File:Sam & Max Issue 1.jpg

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Summary and rationale

Non-free media information and use rationale true for Sam & Max
Description	The cover of the first issue of the Sam & Max comic book series.
Source	The image may be obtained from Fishwrap Productions
Article	Sam & Max
Portion used	The entire image is used to avoid tarnishing the image's intended purpose
Low resolution?	Yes – it is a low resolution image that is inferior to the quality of the original image; the potential use of this image for illegal purposes is greatly reduced.
Purpose of use	The image is used to accompany commentary on the franchise's publication history. The series is debuted and continues as a comic book series, therefore it is believed prudent to display the first published media in which the characters appear. The media is historically significant for commentary on the development of the franchise. In addition, the image is used as a means of visual identification of the article topic.
Replaceable?	No – there are no free versions of this image since the entire work is copyrighted and cannot be duplicated for free.
Other information	© 1987 Steve Purcell. Use of the cover in the article complies with Wikipedia's non-free content policy and fair use under United States copyright law as described above.
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Sam & Max//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sam_%26_Max_Issue_1.jpgtrue

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	06:30, 12 December 2017		257 × 387 (33 KB)	Theo's Little Bot (talk \| contribs)	Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable)
	15:08, 7 December 2008	No thumbnail	300 × 452 (238 KB)	S@bre (talk \| contribs)

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