Comics, magazines and newspapers

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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 OnesFunny-animal comics and nursery magazines.
KidsComics and magazines made for children, such as St. Nicholas and Child Life, unless they deal with ghosts, monsters, spies or fights.
TweensHumour and teen comics, science, computing, sport and hobby magazines, true stories and education.
TeensEverything 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.
AdultWorks 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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Detective Fiction Weekly v118n03 (1938-03-19.Red Star)(Darwination-DPP)

1938 · Internet Archive

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Blue Book v061 n05 [1935-09]

1935 · Internet Archive

The Blue Book Magazine [Vol. 61 No. 5, September 1935] ed. Donald Kennicott (The McCall Company, 15¢, 144pp, pulp, cover by Herbert Morton Stoops) ·…

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Speed Adventure Stories January 1946

1946 · Internet Archive

Speed Adventure Stories [v3 #6, January 1946] (Arrow Publications, Inc., 15¢, 96pp+, pulp) 4 · Message to America · Col. Evans F. Carlson, USMC · ms…

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Super-Detective July 1945

1945 · Internet Archive

Super-Detective [v7 #5, July 1945] (Trojan Publishing Corp., 15¢, 98pp, pulp) 4 · The Bookie Bets on Murder · Roger Torrey · na 38 · Death Rolls Its…

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The Modern Boy v01n013 [1928-05-05] {minotaur}

1928 · Internet Archive

The Modern Boy was a British story paper published weekly by The Amalgamated Press based at Fleetway House in Farringdon Street, London. It was…

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Punch Comics 20

Comic · Internet Archive

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Planet Stories v03n10 (1948 Spring)

1948 · 132 pages · Internet Archive

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Short Stories v108 n01 [1924-07-10]

1924 · Internet Archive

Short Stories v108 n01 [1924-07-10] (July 10, 1924)

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Amazing Stories February 1960

1960 · Internet Archive

Amazing Stories Vol 34, No 2 Contents 5 • Editorial (Amazing Stories, February 1960) • [Editorial (Amazing Stories)] • essay by Norman M. Lobsenz 6…

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Justice v01 n01 (1955-05.Non-Pareil) (IA)

1955 · Internet Archive

Justice [v1 #1, May 1955] ed. Harry Widmer (Non-Pareil Publishing Corp. (Atlas), 35¢, 160pp+, digest) Cover by Julian Paul, original appeared on…

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The Saturday Evening Post 1928-07-21: Vol 201 Iss 3

1928 · 144 pages · Internet Archive

The Saturday Evening Post 1928-07-21: Volume 201 , Issue 3. Digitized from IA1627713-04 . Previous issue: sim_saturday-evening-post_1928-07-14_201_2…

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The Saturday Evening Post 1929-06-22: Vol 201 Iss 51

1929 · 176 pages · Internet Archive

The Saturday Evening Post 1929-06-22: Volume 201 , Issue 51. Digitized from IA1627713-05 . Previous issue: sim_saturday-evening-post_1929-06-15_201_5…

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Wonder Stories Quarterly v03n01 (1931 Fall) (cape1736)

1931 · 147 pages · Internet Archive

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Black Hood Comics 12- (1944)

1944 · Internet Archive

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Blazing West 003

Comic · Internet Archive

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Adventure v042 n03 [1923-08-30]

1923 · Internet Archive

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Forbidden Worlds 039

Comic · Internet Archive

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Space Adventures 11

Comic · Internet Archive

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Super-Detective v06 n01 [1944-09]

1944 · Internet Archive

Super - Detective [v6 #1, September 1944] (Trojan Publishing Corporation, 15¢, pulp, cover by H. J. Ward) 4 · Death Is Elected · Roger Torrey · na…

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Strange Suspense Stories 036

Magazine · Internet Archive

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Don Winslow 071 (1955)

1955 · Internet Archive

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Lovelorn 005 (1950)-JVJ

1950 · Internet Archive

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Star Ranger 007 (1937)

1937 · Internet Archive

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The Railroad Man’s Magazine, Sep 1910

1910 · 208 pages · Internet Archive

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The New Movie 1935-06 Vol. 11, No. 6

1935 · 76 pages · Internet Archive

The New Movie Magazine Vol. 11, No. 6 This item was derived from a bound volume .

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Forbidden Worlds 004

Comic · Internet Archive

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Popular Magazine v097 n04 [1929-10-07]

1929 · Internet Archive

The Popular Magazine [v97 #4, First November Number (October 7) 1929] (20¢, pulp, cover by Edgar F. Wittmack) 1 · A Minute with— · W. B. M. Ferguson…

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Black Hood Comics 16 (1945)

1945 · Internet Archive

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GI Joe v4 033 (1954 07)

1954 · Internet Archive

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Lawbreakers 03 (1951)

1951 · Internet Archive

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Lovelorn 066 (1955) -fixed

1955 · Internet Archive

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Super Science Stories v05n03 (1949 07)

1949 · 132 pages · Internet Archive

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Blue Book v068 n02 [1938-12]

1938 · Internet Archive

The Blue Book Magazine [Vol. 68 No. 2, December 1938] ed. Donald Kennicott (McCall Corporation, 15¢, 144pp, pulp, cover by Herbert Morton Stoops) 6…

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Paul Valdez - Killer By Night - Scientific Thriller Series (1951.Transport) (Darwin-IA)

1951 · Internet Archive

Killer by Night by Paul Valdez, 1951, Scientific Thriller Series, Herold Gravure Pty. Ltd., Sydney, Australia, 32 pages, 8d Paul Valdez is a…

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Astounding British edition June 1943

1943 · Internet Archive

Astounding Science-Fiction (UK) [June 1943] ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 9d, 64pp, 6″ x 8.75″, cover: The…

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Lawbreakers 05 (1952)

1952 · Internet Archive

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Startling Stories v23n02 (1951 05)

1951 · 164 pages · Internet Archive

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[CFC-3] Philip K. Dick (1960) El tiempo doblado

1960 · Internet Archive

Ciencia ficción Cenit - 3 de 72 En un futuro no muy lejano en donde una Guerra Mundial casi acaba con el planeta, la humanidad ya harta de los…

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The New Movie 1930-10 Vol. 2, No. 4

1930 · 130 pages · Internet Archive

The New Movie Magazine Vol. 2, No. 4 This item was derived from a bound volume .

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The Saturday Evening Post 1910-04-23: Vol 182 Iss 43

1910 · 72 pages · Internet Archive

The Saturday Evening Post 1910-04-23: Volume 182 , Issue 43. Digitized from IA1627712-02 . Previous issue: sim_saturday-evening-post_1910-04-16_182_4…

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Adventure v062 n06 [1927-06-01]

1927 · Internet Archive

Adventure [v62 #6, June 1, 1927] ed. Arthur Sullivant Hoffman (The Butterick Publishing Company, 25¢, cover by Rockwell Kent) [interior artwork] ·…

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Tales of Wonder 08 [1939-Autumn]

1939 · Internet Archive

Tales of Wonder [# 8 , Autumn 1939 ] (1/-, 128pp+, pulp, cover by Nick) 2 · Use Your Imagination! · Walter H. Gillings · ed 4 · The Comet Doom ·…

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Top-Notch v014 n05 [1913-12]

1913 · Internet Archive

Top-Notch Magazine [v14 #5, December 1, 1913] (Street & Smith Corporation, 10¢, 192pp+, pulp) 1 · The Sights They Missed · Albert Payson Terhune ·…

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The Crisis 1912-09: Vol 4 Iss 5

1912 · 53 pages · Internet Archive

The Crisis 1912-09: Volume 4 , Issue 5. Digitized from IA1532706-01 . Previous issue: sim_crisis_1912-08_4_4 . Next issue: sim_crisis_1912-10_4_6 .

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Out of the Night 005 (1952)

1952 · Internet Archive

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Astounding v05n02 (1931 02)

1931 · 149 pages · Internet Archive

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The All-Story Magazine, Jun 5 1915

1915 · 208 pages · Internet Archive

Comic

Adventures into the Unknown 014

Comic · Internet Archive