Comics, magazines and newspapers
1–16 of 16, 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. |
Magazine
Venture v01n01 (1957 01) (Gorgon776)
Magazine
Venture v02n03 Mercury (May 1958)
Magazine
Venture v01n05 (1957 09) (Gorgon776)
Magazine
Venture v01n02 (1957 03)
Magazine
Venture v01n04 (1957 07) (jodyanimator)
Magazine
Venture v01n06 (1957 11) (Gorgon776)
Magazine
Venture v02n04 (1958 07)
Magazine
Venture v02n03 (1958 05) (Gorgon776)
Magazine
Venture v02n02 (1958 03) (Gorgon776)
Magazine
Venture v01n03 (1957 05) (Gorgon776)
Magazine
Venture British Ed. #03 (1963 11)
Magazine
Venture v02n01 (1958 01) (UnkScn Gorgon776)
Magazine
Venture British Ed. 01 1963 09 (Daisy Chainsaw)
Magazine
Venture British Ed. #02 (1963 10)
Magazine
Venture British Ed. 03 (1963 11) (Silver oak)
Newspaper