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[edit] Summary

Cover to The Amazing Spider-Man #194, July, 1979. Art by Al Milgrom. © Marvel Comics.

[edit] Licensing

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.

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[edit] Fair use for Black Cat (comics)

Non-free / fair use media rationale for Black Cat (comics)
Description	The cover of The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 1 #194
Source	The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 1 #194
Article	Black Cat (comics)
Portion used	The cover of one issue
Low resolution?	Low
Purpose of use	To demonstrate the character the Black Cat
Replaceable?	No free alternative exists as it is under copyright. Therefore, it is not replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted image of comparable educational value.
Other information	Although the picture is originally copyright, it is covered by fair use because: it is a low resolution copy of a comic book cover, hence, only a small portion of the commercial product; The use of the cover will not affect the value of the original work or limit the copyright holder's rights or ability to sell or distribute the original comic book. copies could not be used to make illegal copies of the comic book; It illustrates educational articles about the character depicted on the cover, the Black Cat. this particular issue is considered significant because it was the first appearance of the character; The image is used as the primary means of visual identification of topics in the article. For a visual medium such as comic books, words alone cannot adequately describe the subject;

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	19:11, 19 May 2007	300×462 (281 KB)	J Greb (Talk \| contribs)	(Reduced size as per Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics/copyright#Resolution.)
	02:25, 13 May 2005	494×761 (631 KB)	DrBat (Talk \| contribs)	(Cover to ''Amazing Spider-Man'' #194. Art by Keith Pollard. {{bookcover}})