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Cover to Ghost Rider #1, September, 1973. Art by Gil Kane. © Marvel Comics.

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The image is used as the primary means of visual identification of the article topic.
The image is from the cover of the first issue of the character's first solo comic book, which represents a historically significant use of the character.
The use of the comic book 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.
It is a low resolution image.
The image is only a small portion of the commercial product.
The character is copyrighted, and so it is impossible to replace it with an uncopyrighted or freely licensed image.

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- the issue of the comic book in question;
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- the copyrighted comic book character(s) or group(s) on the cover of the issue in question;
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- 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,
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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	06:00, 26 January 2015		259 × 383 (40 KB)	Theo's Little Bot (talk \| contribs)	Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable)
	20:02, 25 April 2005	No thumbnail	354 × 524 (98 KB)	Postdlf (talk \| contribs)	Cover of ''Ghost Rider'' #1, vol. 1, 1973. © Marvel Comics. {{bookcover}}

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