Titan Entertainment

Up through the mid-1970s, only a small range of American comic books were available in British newsagents. In 1973, Landau saw the distribution opportunity and formed Comic Media Distributors.[1]

In 1978, along with Mike Lake and Mike Luckman, Landau reorganized Comic Media Distributors to become Titan Distributors.

They opened the first Forbidden Planet bookstore, on Denmark Street in London.[2]

Titan Books followed the first title with numerous other 2000 A.D. reprints. Subsequently, Titan Books expanded operations, putting out its first original title in 1987 and taking over publishing Escape magazine (although the title was canceled in 1989).[3]

In 1992, Landau, Luckman, and Lake dissolved their partnership and traded their company shares: Landau became sole owner of Titan Books and Forbidden Planet London; Luckman became sole owner of Forbidden Planet's New York stores,[2] and Lake became sole owner of Titan Distributors[4] (which he almost immediately sold to the U.S.-based Diamond Comic Distributors).[5]

Titan Merchandise (launched in 2011) produces licensed merchandise for global properties, including Marvel Comics, Star Wars, Doctor Who, The Beatles, Star Trek, Alien, Breaking Bad, Ghostbusters, and Hammer Horror.[6][7]