File:Leech-first.jpg

Summary edit

Image of Marvel Comics' Leech as he was originally depicted.

Scanned from X-Men vol.1 #179 (March, 1984)

Pencils by John Romita Jr. & Dan Green

Fair use rationale for Leech (comics) edit

This image, leech-first.jpg, is being linked here; though the picture is subject to copyright I (steve_vortex) feel it is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:

  1. No free alternative can exist given the likeness of the character is a trademark and thus protected;
  2. It is a low resolution copy of a comic book illustration;
  3. The illustration is significant because it shows the character in his first appearance..
  4. It does not limit the copyright owner's rights to sell the comic book in any way;
  5. Copies could not be used to make illegal copies of the comic book cover art on another comic book;

Licensing edit

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. Fair use //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Leech-first.jpg true

To the uploader: Please add a detailed non-free use rationale for each article the image is used in, which must also declare compliance with the other parts of the non-free content criteria, as well as the source of the work and copyright information. For example non-free use rationales, see Wikipedia:Use rationale examples. This template is only for use with images of comics. Template:Comic cover rationale may be helpful for stating the rationale. To patrollers and administrators: If this image has an appropriate rationale please append |image has rationale=yes as a parameter to the license template.