Comics, magazines and newspapers

4,513–4,560 of 201,362, free to read, from the world's archives.

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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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Lovelorn 005 (1950)-JVJ

1950 · Internet Archive

Comic

Star Ranger 007 (1937)

1937 · Internet Archive

Magazine

The Railroad Man’s Magazine, Sep 1910

1910 · 208 pages · Internet Archive

Magazine

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 .

Comic

Forbidden Worlds 004

Comic · Internet Archive

Magazine

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…

Comic

Black Hood Comics 16 (1945)

1945 · Internet Archive

Comic

GI Joe v4 033 (1954 07)

1954 · Internet Archive

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Lawbreakers 03 (1951)

1951 · Internet Archive

Comic

Lovelorn 066 (1955) -fixed

1955 · Internet Archive

Magazine

Super Science Stories v05n03 (1949 07)

1949 · 132 pages · Internet Archive

Magazine

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…

Magazine

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…

Magazine

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…

Comic

Lawbreakers 05 (1952)

1952 · Internet Archive

Magazine

Startling Stories v23n02 (1951 05)

1951 · 164 pages · Internet Archive

Magazine

[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…

Magazine

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] ·…

Magazine

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 ·…

Magazine

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 ·…

Magazine

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

Magazine

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

Magazine

La Guerre Infernale N 15 (1908 05 03)

1908 · Internet Archive

La Guerre Infernale - Grand Roman d'Aventures Inédit 15ème épisode (sur un total de 30) par Pierre Giffard - Illustrations d'Albert Robida publié…

Magazine

Pluck and Luck; No. 1283

1923 · 36 pages · Internet Archive

Main Story: "The Little Swamp Fox; A Tale of General Marion and his Men" by General James A. Gordon.This is historical fiction in which Robert…

Magazine

The Saturday Evening Post 1929-04-06: Vol 201 Iss 40

1929 · 220 pages · Internet Archive

The Saturday Evening Post 1929-04-06: Volume 201 , Issue 40. Digitized from IA1627713-05 . Previous issue: sim_saturday-evening-post_1929-03-30_201_3…

Comic

Pep Comics 10 (1940)

1940 · Internet Archive

Newspaper

The Montgomery Advertiser (Montgomery, Ala.)

1901–1927 · United States · Library of Congress

9,739 issues from 1901 to 1927, published in Montgomery, Alabama, digitised for Chronicling America.

Comic

Eerie 016

Comic · Internet Archive

Magazine

Astounding British edition November 1953

1953 · Internet Archive

Astounding Science Fiction (UK) [Vol. IX No. 11, November 1953] ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 1/6d, 128pp,…

Comic

Web of Evil 001

Comic · Internet Archive

Magazine

Cap'n Joey's JCap'n Joey's Jazza-Ka-Jazza v01n06 1922-Fall (Darwin-IA)

1922 · Internet Archive

Cap'n Joey's Jazza-Ka-Jazza v01n06, Fall 1922, Bohemian Magazine Co., Inc. Greenwich Village, NY, 28 pages, 20 cents. Cover by Walter Dean Slager.…

Magazine

The Cavalier v09 n02 [1911-07]

1911 · Internet Archive

Cavalier v09 n02 [1911-07] The Cavalier [ v9 #2, July 1911 ] (The Frank A. Munsey Company, 10¢, pulp) -09- · What One Woman Learned · Inez Baron ·…

Magazine

Popular Magazine v072 n02 [1924-05-07]

1924 · Internet Archive

The Popular Magazine [v72 #2, May 7, 1924] (pulp) 1 · The Riders from Texas [Part 1 of 4] · Dane Coolidge · sl 27 · Loony Comes Back · Harwood…

Magazine

The Junior Munsey v10n01 [1901-04] (-ifc, toc, ads, ibc, bc)

1901 · Internet Archive

The Junior Munsey was a magazine for older children. This was the first issue of The Junior Munsey to be published after it merged with The Puritan…

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The New York Detective Library v01n359 [1889-10-19] ("Old King Brady And The James Boys")

1889 · Internet Archive

The New York Detective Library v01n359 [1889-10-19]. "Old King Brady And The James Boys" by "A New York Detective."

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Thrilling Detective v47 n03 [1943-06]

1943 · Internet Archive

Thrilling Detective [ v47 #3, June 1943 ] (Standard Magazines, Inc., 10¢, 98pp, pulp) 13 · Sabotage [ Norman Conquest ] · Berkeley Gray · na The…

Magazine

Infinity Science Fiction June 1956

1956 · Internet Archive

Infinity Science Fiction [v1 #3, June 1956] (35¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Ed Emsh) 4 · The Guests of Chance · Charles Beaumont & Chad Oliver · ss;…

Magazine

The Saturday Evening Post 1919-05-03: Vol 191 Iss 44

1919 · 184 pages · Internet Archive

The Saturday Evening Post 1919-05-03: Volume 191 , Issue 44. Digitized from IA1627713-01 . Previous issue: sim_saturday-evening-post_1919-04-26_191_4…

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The Saturday Evening Post 1920-02-21: Vol 192 Iss 34

1920 · 196 pages · Internet Archive

The Saturday Evening Post 1920-02-21: Volume 192 , Issue 34. Digitized from IA1627713-01 . Previous issue: sim_saturday-evening-post_1920-02-14_192_3…

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Adventure v053 n01 [1925-06-10]

1925 · Internet Archive

Adventure v053 n01 [1925-06-10] (June 6, 1925)

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Avon Science Fiction Reader 003 (Cape 1736)

1736 · Internet Archive

Magazine

Weird Tales v35n01 (1940 01) (slpn)

1940 · 133 pages · Internet Archive

Magazine

Science Wonder Stories v01n03 (1929 08.Stellar)

1929 · 100 pages · Internet Archive