Comics, magazines and newspapers
4,273–4,320 of 196,590, 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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La Guerre Infernale N 25 (1908 07 12)
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The Saturday Evening Post 1924-07-12: Vol 197 Iss 2
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Planet Stories v02n03 [1943 05] (sas)
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The Modern Boy v01n006 [1928-03-17] (Pages 21 & 22 damaged)
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Zip Comics 20 (1941)
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Planet Stories v02n06 [1944 Sp] (ppp sas)
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Startling Stories v11n01 (1944 Summer)(ufikus DPP)
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Startling Stories v14n01 (1946 Summer)
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Adventure v062 n06 [1927-06-01]
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Science Fiction Quarterly v01 n05 [1952-05]
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Dynamic Comics 009
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Hooded Detective January 1942
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Manhunt December 1960
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Ten Detective Aces v32n01 1938-03
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Mysterious Adventures 005 (Story)
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The Popular Magazine, Dec 1908
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Railroad Man's Magazine v05 n02 [1931-05]
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Daredevil Comics 003
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New Detective v16 n04 [1951-10]
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Zip Comics 28 (1942)
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Fantastic Adventures v03n01 Ziff Davis (Jan 1941) (cape1736)
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Astounding v04n03 (1930 12) (cape1736 edit)
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Astounding v06n01 (1931 04) (pulpmaniacal Gorgon776 edit) (fiche)
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Forbidden Worlds 046 -fixed
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The Young Ladies' Journal Complete Guide to the Work-Table Sixth Edition 1888
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Chatterbox 1895
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Weird Tales 1943-1944
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Boys' Life 1920-04: Vol 10 Iss 4
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Liberty v15 n47 [1938-11-19]
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Top-Notch Comics 18 (1941)
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Fantastic November 1952
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Planet Stories v01n02 (1940 Spring)
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Blue Ribbon Comics 19 (1941)
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Zip Comics 02 (1940)
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Zip Comics 24 (1942)
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Zip Comics 29 (1942)
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North West Romances Winter 1948-49
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Police Comics 002
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Adventure v018 n02 [1918-07-18]
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Funnyman 005 (1948)
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Top-Notch v014 n03 [1913-11-01]
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McCall's v081 n08 [1954-05]
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Smash Comics 075
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Harper's Bazaar 1899-10-07: Vol 32 Iss 40
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Top-Notch Comics 12 (1941)
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Zip Comics 32 (1942)
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Planet Stories v02n07 (1944 Summer)
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