File:Spyman1.jpg

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Description	Cover of Spyman vol. 1, 1 (Sept. 1966) Cover art by George Tuska (pencils & inks, main image) & Jim Steranko (pencils & inks, inset)
Source	"Spyman #1". Grand Comics Database Project. Retrieved 6 November 2006.
Portion used	Full front cover as published, a small percentage of the comic book.
Low resolution?	Low, unsuitable to use for high end reproduction. In particular, it could not be used to make illegal copies.
Other information	Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because: It illustrates educational articles about, respectively below, an artist associated with the comic-book series, and the series itself. The image is used as the sole or one of the primary means of visual identification of the article topic. 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 comic book. It is a low-resolution image. The image is only a small portion of the commercial product.

Non-free media rationale for Jim Steranko
Article	Jim Steranko
Purpose of use	Illustration of the artist's work. Comic books are visual medium, and an illustration of a comic-book artist's work is critical to understanding the subject of this article, a comic-book artist. In addition, this is a historically significant work, depicting the artist's first published work in comic books.
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 Spyman
Article	Spyman
Purpose of use	To provide an example of the comic-book series that is the subject of this article. Comic books are visual medium, and a representative illustration of a comic-book series is critical to understanding the subject of this 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.

Licensing

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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	02:43, 4 July 2017		257 × 388 (37 KB)	DatBot (talk \| contribs)	Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable)
	18:53, 6 November 2006	No thumbnail	400 × 605 (85 KB)	Tenebrae (talk \| contribs)	Cover ''Spyman'' #1 (Sept. 1966) - Harvey Comics (defunct co.) - art by Geroge Tuska (pencils & inks, main image) & Jim Steranko (pencils & inks, inset) http://www.comics.org/coverview.lasso?id=20345&zoom=4

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