File New Fun - The Big Comic Magazine (no 1, cover) jpg

Summary, fair use rationale for DC Comics

Cover of a February 1935 publication, originally published by National Allied Publications (later National Periodicals, now known as DC Comics). Fair Use as a magazine cover. If copyright still exists on this 70-year-old magazine, it will be held by DC Comics. Several scans of this cover are available on the Internet. Original source of scan unknown, but accessed from the Internet site http://www.praecox.de/pages/133 . Scanned for use in illustrating articles regarding this magazine, as well as topics related to DC Comics as this is an historically significant publication in the history of both comic books and the DC Comics company itself.

Summary, fair use rationale for Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson

Cover of a February 1935 publication, originally published by Wheeler-Nicholson's National Allied Publications (later, DC Comics). Fair Use as a magazine cover, copyright DC Comics (if still in copyright). This is one of the most historically significant publications in the history of comic book publishing:

• The first comics anthology of all-original material and
• The first publication by Major Wheeler-Nicholson's fledgling company (later DC).

Much of its content was written by the major himself.

Original source of scan unknown, but accessed from the Internet site http://www.praecox.de/pages/133.

Licensing

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