File:Spawn&Batman.JPG

Summary

Cover of Spawn/Batman Polish edition. Art by Todd McFarlane.

Fair use rationale

This image is believed to qualify for fair use for the following reasons:

It is being used to illustrate the Wikipedia article(s) listed under File Links (below) where it is simply not possible to have a free image of a trademarked/copyrighted comic book.
Usage of the image is for illustrative purposes only to help enhance the article(s).
Usage of the image on Wikipedia is in no way financially harming the artist in question, as Wikipedia is not receiving any monies in the usage of this image for profit.
The image is being used as critical commentary and for educational purposes.

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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