File:Dr Poison by Peter.jpg

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Description An image scan of a portion of a panel from an interior page of Sensation Comics (volume 1) issue #12 (1942) depicting the character Doctor Poison, with art by Harry G. Peter.
Author or
copyright owner
DC Comics (publisher), William Moulton Marston (writer), Harry G. Peter (artist)
Source (WP:NFCC#4) original scan made by user
Date of publication February 1942
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7) Doctor Poison
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8) This image depicts the character Doctor Poison during the Golden Age of Comic Books era, with art by the character’s originating artist Harry G. Peter. Because the Wikipedia article discusses the evolution of the character’s visual design, this image is provided for the purposes of context and comparison.
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The software or website from which the screenshot is taken is copyrighted and not released under a free license, so creation of a free image is not possible.
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textual coverage because
(WP:NFCC#1)
Because comics are a highly visual medium, it is sometimes necessary to provide illustrations to adequately define and represent the objects of discussion in a Wikipedia article.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3) This is a low-resolution scan of part of a panel from the interior page of a comic book. It is of insufficient quality to be used for the purposes of printed reproduction.
Respect for
commercial opportunities
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The use of a low resolution screenshot from software or a website will not impact the commercial viability of the software or site.
Other information This image is from the interior of a comic book. The copyright for this image is most likely owned by either the publisher of the comic (DC Comics) or the estates of the writer (William Moulton Marston) or illustratr (H.G. Peter) who produced the comic Sensation Comics (volume 1) #2. It is believed that the use of low-resolution images of a single panel from an interior page of a comic book to illustrate the copyrighted character 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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current16:21, 17 April 2022Thumbnail for version as of 16:21, 17 April 2022297 × 336 (102 KB)DatBot (talk | contribs)Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable)
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