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Fair use rationale[edit]

Non-free media information and use rationale true for Barbara Gordon
Description	Interior artwork from Batman: The Killing Joke (1988). Art by Brian Bolland.
Source	Apparent scan made by the original uploader User:Bookkeeperoftheoccult.
Article	Barbara Gordon
Portion used	5 panels as published.
Low resolution?	300px size unsuitable to use for high end reproduction.
Purpose of use	Image contains an essential plot point which drastically alters the character in future publications. The Joker is depicted shooting Barbara Gordon through the spinal cord, leaving her paraplegic. Historically significant as an example of negative/unequal portrayal of women in comic books.
Replaceable?	No free use image available.
Other information	All DC Comics characters and the distinctive likeness(es) thereof are TM & © DC Comics. © 1988 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Barbara Gordon//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Batmanthekillingjoke.jpgtrue

Licensing[edit]

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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	10:59, 13 September 2007		300 × 310 (49 KB)	Bookkeeperoftheoccult (talk \| contribs)	infamous scene from Batman: The Killing Joke.

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