Comics, magazines and newspapers
4,321–4,368 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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The Wethersfield News (Wethersfield, Conn.) 1925-19??
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Abolition Standard (Concord, N.H.)
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Advocate and Examiner (New Haven [Conn.])
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American Mechanic and Home Journal (Norwich, Conn.) 1849-18??
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The Arizona Kicker (Tombstone, Ariz.)
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Arizona Weekly Republican (Phoenix, Ariz.)
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Arkansas County Enterprise (De Witt, Ark.) 1872-18??
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The Arkansas Freeman (Little Rock, Ark.) 1869-18??
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Canton Daily Leader (Canton, South Dakota)
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Canton Register (Canton, Ill.) 1849-185?
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The Carolina Spartan (Spartanburg, S.C.)
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Cayton's Monthly (Seattle, Wash.)
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The Charleston Advocate (Charleston, W. Va.) 1894-189?
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Clarksville Daily Chronicle (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1884-188?
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The Constitutional Courant (Woodbridge, N.J.)
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The Conway Democrat (Conway, Faulkner County, Ark.) 1881-188?
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Cordele Daily Sentinel (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1920
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The Daily Courier (Elk Point, South Dakota)
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Daily Enterprise (Wilmington, Del.) 1858-18??
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The Daily Free Press (Stuttgart, Ark.)
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Daily Prospector Bulletin (Valdez, Alaska)
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The Daily Republican (Seattle, Wash.) 18??-189?
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The Delaware Abolitionist (Wilmington, Del.) 1847-18??
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Elk City Advance (Elk City, W. Va.) 1891-18??
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Farmers' Gazette (Cheraw, South-Carolina)
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The Fort Mill News (Fort Mill, S.C.)
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The Free Press (Charleston, S.C.) 1868-186?
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The Frostburg Forum (Frostburg, Md.) 1897-19??
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The Frostburg Gleaner (Frostburg, Md.) 1899-19??
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The Frostburg Herald (Frostburg, Md.) 1903-19??
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The Golden Rule (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1898-19??
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The Guerilla (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-186?
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Harper's Ferry Sentinel (Harpers Ferry, W. Va.)
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The Hazard Leader (Hazard, Ky.) 192?-19??
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The Journal of Industry (Raleigh, N.C.) 1879-1???
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Justicia (Phoenix, Ariz.) 19??-????
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Kansas Weekly Herald (Topeka, Kan.)
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Knoxville Tri-Weekly Whig and Rebel Ventilator (Knoxville, Tenn.)
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La Revista De Taos and the Taos Valley News (Taos, Nuevo México) 190?-1905
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Le Courrier Du Maine (Lewiston, Me.) 1906-19??
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The Ledger-Democrat (Conway, Ark.) 188?-1885
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The Marlboro Democrat (Bennettsville, S.C.)
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Mirror of the Times & General Advertiser (Wilmington, Del.)
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The Monitor & Wilmington Repository (Wilmington, Del.)
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The Monitor, Or, Delaware Federalist (Wilmington, Del.)
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The Mora Times (Mora, Kanabec County, Minn.)
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The Morning Journal (Albuquerque, N.M.)
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