File:First Phantom Sunday strip.jpg

Fair use rationale

Non-free media data
Description	First The Phantom Sunday strip from May 28, 1939. Art by Ray Moore.
Source	"<none>" at Image Shack. Retrieved August 11, 2007.
Portion used	Full strip as published.
Low resolution?	350px size unsuitable to use for high end reproduction.
Other information	Copyright owned by King Features Syndicate.

Non-free media rationale for The Phantom
Article	The Phantom
Purpose of use	Illustration of a specific point within the article.
Replaceable?	No free use image available. As this is a fictional, copyrighted character, a freely-licensed alternative could not reasonably be obtained.

Non-free media rationale for Ray Moore (comics)
Article	Ray Moore (comics)
Purpose of use	Illustration of the artist's work.
Replaceable?	No free use image available. As this is a fictional, copyrighted character, a freely-licensed alternative could not reasonably be obtained.

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

Non-free media rationale for Superhero fiction
Article	Superhero fiction
Purpose of use	Illustration of an example and/or a specific point within the article.
Replaceable?	No free use image available. As this is a fictional, copyrighted character, 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.
Fair use