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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
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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
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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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clampdowns on "obscene and objectionable publications;" 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).
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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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Pembertons returned to publishing ongoing comics series with the "Illustrated World Library" line, which featured
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576:. World Distributors gave up on the Famepress titles after about two years, however; many of them were in turn acquired by
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Famepress in 1966 were then taken over by Alex White in 1967/1968; some were canceled.
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387:(13 issues, 1969–1985). Other notable annuals published featured
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1957) — reprints from the Toby Press title of the same name
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1955-1958) — reprints from the Dell title of the same name
963:(8 issues, 1967) — reprints from the newspaper strip by
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745:(88 issues, 1956–1959) — adaptations of popular movies
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993:(4 issues, 1967) — reprints from Dell/Gold Key series
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2178:EGMONT PUBLISHING LIMITED: Company number 00468030
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768:(22 issues, 1947–1950) — numbering continues from
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1037:(24 issues, 1966–1967) — acquired with issue #110
1025:(26 issues, 1966–1967) — acquired with issue #125
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668:(76 issues, 1953–1959) – reprints from the
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296:(66 issues and 12 annuals, 1953–1976), and
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200:World Distributors/Sydney Pemberton
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855:Illustrated World Library series
324:Walt Disney's Comics and Stories
118:Comics, Annuals, Paperback books
1452:Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
1128:The Fantastic Four Comic Annual
416:Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
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861:Illustrated Romance Library
652:Titles published (selected)
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684:Lev Gleason Publications
491:. The line started with
374:(14 issues, 1967–1985),
368:(17 issues, 1961–1980),
362:(20 issues, 1965–1985),
356:(21 issues, 1951–1981),
302:(62 issues, 1954–1959).
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141:(known colloquially as "
1946:Glo Snail's Sleepy Ride
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991:World Adventure Library
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973:World Adventure Library
948:World Adventure Library
939:World Adventure Library
930:World Adventure Library
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908:World Adventure Library
883:(117 issues, 1970–1979)
877:(198 issues, 1970–1975)
633:Egmont Children's Books
547:The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
410:The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
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850:(31 issues, 1953-1954)
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672:title of the same name
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2251:"Speaking Frankly..."
1618:Little Owl Superstars
1551:The Little Match Girl
1518:The Brave Tin Soldier
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1148:(3 issues, 1969–1971)
1136:(2 issues, 1974–1975)
1130:(2 issues, 1969–1970)
1124:(2 issues, 1969–1970)
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959:Mandrake the Magician
822:Western Roundup Comic
676:Black Diamond Western
564:, the romance comic
528:Mandrake the Magician
242:Ace Hart the Atom Man
1982:Glo Snugbug's Secret
1824:Fire from the Skies!
1725:The Moonstone Crisis
840:Super Thriller Comic
766:Super Thriller Comic
637:Egmont Books Limited
629:Egmont World Limited
619:1999: Sale to Egmont
572:, and the war comic
334:1950s–1980s: Annuals
258:Super Thriller Comic
238:Super Thriller Comic
2287:(January 30, 2008).
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1885:Sam's Rabbit Rescue
1872:Sam's Bumper Jumper
1811:Divide and Conquer!
1671:A Borrower at Large
1540:The Gingerbread Man
1386:I Can Tell the Time
1342:My Favourite Things
1146:Marvel Comic Annual
946:Man from U.N.C.L.E.
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