 In 1950, Embleton returned to freelancing, setting up a studio with a schoolfriend, Terry Patrick, and James Bleach, whom Patrick knew from life-drawing classes.The three quickly established themselves with various independent publishers -- Scion, TV Boardman, Norman Light, DCMT and others—and Embleton also began contributing to Amalgamated Press's "Comet", "Comic Cuts", "Cowboy Comics" and "Super Detective Library".Embleton's finest work during this period was for "Mickey Mouse Weekly" where he drew 'Rogers' Rangers' (1953), 'Strongbow the Mighty' (1954–57) and 'Don o' the Drums' (1957), and "Express Weekly", where he took over the artwork (and subsequently the scripting) of 'Wulf the Briton'.