Comics, magazines and newspapers

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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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Statten, Vargo - The New Satellite (Scion, 1951)

1951 · Internet Archive

Statten, Vargo [pseudonym of John Russell Fearn] - The New Satellite (Scion, 1951).

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Satellite v01n02 (1956 12) (cape1736)

1956 · 134 pages · Internet Archive

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Satellite December 1958

1958 · Internet Archive

Satellite Science Fiction [v3 #2, December 1958] (35¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by John Styga) ifc. · Satellite—Goes Monthly, Satellite—Goes Giant Size…

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Satellite June 1957

1957 · Internet Archive

Satellite Science Fiction [v1 #5, June 1957] (35¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by Alex Schomburg) ifc. · An Abiding Truth · Leo Margulies · ed 4 · Badge…

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Satellite October 1958

1958 · Internet Archive

Satellite Science Fiction [v3 #1, October 1958] (35¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by Alex Schomburg) ifc. · The Old and the New · Leo Margulies · ed 4 ·…

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Satellite v03n04 (1959 03) (qshadow cape1736)

1959 · 69 pages · Internet Archive

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Satellite October 1957

1957 · Internet Archive

Satellite Science Fiction [v2 #1, October 1957] (35¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by Alex Schomburg) ifc. · The Far Journey… · Leo Margulies · ed 4 ·…

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Satellite February 1958

1958 · Internet Archive

Satellite Science Fiction [v2 #3, February 1958] (35¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by Alex Schomburg) ifc. · Cosmic Invasion: The New Look · Leo Margulies…

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Satellite April 1958

1958 · Internet Archive

Satellite Science Fiction [v2 #4, April 1958] (35¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by Mel Hunter) ifc. · The Earth Satellite Era · Leo Margulies · ed 4 · The…

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Satellite August 1958

1958 · Internet Archive

Satellite Science Fiction [v2 #6, August 1958] (35¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by Mel Hunter) ifc. · No More Guesses · Leo Margulies · ed 4 · The…

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Satellite June 1958

1958 · Internet Archive

Satellite Science Fiction [v2 #5, June 1958] (35¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by Robert Braun) ifc. · In Step with Tomorrow · Leo Margulies · ed 4 · The…

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Satellite v01n01 (1956 10) (cape1736)

1956 · 134 pages · Internet Archive

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Satellite v03n06 (1959 05) SLiV

1959 · 71 pages · Internet Archive

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Satellite v01n04 (1957 04) (cape1736)

1957 · 134 pages · Internet Archive

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Satellite v01n05 (1957 06) (cape1736)

1957 · 134 pages · Internet Archive

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Satellite v02n06 (1958 08) (cape1736)

1958 · 134 pages · Internet Archive

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Satellite v02n02 (1957 12) (cape1736)

1957 · 134 pages · Internet Archive

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Satellite v03n03 (1959 02) SLiV

1959 · 69 pages · Internet Archive

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Satellite v02n04 (1958 04) (cape1736)

1958 · 134 pages · Internet Archive

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Satellite v02n03 (1958 02) (cape1736)

1958 · 134 pages · Internet Archive

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Satellite v01n03 (1957 02) (cape1736)

1957 · 134 pages · Internet Archive

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Satellite v03n05 (1959 04)

1959 · 68 pages · Internet Archive

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Satellite v01n06 (1957 08) (cape1736)

1957 · 134 pages · Internet Archive

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Satellite v02n05 (1958 06) (cape1736)

1958 · 134 pages · Internet Archive

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Satellite v03n01 (1958 10) (cape1736)

1958 · 134 pages · Internet Archive

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Satellite v02n01 (1957 10) (cape1736)

1957 · 134 pages · Internet Archive

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Satellite v03n02 (1958 12) (cape1736)

1958 · 134 pages · Internet Archive

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Worlds of IF (June 1956)

1956 · 79 pages · Internet Archive

Note: The Story "The Crackpots" has been removed in this online copy at the request of Harlan Ellison. The short story "What Shall It Profit?" has…

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Worlds of IF (August 1956)

1956 · 122 pages · Internet Archive

(Contents information excerpted from The Internet Speculative Fiction Database ) Art: Dropoff of Stage Two by Mel Hunter Project Hi-Psi by Virgil…

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Galaxy v17n01 (1958 11)

1958 · 149 pages · Internet Archive

(Contents information excerpted from The Internet Speculative Fiction Database ) Art: The Civilization Game by Dick Francis The Civilization Game…

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Galaxy v10n04 (1955 07)

1955 · 149 pages · Internet Archive

(Contents information excerpted from The Internet Speculative Fiction Database ) Art: The Mapmakers by Ashman The Mapmakers [2] by Ashman The…

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Galaxy Magazine (November 1958)

1958 · Internet Archive

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Galaxy Magazine (July 1955)

1955 · Internet Archive