Comics, magazines and newspapers
4,273–4,320 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. |
|---|---|
| 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 Colored American (Augusta, Ga.)
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Columbia Gazette and the Southern Mines Advertiser (Columbia, Tuolumne County, Calif.)
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Columbus Index (Columbus, Miss.)
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The Commonwealth (Wilmington, Del.) 1858-18??
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The Connecticut Observer (Hartford, Conn.) 1842-184?
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The Daily Herald Bulletin ([Newberry, S.C.])
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Delaware Advertiser and Farmer's Journal (Wilmington, Del.)
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The Delmarva Leader and the Seaford News (Seaford, Del.)
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The Delta Leader (Greenville, Miss.) 1939-19??
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Deutsche Zeitung (Wheeling, W. Va.)
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The Diamond State (Milford, Del.)
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Die Suedliche Post (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1869-18??
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Eleven Mile News (Casa Grande, Ariz.) 1941-194?
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The Free Press (Stuttgart, Ark.) 1889-192?
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The Freeman (New York [N.Y.])
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The Grayville Herald (Grayville, Ill.) 1858-18??
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The Key Outpost (U.S. Naval Activities, Key West, Fla.) 1952-19??
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La Voz Latina De Arizona (Phoenix, Ariz.)
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The Lexington Advertiser (Lexington, Miss.) 18??-18??
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Lexington Weekly News (Lexington, Ky.) 1912-19??
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The Loyal Georgian (Augusta)
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The Midnight Sun (Cape Prince of Wales [i.e. Wales], Alaska)
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Missionary Record (Charleston, S.C.)
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The Mountain Echo (Fayetteville, Ark.)
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New England Artisan, and Laboring Man's Repository (Providence [R.I.]) 183?-1833
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The News (Bristol, Tenn.)
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Nome Weekly Nugget (Nome, Alaska)
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The Odessa Herald (Odessa, Del.)
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Peninsular News and Advertiser (Milford, Del.)
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The People's Voice (Buffalo, Johnson County, Wyo.)
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The Provo Herald (Provo City, Utah) 1909-192?
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The Reformer's Dawn (Ellensburg, Wash.)
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The Republican Courier (New Orleans, La.)
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Russkiĭ Vestnik = Russian Daily Herald (Chicago, Ill.)
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The Shoshoni Capital (Shoshoni, Wyo.) 190?-190?
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The South-Carolina Weekly Gazette (Charlestown [i.e. Charleston, S.C.])
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Southern Republican (New Orleans, La.)
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The Spartan (Spartanburg, S.C.)
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Staunton Vindicator (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.)
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Sunday Morning Courier (Lincoln, Nebraska)
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The Torchlight Appeal (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1886-18??
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Tri-Weekly Phoenix ([Columbia, S.C.])
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Tri-Weekly Union and American (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-186?
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The Twin-City American (Minneapolis [Minn.] ; St. Paul [Minn.])
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The Weekly Caucasian (Clinton, N.C.) 1882-188?
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The Weekly Loyal Georgian (Augusta, Ga.)
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The Weekly Times (Wilmington, Del.) 1886-18??
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