Comics, magazines and newspapers
3,745–3,792 of 196,591, 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 1924-03-22: Vol 196 Iss 38
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Mammoth Mystery v02 n03 [1946-06]
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Chatterbox 1880
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Christmas With Mother Goose Walt Kelly 201
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Strange Suspense Stories 020
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Adventures into the Unknown 105
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Weird Terror 007
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Black Hood Comics 18 (1946)
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Out of the Night 006 (1953)
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Cavalier (Australian Edition) v01 n06 [1954-01]
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Astounding v08n02 (1931 11) (pulpmaniacal Gorgon776 edit) (fiche)
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The American Magazine v072 n03 [1911-07]
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Western Story v212 n06 [1945-04]
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Astounding v08n03 (1931 12) (frankenscan)
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Zip Comics 03 (1940)
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The New Movie 1935-09 Vol. 12, No. 3
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La Guerre Infernale N05 (1908 02 23)
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The Saturday Evening Post 1906-04-28: Vol 178 Iss 44
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Tit-Bits Science Fiction Library: The Master Weed - John Rackham (1954) (Bogof39)
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Star Conquerors (1959.Winston) - Ben Bova
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Planet Stories v01n01 (1939 11)
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America's Greatest Comics (Fawcett Comics) Issue 001
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Zip Comics 36 (1943)
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Adventure v033 n03 [1922-02-28]
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New Western v16 n02 [1948-01]
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The New Movie 1930-04 Vol. 1, No. 5
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Romantic Hearts 008 (Story, 1951)
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Top-Notch Comics 17 (1941)
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Top-Notch Comics 25 (1942)
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Treasure Chest v12 019 (1957)
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Astounding v50n01 (1952 09) (Gorgon776)
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Adventures into the Unknown 002
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Argosy v154n06 [1923-10-06] (jvh-beb)
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Amazing Serials 01 Verne, Jules Off on A Comet ( 1926 4, 5)
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The Last Stroke: A Detective Story - Lawrence L. Lynch [pseudonym of Emma Murdock Van Deventer] (1897)
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Astounding v59n01 (1957 03) (Gorgon776)
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Astounding Science Fiction Sept 1947 The End Is Not Yet Part 2 L Ron Hubbard
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Popular Magazine v064 n02 [1922-05-07]
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Monty Hall 004 (1952) (Toby Press)
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Zip Comics 17 (1941)
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Fairy Tale Parade misterjoel 4c0050
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Forbidden Worlds 080
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Air Wonder Stories v01n05 (1929 11)
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Argosy v169n06 [1925-06-27] (virtualnewsstand)
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Detective Book v04n06 1943-Winter.Fiction House (Darwin-IA)
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Action Packed Western Magazine Vol 3 No 2
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Fantastic Adventures v04n10 (1942 10) (cape1736)
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