File:Strange Adventures 190.jpg

Fair use rationales

{{Non-free use rationale|Article = Animal Man

|Description = Strange Adventures #190, published by DC Comics. Cover art by Carmine Infantino and Murphy Anderson.

|Source = http://www.comics.org/issue/20172/cover/2/

|Portion = Cover

|Purpose = Image is used for purposes of illustration in the above-named article, a subject of public interest.

|Resolution = Small size unsuitable to use for high quality reproduction

|Replaceability = Image is protected by copyright, therefore a free-use alternative does not exist.

|other_information = Although the picture is originally copyright, it is covered by fair use because:

  1. It is a low resolution copy of a comic book cover, hence, only a small portion of the commercial product;
  2. 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;
  3. Copies of this image could not be used to make illegal copies of the comic book;
  4. The image is used as the primary means of visual identification of a topic in the article. For a visual medium such as comic books, words alone cannot adequately describe the subject;

}}

Summary

The cover of Strange Adventures #190 shows the first use of the costume for Animal Man, with cover text giving the character's original name, A-Man.

Licensing

{{Non-free comic|image has rationale=yes|DC Comics covers|Strange Adventures}}