Comics, magazines and newspapers
4,129–4,176 of 4,692, 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. |
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| 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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Olive Leaf and New-York Weekly Messenger (New York [N.Y.] ; Providence, R.I. ; Boston [Mass.]) 1840-18??
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The Panola Lynx (Panola, Mi. [i.e. Miss.])
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The Panola Miss. Lynx (Panola, Mi. [i.e. Miss.])
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The People's Press, and Addison County Democrat (Middlebury, Vt.)
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Plain Speaker (Providence [R.I.]) 1841-184?
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Post Script (Fort Huachuca, Ariz.)
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The Republican (Woodville, Miss.)
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Richmond Semi-Weekly Times (Richmond, Va.) 184?-1853
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Shreveport Weekly News (Shreveport, La.) 1866-18??
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Stuttgart Arkansawyer (Stuttgart, Ark.)
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The Suffrage Daily News (Helena, Mont.) 1914-191?
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The Sunday Chat (Paducah, Ky.) 1901-19??
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Sunny South (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1856-18??
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The Topeka Call (Topeka, Kan.)
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Tri-County Herald News (Weston, Ohio) 1949-19??
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The Wayne Advocate (Fort Gay, W. Va.)
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Weekly Delaware State Journal and Statesman (Wilmington, Del.) 18??-18??
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The Weekly Independent (Aberdeen, Miss)
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The Weekly Journal (Camden, S.C.)
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Western Frontier Whig (Van Buren, Ark.)
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Winchester Army Bulletin (Winchester, Tenn.)
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Wisconsin Afro-American (Milwaukee, Wis.)
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The American and Messenger (Manchester, N.H.)
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The Arkansas Gleaner (De Witt, Arkansas County) 1882-18??
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The Arkansas State Democrat (Helena [Ark.])
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Cleveland Tri-Weekly Leader (Cleveland, Ohio)
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The Columbus Dispatch (Columbus, Miss.) 1???-19??
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The Commonwealth (Baltimore, Md.) 1915-19??
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The Community Citizen (New Albany, Miss.) 19??-19??
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The Daily Citizen (Searcy, Ark.)
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The Daily Indian Chieftain (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1891-189?
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The Daily News (Winnsboro, S.C.)
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Dakota Farmers' Advocate (Canton, S.D.) 18??-1890
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The Delaware Farm and Home (Wilmington, Del.) 1885-19??
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Delaware Gazette (Wilmington, Del.)
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Delaware Tribune, and the Delaware State Journal (Wilmington, Del.) 1877-18??
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The Free Man's Press (Austin, Tex.)
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The Frostburg News (Frostburg, Md.) 1897-18??
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The Greenbrier Baptist (Alderson, W. Va.)
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Holiday Journal (Wilmington, Del.)
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It (Lawrenceburg, Ky.) 190?-19??
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The Kennecott Star (Kennecott, Alaska)
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The Knapsack (Gauley Bridge, W. Va.)
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The Leader (Washington, D.C.) 1889-18??
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Louisville Anzeiger (Louisville, Ky.) 184?-1938
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The Louisville Daily Courier (Louisville, Ky.) 1851-186?
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The Minneapolis Observer (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1890-1???
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