File:MarvelComics1.jpg

Cover to Marvel Comics #1, published by Timely Comics.

Fair use in Timely Comics[edit]

Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:

1. 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.
2. The image is used as the primary means of visual identification within the article of Marvel Comics #1.
3. The image is from the cover of the debut issue of Marvel Comics, the first issue published by Timely, and therefore a highly significant image and comic book issue within its history that is discussed at length within the article.
4. 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.
5. It is a low resolution image.
6. The image is only a small portion of the commercial product.
7. The comic book is copyrighted, and so the image is not replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted image of comparable educational value.

Fair use in Marvel Comics[edit]

Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:

1. It illustrates an educational article about Marvel Comics, the successor to the publisher of the comic book, Timely Comics, from which the cover illustration was taken, and which places the image within a historical, informational context.
2. The image is used as the primary means of visual identification within the article of Marvel Comics #1.
3. The image is from the cover of the debut issue of Marvel Comics, the first issue published by Timely, and therefore a highly significant image and comic book issue within its history that is discussed at length within the article.
4. 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.
5. It is a low resolution image.
6. The image is only a small portion of the commercial product.
7. The comic book is copyrighted, and so the image is not replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted image of comparable educational value.

Fair use in Human Torch (android)[edit]

Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:

1. It illustrates the issue in which a fictional character first appeared, in the article about that fictional character.
2. 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.
3. It is a low resolution image.
4. The image is only a small portion of the commercial product.
5. The comic book is copyrighted, and so the image is not replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted image of comparable educational value.

Fair use in Funnies, Inc.[edit]

Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:

1. It illustrates an educational article about the comic book packager that provided the content of the comic book from which the cover illustration was taken, and which places the image within a historical, informational context.
2. The image is used as the primary means of visual identification within the article of the specific comic book issue.
3. The image is from the cover of the debut issue of Marvel Comics, a historically significant comic book that is discussed at length within the article.
4. 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.
5. It is a low resolution image.
6. The image is only a small portion of the commercial product.
7. The comic book is copyrighted, and so the image is not replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted image of comparable educational value.

Fair use in Martin Goodman (publisher)[edit]

Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:

1. 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, and within the context of his career and life.
2. The image is used as the primary means of visual identification within the article of Marvel Comics #1.
3. The image is from the cover of a historically significant comic book issue for which Goodman was the publisher, and which had a significant effect on his career, which is discussed at length within the article.
4. 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.
5. It is a low resolution image.
6. The image is only a small portion of the commercial product.
7. The comic book is copyrighted, and so the image is not replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted image of comparable educational value.

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. Fair use //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MarvelComics1.jpg true