Comics, magazines and newspapers
4,513–4,560 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 Florida Evangelist (Jacksonville, Fla.)
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The Florida Sentinel (Pensacola, Fla.) 1887-1???
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The Free American (Columbus, Ohio) 1887-18??
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The Free State (Brandon, Miss.) 1898-19??
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The Freedman's Press (Austin, Tex.)
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The Freeman's Journal (Galveston, Tex)
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The Gazette (Fayette, Miss.)
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The Gazette and Land Bulletin (Waycross ; Brunswick, Ga. ; Tampa, Fla.) 1896-19??
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The Gazette-Times (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.)
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The Georgetown Planet (Georgetown, S.C.)
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The Gillett Reporter (Gillett, Arkansas County)
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Grand Gulf Advertiser (Grand Gulf, Miss.)
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The Grander Age (Biloxi, Miss.) 1895-19??
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Grimshaw's Messenger (Wilmington, Del.) 1858-18??
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The Guide (Falmouth, Ky.) 188?-18??
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Hartford Labor (Hartford, Conn.) 1894-189?
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Hartford-Springfield Chronicle (Springfield, Mass.) 1940-194?
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The Herald (Middlesboro, Ky.) 1898-1???
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Holly Oak Journal (Holly Oak, Del.) 1889-1???
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The Huntington Times (Huntington, W. VA) 1918-19??
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The Huntsville Star (Huntsville, Ala.) 1900-19??
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The Independent (Houston, Tex.) 1898-19??
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Independent Delawarian (Wilmington, Del.) 184?-18??
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The Indian Herald (Osage Indian Agency, Ind. Ter., Okla.) 1875-18??
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The Indian Journal (Muskogee, Creek Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1876-????
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The Indianapolis World (Indianapolis, Ind.; Indianapolis, Indiana) 188?-19??
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Inverness News (Inverness, Mont.)
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Iowa Baptist Standard (Des Moines, Iowa) 1897-1???
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The Item (Dallas, Tex.)
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The Jackson Headlight (Jackson, Tenn.) 1900-19??
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Johnson City Comet (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1918-19??
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The Journal (Harrison, Nebraska)
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The Journal and the Carolina Spartan (Spartanburg, S.C.)
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Justice (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1887-18??
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Kansas City Observer (Kansas City, Mo.) 1896-19??
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The Kansas Headlight (Wichita, Kan.)
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Kentucky Reporter (Owensboro, Ky.) 1???-19??
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The Kentucky Vindicator (Owenboro, Ky.) 189?-19??
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The Knoxville Negro World (Knoxville, Tenn.)
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La Justice De Biddeford (Biddeford, Me.) 1907-195?
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La Revue (Augusta, Me.) 191?-191?
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La Revue (Waterville, Me.) 1911-191?
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La Voz Del Pueblo (Tucson, Ariz.) 194?-194?
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The Labor Review (Williamson, W. Va.) 1936-19??
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The Laurinburg Post (Laurinburg, N.C.) 1895-1???
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Le Dimanche (Nouvelle-Orléans [i.e. New Orleans, La.])
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Le Figaro : Journal Humoristique, Littéraire Et Sociale (Biddeford, Me.) 1895-18??
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