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Cover, Motion Picture Funnies Weekly #1 -- unpublished movie-theater giveaway comics, produced by Funnies Inc. Possibly colorized in this scan. Cover art by Fred Schwab or Martin Filchock (sources differ).

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Motion Picture Funnies Weekly

Full front cover as published.

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For identification purposes in conjunction with discussion of the topic of the article.

No free use image available. As these are fictional, copyrighted characters and a copyrighted publication, a freely-licensed alternative could not reasonably be obtained.

Though this image may or may not be subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:

1. It illustrates an educational article about the comic book series from which the cover illustration was taken.
2. The image is used the primary means of visual identification of the article topic.
3. The image is from the historically significant first and only issue.
4. The use of the cover will not affect the value of the original work or limit any copyright holder's any rights or ability to distribute the original. In particular, copies could not be used to make illegal copies of the comic book.
5. It is a low-resolution image.
6. The image is only a small portion of the commercial product.
7. It is not replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted image of comparable educational value.

Cover, Motion Picture Funnies Weekly #1 -- unpublished movie-theater giveaway comics, produced by Funnies Inc. Possibly colorized in this scan. Cover art by Fred Schwab or Martin Filchock (sources differ).

http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/news_images/1143_2821_2.jpg

Funnies Inc.

Full front cover as published.

low; unsuitable to use for high end reproduction.

For identification purposes in conjunction with discussion of the topic of the article.

No free use image available. As these are fictional, copyrighted characters and a copyrighted publication, a freely-licensed alternative could not reasonably be obtained.

Though this image may or may not be subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:

1. It illustrates an educational article about the comic-book packager that produced this unpublished comic, which for reasons given on the comic's own WIkipedia page is highly significant historically and is one of two such landmark comics for which the article's subject is known.
2. The image is used as a means of visual identification of the article topic.
3. The image is from a historically significant work.
4. The use of the cover will not affect the value of the original work or limit any copyright holder's any rights or ability to distribute the original. In particular, copies could not be used to make illegal copies of the comic book.
5. It is a low-resolution image.
6. The image is only a small portion of the commercial product.
7. It is not replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted image of comparable educational value.