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Non-free media data
Description	Cover of Fantastic Four vol. 1, 1 (Nov, 1961)Art by Jack Kirby.
Source	"The History of Kirby: 1961-1962". Marvel Comics. Retrieved 2017-08-20.
Portion used	Full front cover as published.
Low resolution?	300px size unsuitable to use for high end reproduction.
Other information	All Marvel characters and the distinctive likeness(es) thereof are Trademarks & Copyright © 1961 Marvel Characters, Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because: It illustrates an educational article about the publisher of the comic book from which the cover illustration was taken, and which places the image within a historical, informational context. The image is used as the primary means of visual identification within the article of the Fantastic Four comic book series, which is discussed at length. The image is from the cover of the debut issue of Fantastic Four, a highly significant image and comic book issue within the history of Marvel Comics. The use of the cover will not affect the value of the original work or limit the copyright holder's rights or ability to distribute the original. In particular, copies could not be used to make illegal copies of the book. It is a low resolution image. The image is only a small portion of the commercial product. The characters and the comic book are copyrighted, and so the image is not replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted image of comparable educational value.

Non-free media rationale for Fantastic Four (comic book)
Article	Fantastic Four (comic book)
Purpose of use	Illustration of a specific point within the article.
Replaceable?	No free use image available. As these are fictional, copyrighted characters and a copyrighted publication, a freely-licensed alternative could not reasonably be obtained.

Non-free media rationale for Silver Age of Comic Books
Article	Silver Age of Comic Books
Purpose of use	Illustration of a landmark publication crucial to understanding the historical era that is the subject of the article.
Replaceable?	No free use image available. As these are fictional, copyrighted characters and a copyrighted publication, a freely-licensed alternative could not reasonably be obtained.

Non-free media rationale for American comic book
Article	American comic book
Purpose of use	Illustration of a landmark publication crucial to understanding the historical era that is the subject of the article.
Replaceable?	No free use image available. As these are fictional, copyrighted characters and a copyrighted publication, a freely-licensed alternative could not reasonably be obtained.

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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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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	19:55, 20 August 2017		250 × 372 (74 KB)	NeoBatfreak (talk \| contribs)	clearer image
	05:56, 8 July 2010	No thumbnail	233 × 351 (27 KB)	Sreejithk2000 (talk \| contribs)	Fair-use Resize -389x585 --> 233x351 as per WP:NFCC

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