Comics, magazines and newspapers

97–144 of 3,452, 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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Popular Magazine v045 n05 1917-08-20.Street & Smith (coverless, missing ad sections) (LB-Darwin-IA)

1917 · Internet Archive

NOTE: This scan was from a rebound issue and any pages outside of the pulp pages are either reproductions or suspect in their placement order. The…

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Strange Suspense Stories 028

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Strange Suspense Stories 037

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Popular Magazine v075 n02 1925-02-07.Street & Smith (LB-Darwin-IA)

1925 · Internet Archive

The Popular Magazine [Vol. LXXV No. 2, February 7, 1925] (Street & Smith Corporation, 25¢, pulp, cover by Colcord Heurlin ) 1 · Head Winds ·…

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Strange Suspense Stories 029

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Strange Suspense Stories 042

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Tip Top Weekly 017 (1896-08-08.Street&Smith) ("Frank Merriwell In Mexico") (B&W)

1896 · Internet Archive

Tip Top Weekly 017 [1896-08-08]. "Frank Merriwell In Mexico; Or, The Search For The Silver Palace."

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Tip Top Weekly 118 (1898-07-16.Street&Smith) ("Frank Merriwell, Engine Wiper") (B&W)

1898 · Internet Archive

Tip Top Weekly 118 [1898-07-16]. "Frank Merriwell, Engine Wiper; Or, At The Foot Of The Ladder."

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Western Story v184n02 1940-07-27.Street & Smith (now c2c) (Darwin-IA)

1940 · Internet Archive

Street & Smith’s Western Story [Vol. CLXXXIV No. 2, July 27, 1940] (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 10¢, 130pp, pulp, cover by H. W. Scott ) 5 ·…

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Strange Stories v04 n02 [1940-10]

1940 · Internet Archive

Pulp Fiction Magazine

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Popular Magazine v066 n06 1923-01-07.Street & Smith (LB-Darwin-IA)

1923 · Internet Archive

The Popular Magazine [v66 #6, January 7, 1923] (20¢, 192pp, pulp, cover by D. C. Hutchison ) 1 · Quemado · Marvin Wilhite · na 73 · Call the Doctor!…

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The Planet Strappers - Raymond Z. Gallun (Pyramid G-658, 1961) {Gorgon776}

1961 · Internet Archive

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Sea Stories v18n06 (1929-08.Street and Smith)(Darwination-DPP)

1929 · Internet Archive

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Popular Magazine v001 n06 1904-04.Street & Smith (Darwin-IA)

1904 · Internet Archive

The Popular Magazine [Vol. I No. 6, April 1904] (Street & Smith, 10¢, 194pp+, pulp) Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 1 · Wanted, a Highwayman…

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Love Story v105n05 - 1934 - Street and Smith

1934 · Internet Archive

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Tip Top Weekly 061 (1897-06-12.Street&Smith) ("Frank Merriwell In The Mines") (B&W)

1897 · Internet Archive

Tip Top Weekly 061 [1897-06-12]. "Frank Merriwell In The Mines; Or, The Blind Singer Of Silver Bluff."

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Silver Streak Comics 014

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Popular Magazine v031 n04 1914-03-01.Street & Smith (-ifc) (LB-Darwin-IA)

1914 · Internet Archive

The Popular Magazine [v31 #4, March 1, 1914] (Street & Smith, 15¢, 224pp+, pulp, cover by Sidney H. Riesenberg ) Dated “First March Number (Out Feb.…

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Strange Mysteries 009 -no ads

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Silver Streak Comics 003

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Strong Man 001

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Silver Streak Comics 001 b

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Strange Suspense Stories v1 039

38 pages · Internet Archive

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Popular Magazine v101 n03 1930-10-20.Street & Smith (LB-Darwin-Sas-IA)

1930 · Internet Archive

The Popular Magazine [Volume CI Number 3, Second October Number 1930] (pulp), 20 cents, cover by H.T. Fisk Details supplied by Larry Estep. · New…

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Popular Magazine v063 n03 1922-02-20.Street & Smith (LB-Darwin-Sas-IA)

1922 · Internet Archive

The Popular Magazine [v63 #3, February 20, 1922] (20¢, 192pp, pulp, cover by D. C. Hutchison ) 3 · Vassals of the Ice · Theodore Seixas Solomons ·…

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Popular Magazine v036n01 1915-03-23.Street & Smith (LB-Darwin-IA)

1915 · Internet Archive

The Popular Magazine [Volume XXXVI Number 1, March 23, 1915] (15¢, 228pp, pulp, cover by Lester Ralph ) 1 · When Thieves Fall Out · W. E. Scott · na…

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Straight Arrow 036

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Silver Streak Comics 001

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Silver Streak Comics 002

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Wild West Weekly v107 n04 (1936-12-26.Street & Smith) (missing pages) (Darwin)

1936 · Internet Archive

Street & Smith’s Wild West Weekly [Vol. 107 No. 4, Whole No. 1784, December 26, 1936] (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 10¢, 127pp, pulp, cover:…

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Top-Notch v03 n01 1911-01.Street & Smith (Darwin-IA)

1911 · Internet Archive

Top-Notch [v3 #1, January 1, 1911] ed. Burt L. Standish (Street & Smith Corporation, 10¢, 128pp+, pulp) Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk. 1 · Won…

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New Magnet Library No. 860 [Street & Smith, 1922] ("Knaves In High Places; Or, Nick Carter's Subtle Foe" by Nicholas Carter)

1922 · Internet Archive

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Silver Streak Comics 006

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Popular Magazine v017 n02 1910-08-01.Street & Smith (Darwin-IA)

1910 · Internet Archive

The Popular Magazine [Volume XVII Number 2, August 1, 1910] (Street & Smith, 15¢, 224pp+, pulp, cover by H. M. Brett ) Dated “First August Number…

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Strange Stories v05 n01 [1941-02]

1941 · Internet Archive

Pulp Fiction Magazine

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Silver Streak Comics 011

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Popular Magazine v049 n02 1918-07-07.Street & Smith (-ibc,bc) (LB-Darwin-IA)

1918 · Internet Archive

The Popular Magazine [v49 #2, July 7, 1918] (pulp) · Caught in the Net · [The Editor] · ed · The Grand Review · Berton Braley · pm · The Three…

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Stars and Stripes 003

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Silver Streak Comics 018

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Straight Arrow 044

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Strange Adventures v01n01 (1946-11.Hamilton)

1946 · 52 pages · Internet Archive

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Silver Streak Comics 005

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Silver Streak Comics 016

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Silver Streak Comics 013

71 pages · Internet Archive

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Wild West Weekly v188 n06 (1939-06-10.Street & Smith) (missing front covers) (Darwin-IA)

1939 · Internet Archive

Street & Smith’s Wild West Weekly [Vol. 128 No. 6, Whole No. 1912, June 10, 1939] (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 10¢, 128pp, pulp, cover by H.…

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Strong Man 004

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Strange Adventures v01n02 (1947-02.Hamilton)

1947 · 36 pages · Internet Archive

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Stars and Stripes 004 (fiche+paper)

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