Comics, magazines and newspapers

9,265–9,312 of 223,549, 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.
Comic

Crime and Punishment 014

Comic · Internet Archive

Comic

Hawk 003 JVJon

Comic · Internet Archive

Comic

Young Heroes 036 -fixed

Comic · Internet Archive

Magazine

Science Wonder Stories v01n02 (1929 07)

1929 · 101 pages · Internet Archive

Newspaper

National Republican (Washington City (D.C.))

1872–1888 · United States · Library of Congress

4,871 issues from 1872 to 1888, published in Washington, District Of Columbia, digitised for Chronicling America.

Magazine

Fantastic February 1955

1955 · Internet Archive

Fantastic [v4 #1, February 1955] (35¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Henry Sharp) 6 · The Patty-Cake Mutiny · Winston Marks · nv 32 · The Gun · John…

Magazine

The Saturday Evening Post 1908-05-23: Vol 180 Iss 47

1908 · 43 pages · Internet Archive

The Saturday Evening Post 1908-05-23: Volume 180 , Issue 47. Digitized from IA1627712-02 . Previous issue: sim_saturday-evening-post_1908-05-16_180_4…

Magazine

The Saturday Evening Post 1914-10-17: Vol 187 Iss 16

1914 · 72 pages · Internet Archive

The Saturday Evening Post 1914-10-17: Volume 187 , Issue 16. Digitized from IA1627712-03 . Previous issue: sim_saturday-evening-post_1914-10-10_187_1…

Magazine

The Saturday Evening Post 1919-11-22: Vol 192 Iss 21

1919 · 204 pages · Internet Archive

The Saturday Evening Post 1919-11-22: Volume 192 , Issue 21. Digitized from IA1627713-01 . Previous issue: sim_saturday-evening-post_1919-11-15_192_2…

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The Saturday Evening Post 1919-12-06: Vol 192 Iss 23

1919 · 188 pages · Internet Archive

The Saturday Evening Post 1919-12-06: Volume 192 , Issue 23. Digitized from IA1627713-01 . Previous issue: sim_saturday-evening-post_1919-11-29_192_2…

Magazine

The Saturday Evening Post 1927-02-26: Vol 199 Iss 35

1927 · 184 pages · Internet Archive

The Saturday Evening Post 1927-02-26: Volume 199 , Issue 35. Digitized from IA1627713-04 . Previous issue: sim_saturday-evening-post_1927-02-19_199_3…

Magazine

Ching Ching's Novelettes #01 [1888-06-23] ("Snapson Of The 'Snake' " by Edwin Harcourt Burrage)

1888 · Internet Archive

Ching Ching's Novelettes #01 [1888-06-23] ("Snapson Of The 'Snake' by Edwin Harcourt Burrage). Ching Ching's Novelettes was a small booklet that was…

Magazine

Fantastic v12n07 (1963 07)

1963 · 132 pages · Internet Archive

Magazine

Marvel v02n01 (1940 05)

1940 · 116 pages · Internet Archive

Comic

Crime Does Not Pay 096

Comic · Internet Archive

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Pep Comics 26

Comic · Internet Archive

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Triumph 006

Comic · Internet Archive

Comic

Yellowjacket Comics 004

54 pages · Internet Archive

Magazine

Scientific American 1925-07: Vol 133 Iss 1

1925 · 68 pages · Internet Archive

Scientific American 1925-07: Volume 133 , Issue 1. Digitized from IA1627716-05 . Previous issue: sim_scientific-american_1925_133_index . Next…

Magazine

Popular Science Monthly 1922-01: Vol 100 Iss 1

1922 · 96 pages · Internet Archive

Popular Science Monthly 1922-01: Volume 100 , Issue 1. Digitized from IA1520713-06 . Previous issue: sim_popular-science_january-june-1922_100_index…

Magazine

Black Book Detective v26 n01 [1949-03]

1949 · Internet Archive

Pulp Fiction Magazine

Comic

Blue Bolt vol10 02

Comic · Internet Archive

Comic

Tex Ritter 042

38 pages · Internet Archive

Comic

Unusual Tales 015

Comic · Internet Archive

Magazine

The Spectator 1925-10-31: Vol 135 Iss 5079

1925 · 60 pages · Internet Archive

The Spectator 1925-10-31: Volume 135 , Issue 5079. Digitized from IA1627824-06 . Previous issue: sim_spectator-uk_1925-10-24_135_5078 . Next issue:…

Magazine

Authentic Science Fiction #82 (1957 07)

1957 · 130 pages · Internet Archive

Magazine

Imagination v03n01 (1952 01) (LennyS cape1736)

1952 · 165 pages · Internet Archive

Magazine

Science Fiction Stories v08n07 (1958 06)

1958 · 134 pages · Internet Archive

Magazine

Top-Notch Magazine, Mar 1913

1913 · 204 pages · Internet Archive

Comic

Blue Bolt v9 01

Comic · Internet Archive

Comic

Cookie 030

Comic · Internet Archive

Comic

Crack Comics 042

Comic · Internet Archive

Comic

Hooded Horseman v1 026

Comic · Internet Archive

Comic

Plastic Man v1 015

Comic · Internet Archive

Magazine

Scientific American Volume 101 Number 17 (October 1909)

1909 · Internet Archive

Magazine

Famous Fantastic Mysteries v08n01 (1946 10) (AK)

1946 · 132 pages · Internet Archive

Magazine

Galaxy 1952.05 - jpg

1952 · Internet Archive

Magazine

TV People v01n01 (1953-08.non-pareil) (BONES)

1953 · Internet Archive

TV People v01n01 [1953-08]. TV fan magazine.

Magazine

Popular Science Monthly 1916-12: Vol 89 Iss 6

1916 · 267 pages · Internet Archive

Popular Science Monthly 1916-12: Volume 89 , Issue 6. Digitized from IA1520713-06 . Previous issue: sim_popular-science_1916-11_89_5 . Next issue:…

Magazine

Popular Science Monthly 1919-09: Vol 95 Iss 3

1919 · 122 pages · Internet Archive

Popular Science Monthly 1919-09: Volume 95 , Issue 3. Digitized from IA1520713-06 . Previous issue: sim_popular-science_1919-08_95_2 . Next issue:…

Comic

A-1 Comics 120 -

Comic · Internet Archive

Comic

Jet Powers 01 [A1#030]

Comic · Internet Archive

Comic

Public Defender 010

Comic · Internet Archive

Magazine

Strange Suspense Stories v1 039

38 pages · Internet Archive

Magazine

Fantastic Novels v04n05 (1951 01) (unz.org)

1951 · 132 pages · Internet Archive

Magazine

Fantastic Universe v07n03 (1957 03)

1957 · 132 pages · Internet Archive

Magazine

Fantastic v06n07 (1957 08)

1957 · 132 pages · Internet Archive

Magazine

Fantastic v11n03 (1962 03)

1962 · 133 pages · Internet Archive