Comics, magazines and newspapers
5,425–5,472 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. |
The Saturday Evening Post 1906-06-16: Vol 178 Iss 51
The Saturday Evening Post 1922-09-16: Vol 195 Iss 12
The Saturday Evening Post 1924-04-26: Vol 196 Iss 43
The Saturday Evening Post 1929-04-20: Vol 201 Iss 42
Strange Suspense Stories 030
Galaxy v01n05 (1951-02.World Editions)(AKv1.0)
Collier's v120 n02 [1947-07-12]
Space Adventures 07
Fantastic Adventures v12n05 (1950 05) (cape1736)
Planet Stories v04n10 (1951 01)
Zip Comics 32 (1942)
Newspaper
Memphis Daily Appeal (Memphis, Tenn.)
Fantastic Adventures v02n06 (1940-06.Ziff-Davis)(cape1736)
Astounding British edition July 1946
Astounding British edition May 1954
Astounding British edition June 1954
Schlumberger Annual Reports: 1962-
Newspaper