Comics, magazines and newspapers

145–192 of 3,649, 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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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

Comic · Internet Archive

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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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Silver Streak Comics 004

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Straight Arrow 35.

38 pages · Internet Archive

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Straight Arrow 033

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Strange Adventures v01n01 (1946 11)

1946 · 52 pages · Internet Archive

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Strange Stories v02n01 (1939 08) (ufikus DPP)

1939 · 132 pages · Internet Archive

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Stars and Stripes 002

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The Lone Ranger at the Haunted Gulch, No. 6, Fran Striker.

1941 · Internet Archive

The Lone Ranger at the Haunted Gulch, No. 6, Francis Striker. Originally published in 1941. Pinnacle edition, 1979

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Straight Arrow 037

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Silver Streak Comics 008

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Wild West Weekly v130 n01 (1939-07-29.Street & Smith) (missing front covers) (Darwin-IA)

1939 · Internet Archive

Wild West Weekly v130n01 July 29 1939, Street & Smith, New York, NY, 132 pages, 10 cents. 5 · A Chat with the Range Boss · [uncredited] · cl 9 · The…

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Silver Streak Comics 007

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The Lone Ranger Traps the Smugglers, No. 7, Fran Striker

1941 · Internet Archive

The Lone Ranger Traps the Smugglers, No. 7, Francis Striker. Originally published in 1941.

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Western Story Magazine v174 n04 (1939-06-17.Street & Smith) (missing front cover) (Darwin-IA)

1939 · Internet Archive

Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine [Vol. CLXXIV No. 4, June 17, 1939] (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 10¢, 130pp, pulp, cover by H. W.…

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Silver Streak Comics 013

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Straight Arrow 045

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Straight Arrow 002

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Straight Arrow 004

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Strange Stories v01n02 (1939 04) (ufikus DPP)

1939 · 132 pages · Internet Archive

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Fawcett Comics: Strange Suspense Stories 005 (Fawcett 1953)

1953 · Internet Archive

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Silver Streak Comics 012

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Straight Arrow 046

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Silver Streak Comics 017

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Straight Arrow 034

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Straight Arrow 043

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Stars and Stripes 003

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Straight Arrow 055

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Straight Arrow 039

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Top-Notch Magazine v04 n04 (1911-05-15.Street & Smith) (Darwin-IA)

1911 · Internet Archive

Top-Notch [Vol. IV No. 4, May 15, 1911] ed. Burt L. Standish (Street & Smith Corporation, 10¢, 160pp+, pulp) Cover art by Victor Perard. Details…

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Straight Arrow 041

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Straight Arrow 026

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Silver Streak Comics 017

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Straight Arrow 048

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Strange Tales #2 (1946 03)

1946 · 38 pages · Internet Archive

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The Strand Magazine, No. 1

1891 · Internet Archive

Volume 1: Jan-Jun 1891 No. 1 (January 1891) No. 2 (February 1891) No. 3 (March 1891) No. 4 (April 1891) No. 5 (May 1891) No. 6 (June 1891) Next…

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Straight Arrow 011

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Strong Man 002

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Strong Man 002 (no ads,txt)-30 of 36pgs

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Straight Arrow 038

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Straight Arrow 054

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Straight Arrow 050

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Straight Arrow 018

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Strangers in Love - Vina Delmar (1951.Dell 10 Cent Book 09) (Darwin-IA)

1951 · Internet Archive

Strangers in Love by Vina Delmar 1951, Dell Ten-Cent Book #9, Dell Publishing Company, New York, NY, 68 pages, 10 cents. Cover by Robert Stanley.…

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The Strand Magazine, No. 30

1893 · 107 pages · Internet Archive

Volume 5: Jan-Jun 1893 * No. 25 (January 1893) * No. 26 (February 1893) * No. 27 (March 1893) * No. 28 (April 1893) * No. 29 (May 1893) * No. 30…

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Straight Arrow 017

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Stars and Stripes 005

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