Comics, magazines and newspapers
3,601–3,648 of 196,592, 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 Saturday Evening Post 1927-12-31: Vol 200 Iss 27
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Hot Dog: Regular Fellows Monthly, Feb. 1922
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Amazing Stories v14n04 (1940 04) (cape1736)
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Ideal Love v18 n04 [1957-11]
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Crime Story Magazine n04 c.1955.Blue Diamond (Darwin-IA)
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Ten Detective Ace May 1942
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Daredevil Comics #01 [1941-07] ("Daredevil Battles Hitler") (titanfan)
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The Illustrated London News 1854-09-30: Vol 25 Iss 704
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Amazing Stories v15n07 (1941 07) (cape1736)
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Thrilling Detective March 1945
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Adventure v125 n05 [1952-03]
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Unknown v05n05 (1942 02) (slpn)
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Boys' Life 1920-05: Vol 10 Iss 5
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Crack Comics 001
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The Ghost Super Detective V 1 # 1, January 1940
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Argosy February 1945 [v320 n02]
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If - Worlds Of Science Fiction v01n01 [Quinn] (Mar 1952) (Gorgon776)
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Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine v023 n123 [1954-02]
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Astounding v19n05 (1937 07) (cape1736)
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Top-Notch Laugh Comics 30 (1942)
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Blue Book v049 n02 [1929-06]
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Popular Magazine v058 n03 [1920-12-07]
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Blue Ribbon Comics 03 -(1940)
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Fantastic Adventures v04n04 (1942-04.Ziff-Davis)(cape1736)
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The New Movie 1930-11 Vol. 2, No. 5
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The Saturday Evening Post 1923-10-20: Vol 196 Iss 16
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Adventure v120 n03 [1949-01]
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Vogue 1925-03-15: Vol 65 Iss 6
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Amazing Stories v19n02 (1945 06) (cape1736)
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Radio stars (Oct 1938)
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Romantic Adventures 006 (1950)
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Top-Notch Laugh Comics 40 (1943)
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Zip Comics 34 (1943)
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Amazing Stories v15n10 (1941 10) (cape1736)
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Astounding v37n06 (1946 08) (cape1736)
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Cosmic Stories (AK)
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Cat-Man Comics 002 c2c (Updated)
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The Crisis 1926-10: Vol 32 Iss 6
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Close-Up, February 20, 1922
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Adventure v068 n03 [1928-10-15]
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Adventure v095 n02 [1936-06]
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Blue Book v042 n05 [1926-03]
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Swift Nick Of The York Road - George Edgar (Mills & Boon, 1913) (-back cover)
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Ten Detective Aces November 1941
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Astounding v08n01 (1931 10) (pulpmaniacal Gorgon776 edit) (fiche)
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Astounding v09n03 (1932 03)
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Dare Devil Aces November 1942
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