Comics, magazines and newspapers
3,073–3,120 of 196,597, 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 Cosmopolitan 1888-11: Vol 6 Iss 1
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Astounding v62n05 (1959 01) (dtsg0318)
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Jack Armstrong 001 (1947)
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Adventure v096n06 [1937-04]
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The London Mercury v12n67 [1925-05] (-ads, ibc, bc)
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Spaceman 07 Sept 1963
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Radio stars (Sept 1933)
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Amazing Stories Quarterly v01n02 (1928 Spring) (Missing ifc,ibc,bc)
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Astounding v18n05 (1937 01) (cape1736)
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Fantastic Adventures v06n02 (1944-04.Ziff-Davis)(cape1736)
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1954-03 Fifteen Western Tales v028n002
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Astounding v63n04 (1959 06) (EXciter LennyS)
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Adventure v088n02 [1934-02]
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Private Detective Stories v11 n01 [1942-06]
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Ten Detective Aces April 1937
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Funny Films 013 (1951)
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The Saturday Evening Post 1920-03-06: Vol 192 Iss 36
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Amazing Stories v03n01 (1928 04) (AK)
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Amazing Stories v31n07 (1957 07) (cape1736)
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Argosy v118 n04 [1920-03-13]
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Everybody's Magazine v47 n02 [1922-08]
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Amazing Stories v01n06 (1926 09) (Gorgon776 Ufikus)(c2c)
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Astounding v36n05 (1946 01) (Gorgon776)
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Astounding v57n03 (1956 05) (SLiV)
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Adventure v090 n02 [1934-11-15]
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Amazing Serials 09 Serviss, Garrett P. - The Second Deluge (1926, 11, 12; 1927, 1, 2)
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Two-Gun Western Novels Magazine v03n01 [1942-01] (Gambit-Darwin)
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The Golden Argosy v005n08 [1887-01-22] (ufikus-DPP)
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Amazing Stories v30n10 (1956 10) (cape1736)
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Love Story Magazine v120n02 [1935-11-09] {jvh-EXciter}
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The Modern Boy v02n041 [1928-11-17]
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Fantastic Adventures v05n04 (1943 04) (cape1736)
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Crime Illustrated 02 [1956-04] (c2c) {Cimmerian32}
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Search For Love 001
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Amazing Stories v16n12 (1942 12) (cape1736)
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Amazing Stories v34n01 (1960 01) (UnkSc cape1736)
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Amazing Stories v37n02 (1963 02) (aMouse)
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Crack Detective Stories November 1948
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GI Joe v4 034 (1954 08)
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Galaxy Science Fiction Novel #03 Arthur C. Clarke Prelude To Space (1951)
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Amazing Stories v20n09 (1946 12) (cape1736)
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Best Sports v02n07 [1951-02]
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The Boy's Own Paper Vol. 7 1885
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Astounding v19n01 (1937 03) (cape1736)
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Silver Streak Comics 015
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Adventure v060 n06 [1926-12-23]
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Adventure v095 n01 [1936-05]
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