Comics, magazines and newspapers

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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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Amazing Stories v07n04 (1932 07)

1932 · 101 pages · Internet Archive

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Weird Tales v42n01 (1949 11)

1949 · 100 pages · Internet Archive

Comic

Love Experiences 018

Comic · Internet Archive

Magazine

McClure's Magazine v34n01 [1909-11]

1909 · Internet Archive

CONTENTS: McClure’s Magazine [v34 #1, November 1909] (The S. S. McClure Co., 15¢, 128pp+, standard) 1 · Song · Dollie Radford · pm 3 · The New Drama…

Comic strip

Joe Palooka 1938

1938 · Internet Archive

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Strange Stories Of Coincidence And Ghostly Adventure - Arthur Conan Doyle, et al. (George Redway, 1891)

1891 · Internet Archive

Strange Stories Of Coincidence And Ghostly Adventure (George Redway, 1891) Re-issue of Volume 2 of Dreamland And Ghostland (George Redway, 1887).…

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Weird Tales Serial: The Bat-Men Of Thorium - Bertram Russell (1928)

1928 · Internet Archive

This is a scan of the three-part serial as published in Weird Tales , May to July 1928, with original illustrations. "Bertram Russell" was a…

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Mirage #04 [1961]

1961 · Internet Archive

Mirage (subtitled "The Amateur Magazine Of Fantasy") was a mimeographed fanzine which was edited and published by Baltimore fan (and later SF…

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Science Fiction Quarterly v01 n10 [1943-Spring]

1943 · Internet Archive

4 • Wandl, the Invader (Complete Novel) • [Gregg Haljan • 2] • serial by Ray Cummings 108 • The Door • short story by Clifton B. Kruse 118 • Jake…

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Mystery Book Magazine v09 n01 [1949-Fall]

1949 · Internet Archive

Mystery Book Magazine [v9 #1, Fall 1949] (25¢, pulp) 9 · The Deadly Weekend · Fredric Brown · na; condensed from The Screaming Mimi , Dutton, 1949.…

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Argosy All-Story Weekly v154n02 [1923-09-08]

1923 · Internet Archive

CONTENTS: Argosy All-Story Weekly [v154 #2, September 8, 1923] (The Frank A. Munsey Company, 10¢, 160pp+, pulp, cover by Modest Stein) 161 · Dust To…

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Science Fiction Quarterly v02 n02 [1953-02]

1953 · Internet Archive

6 • As I Was Saying ... • Editorial • essay by uncredited 8 • It Says Here • [It Says Here (Letters, Science Fiction Quarterly)] • essay by…

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Mirage #05 [1962-Summer]

1962 · Internet Archive

CONTENTS: Mirage #05 [1962-Summer] COVER: Dave Prosser • 1 CONCERNING THAT COVER • Dave Prosser • 2 MIRAGE (poem) • H. P. Lovecraft • 3 OVER THE…

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Adventure v105 n04 [1941-08]

1941 · Internet Archive

Adventure [v105 #4, August 1941] ed. Kenneth S. White (Popular Publications, Inc., 15¢, 130pp, pulp, cover by Malvin Singer) [interior artwork] · I.…

Comic

Rex Allen Comics along with Buster Crabbe, Lone Ranger, Tex Ritter, Tim Holt, Lash LaRue, Tom Mix, Movie Westerns,

Comic · Internet Archive

Look for files in comic book reader (.cbr) or comic book zip (.cbz) format: 1. Rex Allen # 16, 18, 20, 25, 29, 30 2. Amazing Adventures of Buster…

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Astounding British Ed. v01n01 (1939 08)

1939 · 98 pages · Internet Archive

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Adventure v116 n03 [1947-01]

1947 · Internet Archive

Adventure [v116 #3, January 1947] ed. Kenneth S. White (Popular Publications, Inc., 25¢, pulp, cover by Rafael DeSoto) [interior artwork] · Julian…

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Galaxy Magazine (March 1954)

1954 · Internet Archive

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Popular Detective v06 n02 [1936-03]

1936 · Internet Archive

Popular Detective [v6 #2, March 1936] (15¢, pulp) 14 · Raffles and the Death Rocket [ A.J. Raffles ] · Barry Perowne · na The Thriller Nov 11 1933…

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Startling Stories v02n03 [1939-11] (-ibc)

1939 · Internet Archive

Note: This is a cleaned up version of the previous scan of this issue, with the missing back cover added and a better scan of the front cover…

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Astounding v25n01 (1940 03) (AK)

1940 · 165 pages · Internet Archive

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All-Story v112 n01 [1920-07-03]

1920 · Internet Archive

All-Story Weekly [v112 #1, July 3, 1920] (The Frank A. Munsey Company, 10¢, 144pp, pulp, cover by P. Monahan) Details supplied by Brian Earl Brown.…

Newspaper

Alexandria Gazette (Alexandria, D.C.)

1834–1923 · United States · Library of Congress

26,610 issues from 1834 to 1923, published in Alexandria, District Of Columbia, digitised for Chronicling America.

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Gunsmoke Yarns - Gene Autry (ed.) (Dell 217, 1948)

1948 · Internet Archive

Dell "mapback" paperback. CONTENTS: Gunsmoke Yarns: Western Stories Selected By Gene Autry ed. Gene Autry (Dell 217, 1948, pb) [Western] 3 · Gun…

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Collier's Magazine January 25 1913-March 15 1913

1913 · 273 pages · Internet Archive

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Popular Magazine v026 n06 [1913-01-01]

1913 · Internet Archive

The Popular Magazine [v26 #6, January 1, 1913] (Street & Smith Corp., 224pp+, pulp) Dated “First January Number (Out Dec. 7th 1912)” on cover. 1 ·…

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Suspense v01 n02 [1951-Summer]

1951 · Internet Archive

Suspense Magazine [v1 #2, Summer 1951] (35¢, 128pp+, digest) 2 · Operation Peep · John Wyndham · ss 15 · Blood Will Tell · Nathaniel Weyl · ss 20 ·…

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Adventure v061 n01 [1926-12-31]

1926 · Internet Archive

Adventure [v61 #1, December 31, 1926] ed. Arthur Sullivant Hoffman (The Butterick Publishing Company, 25¢) [interior artwork] · Walter Baumhofer ·…

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Authentic Science Fiction #21 [1952-05]

1952 · Internet Archive

CONTENTS: Authentic Science Fiction [Number Twenty-One, May 15, 1952] ed. Derrick Rowles (Hamilton & Co. (Stafford) Ltd., 1/6d, 112pp+, digest,…

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Weird Tales v37n02 [1943 11] (sas)

1943 · 117 pages · Internet Archive

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Pluck and Luck, no. 1204

1921 · Internet Archive

A "pulp" magazine for young adults. It contains one main story and a short story along with other short features. Contents: Mazeppa No. 2, The Boy…

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Popular Detective v37 n02 [1949-09]

1949 · Internet Archive

Popular Detective [v37 #2, September 1949] (Better Publications, Inc., 15¢, 98pp, pulp) 6 · Official Business · [The Editor] · cl 9 · The Cat from…

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Adventure v011 n06 [1916-04]

1916 · Internet Archive

Adventure [v11 #6, April 1916] ed. Arthur Sullivant Hoffman (The Ridgway Company, 15¢, pulp, cover by Francis Miller) [interior artwork] · C. B.…

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Physical Culture v05n01 1901-04.Physical Culture (D&M-IA)

1901 · Internet Archive

Physical Culture v05n10, April 1901, Physical Culture Publishing Co., 52 pages, 5 cents. Note: Incorrect volume number listed above masthead on…

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The Thirty Nine Steps John Buchan

1915 · Internet Archive

The Thirty-Nine Steps es una novela de aventuras del autor escocés John Buchan . Apareció por primera vez como una serie en Blackwood's Magazine en…

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Weird Tales v33n04 (1939 04)

1939 · 164 pages · Internet Archive

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Planet Stories v02 n02 [1943-03]

1943 · Internet Archive

2 • Cosmic Castaway • novelette by Carl Jacobi 24 • The Sword of Johnny Damokles • novelette by Hugh Frazier Parker 39 • Oridin's Formula •…

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Liberty v09 n32 [1932-08-06]

1932 · Internet Archive

Liberty [v9 #32, August 6, 1932] ed. Fulton Oursler (Liberty Publishing Corporation, 5¢, 52pp, 8½" x 11½", cover by Leslie Thrasher) 3 · Money-Mad…

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The Devil's Signature By A. Ellis Heneberger

1908 · Internet Archive

A locked room mystery story set in early 20th Century Virginia. Protagonists are a newspaper reporter and a private detective from Baltimore.

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The Cavalier v02n03 [1909-04] {ufikus-DPP}

1909 · Internet Archive

CONTENTS: The Cavalier [v2 #3, April 1909] (The Frank A. Munsey Company, 10¢, pulp, cover by Mayo Bunker) 387 · Masters Of Circumstance [Part 1 of…

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Galaxy Magazine (July 1953)

1953 · Internet Archive

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Weird Tales v36n08 [1942 11] (sas)

1942 · 133 pages · Internet Archive

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Astounding v58n02 (1956 10) (Gorgon776)

1956 · 165 pages · Internet Archive

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Amazing Stories, Dec 1926

1926 · 108 pages · Internet Archive

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Weird Tales v36n07 (1942 09)

1942 · 132 pages · Internet Archive

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Weird Tales v38n01 (1944 09)

1944 · 100 pages · Internet Archive

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Ken v01 n03 [1938-05-05]

1938 · Internet Archive

Ken [v1 #3, May 5, 1938] ed. Arnold Gingrich (Ken Inc., 25¢, 104pp) 8 · Trans-Atlantic Ken · Claud Cockburn · cl 10 · Ken Particles · Lawrence…

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Thrilling Detective v52 n03 [1944-09]

1944 · Internet Archive

Thrilling Detective [v52 #3, September 1944] (Standard Magazines, Inc., 10¢, 82pp, pulp) 6 · Headquarters · [The Readers] · lc 11 · Specters Walk…