Though this image may be subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:
It illustrates an educational article about the comics magazine that is the subject of the article.
The image is used as visual identification of the article topic. Comics is a visual medium, and it is impossible to give a comprehensive encyclopedic understanding of the topic without a visual illustration.
The image is from the historically significant first issue.
The image illustrates the discussed use of graphically depicted violence beyond that in use historically in comic books at the time of publication in 1971
The use of the panel 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 overall page or of the comics magazine.
It is a low-resolution image.
The image, a percentage of a single page, is only a small portion of the commercial product.
It is not replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted image of comparable educational value.
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,
Panel from ''Hell-Rider'' #1 (Aug. 1971), Skywald (defunct pub.). Script by Gary Friedrich, art by Ross Andru and Mike Esposito. Source: http://comics.org/coverview.lasso?id=24439&zoom=4
