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Description

Cover of Batman #1 (Spring, 1940). Art by Bob Kane.

Source

Batman Comic Book: No. 1 Spring Issue, 1940. Item from Record Group 21: Records of District Courts of the United States, 1685 - 1991. This comic book was an exhibit in the case titled Fox Publications Inc. v. Detective Comics Inc., Independent News Co. Inc. and Interborough News Co. From the National Archives.

This image is available from the Online Public Access (OPA) of the United States National Archives and Records Administration under the National Archives Identifier 595420.
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Full cover as published.

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Non-free media rationale for Batman (comic book)
Article	Batman (comic book)
Purpose of use	For identification purposes in conjunction with discussion of the topic of the article.
Replaceable?	No free use image available. As this is a fictional, copyrighted character, a freely-licensed alternative could not reasonably be obtained.

Non-free media rationale for List of Batman comics
Article	List of Batman comics
Purpose of use	For identification purposes in conjunction with discussion of the topic of the article.
Replaceable?	No free use image available. As this is a fictional, copyrighted character, 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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2008-06-14T20:29:03Z J Greb (Talk | contribs) (1512 bytes) (Move category)
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2007-05-07T00:33:54Z Cydebot (Talk | contribs) (425 bytes) (Robot - Renaming non-free template "comiccover" per [[Wikipedia:Non-free content/templates]].)
2007-01-24T22:12:37Z J Greb (Talk | contribs) (Change category)
2006-07-03T15:32:34Z CS42 (Talk | contribs) (licensing -- comic cover)
2006-01-13T21:59:59Z Darwinek (Talk | contribs)
2005-01-21T09:05:47Z Paul A (Talk | contribs) ([[Category:Batman images]])
2004-12-15T05:36:19Z Brian0918 (Talk | contribs) (Batman Comic Book: No. 1 Spring Issue, 1940. Item from Record Group 21: Records of District Courts of the United States, 1685 - 1991. This comic book was an exhibit in the case titled Fox Publications Inc. v. Detective Comics Inc., Independent News Co. I)
2007-05-23T18:12:19Z J Greb (Talk | contribs) (300x415) (96187 bytes)

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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	05:08, 18 September 2019		268 × 365 (123 KB)	NeoBatfreak (talk \| contribs)
	06:33, 28 December 2017	No thumbnail	268 × 370 (66 KB)	Theo's Little Bot (talk \| contribs)	Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable)
	03:01, 4 April 2017	No thumbnail	300 × 415 (76 KB)	DrRC (talk \| contribs)	Reverted to version as of 05:15, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
	02:55, 4 April 2017	No thumbnail	300 × 420 (239 KB)	DrRC (talk \| contribs)	Clearer image
	05:15, 8 December 2008	No thumbnail	300 × 415 (76 KB)	718 Bot (talk \| contribs)	== Fair use rationale == <!-- {{Non-free media rationale --> {{Non-free image data \| Description = Cover of ''Batman'' #1 (Spring, 1940). Art by Bob Kane. \| Source = ''Batman'' Comic Book: No. 1 Spring Issue, 1940. Item from Record Gr

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