Comics, magazines and newspapers
4,033–4,080 of 201,375, free to read, from the world's archives.
Where these come from, and who sees what
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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 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. |
Inside #02 [1963-06]
Adventure v090 n01 [1934-11-01]
Thrilling Wonder Stories v14n02 (1939 10)
Planet Stories, Jan 1954
Astounding v57n05 (1956 07) (EXciter LennyS) (FIXED)
Blue Book v038 n03 [1924-01]
Air Wonder Stories, Jul 1929
Modern Mechanix v18n03 [1937-07]
Air Trails 194804
Manhunt December 1958
The Saturday Evening Post 1906-11-10: Vol 179 Iss 19
Popular Magazine v061 n06 [1921-10-07]
Science Fantasy #55v19 (1962 10)
Space Patrol 002 JVJonFills ctc
GI Joe v5 039 (1955 06)
Astounding v05n01 (1931 01)
Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine March 1963
The Saturday Evening Post 1930-08-09: Vol 203 Iss 6
Beware Terror Tales (Fawcett Comics) Issue 006
Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, August 1920
Thrilling Wonder Stories v10n03 (1937-12.Better) c2c (ufikus-DPP)
Newspaper