Comics, magazines and newspapers

6,817–6,864 of 201,397, 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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Fantastic Adventures v02n05 (1940 05) (cape1736)

1940 · 100 pages · Internet Archive

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Wonder Stories v06n12 (1935 05)

1935 · 132 pages · Internet Archive

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Unknown v03n01 (1940 03) (unz.org)

1940 · 164 pages · Internet Archive

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Strange Suspense Stories 034

Magazine · Internet Archive

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Cavalcade 1955-04

1955 · Internet Archive

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Science Wonder Stories v01n10 (1930 03.Stellar)

1930 · 100 pages · Internet Archive

Newspaper

Bisbee Daily Review (Bisbee, Ariz.)

1901–1922 · United States · Library of Congress

6,500 issues from 1901 to 1922, published in Bisbee, Arizona, digitised for Chronicling America.

Magazine

[EEMF-164] H. S. Thels (1959) El planeta de los hombres perdidos

1959 · Internet Archive

Espacio - El mundo futuro - 164 de 547 H.S. Thels fue uno de los muchos seudónimos del escritor español Enrique Sánchez Pascual. Otros seudónimos:…

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[EEMF-66] Louis G. Milk (1957) Mensaje al universo

1957 · Internet Archive

Espacio - El mundo futuro - 66 de 547 En el centro de la habitación había un extraño aparato. En principio, en una mesa, un poco más larga que las…

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[PM-69] Erle Stanley Gardner (1963) El caso de la tía enamorada

1963 · Internet Archive

Perry Mason - 69 de 82 Una joven pareja ya comprometidos, el estudiante de leyes, ella secretaria de un bufete de abogados y que le paga los…

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The Saturday Evening Post 1919-03-15: Vol 191 Iss 37

1919 · 148 pages · Internet Archive

The Saturday Evening Post 1919-03-15: Volume 191 , Issue 37. Digitized from IA1627713-01 . Previous issue: sim_saturday-evening-post_1919-03-08_191_3…

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The Saturday Evening Post 1919-06-21: Vol 191 Iss 51

1919 · 168 pages · Internet Archive

The Saturday Evening Post 1919-06-21: Volume 191 , Issue 51. Digitized from IA1627713-01 . Previous issue: sim_saturday-evening-post_1919-06-14_191_5…

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The Saturday Evening Post 1921-07-16: Vol 194 Iss 3

1921 · 108 pages · Internet Archive

The Saturday Evening Post 1921-07-16: Volume 194 , Issue 3. Digitized from IA1627713-02 . Previous issue: sim_saturday-evening-post_1921-07-09_194_2…

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The Saturday Evening Post 1921-11-26: Vol 194 Iss 22

1921 · 94 pages · Internet Archive

The Saturday Evening Post 1921-11-26: Volume 194 , Issue 22. Digitized from IA1627713-02 . Previous issue: sim_saturday-evening-post_1921-11-19_194_2…

Newspaper

L'italia (San Francisco, Calif.)

1897–1919 · United States · Library of Congress

6,499 issues from 1897 to 1919, published in San Francisco, California, digitised for Chronicling America.

Comic

Adventures into the Unknown 024

Comic · Internet Archive

Comic

Mister Mystery 01

Comic · Internet Archive

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Argosy v198 n02 [1928-09-29]

1928 · Internet Archive

Argosy Allstory Weekly [Volume 198 Number 2, September 29, 1928] (The Frank A. Munsey Company, 10¢, 145-288pp, pulp, cover by Paul Stahr) 147 · The…

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Blue Book v045 n01 [1927-05]

1927 · Internet Archive

The Blue Book Magazine [Vol. 45 No. 1, May 1927 ] ed. Karl Edwin Harriman (The Consolidated Magazines Corporation, 25¢, 196pp, pulp, cover: His…

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Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine v010 n049 [1947-12]

1947 · Internet Archive

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v10, #49, December 1947] ed. Ellery Queen (The American Mercury, Inc., 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by George Salter)…

Comic

Adventures into the Unknown 029

Comic · Internet Archive

Magazine

Selected Science Fiction Magazine #02 (1955) Poul Anderson Flight to Forever (MadMaxAU)

1955 · Internet Archive

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Thrilling Wonder Stories v09n02 (1937 04.Beacon)

1937 · 130 pages · Internet Archive

Comic

Pep Comics 51

Comic · Internet Archive

Comic

Robin Hood 031

Comic · Internet Archive

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Scientific American Volume 80 Number 19 (May 1899)

1899 · Internet Archive

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Galaxy Science Fiction Novel #38 George O. Smith Troubled Star (1957)

1957 · 165 pages · Internet Archive

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Super Science Stories v02n01 (1940 11)

1940 · 132 pages · Internet Archive

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St. Nicholas Illustrated magazine July 1880

1880 · Internet Archive

An issue of the children's magazine St. Nicholas Illustrated, for July 1880 (from a bound volume of St. Nicholas Illustrated for the second half of…

Newspaper

The Daily Gate City (Keokuk, Iowa)

1855–1916 · United States · Library of Congress

6,479 issues from 1855 to 1916, published in Keokuk, Iowa, digitised for Chronicling America.

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Chatterbox 1878

1878 · 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;…

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Air Stories (UK) v05 n05 [1937-11]

1937 · Internet Archive

Air Stories (UK) [Vol. 5 No. 5, November 1937] ed. T. Stanhope Sprigg (George Newnes Ltd., 7d, 96pp, pulp, cover by S. R. Drigin) 382 · Dustmen…

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Cavalcade 1955-03

1955 · Internet Archive

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The Popular Magazine, Apr 20 1917

1917 · 240 pages · Internet Archive

Comic

Star Comics v1 02 inc 1937

1937 · Internet Archive

Comic

Tick Tock Tales 013 (1947)

1947 · Internet Archive

Comic

Crime and Punishment 011

Comic · Internet Archive

Magazine

10 Story Western January 1950

1950 · Internet Archive

10 Story Western Magazine [Volume 41 Number 2, January 1950] (Popular Publications, Inc., 15¢, 98pp, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) 6 · Record…

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[EEMF-149] Law Space (1959) ¡Hola terrícola!

1959 · Internet Archive

Espacio - El mundo futuro - 149 de 547 Nuestra astronave se había posado en Marte. Habíamos recorrido doce mil millones de kilómetros en la última…

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Western Story 1937-11-13

1937 · Internet Archive

Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine [Vol. CLX No. 5, November 13, 1937] (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 10¢, 130pp, pulp) 12 · The Unholy of…

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The Saturday Evening Post 1906-07-14: Vol 179 Iss 2

1906 · 28 pages · Internet Archive

The Saturday Evening Post 1906-07-14: Volume 179 , Issue 2. Digitized from IA1627712-02 . Previous issue: sim_saturday-evening-post_1906-07-07_179_1…

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The Saturday Evening Post 1916-06-03: Vol 188 Iss 49

1916 · 92 pages · Internet Archive

The Saturday Evening Post 1916-06-03: Volume 188 , Issue 49. Digitized from IA1627712-03 . Previous issue: sim_saturday-evening-post_1916-05-27_188_4…

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The Saturday Evening Post 1917-07-14: Vol 190 Iss 2

1917 · 84 pages · Internet Archive

The Saturday Evening Post 1917-07-14: Volume 190 , Issue 2. Digitized from IA1627712-03 . Previous issue: sim_saturday-evening-post_1917-07-07_190_1…

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The Saturday Evening Post 1922-04-08: Vol 194 Iss 41

1922 · 166 pages · Internet Archive

The Saturday Evening Post 1922-04-08: Volume 194 , Issue 41. Digitized from IA1627713-02 . Previous issue: sim_saturday-evening-post_1922-04-01_194_4…

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The Saturday Evening Post 1924-10-11: Vol 197 Iss 15

1924 · 210 pages · Internet Archive

The Saturday Evening Post 1924-10-11: Volume 197 , Issue 15. Digitized from IA1627713-03 . Previous issue: sim_saturday-evening-post_1924-10-04_197_1…

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The Saturday Evening Post 1928-02-18: Vol 200 Iss 34

1928 · 160 pages · Internet Archive

The Saturday Evening Post 1928-02-18: Volume 200 , Issue 34. Digitized from IA1627713-04 . Previous issue: sim_saturday-evening-post_1928-02-11_200_3…

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The Saturday Evening Post 1929-07-13: Vol 202 Iss 2

1929 · 160 pages · Internet Archive

The Saturday Evening Post 1929-07-13: Volume 202 , Issue 2. Digitized from IA1627713-05 . Previous issue: sim_saturday-evening-post_1929-07-06_202_1…

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The Saturday Evening Post 1930-01-04: Vol 202 Iss 27

1930 · 164 pages · Internet Archive

The Saturday Evening Post 1930-01-04: Volume 202 , Issue 27. Digitized from IA1627713-05 . Previous issue: sim_saturday-evening-post_1929-12-28_202_2…