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Poison (Final Fight / Street Fighter character) official artwork, copyright Capcom. Artwork was found on [[1]], and has apeared in a few other locations (artwork of Final Fight characters tend to be rare, as they are not as mainstream as other street fighter related characters) Source: Capcom Design artbooks with sections relating to Final Fight, image has also been used by them in promotional material related to the game and this character. Scan of image was found on [2].

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Kung Fu Man asserts that the limited use of this copyrighted image in Wikipedia articles directly pertaining to it is a fair use of the image, for the following reasons:

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