World Distributors
- 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
- Show Covers by Month:
- using on-sale date or using publication date
- Show Issues by Month:
- using on-sale date or using publication date
- Creator Checklist:
- via linked story records
- 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
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| Series | Year | Issues | Covers | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Super Thriller Comic [m] | 1947 | 22 issues (3 indexed) | Have 19 (Need 3) | 1947 - 1952 ? |
| Black Diamond Western [m] | 1949 | 31 issues (1 indexed) | Have 18 (Need 16) | 1949 ? - ? |
| All Star Western [m] | 1950 | 6 issues (0 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 5) | 1950 ? - ? |
| Bobby Benson's B-Bar-B Riders [m] | 1950 | 12 issues (6 indexed) | Have 9 (Need 3) | 1950 - 1951 |
| The Cisco Kid Comic Album [a] | 1950 | 3 issues (2 indexed) | Gallery | 1950 ? - ? |
| Davy Crockett Western Tales [m] | 1950 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 1) | 1950 ? |
| Favourite Funnies Comic Album | 1950 | 4 issues (0 indexed) | Have 4 (Need 1) | 1950 ? - ? |
| John Wayne Adventure Comics [m] | 1950 | 82 issues (2 indexed) | Have 78 (Need 6) | 1950 ? - ? |
| The Lone Rider [m] | 1950 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 1950 |
| Luke Short's Six Gun Ranch [m] | 1950 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 1950 ? |
| Popeye [m] | 1950 | 24 issues (1 indexed) | Have 21 (Need 3) | 1950 ? - ? |
| Romantic Story [m] | 1950 | 8 issues (1 indexed) | Have 4 (Need 5) | 1950 ? - ? |
| Roy Rogers' Trigger [m] | 1950 | 10 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 1950 ? - ? |
| Sweetheart Diary [m] | 1950 | 5 issues (0 indexed) | Have 2 (Need 3) | 1950 ? - ? |
| Thrilling Romances [m] | 1950 | 7 issues (0 indexed) | Have 2 (Need 5) | 1950 ? - ? |
| Two Gun Kid [m] | 1950 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | [1950] |
| Western Classic [m] | 1950 | 39 issues (0 indexed) | Have 37 (Need 4) | 1950 ? - ? |
| Western Super Thriller Comics [m] | 1950 | 49 issues (1 indexed) | Have 26 (Need 23) | 1950 ? - ? |
| The Westerner [m] | 1950 | 15 issues (1 indexed) | Have 10 (Need 6) | [1950] - ? |
| Bugs Bunny Annual [b] | 1951 | 22 issues (12 indexed) | Have 18 (Need 11) | 1964 - 1985 |
| Gene Autry Comics [m] | 1951 | 6 issues (0 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 6) | 1951 - ? |
| Roy Rogers Comics [m] | 1951 | 100 issues (8 indexed) | Gallery | 1951 - 1959 |
| Roy Rogers Cowboy Annual | 1951 | 13 issues (6 indexed) | Have 11 (Need 2) | 1950 - 1963 |
| Wild West Comic Annual [b] | 1951 | 10 issues (2 indexed) | Have 7 (Need 3) | 1951 - 1960 |
| Champion the Wonder Horse Comic Annual [b] | 1952 | 4 issues (4 indexed) | Have 4 (Need 1) | 1952 - 1958 |
| Cisco Kid | 1952 | 51 issues (1 indexed) | Have 41 (Need 11) | 1952 - 1955 |
| Cowboy Comic Album [a] | 1952 | 5 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 1952 - 1954 |
| Exciting Romances [m] | 1952 | 5 issues (1 indexed) | Have 3 (Need 2) | 1952 - 1952 |
| Lassie | 1952 | 18 issues (1 indexed) | Have 9 (Need 12) | 1952 - 1953 |
| 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 |
| Buck Jones | 1953 | 11 issues (0 indexed) | Have 4 (Need 7) | 1953 - 1954 |
| Ernest Haycox's Western Marshal | 1953 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | 1953 |
| Flash Gordon | 1953 | 3 issues (0 indexed) | Have 2 (Need 1) | 1953 - 1953 ? |
| Hi-Yo Silver | 1953 | 13 issues (1 indexed) | Have 7 (Need 8) | 1953 - 1953 |
| Indian Chief | 1953 | 31 issues (0 indexed) | Have 20 (Need 14) | 1953 - 1954 |
| Intimate Love [m] | 1953 | 6 issues (0 indexed) | Have 2 (Need 4) | 1953 - 1953 |
| Jace Pearson of the Texas Rangers [m] | 1953 | 21 issues (2 indexed) | Have 15 (Need 9) | 1953 - 1954 |
| John Carter of Mars [m] | 1953 | 2 issues (0 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 1) | 1953 - 1953 |
| John Wayne Adventure Annual | 1953 | 6 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | 1953 - 1959 |
| King of the Royal Mounted | 1953 | 22 issues (0 indexed) | Have 15 (Need 10) | 1953 - ? |
| The Lone Ranger [m] | 1953 | 66 issues (1 indexed) | Have 44 (Need 24) | 1953 - 1958 |
| Looney Tunes | 1953 | 3 issues (0 indexed) | Have 3 (Need 2) | 1953 - 1953 |
| Rex Allen | 1953 | 20 issues (0 indexed) | Have 12 (Need 10) | 1953 - 1954 |
| Roy Rogers Comic Album | 1953 | 8 issues (4 indexed) | Have 6 (Need 2) | 1953 - 1960 |
| Sergeant Preston of the Yukon [m] | 1953 | 19 issues (1 indexed) | Have 11 (Need 11) | 1953 - 1954 |
| Tim Holt [m] | 1953 | 24 issues (0 indexed) | Have 2 (Need 22) | 1953 - 1954 |
| Tom Corbett Space Cadet [m] | 1953 | 11 issues (1 indexed) | Have 10 (Need 1) | 1953 - 1953 |
| Tonto [m] | 1953 | 32 issues (1 indexed) | Have 26 (Need 9) | 1953 - 1955 |
| Walt Disney's Peter Pan Treasure Chest | 1953 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 1953 |
| Zane Grey's Stories of the West [m] | 1953 | 31 issues (1 indexed) | Have 24 (Need 7) | 1953 - 1954 |
| Flying A's Range Rider | 1954 | 17 issues (0 indexed) | Have 11 (Need 7) | 1954 - 1955 |
| I Love Lucy | 1954 | 16 issues (0 indexed) | Have 11 (Need 5) | 1954 - ? |
| Johnny Mack Brown | 1954 | 21 issues (0 indexed) | Have 9 (Need 12) | 1954 - 1955 |
| Red Ryder Comics [m] | 1954 | 62 issues (0 indexed) | Have 43 (Need 21) | 1954 - 1959 |
| Wild Bill Elliott Comics [m] | 1954 | 18 issues (3 indexed) | Have 11 (Need 10) | 1954 - 1954 |
| Annie Oakley and Tagg | 1955 | 10 issues (0 indexed) | Have 6 (Need 4) | 1955 - 1956 |
| Ben Bowie and His Mountain Men [m] | 1955 | 15 issues (0 indexed) | Have 9 (Need 7) | 1955 - ? |
| Black Fury | 1955 | 8 issues (0 indexed) | Have 7 (Need 1) | 1955 - 1956 |
| 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 |
| Johnny Law Sky Ranger Adventures | 1955 | 3 issues (3 indexed) | Gallery | 1955 - 1955 |
| Jungle Jim [m] | 1955 | 10 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | 1955 - ? |
| Little Lulu | 1955 | 3 issues (0 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 2) | 1955 - 1955 |
| Masked Raider [m] | 1955 | 4 issues (0 indexed) | Have 4 (Need 1) | 1955 - ? |
| The Phantom Ranger [m] | 1955 | 18 issues (1 indexed) | Have 16 (Need 2) | 1955 - 1956 |
| Rin Tin Tin [m] | 1955 | 13 issues (0 indexed) | Have 12 (Need 1) | 1955 - 1956 |
| Robin Hood [m] | 1955 | 4 issues (0 indexed) | Have 3 (Need 1) | 1955 - 1955 |
| Sweethearts [m] | 1955 | 4 issues (1 indexed) | Have 2 (Need 2) | [1960s] - [undated] |
| Western Comic Album [b] | 1955 | 5 issues (1 indexed) | Have 4 (Need 1) | 1955 - 1957 ? |
| Western Roundup Comic | 1955 | 42 issues (1 indexed) | Have 35 (Need 9) | [circa 1955] - 1958 |
| Western Tales | 1955 | 4 issues (4 indexed) | Have 4 (Need 1) | 1955 - 1955 |
| Whopper Space Stories | 1955 | 2 issues (0 indexed) | Have 2 (Need 1) | 1955 - ? |
| Zorro [m] | 1955 | 6 issues (0 indexed) | Have 5 (Need 1) | 1955 - ? |
| Gene Autry and Champion | 1956 | 34 issues (1 indexed) | Have 26 (Need 10) | 1956 - 1958 |
| Giant Comic | 1956 | 20 issues (2 indexed) | Have 19 (Need 2) | 1956 - 1957 |
| The Lone Ranger Annual [a] | 1956 | 13 issues (5 indexed) | Gallery | 1956 - 1976 |
| A Movie Classic [m] | 1956 | 88 issues (2 indexed) | Have 84 (Need 6) | 1956 ? - 1959 ? |
| Television Favourites Annual [a] | 1956 | 6 issues (2 indexed) | Gallery | 1956 - 1961 |
| Walt Disney Series | 1956 | 52 issues (0 indexed) | Have 42 (Need 11) | 1956 - ? |
| Gene Autry Comic Annual [a] | 1957 | 2 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | 1957 ? - ? |
| Popeye | 1957 | 18 issues (0 indexed) | Have 8 (Need 10) | 1957 - 1957 ? |
| Super Thriller Annual [a] | 1957 | 3 issues (2 indexed) | Gallery | 1957 - ? |
| Sweethearts Library [m] | 1957 | 19 issues (3 indexed) | Have 7 (Need 14) | 1957 ? - ? |
| Western Roundup Annual [b] | 1957 | 3 issues (3 indexed) | Gallery | 1957 (copyright date) - 1958 |
| Gun Law Comic Album [a] | 1958 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 1958 |
| Picture Story Pocket Western | 1958 | 23 issues (4 indexed) | Have 21 (Need 5) | 1958 - ? |
| Strange Suspense Stories | 1958 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 1) | 1958 ? |
| Television Favourites Comic | 1958 | 18 issues (0 indexed) | Have 16 (Need 4) | 1958 - 1959 |
| Television Favourites Comic Album [a] | 1958 | 2 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 1958 - ? |
| Walt Disney's Chip and Dale [m] | 1958 | 29 issues (0 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 29) | 1958 ? - 1958 |
| WDL Giant Comic | 1958 | 7 issues (0 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 6) | 1958 - 1958 |
| Brick Bradford | 1959 | 6 issues (1 indexed) | Have 6 (Need 1) | 1959 - 1959 |
| Cheyenne Comic Album [a] | 1959 | 2 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | 1961 [copyright date] - ? |
| Crime-Buster Johnny Hazard [m] | 1959 | 6 issues (0 indexed) | Have 6 (Need 1) | 1959 - 1959 |
| Flash Gordon | 1959 | 6 issues (1 indexed) | Have 6 (Need 4) | 1959 - 1959 |
| Giant Funnies Comic Album [b] | 1959 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 1959 ? |
| Have Gun Will Travel Comic Album [a] | 1959 | 2 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 1959 - 1963 |
| Huckleberry Hound [m] | 1959 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 1959 ? |
| The Lone Ranger Comic Album [a] | 1959 | 6 issues (2 indexed) | Gallery | 1959 ? - ? |
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