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Clean image of Venom, Copyright Marvel Comics

This work is copyrighted and unlicensed. It does not fall into one of the blanket acceptable non-free content categories listed at Wikipedia:Non-free content#Images or Wikipedia:Non-free content#Audio clips. However, it is believed that the use of this work in the article "Venom (comics)" :

To illustrate the subject in question
Where no free equivalent is available or could be created that would adequately give the same information
On the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation ([1]),

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:Copyrights.

To the uploader: this tag is not a sufficient claim of fair use. You must also include the source of the work, all available copyright information, and a detailed non-free use rationale.

Non-free / fair use media rationale for Venom (Eddie Brock)
Description	This is a cleaned image of the character Venom from a comic book. The image is easily and readily found throughout the Internet and is not detrimental through its use here to the copyright owners rights.
Source	Amazing Spider-Man Comic
Article	Venom (Eddie Brock)
Portion used
Low resolution?	Yes
Purpose of use	The purpose of this image is to illustrate the character of Venom (Eddie Brock) to the reader. There is no other image in the article that achieves this goal or other free image which clearly represents the character in a similar manner to this image. The image clearly displays the characters outfit, symbol, distinct facial features including toothy jaw and lizard-like tongue and also the webbing utilised by the character, ideally displaying many of his identifying characteristics in a single image with no background distractions.
Replaceable?	There is no alternative free image to this image that is not created by an unofficial source. All images available are sources from comics and officially released artwork used for promotion.
Other information	The image is taken from a comic book which is available to anyone and the exact same image can be found freely in magazines, series games and on the web, used on a variety of fansites and official information sites. It is of a lower resolution than that available from the original work and as such can not be used to infringe upon its ability to provide a quality and unique media experience.