Comics, magazines and newspapers
6,865–6,912 of 201,397, 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. |
The Saturday Evening Post 1930-05-17: Vol 202 Iss 46
Air Wonder Stories v01n01 (1929 07) (ufikus DPP)
Fantastic v02n01 (1953 01 02)
Wonder Stories v02n02 (1930 07)
Harper's Bazaar 1925-02: Vol 60
Fawcett Comics: Captain Marvel Coloring Book (1941)
Dizzy Dames 005
Famous Fantastic Mysteries v13n01 (1951 12) (unz.org)
The Illustrated London News 1862-06-28: Vol 40 Iss 1151
Fantastic Adventures v10n01 (1948 01)
Fantastic Adventures v10n08 (1948 08)
Future Science Fiction v01n01 (1950 05 06)
Shield Wizard Comics 07 -(1942)
Adventures into the Unknown 035
Strange Suspense Stories 038
The Crisis 1928-03: Vol 35 Iss 3
Fantastic Adventures v03n03 (1941-05.Ziff-Davis)(cape1736)
Astounding British edition October 1947
True Life Secrets 028
Newspaper