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Fair use rationale[edit]

Non-free media information and use rationale true for Ross Andru
Description	Cover of The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 1, 176 (Jan. 1978) Art by Ross Andru (pencils) and Frank Giacoia (inks)
Source	"The Amazing Spider-Man #176". Grand Comics Database Project. Retrieved 2013-02-16.
Article	Ross Andru
Portion used	Full front cover as published.
Low resolution?	low; unsuitable to use for high end reproduction.
Purpose of use	Illustration of the artist's work.
Replaceable?	No free use image available. As these are fictional, copyrighted characters and a copyrighted publication, a freely-licensed alternative could not reasonably be obtained.
Other information	All Marvel characters and the distinctive likeness(es) thereof are Trademarks & Copyright © 1978 Marvel Characters, Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Although the picture is originally copyright, it is covered by fair use because: It is a low-resolution copy of a comic book cover, hence, only a small portion of the commercial product; The use of the image will not affect the value of the original work or limit the copyright holder's rights or ability to sell or distribute the original comic book; Copies of this image could not be used to make illegal copies of the comic book; The image is used as the primary means of visual identification of topics in the article. For a visual medium such as comic books, words alone cannot adequately describe the subject;
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Ross Andru//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Spiderman176.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	07:16, 8 June 2017		252 × 395 (31 KB)	DatBot (talk \| contribs)	Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable)
	21:40, 16 February 2013	No thumbnail	400 × 627 (62 KB)	Tenebrae (talk \| contribs)	== Fair use rationale == {{Non-free use rationale <!-- {{Non-free image data --> \| Description = {{Descript-cvr\|The Amazing Spider-Man\|1\|176\|Jan. 1978}} Art by Ross Andru (pencils) and Frank Giacoia (inks) \| Source = {{cite web...

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