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Description	Cover of Detective Comics #253 (March 1958). Art by Sheldon Moldoff. Published by DC Comics (all rights reserved).
Source	Grand Comics Database (http://www.comics.org)
Article	Shark (comics)
Portion used	Cover
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Purpose of use	The image is used as the primary means of visual identification of the Shark (comics). The image is not used in such a way that a reader would be confused into believing that the article is written or authorized by the owner.
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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,

To the uploader: please add a fair use rationale as described on Wikipedia:Non-free use rationale guideline, as well as the source of the work and copyright information.

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	01:11, 26 April 2007	400×574 (67 KB)	Konczewski (Talk \| contribs)	(Cover of ''Detective Comics'' #253 (March 1958). Art by Sheldon Moldoff. Published by DC Comics (all rights reserved). {{comiccover}})