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Cover to Masked Man #1 (December 1984). Published by Eclipse Comics.

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[edit] Fair use rationale

Non-free / fair use media rationale for Masked Man
Description	Cover to The Masked Man #1, artist B.C. Boyer.
Source	Found on Grand Comics Database website (http://www.comics.org/details.lasso?id=39391)
Article	Masked Man
Portion used	Cover scan
Low resolution?	low resolution, 206 × 289 pixel, file size: 30 KB,
Purpose of use	scan of comic book cover for fair use in Masked Man This image is a low-resolution image of a cover This image does not limit the copyright holder's ability to profit from the original source, nor will it dilute the importance or recognition of the comic and its characters. This image enhances the article in which it's displayed, as it provides an immediate relevance to the reader more capably than the textual description alone. Use of the comic image visually identifies the comic in a manner that mere prose cannot, and meets all criteria in WP:NFCC.
Replaceable?	Not replaceable; comic images are always presumed non-free.

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the use of low-resolution images of the cover of a comic book to illustrate:
- 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,

To the uploader: please add a fair use rationale as described on Wikipedia:Non-free use rationale guideline, as well as the source of the work and copyright information.

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	21:23, 5 July 2007	400×607 (76 KB)	Konczewski (Talk \| contribs)	(Cover to ''Masked Man'' #1 (December 1984). Published by Eclipse Comics. {{comiccover}} ==Fair use rationale== {{Non-free media rationale \|Description= Cover to ''The Masked Man'' #1, artist B.C. Boyer. \|Source=Found on Grand Comics )