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Description	Comic book cover of The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 1) #238 (March 1983 Marvel Comics). Art by John Romita Sr.
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Article	Hobgoblin (comics)
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Purpose of use	Illustration of a specific point within the article. Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because: It illustrates three interrelated educational article about the Silver Age and modern versions of the supervillain character Hobgoblin. The image is used as one of the primary means of visual identification of the article topic. The image is from the historically significant debut of the character. The use of the 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.
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current	23:23, 2 January 2018		255 × 391 (44 KB)	DatBot (talk \| contribs)	Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable)
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