Comics, magazines and newspapers
4,417–4,464 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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Thrilling Wonder Stories v37n01 (1950 10)
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Weird Tales v35n03 (1940 05) ( ifc,ibc) (slpn)
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Strange Suspense Stories 021
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The Life And Adventures Of Dick Clinton, The Masked Highwayman - Anonymous (Garrett & Co., 1852)
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Collier's Weekly v28n12 1901-12-21.P.F. Collier & Son (Darwination-McCoy-IA)
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Weird Tales v46n03 (1954 07) [LPM AT SAS]
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Women in Crime v03n02 (1948.Hanro) (Darwin-Slinky-DREGS)
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Planet Stories v03n04 (1946 Fall)
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Zip Comics 29 (1942)
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1944 - Inspecteur Durand
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The New Movie 1934-07 Vol. 10, No. 1
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Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine October 1960
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The Saturday Evening Post 1924-03-29: Vol 196 Iss 39
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The Saturday Evening Post 1929-10-19: Vol 202 Iss 16
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Unknown v04n06 (1941 04) (PDF) (unz.org)
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Adventure November 1946
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Western Story v096 n05 [1930-07-05]
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Fantastic Story v04n03 Best Books (Nov 1952)
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Galaxy Science Fiction Novel #21 Jack Williamson The Humanoids (1950)
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Zip Comics 19 (1941)
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Romantic Secrets 006
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Adventure v056 n01 [1925-12-10]
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Passion, C.O.D. - Albert Quandt 1951.Detective House.Cameo Books 306 (Darwin-IA)
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Forbidden Worlds 011
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Yellowjacket Comics 001
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Amazing Stories v05n04 (1930 07) (Missing ifc)
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Amazing Stories v36n07 (1962 07) (Missing 82,112)
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La Guerre Infernale N 13 (1908 04 19)
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The Saturday Evening Post 1906-01-06: Vol 178 Iss 28
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Ellery Queens Mystery Magazine 067 Mellifont (Aug 1958) (British Edition)
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Chatterbox 1901
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Frank Reade Library v01n15 [1892-12-31]
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Astounding British edition February 1948
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Weird Terror 006
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Weird Tales v09n02 (1927 02) ATLPM Urf
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Weird Tales v38n01 (1944 09) (sas)
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Black Magic 040 (v07 01)(1958)
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Blue Book v062 n03 [1936-01]
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Weird Tales v36n01 [1941 09] (Gorgon776 sas)
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Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, July 1921
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Photoplay 1940-09 Vol. 54, No. 9
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Unknown Worlds December 1941
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The Saturday Evening Post 1925-02-21: Vol 197 Iss 34
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Chatterbox 1876
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Famous Fantastic Mysteries v10n06 (1949 08) (unz.org)
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Planet Stories v04n02 (1949 Spring)
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Scoop Comics 001
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