File:Howard The Duck -8.jpg

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Non-free media data
Description	Cover of Howard the Duck vol. 1, 8 (Jan, 1977)Art by Gene Colan.
Source	"Howard the Duck #8". Grand Comics Database. Retrieved 2008-09-20.
Portion used	Full front cover as published.
Low resolution?	300px size unsuitable to use for high end reproduction.
Other information	All Marvel Comics characters and the distinctive likeness(es) thereof are TM & © Marvel Comics, © 1977 Marvel Characters, Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 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 image 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 of this image could not be used to make illegal copies of the comic book; 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;

Non-free media rationale for Howard the Duck
Article	Howard the Duck
Purpose of use	For identification purposes in conjunction with discussion of the topic of the article.
Replaceable?	No free use image available. As this is a fictional, copyrighted character and a copyrighted publication, a freely-licensed alternative could not reasonably be obtained.

Non-free media rationale for Marvel Comics
Article	Marvel Comics
Purpose of use	Illustration of an example within the article.
Replaceable?	No free use image available. As this is a fictional, copyrighted character and a copyrighted publication, a freely-licensed alternative could not reasonably be obtained.

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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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	06:09, 1 December 2017		251 × 397 (41 KB)	Theo's Little Bot (talk \| contribs)	Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable)
	16:43, 20 September 2008	No thumbnail	300 × 475 (80 KB)	J Greb (talk \| contribs)	Replaced with a slightly cleare version, sized for usage.

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