Comics, magazines and newspapers
49–96 of 1,724, 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. |
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The Railroad Man’s Magazine, Jul 1910
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Amazing Man Comics 015 -fixed
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Amazing Man Comics 017
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The Railroad Man’s Magazine, Jun 1910
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Cat-Man Comics 032
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The Railroad Man’s Magazine, Apr 1911
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Plastic Man v1 005
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The Railroad Man’s Magazine, Jan 1910
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Strong Man 001
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Plastic Man v1 015
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Amazing Man Comics 016
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Doll Man 045
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Amazing Man Comics 006
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Amazing Man Comics 025
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Plastic Man v1 007
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Amazing Man Comics 005 (paper+fiche)
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Doll Man 001
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Plastic Man v1 002
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Cat-Man Comics 003 (now c2c)
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Amazing Man Comics 009
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Plastic Man v1 006
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Amazing Man Comics 005 a
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T-Man 01
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Amazing Man Comics 007
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Cat-Man Comics 014 (paper+14fiche)-c2c
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Amazing Man Comics 010 (paper)
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T-Man 17
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Plastic Man v1 003
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Plastic Man v1 014
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Strong Man 004
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Cat-Man Comics 026a (paper+fiche)-c2c
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Amazing Man Comics 011 (Upgrade)-c2c
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Cat-Man Comics 001 (fiche)
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Amazing Man Comics 019
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Cat-Man Comics 029
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Plastic Man v1 061
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Plastic Man v1 046
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Doll Man 003
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Man's Illustrated v03 n04 [1958-02]
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Plastic Man v1 054
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Plastic Man v1 022
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Plastic Man v1 004
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Plastic Man v1 017
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Plastic Man v1 018
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Amazing Man Comics 005
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Plastic Man v1 020
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Plastic Man v1 009
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