File:Sam & Max Freelance Police Special.jpg

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Description	The cover of the Sam & Max: Freelance Police Special. Sam drives the DeSoto Adventurer, while Max climbs out the window. Note the rat on the car's radiator grille; rats commonly feature in Purcell's artistic work.
Source	The image may be obtained from Comico Comics
Article	Steve Purcell
Portion used	The entire image is used to avoid tarnishing the image's intended purpose
Low resolution?	Yes – it is a low resolution image that is inferior to the quality of the original image; the potential use of this image for illegal purposes is greatly reduced.
Purpose of use	The image is used to exemplify the subject's artistic style. In addition, the image is significant as it portrays the franchise that the subject created; it helps readers identify the characters and themes of this franchise and demonstrates some of the work by the subject in relation to the franchise.
Replaceable?	No – there are no free versions of this image since the entire work is copyrighted and cannot be duplicated for free.
Other information	© 1988 Steve Purcell. Use of the cover in the article complies with Wikipedia's non-free content policy and fair use under United States copyright law as described above.
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Steve Purcell//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sam_%26_Max_Freelance_Police_Special.jpgtrue

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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	23:46, 8 December 2017		255 × 389 (29 KB)	DatBot (talk \| contribs)	Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable)
	03:21, 12 February 2010	No thumbnail	300 × 458 (43 KB)	MuZemike (talk \| contribs)	Here's the actual fair-use reduction version.

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