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Description	Cover for World's Best Comics #1 1941
Source	DC Universe Infinite
Portion used	Full front cover as published.
Low resolution?	300px size unsuitable to use for high reproduction.
Other information	All DC Comics characters and the distinctive likeness(es) thereof are TM & © DC Comics. © 1941 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. This image, World's_Finest_Comics_1.jpg, is being linked here; though the picture is subject to copyright I Peregrine Fisher (talk) (contribs) 17:36, 16 July 2008 (UTC) feel it is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because: No free alternative can exist given the likeness of the characters Superman, Batman, and Robin are trademarked and thus protected; It is a low resolution copy of a comic book cover; It does not limit the copyright owner's rights to sell the comic book in any way; Copies could not be used to make illegal copies of the comic book cover art on another comic book; The image is significant; it is the cover to Worlds Finest Comics issue 1, the first issue in a series that spanned over 40 years The issue in question is discussed within the article, thus using this image to identify the issue is thought fair use;

Non-free media rationale for World's Finest Comics
Article	World's Finest Comics
Purpose of use	For identification purposes in conjunction with discussion of the topic of the article. The image is significant; it is the cover to World's Finest Comics issue 1 and is from the historically significant debut issue of the series. It illustrates an educational article about the comic book from which the cover illustration was taken.
Replaceable?	No free use image available. As this has fictional, copyrighted characters and a copyrighted publication, a freely-licensed alternative could not reasonably be obtained.

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	07:21, 22 July 2022		258 × 356 (65 KB)	NeoBatfreak (talk \| contribs)
	07:16, 28 December 2017	No thumbnail	268 × 370 (27 KB)	Theo's Little Bot (talk \| contribs)	Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable)
	17:36, 16 July 2008	No thumbnail	300 × 415 (41 KB)	Peregrine Fisher (talk \| contribs)	== Fair use rationale == <!-- {{Non-free media rationale --> {{Non-free image data \| Description = Cover for ''World's Best Comics'' #1 1941 \| Source = http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d152/marvelcomics05/215_4_1.jpg \| Portion

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