World Distributors

1947 ? - 2001
Country:
United Kingdom
Indicia / Colophon Publishers:
6
Brand Groups:
2
Brand Emblems in Use:
11
Total Number of Series:
249
Total Number of Issues:
2651
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Show Issues by Month:
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Creator Checklist:
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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
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 3 issues (1 indexed) Have 1 (Need 2) 1974 - 1976
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 (6 indexed) Have 9 (Need 3) 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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