Comics, magazines and newspapers
4,945–4,992 of 196,585, free to read, from the world's archives.
Where these come from, and who sees what
Every page is shown from the archive that keeps it: the Internet Archive, Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and, where this server is set up for them, Europeana and Trove. Nothing is copied to this site. Each work's page names its archive, links to the work there, and states its licence or status as the archive does.
Comics and magazines carry no age ratings, and Golden Age comics and the pulps are full of horror, crime, violence and racist caricature, so each work is placed cautiously from what its archive says about it. Erotica is left out altogether.
| Little Ones | Funny-animal comics and nursery magazines. |
|---|---|
| Kids | Comics and magazines made for children, such as St. Nicholas and Child Life, unless they deal with ghosts, monsters, spies or fights. |
| Tweens | Humour and teen comics, science, computing, sport and hobby magazines, true stories and education. |
| Teens | Everything else, including the pulps and anything we cannot tell about; horror, crime, war, westerns, superheroes and romance go no lower; every newspaper, since historic papers carry graphic reports and racist content. |
| Adult | Works with racist caricature (named, or a series known for it, such as The Spirit's Ebony White), wartime comics of 1941–1946 and jungle comics, which commonly carried it, each with a note saying so; the true-crime magazines and the "weird menace" pulps; sexual themes and gore. |
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Top-Notch Laugh Comics 42 (1943)
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Treasure Chest v10 002 (1954)
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Tex Ritter 37
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Black Magic 014
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Thrilling Wonder Stories v10n02 (1937 10)
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Blue Book v068 n04 [1939-02]
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Liberty v24 n14 [1947-06-21]
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The Golden Argosy v005n34 [1887-07-23] (B&W)
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Masked Rider Western April 1948
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Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine February 1961
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The Saturday Evening Post 1923-09-01: Vol 196 Iss 9
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The Saturday Evening Post 1930-05-03: Vol 202 Iss 44
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All Humor Comics 004
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Zip Comics 46 (1944)
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Planet Stories v03n11 (1948 Summer) (Missing ibc,bc)
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Forbidden Worlds 025
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New Nick Carter Weekly #17 [1897-04-24]
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The Argosy v18n02 [1894-05] (-toc, ads, ibc, bc)
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Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine v04n03 (1943-05.American Mercury) (Darwin-IA)
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Treasure Chest v08 012 (1953)
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Treasure Chest v14 018 (1959)
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Zip Comics 35 (1943)
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Astounding British Ed. v14n11 1958 11
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Weird Tales 1947-1948
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If - Worlds Of Science Fiction v02n04 [Quinn] (Sep 1953) (Gorgon776)
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Harper's New Monthly Magazine 1894-03: Vol 88 Iss 526
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Astounding British Ed. v12n12 1956 12
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Galaxy v03n01 (1951-10.Galaxy)
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Thrilling Wonder Stories v40n03 (1952 08.Standard)
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1942 - Police Journal
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[M-11] Enid Blyton (1953) Misterio en la Villa de los Acebos
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The New Movie 1933-02 Vol. 7, No. 2
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The New Movie 1933-12 Vol. 8, No. 6
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The Saturday Evening Post 1924-12-13: Vol 197 Iss 24
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New Nick Carter Weekly #08 [1897-02-20]
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Famous Fantastic Mysteries v11 n01 [1949-10]
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Beyond Fantasy Fiction v01n01 (1953 07) (cape1736)
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Captain Future v03n01 [1941 Sumer]
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Planet Stories v04n03 (1949 Summer)
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Screenland, April 1923
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Startling Stories v19n03 (1949 07)
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The Ladies' Home Journal 1922-12: Vol 39
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Forbidden Worlds 012
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Startling Stories v17n03 (1948 07)
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Weird Tales v35n08 (1941 03) ( ifc) (slpn)
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Avon Fantasy Reader 05 (1947)
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Campus Humor v01n03 [1957-Winter] (Charlton) (c2c) (titansfan)
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