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[edit] Fair use rationale

Non-free / fair use media rationale for Image Comics
Description

Cover of Spawn #1 (May, 1992).
Source

http://www.comics.org/coverview.lasso?id=51236&zoom=4
Article

Image Comics
Portion used

Full front cover as published.
Low resolution?

300px size unsuitable to use for high end reproduction.
Purpose of use

American comic book; Image Comics; Modern Age of Comic Books; Superhero: Illustration of examples and/or specific points within the articles.
Todd McFarlane: Illustration of his work as an artist and of one of his signature charactersas a writer.

  • Historically justifiable and significant image (first issue of the series)
  • Illustrates the subject of this article
Replaceable?

No free use image available.
Other information ©1992 Todd McFarlane

[edit] Licensing

Copyrighted This image is from a comic strip, webcomic or from the cover or interior of a comic book. The copyright for this image is most likely owned by either the publisher of the comic or the writer(s) and/or artist(s) which produced the comic in question. It is believed that
  • 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,

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.

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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