File:Cosmic Boy 1.jpg

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Description	Cover of Cosmic Boy 1 (Dec, 1986)Art by Steve Lightle.
Source	"Cosmic Boy #1". Grand Comics Database Project. Retrieved 2008-01-07.
Article	Cosmic Boy
Portion used	Full front cover as published.
Low resolution?	255px size unsuitable to use for high end reproduction.
Purpose of use	Illustration of a specific point within the article.
Replaceable?	No free use image available. As this is a fictional, copyrighted character and a copyrighted publication, a freely-licensed alternative could not reasonably be obtained.
Other information	All DC Comics characters and the distinctive likeness(es) thereof are TM & © DC Comics, © 1986 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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• where no free alternative exists or can be created,
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