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Summary[edit]

Scan of the front cover of the first issue of the three part comic book adaptation of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. Published by DC Comics, 1993.

Fair use rationale for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy[edit]

This image is being used in a lead article about the various versions and adaptations of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and illustrates one of the specific adaptations.
The comic book itself had a limited print run, and has become rare, thus the image provides proof of the existence of this particular adaptation.
It is believed that the use of this image does not infringe upon the copyrights of the estate of Douglas Adams or upon the copyrights of DC Comics.

Licensing[edit]

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- the copyrighted comic book character(s) or group(s) on the cover of the issue in question;
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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,

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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	06:01, 24 December 2014		255 × 391 (27 KB)	Theo's Little Bot (talk \| contribs)	Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable)
	22:13, 23 May 2010	No thumbnail	328 × 504 (112 KB)	Aavindraa (talk \| contribs)	enhance

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