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Non-free / fair use media rationale for Topps Comics
Description	Cover, Lady Rawhide #1 - Topps, July 1995, cover art: Mike Mayhew (Pencils) Jimmy Palmiotti (Inks)
Source	http://www.comics.org/coverview.lasso?id=57364&zoom=
Article	Topps Comics
Portion used	Full cover
Low resolution?	yes
Purpose of use	To illustrate virtually the only original character from the publishing company, a licensed-character specialist, that is the subject of the article
Replaceable?	No free alternative available
Other information	Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because: It illustrates an educational article about the comic book company that published the comic from which the cover illustration was taken. The image is used as one of the primary means of visual identification of the article topic. The image is from the historically significant debut issue of one of the only original-character series from the publishing company, a licensed-character specialist. The use of the cover will not affect the value of the original work or limit the copyright holder's rights or ability to distribute the original. In particular, copies could not be used to make illegal copies of the comic book. It is a low-resolution image. The image is only a small portion of the commercial product. It is not replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted image of comparable educational value.

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Cover, Lady Rawhide #1 - Topps, July 1995, cover art: Mike Mayhew (Pencils) Jimmy Palmiotti (Inks)

Source: http://www.comics.org/coverview.lasso?id=57364&zoom=4

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- the issue of the comic book in question;
- the periodical comic book series of which this issue is a part; or
- the copyrighted comic book character(s) or group(s) on the cover of the issue in question;
or the use of low-resolution images of a single panel from a comic strip or an interior page of a comic book to illustrate:
- the scene or storyline depicted, or
- the copyrighted character(s) or group(s) depicted on the excerpted panel in question;
where no free alternative exists or can be created,
on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation,

qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content and Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics/copyright for more information.

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	00:47, 27 January 2006	400×607 (48 KB)	Tenebrae (Talk \| contribs)	(Cover, ''Lady Rawhide'' Vol., 1, #1 - Topps, July 1995, cover art: Mike Mayhew (Pencils) Jimmy Palmiotti (Inks) Source: http://comics.org/coverview.lasso?id=57364&zoom=4)