picture Story Book [a] | 1970 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 1970 |
| Giant Comic | 1956 | 20 issues (2 indexed) | Have 19 (Need 2) | 1956 - 1957 |
| Giant Funnies Comic Album [b] | 1959 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 1959 ? |
| The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. Annual [a] | 1968 | 3 issues (0 indexed) | Have 3 (Need 1) | 1968 - 1970 |
| Grange Hill [b] | 1988 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | 1987 |
| The Green Hornet Annual | 1967 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 1967 |
| Gun Law Comic Album [a] | 1958 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 1958 |
| Gunsmoke Annual [b] | 1964 | 3 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | 1964 - 1975 |
| Gunsmoke Comic Album [b] | 1961 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 1961 |
| Hanna Barbera's Pixie, Dixie and Mr. Jinks Annual [b] | 1973 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | 1973 |
| Hanna Barbera's Scooby-Doo Cartoon Annual [b] | 1980 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | 1980 |
| Hanna-Barbera's Fun Fair [b] | 1973 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 1) | 1973 |
| The Harlem Globetrotters Annual [b] | 1974 | 2 issues (0 indexed) | Have 2 (Need 1) | 1974 - 1974 |
| Have Gun Will Travel Comic Album [a] | 1959 | 2 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 1959 - 1963 |
| He-Man Annual [b] | 1990 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | 1989 |
| Hi-Yo Silver | 1953 | 13 issues (1 indexed) | Have 7 (Need 8) | 1953 - 1953 |
| Honeymoon Library [m] | 1960 | 23 issues (1 indexed) | Have 9 (Need 16) | 1960 ? - 1962 ? |
| Huckleberry Hound [m] | 1959 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 1959 ? |
| Huckleberry Hound and Yogi Bear Cartoon Annual [b] | 1981 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 1981 |
| Huckleberry Hound Annual [b] | 1960 | 9 issues (7 indexed) | Have 9 (Need 1) | 1960 - 1969 |
| Huckleberry Hound Comic Album [b] | 1960 | 4 issues (2 indexed) | Have 4 (Need 1) | 1960 - 1960 |
| I Love Lucy | 1954 | 16 issues (0 indexed) | Have 11 (Need 5) | 1954 - ? |
| Illustrated Romance Library | 1960 | 22 issues (5 indexed) | Have 10 (Need 15) | [1960s] - 1969 ? |
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