Comics, magazines and newspapers
4,705–4,752 of 223,909, 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. |
Thrilling Wonder Stories v08n03 (1936 12)
Vers un Avenir Perdu - Pierre Barbet [1962]
Beadle's Half Dime Library v01n02 [1877-10-19]
Planet Stories v01n03 (1940 Summer)
Science Fantasy #47v16 (1961 06 07)
Candy 001
The Saturday Evening Post 1929-04-27: Vol 201 Iss 43
Adventure, Aug 3 1919
Top-Notch Laugh Comics 31 (1942)
The American Eagle v24n02 [1942-04] (-ibc, bc) {jvh-EXciter}
Blue Book v061 n03 [1935-07]
A Knight Of The Air; Or, The Aerial Rivals - Henry Coxwell (1895)
Cookie 002
Planet Stories v01n04 (1940 Fall)
Blue Ribbon Comics 02 -(1939)
Sparkie 004 (1952) begin of the skype highlighting            004 (1952)      end of the skype highlighting
Top-Notch Comics 19 (1941)
Blue Book v024 n04 [1917-02]
Blue Book v069 n02 [1939-06]
Thrilling Wonder Stories v41n01 (1952 10.Standard)
Adventures into the Unknown 081
Thrilling Wonder Stories v36n03 (1950 08)
Newspaper