Comics, magazines and newspapers

6,625–6,672 of 201,399, free to read, from the world's archives.

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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 OnesFunny-animal comics and nursery magazines.
KidsComics and magazines made for children, such as St. Nicholas and Child Life, unless they deal with ghosts, monsters, spies or fights.
TweensHumour and teen comics, science, computing, sport and hobby magazines, true stories and education.
TeensEverything 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.
AdultWorks 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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The Saturday Evening Post 1930-06-07: Vol 202 Iss 49

1930 · 180 pages · Internet Archive

The Saturday Evening Post 1930-06-07: Volume 202 , Issue 49. Digitized from IA1627713-05 . Previous issue: sim_saturday-evening-post_1930-05-31_202_4…

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Fantastic Adventures v12n10 (1950 10)

1950 · 133 pages · Internet Archive

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Startling Stories v26n03 (1952 07)

1952 · 149 pages · Internet Archive

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The Collector's Miscellany, New Series No. 21 [January to July 1938]

1938 · Internet Archive

The Collector's Miscellany , New Series No. 21 [January to July 1938]. Includes an article on the "Penny Dreadful" publisher, Temple Publishing Co.

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Scientific American Volume 95 Number 21 (November 1906)

1906 · Internet Archive

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Adventure v123 n06 [1950-10]

1950 · Internet Archive

Pulp Fiction Magazine

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Chatterbox 1891

1891 · Internet Archive

Chatterbox was a well-known Victorian children’s magazine founded in 1866 by British clergyman John Erskine Clark. Originally it was issued weekly;…

Comic

Wild Boy 011 (#2)

Comic · Internet Archive

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Avon Fantasy Reader 14 (1950)

1950 · 133 pages · Internet Archive

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Fantastic Novels v03n05 1950-01.Popular)

1950 · Internet Archive

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Strange Stories v03n02 [1940 04] (sas)

1940 · 133 pages · Internet Archive

Comic

Cookie 018

Comic · Internet Archive

Newspaper

The Milwaukee Leader (Milwaukee, Wis.)

1911–1932 · United States · Library of Congress

6,666 issues from 1911 to 1932, published in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, digitised for Chronicling America.

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Fantastic v07n06 [1958-06]

1958 · Internet Archive

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Fantastic Novels v03n03 (1949 09) (unz.org)

1949 · 132 pages · Internet Archive

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Harper's New Monthly Magazine 1884-02: Vol 68 Iss 405

1884 · 162 pages · Internet Archive

Harper's New Monthly Magazine 1884-02: Volume 68 , Issue 405. Digitized from IA1513818-02 . Previous issue: sim_harpers-magazine_1884-01_68_404 .…

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Popular Magazine v085 n04 [1927-09-07]

1927 · Internet Archive

The Popular Magazine [Volume LXXXV Number 4, September 7, 1927 ] (Street & Smith Corporation, 25¢, 192pp+, pulp, cover by Jerome Rozen) 1 · South o’…

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Smashing Detective Stories v03n03 (1954-09.Columbia) (MW-Nation-IA)

1954 · Internet Archive

Smashing Detective Stories [v3 #3, September 1954] (25¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders ) 8 · Murder by the Book · Carroll John Daly · nv 27 · A…

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The Junior Munsey v10n06 [1901-09] (-rear ads)

1901 · Internet Archive

NOTE: The scan of this issue is missing the rear advertisements. CONTENTS: The Junior Munsey [v10 #6, September 1901] (The Frank A. Munsey Co.,…

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Worlds Beyond v01n01 (1950-12.Hillman)

1950 · Internet Archive

Comic

Dynamic Comics 001

Comic · Internet Archive

Comic

Mysteries Of Unexplored Worlds 008 c2c

Comic · Internet Archive

Comic

Scoop Comics 003

Comic · Internet Archive

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[EEMF-152] Law Space (1959) «Jaque mate»

1959 · Internet Archive

Espacio - El mundo futuro - 152 de 547 Law Space fue uno de los muchos seudónimos del escritor español Enrique Sánchez Pascual. Otros seudónimos:…

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[EEMF-161] Clark Carrados (1959) La puerta infinita

1959 · Internet Archive

Espacio - El mundo futuro - 161 de 547 Luis García Lecha (Haro, La Rioja, 11 de junio de 1919 - Barcelona, 14 de mayo de 2005), fue un novelista y…

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[EEMF-228] Johnny Garland (1960) ¡Viaje al sol!

1960 · Internet Archive

Espacio - El mundo futuro - 228 de 547 Nadie supo cómo empezó. Pero allí estaba. Era un riesgo espantoso, que amenazaba por igual a todos los…

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Texas Rangers June 1945

1945 · Internet Archive

Texas Rangers [Vol. 20 No. 3, June 1945] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, 82pp, pulp) 6 · The Frontier Post · Captain Starr · cl 11 · Gun Governor…

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Western Story 14-12-1935

1935 · Internet Archive

Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine [Vol. CXLIV No. 1, December 14, 1935] (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 15¢, 144pp, pulp) 8 · CCC in the…

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The Saturday Evening Post 1909-11-20: Vol 182 Iss 21

1909 · 60 pages · Internet Archive

The Saturday Evening Post 1909-11-20: Volume 182 , Issue 21. Digitized from IA1627712-02 . Previous issue: sim_saturday-evening-post_1909-11-13_182_2…

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The Saturday Evening Post 1911-09-09: Vol 184 Iss 11

1911 · 76 pages · Internet Archive

The Saturday Evening Post 1911-09-09: Volume 184 , Issue 11. Digitized from IA1627712-02 . Previous issue: sim_saturday-evening-post_1911-09-02_184_1…

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The Saturday Evening Post 1919-12-20: Vol 192 Iss 25

1919 · 176 pages · Internet Archive

The Saturday Evening Post 1919-12-20: Volume 192 , Issue 25. Digitized from IA1627713-01 . Previous issue: sim_saturday-evening-post_1919-12-13_192_2…

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The Saturday Evening Post 1925-11-14: Vol 198 Iss 20

1925 · 244 pages · Internet Archive

The Saturday Evening Post 1925-11-14: Volume 198 , Issue 20. Digitized from IA1627713-03 . Previous issue: sim_saturday-evening-post_1925-11-07_198_1…

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Fantastic Universe v04n01 King-Size (Aug 1955)

1955 · Internet Archive

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Galaxy v07 02 Galaxy (Nov 1953)

1953 · Internet Archive

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Unknown v05n02 (1941 08) SLiV

1941 · 165 pages · Internet Archive

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Wonder Stories v03n11 (1932 04)

1932 · 100 pages · Internet Archive

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Popular Magazine v097 n03 [1929-09-20]

1929 · Internet Archive

The Popular Magazine [Vol. XCVII No. 3, Second October Number (September 20 ) 1929 ] ( 20 ¢, pulp, cover by Stockton Mulford) 1 · A Minute with— ·…

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The Frontier v04n02 1926-05.Doubleday, Page & Co. (Darwination-DPP-IA)

1926 · Internet Archive

The Frontier [Vol. 4 No. 2, May 1926] ed. Harry E. Maule (Doubleday, Page & Co., Inc., 25¢, 12+96pp+, large pulp, cover by William Reusswig )…

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True Strange Stories v01n01 (1929-03.Macfadden) (Darwin-IA)

1929 · Internet Archive

True Strange Stories v01n01 March 1929, True Strange Stories Publishing Co., Dunellen, NJ, 100 pages, 25 cents. Editor - Walter Gibson (as Webster…

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Nebula Science Fiction 010 [1954-10] (nbh)

1954 · Internet Archive

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Vanguard v01n01 (1958 06) (Gorgon776)

1958 · 132 pages · Internet Archive

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Wonder Stories v02n08 (1931 01) (Gorgon776)v2

1931 · 148 pages · Internet Archive

Comic

Adventures In Jet Power

Comic · Internet Archive

Comic

Cookie 013

Comic · Internet Archive

Comic

Tick Tock Tales 033 (1951)

1951 · Internet Archive

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G-8 and His Battle Aces 1943-12 v27n03 (unknownufikus-DPP)

1943 · Internet Archive

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The Crisis 1929-07: Vol 36 Iss 7

1929 · 37 pages · Internet Archive

The Crisis 1929-07: Volume 36 , Issue 7. Digitized from IA1532706-01 . Previous issue: sim_crisis_1929-06_36_6 . Next issue: sim_crisis_1929-08_36_8 .

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Cavalcade 1952-03

1952 · Internet Archive