Comics, magazines and newspapers
4,993–5,040 of 223,909, free to read, from the world's archives.
Where these come from, and who sees what
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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. |
New Nick Carter Weekly #17 [1897-04-24]
The Argosy v18n02 [1894-05] (-toc, ads, ibc, bc)
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine v04n03 (1943-05.American Mercury) (Darwin-IA)
Treasure Chest v08 012 (1953)
Treasure Chest v14 018 (1959)
Zip Comics 35 (1943)
Astounding British Ed. v14n11 1958 11
Weird Tales 1947-1948
If - Worlds Of Science Fiction v02n04 [Quinn] (Sep 1953) (Gorgon776)
Harper's New Monthly Magazine 1894-03: Vol 88 Iss 526
Astounding British Ed. v12n12 1956 12
Galaxy v03n01 (1951-10.Galaxy)
Thrilling Wonder Stories v40n03 (1952 08.Standard)
1942 - Police Journal
[M-11] Enid Blyton (1953) Misterio en la Villa de los Acebos
The New Movie 1933-02 Vol. 7, No. 2
The New Movie 1933-12 Vol. 8, No. 6
The Saturday Evening Post 1924-12-13: Vol 197 Iss 24
New Nick Carter Weekly #08 [1897-02-20]
Famous Fantastic Mysteries v11 n01 [1949-10]
Newspaper
Morning Appeal (Carson City, Nev.)
Beyond Fantasy Fiction v01n01 (1953 07) (cape1736)
Captain Future v03n01 [1941 Sumer]
Planet Stories v04n03 (1949 Summer)
Screenland, April 1923
Startling Stories v19n03 (1949 07)
The Ladies' Home Journal 1922-12: Vol 39
Forbidden Worlds 012
Startling Stories v17n03 (1948 07)
Weird Tales v35n08 (1941 03) ( ifc) (slpn)
Avon Fantasy Reader 05 (1947)
Campus Humor v01n03 [1957-Winter] (Charlton) (c2c) (titansfan)
Adventures into the Unknown 006
School-Day Romances 002 (1950) coverless
Top-Notch Laugh Comics 41 (1943)
[EEMF-218] Law Space (1960) Vivisección
The New Movie 1932-10 Vol. 6, No. 4
The New Movie 1933-10 Vol. 8, No. 4
The Saturday Evening Post 1929-10-12: Vol 202 Iss 15
Wonder Stories Quarterly v03n03 (1932 Spring)
Adventure v119 n04 [1948-08]
Weird Tales v45n03 (1953 07) (sas)
Newspaper