Comics, magazines and newspapers
4,321–4,368 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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The Saturday Evening Post 1906-10-27: Vol 179 Iss 17
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Pep Comics 07 (1940)
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Detective Tales v39 n01 [1948-04]
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Weird Tales v41n04 (1949 05) [LPM AT SAS]
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Astounding v11n02 (1932 11)
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Weird Tales v43n02 (1951 01) [LPM AT SAS]
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Blue Ribbon Comics 08 (1941)
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Little Blue Book #145 - Great Ghost Stories
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Air Stories (UK) v02 n06 [1936-06]
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[EEMF-171] Johnny Garland (1959) Las moscas
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Fantastic January 1953
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Astounding v04n02 (1930 11) (cape1736 edit)
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Thrilling Wonder Stories v18 03 Better (Dec 1940)
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McCall's v073 n01 [1945-10]
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Chatterbox 1898
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The All-Story Magazine, May 1907
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Treasure Chest v10 012 (1955)
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Weird Terror 002
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The Saturday Evening Post 1922-07-29: Vol 195 Iss 5
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Astounding British Ed. v14n09 1958 09
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Forbidden Worlds 067 ACG
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Scotland Yard 02
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Scotland Yard 03
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Thrilling Wonder Stories v25n01 1943-Fall (Standard)
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Mechanix Illustrated 1952-01, Vol46 Num 3
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Blue Book v066 n04 [1938-02]
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Astounding v04n01 (1930 10) (cape1736 edit)
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If - Worlds Of Science Fiction v01n02 [Quinn] (May 1952) (Gorgon776)
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Beyond Fantasy Fiction v01n02 (1953 09) (cape1736)
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Detective Story Magazine, Mar 5 1916
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Argosy Volumes 296 N 01-06 [Jan-Feb 1940]
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Smash Comics 014
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Space Adventures 02
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Strange Mysteries 004
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Amazing Stories v08n12 (1934 04) (Gorgon776) ( ibc, bc)
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Science Fiction Stories #01 (1953)
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Zip Comics 07 (1940)
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Whipple, Chandler - Under The Mesa Rim (Fighting Western Novel #02) (ca.1947)
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The Saturday Evening Post 1872-11-30: Vol 52 Iss 18
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Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine March 1944
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Mother Goose 68
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Robin Hood 030
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Fantastic Adventures v14n10 (1952 10) (unz.org)
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Fantastic Monsters of the Films v01n01 1962
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Blue Book v036 n03 [1923-01]
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Railroad Stories v14n02 (1934-05.Munsey)
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Zip Comics 22 (1942)
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