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Non-free media data
Description	Cover of The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 1, 252 (May, 1984)Art by Ron Frenz.
Source	Scan made by the original uploader User:Jeffjhicks.
Portion used	Full front cover as published.
Low resolution?	300px size unsuitable to use for high end reproduction.
Other information	All Marvel Comics characters and the distinctive likeness(es) thereof are TM & © Marvel Comics, © 1939–2024 Marvel Characters, Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Although this image is subject to copyright, it is covered by US fair use laws because: The image is only being used in the article about the book (The Amazing Spider-Man) for informational and educational purposes. Use of the book cover visually identifies the book and its author in a manner that mere prose cannot, and meets all criteria in WP:NFCC. This image enhances the article in which it's displayed, as it provides an immediate relevance to the reader more capably than the textual description alone. The image is not replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted image of comparable educational value. The image is the primary means of visual identification of the article topic. The image is a low resolution image of the book cover, in an inferior graphics format (JPEG). The image is only a small portion of the commercial product. The use of this image will not affect the value of the original work. The use of this image will not limit the copyright holder's rights or ability to distribute or make a profit from the original. In particular, copies could not be used to make illegal copies of the book.

Non-free media rationale for The Amazing Spider-Man
Article	The Amazing Spider-Man
Purpose of use	Illustration of a specific point within the article.
Replaceable?	No free use image available. As this is a fictional, copyrighted character and a copyrighted publication, a freely-licensed alternative could not reasonably be obtained.

Non-free media rationale for Spider-Man
Article	Spider-Man
Purpose of use	Illustration of a specific point within the article.
Replaceable?	No free use image available. As this is a fictional, copyrighted character and a copyrighted publication, 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	06:51, 8 December 2017		256 × 389 (39 KB)	Theo's Little Bot (talk \| contribs)	Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable)
	00:06, 23 September 2008	No thumbnail	300 × 457 (82 KB)	J Greb (talk \| contribs)	Reduced size as per Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics/copyright#Resolution.

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