Comics, magazines and newspapers

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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 OnesFunny-animal comics and nursery magazines.
KidsComics and magazines made for children, such as St. Nicholas and Child Life, unless they deal with ghosts, monsters, spies or fights.
TweensHumour and teen comics, science, computing, sport and hobby magazines, true stories and education.
TeensEverything 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.
AdultWorks 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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Calling All Girls 069 v8 (1948)

1948 · Internet Archive

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Nebula Science Fiction 013 [1955-09]

1955 · Internet Archive

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The Tatler, May 1919

1919 · Internet Archive

May 1919. Publisher: Tatler Publishing Co., Inc., New York City

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Planet Stories v03n02 (1946-Spring) (v1.0) (fixed)

1946 · Internet Archive

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Adventure v092 n06 [1935-07-15]

1935 · Internet Archive

Adventure [v92 #6, July 15, 1935] ed. Howard V. L. Bloomfield (Popular Publications, Inc., 15¢, pulp, cover by Hubert Rogers) [interior artwork] ·…

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Popular Magazine v096 n04 [1929-07-07]

1929 · Internet Archive

The Popular Magazine [v96 #4, First August Number (July 7) 1929] (20¢, pulp, cover by Robert Robinson) 1 · A Minute with— · James Sayre Pickering ·…

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The Saturday Evening Post 1906-08-04: Vol 179 Iss 5

1906 · 28 pages · Internet Archive

The Saturday Evening Post 1906-08-04: Volume 179 , Issue 5. Digitized from IA1627712-02 . Previous issue: sim_saturday-evening-post_1906-07-28_179_4…

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The Saturday Evening Post 1924-01-05: Vol 196 Iss 27

1924 · 160 pages · Internet Archive

The Saturday Evening Post 1924-01-05: Volume 196 , Issue 27. Digitized from IA1627713-02 . Previous issue: sim_saturday-evening-post_1923-12-29_196_2…

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Startling Stories V 02n 01 ( 1939 07)

1939 · Internet Archive

Startling Stories V 02n 01 ( 1939 07) The Best In Scientifiction

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File on Bolitho Blane (1936) (Crimefile No 1)

1936 · Internet Archive

Crimefile No 1 - Dennis Wheatley - File on Bolitho Blane (1936)

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Astounding British edition October 1954

1954 · Internet Archive

Astounding Science Fiction (UK) [Vol. X No. 10, October 1954] ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 1/6d, 128pp, 5.5″…

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New Nick Carter Weekly #28 [1897-07-10]

1897 · Internet Archive

New Nick Carter Weekly #28 [1897-07-10]. "Nick Carter At The Track; Or, How He Became A Dead Game Sport" - by the author of "Nick Carter."

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Blue Book v052 n02 [1930-12]

1930 · Internet Archive

The Blue Book Magazine [Vol. 52 No. 2, December 1930] ed. Donald Kennicott (The McCall Company, 25¢, 136pp, quarto) 3 · [untitled editorial…

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Chicago Ledger v51n39 [1923-09-29]

1923 · Internet Archive

Chicago Ledger v51n39 [1923-09-29]. Includes the first part of "Shumway Stalks The Monster" by Edwin Baird (who was the first editor of Weird Tales…

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Blue Ribbon Comics 06 (1940)

1940 · Internet Archive

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Science Wonder Stories v01n05 (1929 10.Stellar) no bc

1929 · 98 pages · Internet Archive

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Screenland, August 1923

1923 · 108 pages · Internet Archive

August 1923, Vol. VII, No. 5 Publisher: Screenland Inc., Bethlehem, PA

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Amazing Stories v09n03 (1934 07) (Gorgon776) ( ibc, bc)

1934 · 148 pages · Internet Archive

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Weird Tales Canadian Ed. v38n03 (1946 01)

1946 · 116 pages · Internet Archive

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Forbidden Worlds 055

Comic · Internet Archive

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Popular Magazine v051 n04 [1919-02-07]

1919 · Internet Archive

The Popular Magazine [v50 #3, October 20, 1918] (Street & Smith, 20¢, pulp) 1 · The Quitters · Francis Lynde · na 52 · Ball Three! · H. C. Witwer ·…

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Adventure v078 n03 [1931-04-15]

1931 · Internet Archive

Adventure [v78 #3, April 15, 1931 ] ed. A. A. Proctor (The Butterick Publishing Company, 25¢, pulp, cover by E. F. Wittmack) [interior artwork] ·…

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Jungle Stories, Spring 1948

1948 · 132 pages · Internet Archive

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Planet Stories v04n08 (1950 Fall)

1950 · 115 pages · Internet Archive

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Dime Western V 55 N 02 ( 1949 06)

1949 · Internet Archive

Dime Western Magazine [Volume 55 Number 2, June 1949] (Popular Publications, Inc., 15¢, pulp) 6 · In the Saddle · [The Editor] · cl 8 · Popular…

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Ha Ha Comics 081 (1951)

1951 · Internet Archive

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Shield Wizard Comics 10- (1943)

1943 · Internet Archive

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Top-Notch Laugh Comics 38 (1943)

1943 · Internet Archive

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Weird Tales v39n12 (1947 09) [LPM AT SAS]

1947 · 102 pages · Internet Archive

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Men Into Space

1960 · Internet Archive

Murray Leinster tie in novel with the Men into Space TV show.

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Space Adventures 12

Comic · Internet Archive

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Photoplay 1940-11 Vol. 54, No. 11

1940 · 90 pages · Internet Archive

Photoplay Vol. 54, No. 11 This item was derived from a bound volume . Note: some pages are incomplete.

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La Guerre Infernale N 10 (1908 03 29)

1908 · Internet Archive

La Guerre Infernale - Grand Roman d'Aventures Inédit La bataille aérienne (10ème épisode) par Pierre Giffard - Illustrations d'Albert Robida publié…

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La Guerre Infernale N 11 (1908 04 05)

1908 · Internet Archive

La Guerre Infernale - Grand Roman d'Aventures Inédit 11ème épisode par Pierre Giffard - Illustrations d'Albert Robida publié par Albert Méricant,…

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La Guerre Infernale N 24 (1908 07 05)

1908 · Internet Archive

La Guerre Infernale - Grand Roman d'Aventures Inédit 24ème épisode (sur un total de 30) par Pierre Giffard - Illustrations d'Albert Robida publié…

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Popular Detective, January 1948

1948 · Internet Archive

Popular Detective [v34 #1, January 1948] (Better Publications, Inc., 15¢, 114pp, pulp) 13 · The Juarez Knife [ Manville Moon ] · Richard Deming · na…

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Galaxy v03n05 - 1952 02 - Galaxy

1952 · Internet Archive

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Zip Comics 05 (1940)

1940 · Internet Archive

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All Humor Comics 014

Comic · Internet Archive

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Police Comics 023

Comic · Internet Archive

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Fantastic Adventures v02n02 (1940 02)

1940 · 100 pages · Internet Archive

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Argosy v156n04 (1923-12-15.Munsey) (ufikus-DPP)

1923 · Internet Archive

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Strange Stories v01n02 (1939 04)

1939 · 131 pages · Internet Archive

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Short Stories v201 n04 [1947-08-25]

1947 · Internet Archive

Short Stories [ v201 #4, Whole No. 999, August 25th, 1947 ] ed. D. McIlwraith ( Short Stories , Inc., 25 ¢, 144pp+, pulp, cover by Pete Kuhlhoff) 1…

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Forbidden Worlds 083 ACG

Comic · Internet Archive

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Screenland, November 1923

1923 · 108 pages · Internet Archive

November 1923, Vol. VIII, No. 2 Publisher: Screenland Inc., Cooperstown, NY

Comic

Eh 0001

Comic · Internet Archive

Eh 01

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Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine v016n085 [1950-12]

1950 · Internet Archive