First cover appearance of Namor on Marvel Mystery Comics #4, February, 1940. Art by Alex Schomburg. © Timely Comics, now Marvel Comics.

Fair use in Namor[edit]

Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:

1. The image is used as the primary means of visual identification of the article topic.
2. The image is of the comic book cover that first depicted Namor, and so represents a significant use of the character Namor and the earliest cover use.
3. The use of the comic book cover will not affect the value of the original work or limit the copyright holder's rights or ability to distribute the original. In particular, copies could not be used to make illegal copies of the book.
4. It is a low resolution image.
5. The image is only a small portion of the commercial product.
6. The character is copyrighted, and so it is impossible to replace it with an uncopyrighted or freely licensed image.

Fair use in Marvel Mystery Comics[edit]

Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:

1. The image is from the cover of the comic book issue that first depicted the character Namor the Sub-Mariner, a historically significant character, and so represents a historically significant issue.
2. The use of the comic book cover will not affect the value of the original work or limit the copyright holder's rights or ability to distribute the original. In particular, copies could not be used to make illegal copies of the book.
3. It is a low resolution image.
4. The image is only a small portion of the commercial product.
5. The comic book is copyrighted, and so it is impossible to replace it with an uncopyrighted or freely licensed image.

History of Image:Marvel Mystery Comics 4.gif[edit]

• 2008-10-02T05:01:18Z 74.185.46.86 (Talk | contribs) (1895 bytes)
• 2007-11-11T04:29:31Z TAnthony (Talk | contribs) (1988 bytes) (Auto-sort category for easier navigation using [[Project:AutoWikiBrowser|AWB]])
• 2007-07-28T02:05:56Z Postdlf (Talk | contribs) (1975 bytes)
• 2007-07-27T15:56:02Z Sfan00 IMG (Talk | contribs) (531 bytes)
• 2007-07-27T15:49:37Z Tenebrae (Talk | contribs) (577 bytes) (fair use)
• 2007-07-26T21:20:15Z Sfan00 IMG (Talk | contribs) (265 bytes) (This image is up for deletion per [[WP:CSD]]. using [[WP:TWINKLE|TW]])
• 2007-05-07T00:38:42Z Cydebot (Talk | contribs) (219 bytes) (Robot - Renaming non-free template "comiccover" per [[Wikipedia:Non-free content/templates]].)
• 2006-04-06T12:20:46Z Bluebot (Talk | contribs) (Unicodifying)
• 2005-07-09T05:32:53Z Kchishol1970 (Talk | contribs)
• 2005-04-27T19:50:40Z Postdlf (Talk | contribs) (First cover appearance of [[Namor the Sub-Mariner]] on ''Marvel Mystery Comics'' #4, February, 1940. Art by [[Alex Schomburg]]. © Timely Comics, now [[Marvel Comics]]. {{magazinecover}})
• 2005-04-27T19:50:40Z Postdlf (Talk | contribs) (436x622) (209764 bytes)