Comics, magazines and newspapers
4,369–4,416 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 Tatler, November 1921
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Western Story v212 n05 [1945-03]
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Dizzy Dames 003
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Planet Stories v04n07 (1950 Summer)
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Chatterbox 1899
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Inside Movie Volume 2 Number 5 (Countrywide Publishers)
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Weird Tales v16n01 (1930 07) (missing ifc)
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44 Western v19 n03 [1948-01]
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Battle Stories v07 n40 1930-12.Fawcett (Darwination-IA)
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Super-Detective v08 n03 [1946-03]
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Startling Stories v15n02 1947.05 - jpg
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Startling Stories v27n01 (1952 08)
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The Saturday Evening Post 1925-01-24: Vol 197 Iss 30
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Blue Ribbon Comics 21 (1942)
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Adventure v018 n03 [1918-08-03]
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Astounding v06n03 (1931 06) (pulpmaniacal Gorgon776 edit) (fiche)
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Astounding v07n02 (1931 08) (pulpmaniacal Gorgon776 edit) (fiche)
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Suzie Comics 073
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Jack Armstrong 006 (1948)
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Smash Comics 050
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Ten Detective Aces v43 n01 [1941-11]
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Blue Book v044 n01 [1926-11]
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The Saturday Evening Post 1924-05-31: Vol 196 Iss 48
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Amazing Stories v05n01 (1930 04) (Missing ifc,ibc,bc)
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Soldiers of Fortune 007 (1952)
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Treasure Chest v10 015 (1955)
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Blue Book v089 n02 [1949-06]
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Popular Magazine v081 n01 [1926-07-20]
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Adventures into the Unknown 004
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Bringing Up Father 003
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GI Joe v4 030 (1954 04)
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Favorite Westerns Of Filmland 02 v01n02 [1960-08] (Warren) (BONES)
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Astounding British edition February 1955
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Western Story November 13th 1926
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Weird Tales v37n03 (1944 01) [LPM AT SAS]
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Worlds Beyond Comics (Fawcett Comics) Issue #001
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Jungle Stories, Winter 1948
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Spy Hunters 001 -fixed
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Frank Reade Library v08n191 [1898-08-05]
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Popular Magazine v090 n06 [1928-04-28]
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Astounding v09n01 (1932 01)
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Top-Notch Comics 23 (1942)
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Ripley's Believe It Or Not Fascnating Coloring Book
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Amazing Stories v05 n10 [1931-01]
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1949 - Aventures Futuristes
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Photoplay 1940-08 Vol. 54, No. 8
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The Saturday Evening Post 1906-04-07: Vol 178 Iss 41
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