World Distributors (known colloquially as "Pembertons") was a British publisher and distributor of

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and

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. The company was known for repackaging American comics and producing comic book annuals based on licensed properties. For a period, the company was the lone distributor of American comics in the UK. Pembertons was owned and operated by the brothers Alfred, John, and Sydney Pemberton, originally based in

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History

The Pemberton brothers started out as second-hand booksellers in

. Around 1940, they began a

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business, T. A. & E. Pemberton.

1945–1952: Paperback books

In 1945, shortly after

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, they became a publisher of lurid and sensationalist

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books; one series was known as "Thrilling Love." At this point the brothers created the company name World Distributors/Sydney Pemberton (the company was incorporated as World Distributors (Manchester) Limited on 2 May 1949).EGMONT PUBLISHING LIMITED: Company number 00468030
Companies House. Retrieved Jan. 3, 2021. The paperback craze died down in the period 1951–1952, partly as the result of Home Office clampdowns on "obscene and objectionable publications;"Chibnall, Steve. "The Sign of the Tee Pee: The Story of Thorpe & Porter," ''Paperback, Pulp and Comic Collector'' Vol. 1: "SF Crime Horror Westerns & Comics" (Wilts, UK: Zeon Publishing / Zardoz Books, 1993), pp. 16–29
Archived
at Box.com. Retrieved Dec. 28, 2020. by the end of 1952, the Pembertons had mostly left the paperback publication business (though the company continued publishing books sporadically in the following decades).

1947–1959: Reprint comics

From 1947 to 1959, World Distributors published black-and-white ongoing comic book titles. These were mostly reprints of American

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titles, many from the

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. The company's first foray into comics, however, was 1947's ''Super Thriller Comic'', an anthology comic of original stories by British creators (featuring "Ace Hart the Atom Man"), which was picked up with ''Superthriller'' issue #11 from the

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-based printer/publisher Foldes. ''Super Thriller Comic'' ran for 22 issues until issue #33 (1950) when it became the cowboy comic ''Western Super Thriller Comics'', running an additional 49 issues to #82 before it was canceled. As ''Western Super Thriller Comics'', it featured the Rawhide Kid (not the same Rawhide Kid published by Marvel). World Distributors' longest-running Western reprint titles included ''

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Comics'' (100 issues and 12 annuals, 1951–1963), '' John Wayne Adventure Comics'' (82 issues and six annuals, 1950–1960), ''The

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'' (66 issues and 12 annuals, 1953–1976), and '' Red Ryder Comics'' (62 issues, 1954–1959). The few non-Western-themed comics titles which had extended runs during the 1950s were ''A Movie Classic'' (88 issues, 1956–1959), which featured

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of popular movies; and ''Walt Disney Series'' (52 issues, 1956– 1959), reprints from the Dell Comics title ''

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''. As Western comics faded in popularity, World Distributors had canceled most of their ongoing titles by 1959.

1950s–1980s: Annuals

World Distributors may be best known for the hardback annuals they published based on popular film, television, animation, and comics properties. The annuals generally contained comics (often reprints from American titles) mixed with illustrated text stories, word games, and puzzles. Beginning in 1951 and continuing into the mid-1980s, the annuals were published in the autumn of each year for the holiday gift-giving season, displaying next year's date (if any date at all) on the cover to prolong shelf-life. World Distributors shipped unsold copies to overseas markets such as

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and Australia, where they still had the current year's date despite the time taken for transport. World Distributors' longest-running annuals included ''

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'' (21 issues, 1951–1981), '' Doctor Who'' (20 issues, 1965–1985), ''

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'' (17 issues, 1961–1980), ''

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'' (14 issues, 1967–1985), ''The

'' (13 issues, 1956–1976), and ''

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'' (13 issues, 1969–1985). Other notable annuals published featured '' The Adventures of Champion'',

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, '' Thunderbirds'',

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, '' The Man from U.N.C.L.E.'', ''

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'', Gary Glitter, and UK television properties like '' Basil Brush'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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, and ''

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1960s: Illustrated World Library, World Adventure Library, and Famepress titles

In 1965, the Pembertons returned to publishing ongoing comics series with the "Illustrated World Library" line, which featured romance, horror-suspense,

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, and

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. The line started with ''Illustrated Romance Library'' and ''Thriller''; and increased in 1970 with three more ongoing titles: ''Picture Romance'', ''Sundance Western'', and ''War Hero''. A number of the "Illustrated World Library" titles lasted into the late 1970s. To augment the "Illustrated World Library" line, in 1966 the Pembertons launched the "World Adventure Library" line of titles, featuring action heroes like

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, Superman,

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, the Phantom, and

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; as well as comic book versions of ''

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'' and '' The Man from U.N.C.L.E.'' The "World Adventure Library" line, however, had petered out by the end of 1967. Also in 1966 World Distributors acquired a number of ongoing titles from Famepress, a UK publisher which began operating in 1960. Long-running titles picked up from Famepress included the Western title '' Pecos Bill Picture Library'', the romance comic ''Young Lovers'', the adventure comic ''Top Three Adventure Picture Library'', and the war comic ''Battleground''. World Distributors gave up on the Famepress titles after about two years, however; many of them were in turn acquired by Alex White in 1967/1968. (Alex White appears to have gone defunct shortly thereafter.)

1970s: American comics distributor

The company was for a time in the 1970s, the official distributor of American comics in the UK, an arrangement which ended in the early 1980s.

1980: World International

In 1980, the company became known as World International Publishing, Ltd., but due to falling sales limiting their publishing activities. In 1991 they moved to new offices in Handforth,

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, still operating as World International and publishing annuals in much lesser volume. The company went defunct in 1993; the Pemberton brothers were no longer affiliated with the company by this point. In mid-1995, the business was revived as World International Limited and moved offices to London.EGMONT WORLD LIMITED: Company number 02171929
Companies House. Retrieved Jan. 3, 2021.

1999: Sale to Egmont

The

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acquired World International in early 1999, and it became known as Egmont World Limited, eventually becoming Egmont Children's Books (Egmont Books Limited). Egmont had previously purchased the

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arm of

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and merged it with their existing comics publishing division, thus becoming Britain's largest comic book publisher. By 1999–2000 the resultant company was focusing on reprint and licensed material titles such as World produced. Annuals continued to be published, but by 2001 any mention of the old World name was removed from the company logos.

Titles published (selected)

Ongoing titles

* ''

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Adventure Magazine'' (76 issues, 1953–1959) – reprints from the Toby Press title of the same name * ''Black Diamond Western'' (31 issues, 1949– — reprints

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title of the same name * ''

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'' (51 issues, 1952-1955) — reprints of the

title of the same name * ''

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and Champion'' (34 issues, 1956–1958) — reprints of the Dell title of the same name * ''Indian Chief'' (featuring

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) (31 issues, 1953–1954) — reprints of the Dell title of the same name * '' John Wayne Adventure Comics'' (82 issues, 1950– 1957) — reprints from the Toby Press title of the same name * ''The

'' (66 issues, 1953–1958) — reprints from the Dell title of the same name * ''A Movie Classic'' (88 issues, 1956–1959) — adaptations of popular movies * '' Red Ryder Comics'' (62 issues, 1954–1959) — reprints from the Dell title of the same name * ''

Comics'' (100 issues, 1951–1959) — reprinting the Dell Comic of the same name * ''Super Thriller Comic'' (22 issues, 1947–1950) — numbering continues from ''Superthriller'' ( Foldes); numbering continues with ''Western Super Thriller Comics'' * '' Tom Corbett, Space Cadet'' (11 issues, 1953–1954) — reprints from the Dell Comics title * '' Tonto'' (32 issues, 1953-1955) — reprinting the Dell Comics of the same name * ''

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Series'' (52 issues, 1956– 1959) — reprints from the Dell Comics series * ''Western Classic'' (39 issues, 1950– 1952) * ''Western Roundup Comic'' (42 issues, 1955-1958) — reprints from the Dell title of the same name * ''Western Super Thriller Comics'' (49 issues, 1950- 1954) — continuing the numbering from ''Super Thriller Comic'' * ''

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's Stories of the West'' (31 issues, 1953-1954)

Illustrated World Library series

* ''Illustrated Romance Library'' (23 issues, 1965– 1970) * ''Picture Romance'' (198 issues, 1970–1975) * ''Sundance Western'' (117 issues, 1970–1979) * ''Thriller'' (86 issues, 1965– 1977) * ''War Hero'' (84 issues, 1970– 1977)

World Adventure Library

* ''

World Adventure Library'' (11 issues, 1966– 1967) * ''

World Adventure Library'' (3 issues, 1967) * ''

World Adventure Library'' (8 issues, 1967) * '' Man from U.N.C.L.E. World Adventure Library'' (14 issues– 1967) * ''

World Adventure'' (8 issues, 1967) — reprints from the newspaper strip by

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* '' Phantom World Adventure Library'' (8 issues, 1967) * '' Superman World Adventure Library'' (4 issues, 1967) * ''

World Adventure Library'' (4 issues, 1967) — reprints from Dell/Gold Key series

Acquired from Famepress

; ''Many of the titles acquired from Famepress in 1966 were then taken over by Alex White in 1967/1968; some were canceled.'' * ''Attack!'' (14 issues, 1966–1967) — acquired with issue #37; continued by Alex White * ''Battleground'' (39 issues, 1966–1967) — acquired with issue #93; series continued by Alex White * ''Pecos Bill Picture Library'' (26 issues, 1966–1967) — acquired with issue #125 * ''Scotland Yard'' (20 issues, 1966–1967) — acquired with issue #5 * ''Top Three Adventure Picture Library'' (24 issues, 1966–1967) — acquired with issue #110 * ''Totem'' (26 issues, 1966–1967) — acquired (as ''Totem Picture Library'') with issue #77; series continued by Alex White * ''Undercover'' (38 issues, 1967-1968) — acquired with issue #45; series continued by Alex White * ''Young Lovers'' (31 issues, 1966-1967) — acquired with issue # 124; series continued by Alex White

Annuals

* '' Basil Brush Annual'' (10 issues, 1971–1980) * ''

Annual'' (21 issues, 1951–1983) — reprints from the

''Bugs Bunny'' series * ''The Dr Who Annual'' (20 issues, 1965–1985) — contributors included Paul Crompton, Paul Green, and John Fasnacht * ''The

Annual'' (13 issues, 1956–1976) — reprints from the Dell Comics series * Marvel Comics superheroes — reprints from various

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superhero titles: ** ''The Fantastic Four Comic Album'' (2 issues, 1969–1970) ** ''The Fantastic Four Comic Annual'' (2 issues, 1969–1970) ** ''Marvel Annual'' (2 issues, 1974–1975) ** ''Marvel Comic Album'' (1 issue, 1975) ** ''Marvel Comic Annual'' (3 issues, 1969–1971) ** ''Marvel Story Book Annual'' (1 issue, 1967) * '' The Pink Panther Annual'' (10 issues, 1973–1986) — reprints from the

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series * ''

Annual'' (13 issues, 1969–1985) — reprints from the Gold Key series * ''

Annual'' (14 issues, 1967–1985) — reprints from the Dell Comics series * ''

'' (5 annuals, 1967–1971) — contributions from

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and Mick Anglo * '' Wild West Comic Annual'' (10 issues, 1951–1960) — reprints from a variety of Western comics, including many from Dell's ''

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'' * ''

Annual'' (17 issues, 1961–1980) — reprints from the Gold Key series * ''

Annual'' (2 issues, 1979–1980)

Book series

Little Owl Books

Little Owl Superstars

= '' Gordon T. Gopher''

Mini World

= ''
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''

= '' The Centurions''

= ''
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''

= '' The Glo Friends''

= ''
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''

= ''
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''

= '' She-Ra, Princess of Power''

References

Citations

Sources consulted

* * *

External links

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History

1945–1952: Paperback books

1947–1959: Reprint comics

1950s–1980s: Annuals

1960s: Illustrated World Library, World Adventure Library, and Famepress titles

1970s: American comics distributor

1980: World International

1999: Sale to Egmont

Titles published (selected)

Ongoing titles

Illustrated World Library series

World Adventure Library

Acquired from Famepress

Annuals

Book series

Little Owl Books

Little Owl Superstars

= '' Gordon T. Gopher''

Mini World

= ''BraveStarr ''BraveStarr'' is an American space Western animated series that aired 65 episodes from September 1987 to February 1988 in syndication. The show was created a year after Mattel had released a line of action figures. ''BraveStarr'' was the last ...''

= '' The Centurions''

= ''Fireman Sam ''Fireman Sam'' (Welsh: ') is a Welsh animated children's television series about a fireman named Sam, his fellow firefighters, and other residents in the fictional Welsh rural village of Pontypandy (a portmanteau of two real towns, Pontypridd ...''

= '' The Glo Friends''

= ''Rainbow A rainbow is a meteorological phenomenon that is caused by reflection, refraction and dispersion of light in water droplets resulting in a spectrum of light appearing in the sky. It takes the form of a multicoloured circular arc. Rainbows ...''

= ''Scooby-Doo ''Scooby-Doo'' is an American animated media franchise based on an animated television series launched in 1969 and continued through several derivative media. Writers Joe Ruby and Ken Spears created the original series, ''Scooby-Doo, Where Are ...''

= '' She-Ra, Princess of Power''

See also

References

Citations

Sources consulted

External links

= ''
BraveStarr ''BraveStarr'' is an American space Western animated series that aired 65 episodes from September 1987 to February 1988 in syndication. The show was created a year after Mattel had released a line of action figures. ''BraveStarr'' was the last ...
''

= ''
Fireman Sam ''Fireman Sam'' (Welsh: ') is a Welsh animated children's television series about a fireman named Sam, his fellow firefighters, and other residents in the fictional Welsh rural village of Pontypandy (a portmanteau of two real towns, Pontypridd ...
''

= ''
Rainbow A rainbow is a meteorological phenomenon that is caused by reflection, refraction and dispersion of light in water droplets resulting in a spectrum of light appearing in the sky. It takes the form of a multicoloured circular arc. Rainbows ...
''

= ''
Scooby-Doo ''Scooby-Doo'' is an American animated media franchise based on an animated television series launched in 1969 and continued through several derivative media. Writers Joe Ruby and Ken Spears created the original series, ''Scooby-Doo, Where Are ...
''