Comics, magazines and newspapers

145–192 of 5,910, 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 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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Black Hood Comics 17 (1945)

1945 · Internet Archive

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Beware Terror Tales (Fawcett Comics) Issue 006

1953 · Internet Archive

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Top-Notch Comics 15 (1941)

1941 · Internet Archive

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Blue Ribbon Comics 05 (1940)

1940 · Internet Archive

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Top-Notch Laugh Comics 43 (1944)

1944 · Internet Archive

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Amazing Man Comics 022

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Ha Ha Comics 049 (1947)

1947 · Internet Archive

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Blue Ribbon Comics 15 (1941)

1941 · Internet Archive

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Dynamic Comics 008

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Zip Comics 31 (1942)

1942 · Internet Archive

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Shield Wizard Comics 04- (1941)

1941 · Internet Archive

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Top-Notch Comics 11 (1941)

1941 · Internet Archive

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Zip Comics 36 (1943)

1943 · Internet Archive

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A-1 Comics 001 - Kerry Drake

Comic · Internet Archive

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Zip Comics 33 (1943)

1943 · Internet Archive

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Crown Comics 01

Comic · Internet Archive

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Comics Magazine 004 (fiche)

Comic · Internet Archive

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Super-Mystery Comics v03 001

Comic · Internet Archive

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Top-Notch Laugh Comics 36 (1943)

1943 · Internet Archive

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Zip Comics 31 (1942)

1942 · Internet Archive

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Top-Notch Laugh Comics 32 (1943)

1943 · Internet Archive

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Top-Notch Comics 22 (1941)

1941 · Internet Archive

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Black Hood Comics 19 (1946)

1946 · Internet Archive

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Major Victory Comics 02 1944

1944 · Internet Archive

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Blue Ribbon Comics 06 (1940)

1940 · Internet Archive

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Ha Ha Comics 081 (1951)

1951 · Internet Archive

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Shield Wizard Comics 10- (1943)

1943 · Internet Archive

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Top-Notch Laugh Comics 38 (1943)

1943 · Internet Archive

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Zip Comics 05 (1940)

1940 · Internet Archive

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All Humor Comics 014

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Police Comics 023

Comic · Internet Archive

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Zip Comics 20 (1941)

1941 · Internet Archive

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Dynamic Comics 009

54 pages · Internet Archive

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Daredevil Comics 003

Comic · Internet Archive

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Zip Comics 28 (1942)

1942 · Internet Archive

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Top-Notch Comics 18 (1941)

1941 · Internet Archive

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Blue Ribbon Comics 19 (1941)

1941 · Internet Archive

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Zip Comics 02 (1940)

1940 · Internet Archive

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Zip Comics 24 (1942)

1942 · Internet Archive

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Zip Comics 29 (1942)

1942 · Internet Archive

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Police Comics 002

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Smash Comics 075

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Top-Notch Comics 12 (1941)

1941 · Internet Archive

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Zip Comics 32 (1942)

1942 · Internet Archive

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Target Comics v03 01

Comic · Internet Archive

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Pep Comics 07 (1940)

1940 · Internet Archive

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Blue Ribbon Comics 08 (1941)

1941 · Internet Archive

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Smash Comics 014

Comic · Internet Archive