Promotional cover art for Batman: Gotham Knights #5, by Brian Bolland.

Digitally released by copyright holder, DC Comics, via http://comicartcommunity.com/gallery/details.php?image_id=17571

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Small size unsuitable to use for high quality reproduction

Image is used for purposes of illustration in the above-named article, a subject of public interest.

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1. It is a low resolution copy of a comic book cover, hence, only a small portion of the commercial product;
2. The use of the image will not affect the value of the original work or limit the copyright holder's rights or ability to sell or distribute the original comic book;
3. Copies of this image could not be used to make illegal copies of the comic book;
4. The image is used as the primary means of visual identification of topics in the article. For a visual medium such as comic books, words alone cannot adequately describe the subject;