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Non-free media data
Description	Artwork for the cover of the Watchmen International Edition TPB. Art by Dave Gibbons. The art is originally from the Watchmen's profile in Who's Who: Update '87 #5.
Source	[1]
Portion used	Portion of the artwork for the front cover
Low resolution?	250px size unsuitable to use for high end reproduction.
Other information	All DC Comics characters and the distinctive likeness(es) thereof are TM & © DC Comics, © 2008 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Non-free media rationale for Alan Moore
Article	Alan Moore
Purpose of use	Illustration of one of the writer's signature series/characters.
Replaceable?	No free use image available. As these are fictional, copyrighted characters, a freely-licensed alternative could not reasonably be obtained.

Non-free media rationale for Dave Gibbons
Article	Dave Gibbons
Purpose of use	Illustration of the artist's work.
Replaceable?	No free use image available. As these are fictional, copyrighted characters, a freely-licensed alternative could not reasonably be obtained.

Non-free media rationale for Events from the Modern Age of Comic Books
Article	Events from the Modern Age of Comic Books
Purpose of use	Illustration of an example within the article.
Replaceable?	No free use image available. As these are fictional, copyrighted characters, a freely-licensed alternative could not reasonably be obtained.

Non-free media rationale for List of Watchmen characters
Article	List of Watchmen characters
Purpose of use	For identification purposes in conjunction with discussion of the topic of the article.
Replaceable?	No free use image available. As these are fictional, copyrighted characters, a freely-licensed alternative could not reasonably be obtained.

Non-free media rationale for Superhero
Article	Superhero
Purpose of use	Illustration of an example and/or a specific point within the article.
Replaceable?	No free use image available. As these are fictional, copyrighted characters, a freely-licensed alternative could not reasonably be obtained.

Non-free media rationale for Watchmen
Article	Watchmen
Purpose of use	Illustration of a point within the article, specifically the characters used in the publication.
Replaceable?	No free use image available. As these are fictional, copyrighted characters, 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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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	08:23, 14 January 2018		242 × 412 (40 KB)	Theo's Little Bot (talk \| contribs)	Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable)
	16:00, 13 February 2009	No thumbnail	250 × 426 (164 KB)	DrBat (talk \| contribs)

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Orientation	Normal
Horizontal resolution	72 dpi
Vertical resolution	72 dpi
Software used	Adobe Photoshop Elements 7.0 Windows
File change date and time	10:59, 13 February 2009
Color space	sRGB