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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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Bleiler, Everett F. (ed.) - The Checklist Of Fantastic Literature (1948)

1948 · Internet Archive

The Checklist Of Fantastic Literature is a bibliography of English and American science fiction, fantasy, and supernatural fiction books, compiled…

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Fantastic v01n01 [1952-Summer]

1952 · Internet Archive

Color rescan of this issue. CONTENTS: Fantastic [v1 #1, Summer 1952] (35¢, 164pp, digest, cover by Barye W. Phillips & Leo R. Summers) 4 · Six And…

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Fantastic Adventures v01n01 [1939-05] (cape1736) {FIXED}

1939 · Internet Archive

This is an upgrade to the previously posted scan of this issue, with a restored front cover, inside back cover, and back cover. CONTENTS: Fantastic…

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Fantastic Universe v02 n05 [1954-12]

1954 · Internet Archive

fep • The Story Behind the Cover ... (Fantastic Universe December 1954) • essay by Frank Belknap Long 4 • Christmas on Mars • short story by Irving…

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Fantastic, May 1957

1957 · Internet Archive

Fantastic [v6 #4, May 1957] (35¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Edward Valigursky) 6 · Satan Is My Ally · Harlan Ellison · nv 30 · The Metal Martyr ·…

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Fantastic Adventures v09n05 Ziff-Davis (Sep 1947) (cape1736)

1947 · Internet Archive

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Fantastic Memories by Maurice Sandoz (Guilford Press, 1958)

1958 · Internet Archive

Fantastic Memories by Maurice Sandoz (London: Guilford Press, 1958). "Seventeen Fascinating And Unusual Stories." Originally published as "…

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Fantastic July 1953

1953 · Internet Archive

Fantastic [v2 #4, July/August 1953] (35¢, 164pp, digest, cover by Rupert Conrad) 4 · Confidence Trick · John Wyndham · ss 20 · Four Men and a…

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Fantastic Adventures v02n02 [1940-02] (ST)

1940 · Internet Archive

CONTENTS: Fantastic Adventures [v2 #2, February 1940] (20¢, 100pp, large, cover by Robert Fuqua) 8 · New York Fights The Termanites · Bertrand L.…

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Fantastic, November 1958

1958 · Internet Archive

Fantastic - 1958 • edited by Paul W. Fairman Contents 5 • Editorial: They Say That Parting— • [Editorial (Fantastic)] • essay by Paul W. Fairman 7 •…

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Fantastic Adventures v06n02 (1944-04.Ziff-Davis)(cape1736)

1944 · Internet Archive

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Fantastic Adventures v05n04 (1943 04) (cape1736)

1943 · 245 pages · Internet Archive

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Famous Fantastic Mysteries v14 n04 [1953 06.Popular] (UNZ)

1953 · 117 pages · Internet Archive

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Fantastic v02n03 (1953 05 06)

1953 · 163 pages · Internet Archive

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Fantastic Universe v04n06 (1956 01)

1956 · 132 pages · Internet Archive

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Fantastic Adventures v07n01 (1945 01) (Gorgon776&cape1736)

1945 · 213 pages · Internet Archive

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Fantastic Universe v03n05 King Size (Jun 1955) (Modified)

1955 · 110 pages · Internet Archive

Please note: The story "The Soldier from the Stars" has been removed at the request of the Estate of Poul Anderson.

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Famous Fantastic Mysteries October 1950

1950 · Internet Archive

Famous Fantastic Mysteries [v12 #1, October 1950] (25¢, 132pp, pulp, cover by De Soto) 12 · The Woman Who Couldn’t Die · Arthur Stringer · n.…

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Fantastic Universe v01n06 (1954 05) (UnkSc cape1736)

1954 · 165 pages · Internet Archive

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Fantastic Adventures v04n04 (1942-04.Ziff-Davis)(cape1736)

1942 · Internet Archive

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Fantastic v01n01 (1952 Summer)

1952 · 164 pages · Internet Archive

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Fantastic Adventures v02n02 [1940-02] (CN-oak)

1940 · Internet Archive

CONTENTS: Fantastic Adventures [v2 #2, February 1940] (20¢, 100pp, large, cover by Robert Fuqua) 8 · New York Fights The Termanites · Bertrand L.…

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Fantastic Adventures v04n05 (1942 05) (cape1736)

1942 · 244 pages · Internet Archive

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Famous Fantastic Mysteries v13n04 (1952-06)(RAW)

1952 · Internet Archive

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Fantastic Adventures v02n02 [1940-02] {CN-SAS}

1940 · Internet Archive

CONTENTS: Fantastic Adventures [v2 #2, February 1940] (20¢, 100pp, large, cover by Robert Fuqua) 8 · New York Fights The Termanites · Bertrand L.…

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Fantastic Adventures v04n10 (1942 10) (cape1736)

1942 · 244 pages · Internet Archive

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Fantastic Story Magazine v08n01 (1955 Winter)

1955 · 117 pages · Internet Archive

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Famous Fantastic Mysteries (1930s pulp mag art)

1930 · 38 pages · Internet Archive

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Fantastic Adventures v01n04 (1939-11.Ziff-Davis)(missing ifc)

1939 · Internet Archive

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Fantastic Adventures v02n02 [1940-02] {CN-RA}

1940 · Internet Archive

CONTENTS: Fantastic Adventures [v2 #2, February 1940] (20¢, 100pp, large, cover by Robert Fuqua) 8 · New York Fights The Termanites · Bertrand L.…

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Fantastic Adventures v09n07 (1947 11) (unz.org)

1947 · 180 pages · Internet Archive

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Fantastic November 1957

1957 · Internet Archive

Fantastic [v6 #10, November 1957] (35¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Edward Valigursky) 6 · The Wife Factory · Clyde Mitchell (by Harlan Ellison) · nv 40…

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Fantastic Universe v10n02 (1958 08)

1958 · 132 pages · Internet Archive

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Fantastic Adventures v06n03 (1944 06) (unz.org)

1944 · 212 pages · Internet Archive

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Fantastic Adventures v12n02 - 1950 - Ziff-Davis

1950 · Internet Archive

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Fantastic Adventures v02n02 (1940 02)

1940 · 100 pages · Internet Archive

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Fantastic Adventures v03n01 Ziff Davis (Jan 1941) (cape1736)

1941 · Internet Archive

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Fantastic November 1952

1952 · Internet Archive

Fantastic [v1 #3, Nov./Dec. 1952] (35¢, 164pp, digest, cover by Barye W. Phillips) 4 · The Veiled Woman · Mickey Spillane (ghost written by Howard…

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Fantastic January 1953

1953 · Internet Archive

Fantastic [v2 #1, Jan./Feb. 1953] (35¢, 164pp, digest, cover by Robert Frankenberg) 4 · Wonder Child · Joseph Shallit · nv 28 · Love Is a Barometer…

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Fantastic Adventures v14n10 (1952 10) (unz.org)

1952 · 132 pages · Internet Archive

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Fantastic Monsters of the Films v01n01 1962

1962 · 71 pages · Internet Archive

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Fantastic Story v04n03 Best Books (Nov 1952)

1952 · Internet Archive

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Famous Fantastic Mysteries v10n06 (1949 08) (unz.org)

1949 · 132 pages · Internet Archive

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Fantastic Adventures v10n07 (1948 07)

1948 · 153 pages · Internet Archive

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Fantastic Adventures v05n05 (1943 05) (cape1736)

1943 · 245 pages · Internet Archive

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Fantastic Adventures v12n01 (1950 01) (cape1736)

1950 · 164 pages · Internet Archive

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Fantastic Summer 1952

1952 · Internet Archive

Fantastic [v1 #1, Summer 1952] (35¢, 164pp, digest, cover by Barye W. Phillips & Leo R. Summers) 4 · Six and Ten Are Johnny · Walter M. Miller, Jr.…

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Fantastic Adventures v13n07 (1951 07)

1951 · 132 pages · Internet Archive