Comics, magazines and newspapers

1–48 of 50, 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 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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National Comics 047

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National Comics 016

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National Comics 063

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National Comics 053

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National Comics 029

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National Comics 059

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National Comics 018

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National Comics 052 upgrade JVJon

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National Comics 031

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National Comics 046 -fixed

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National Comics 050

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National Comics 041

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National Comics 062

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National Comics 042

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National Comics 002 (fiche)

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National Comics 020

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National Comics 067

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National Comics 022 (Fiche)

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National Comics 019

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National Comics 003 (fiche)

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National Comics 028

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National Comics 015

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National Comics 069

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National Comics 057 -fixed

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National Comics 026

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National Comics 043 (no ads)-54pgs

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National Comics 070

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National Comics 005 (fiche)

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National Comics 017

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National Comics 010 (paper+2fiche)-c2c

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National Comics 030 (paper) JVJon

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National Comics 072

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National Comics 011 JVJon

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National Comics 040 (c2c) -fixed

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National Comics 013 -fixed

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National Comics 073

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National Comics 075

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National Comics 056

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National Comics 074

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National Comics 036 -fixed

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National Comics 014

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National Comics 058

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National Comics 048

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National Comics 049 -fixed

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National Comics 007 (paper+fiche)

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