File:DetectiveComics1.jpg

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Non-free media data
Description	Cover of Detective Comics #1 (Mar, 1937). Art by Vin Sullivan.
Source	http://www.sellmycomicbooks.com/most-valuable-comic-books.html
Portion used	Full front cover as published.
Low resolution?	197px size unsuitable to use for high end reproduction.
Other information	All DC Comics characters and the distinctive likeness(es) thereof are TM & © DC Comics, © 1937 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Non-free media rationale for Detective Comics
Article	Detective Comics
Purpose of use	Illustration of a specific point within the article. 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 Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson
Article	Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson
Purpose of use	Illustration of one of the writer's signature series/characters.
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 Vin Sullivan
Article	Vin Sullivan
Purpose of use	Illustration of one of the writer's signature series/characters.
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.
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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	12:14, 9 October 2017		270 × 369 (23 KB)	Ronjones (talk \| contribs)	Reduce size of non-free image to NFCC guideline
	19:29, 1 October 2017	No thumbnail	292 × 400 (32 KB)	Diannaa (talk \| contribs)	better version, from http://www.sellmycomicbooks.com/most-valuable-comic-books.html
	03:53, 21 September 2007	No thumbnail	197 × 275 (23 KB)	Melesse (talk \| contribs)

File:DetectiveComics1.jpg

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