Issue Instance
API endpoint that allows Issue to be viewed.
GET /api/issue/162316/?format=api
{ "api_url": "https://www.comics.org/api/issue/162316/?format=api", "series_name": "The Beano (1950 series)", "descriptor": "1825", "number": "1825", "volume": "", "variant_name": "", "title": "", "publication_date": "9 July 1977", "key_date": "1977-07-09", "price": "0.05 GBP", "page_count": "20.000", "editing": "Harold Cramond (editor)", "indicia_publisher": null, "brand_emblem": "", "isbn": "", "barcode": "", "rating": "", "on_sale_date": "1977-07-07", "indicia_frequency": "weekly", "notes": "Creator identifications derived from reading a variety of sources including http://comics.wikia.com/wiki/The_Beano, http://www.comicsuk.co.uk/comicinformationpages/beanopages/beanohomepage.asp, http://www.paulmorris.co.uk/beano/, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/, http://petergraycartoonsandcomics.blogspot.com/2008/03/classics-from-comics-who-are-artists.html, and http://www.lambiek.net/artists/. Creator assigned to all roles, though it is possible that writing was done by others.", "variant_of": null, "series": "https://www.comics.org/api/series/11285/?format=api", "indicia_printer": "", "keywords": "", "story_set": [ { "type": "cover", "title": "", "feature": "Dennis the Menace and Gnasher", "sequence_number": 0, "page_count": "2.000", "script": "David Sutherland", "pencils": "David Sutherland", "inks": "David Sutherland", "colors": "?", "letters": "David Sutherland", "editing": "None", "job_number": "", "genre": "humor", "first_line": "'Morning, Mrs. White", "characters": "Dennis the Menace; Gnasher; Walter; Dennis's father", "synopsis": "Dennis tries to make some pocket money using Gnasher to carry people's packages, but the dog ruins everyone's things.", "notes": "Begins on front cover and concludes on back cover.", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "comic story", "title": "", "feature": "2-Gun Tony", "sequence_number": 1, "page_count": "1.000", "script": "Bill Ritchie", "pencils": "Bill Ritchie", "inks": "Bill Ritchie", "colors": "? (reds)", "letters": "Bill Ritchie", "editing": "None", "job_number": "", "genre": "humor", "first_line": "Nice and peaceful at the old ranch today", "characters": "Tony; Tony's mother; Geronimo", "synopsis": "Tony's mother buys a cockatoo and Tony names it Geronimo because it reminds him of an Indian.", "notes": "", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "comic story", "title": "", "feature": "Roger the Dodger", "sequence_number": 2, "page_count": "1.000", "script": "Frank MacDiarmid", "pencils": "Frank MacDiarmid", "inks": "Frank MacDiarmid", "colors": "None", "letters": "Frank MacDiarmid", "editing": "None", "job_number": "", "genre": "humor", "first_line": "Your Uncle Lionel's arriving...", "characters": "Roger; Roger's mother; Roger's father; Uncle Lionel", "synopsis": "Roger's uncle Lionel proves to be as much a dodger as Roger, with a way to avoid carrying his bags from the train station.", "notes": "", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "comic story", "title": "", "feature": "Minnie the Minx", "sequence_number": 3, "page_count": "1.500", "script": "Jim Petrie", "pencils": "Jim Petrie", "inks": "Jim Petrie", "colors": "? (reds)", "letters": "Jim Petrie", "editing": "None", "job_number": "", "genre": "humor", "first_line": "Minnie! It's time for your bath!", "characters": "Minnie; Minni's mother", "synopsis": "Minnie tries to go swimming to avoid a bath, but gets so muddy she can't see that her mother is leading her right back to the tub.", "notes": "", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "promo (ad from the publisher)", "title": "Some Are Special But This Is The Summer Special", "feature": "The Beano Summer Special", "sequence_number": 4, "page_count": "0.500", "script": "?", "pencils": "?", "inks": "?", "colors": "?", "letters": "?", "editing": "None", "job_number": "", "genre": "", "first_line": "", "characters": "", "synopsis": "House ad for comic.", "notes": "Only color is red.", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "comic story", "title": "", "feature": "Lord Snooty", "sequence_number": 5, "page_count": "0.800", "script": "Jimmy Glen", "pencils": "Jimmy Glen", "inks": "Jimmy Glen", "colors": "None", "letters": "Jimmy Glen", "editing": "None", "job_number": "", "genre": "humor", "first_line": "Lovely day for a suntan", "characters": "Lord Snooty; Angus; Snooty's friends", "synopsis": "Lord Snooty and his friends are trying to get a suntan but Angus keeps messing things up. Snooty and palls finally come up with an idea that forces Angus to want a suntan also.", "notes": "", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "promo (ad from the publisher)", "title": "Just Look at This!", "feature": "The Beano", "sequence_number": 6, "page_count": "0.200", "script": "?", "pencils": "?", "inks": "?", "colors": "None", "letters": "typeset", "editing": "None", "job_number": "", "genre": "", "first_line": "", "characters": "Lord Snooty", "synopsis": "", "notes": "House ad for contest having Beano t-shirts as prizes.", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "comic story", "title": "", "feature": "Ball Boy", "sequence_number": 7, "page_count": "1.000", "script": "Malcolm Judge", "pencils": "Malcolm Judge", "inks": "Malcolm Judge", "colors": "None", "letters": "Malcolm Judge", "editing": "None", "job_number": "", "genre": "humor", "first_line": "'Bye, son - - Have a good game", "characters": "Ball Boy; Ball Boy's mother; Ball boy's team", "synopsis": "Ball Boy spends the whole day without speaking so he can yell better during the football game.", "notes": "", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "comic story", "title": "", "feature": "The Nibblers", "sequence_number": 8, "page_count": "1.000", "script": "Ron Spencer", "pencils": "Ron Spencer", "inks": "Ron Spencer", "colors": "None", "letters": "Ron Spencer", "editing": "None", "job_number": "", "genre": "humor", "first_line": "Wish we could go swimming", "characters": "Enor Mouse; Scritch; Scratch; Gordonzola; Cheddar George; His Nibs; Chiseller; Sniffler; Porky", "synopsis": "The mice go swimming in Porky's sink until he returns and makes them clean the dishes.", "notes": "", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "letters page", "title": "Dennis the Menace Fan Club Including Gnasher's Fang Club", "feature": "Dennis the Menace and Gnasher", "sequence_number": 9, "page_count": "1.000", "script": "?", "pencils": "David Sutherland ?", "inks": "David Sutherland ?", "colors": "? (reds)", "letters": "?; typeset", "editing": "None", "job_number": "", "genre": "", "first_line": "", "characters": "Dennis the Menace; Gnasher", "synopsis": "", "notes": "Reader letters and club membership coupon. Letters from Scott Couper, A. P. Taylor, Calum Abbot, T. Lowther Stevenage, Susan Crooks.", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "comic story", "title": "", "feature": "The Bash Street Kids", "sequence_number": 10, "page_count": "2.000", "script": "David Sutherland", "pencils": "David Sutherland", "inks": "David Sutherland", "colors": "?", "letters": "David Sutherland", "editing": "None", "job_number": "", "genre": "humor", "first_line": "There's something I'm trying to remember...", "characters": "The Bash Street Kids [Plug; Danny; Toots; Caretaker; Sidney; Fatty; Smiffy; Wilfrid; 'Erbert; Spotty; Cuthbert Cringeworthy]; Teacher", "synopsis": "The kids cheat at cricket until Teacher figures out the deal.", "notes": "", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "comic story", "title": "", "feature": "The 3 Bears", "sequence_number": 11, "page_count": "1.000", "script": "Bob McGrath", "pencils": "Bob McGrath", "inks": "Bob McGrath", "colors": "? (reds)", "letters": "Bob McGrath", "editing": "None", "job_number": "", "genre": "humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals", "first_line": "Ted's trying to make us forget we're hungry!", "characters": "Ma; Pa; Ted; Hank; genie; tourists", "synopsis": "Ted finds a magic lamp in the attic and after the bears get beat up a bit, the genie finally makes them rich enough to get some food.", "notes": "", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "comic story", "title": "At the Fair", "feature": "Billy Whizz", "sequence_number": 12, "page_count": "1.000", "script": "Malcolm Judge", "pencils": "Malcolm Judge", "inks": "Malcolm Judge", "colors": "None", "letters": "Malcolm Judge", "editing": "None", "job_number": "", "genre": "humor", "first_line": "", "characters": "Billy Whizz; fortune teller", "synopsis": "Billy ruins the fortune teller's crystal balls.", "notes": "", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "comic story", "title": "", "feature": "Pup Parade", "sequence_number": 13, "page_count": "0.900", "script": "Gordon Bell", "pencils": "Gordon Bell", "inks": "Gordon Bell", "colors": "None", "letters": "Gordon Bell", "editing": "None", "job_number": "", "genre": "humor", "first_line": "It's The Ice-cream Man!", "characters": "Bones; Sniffy; 'Enry; Tubby; Wiggy; Manfrid; Peeps; Blotty; Pug; ice-cream man", "synopsis": "The pups are a nuisance to the local ice-cream man until they help him with a malfunctioning truck horn.", "notes": "", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "promo (ad from the publisher)", "title": "It's New - Specially for Little Girls!", "feature": "Nurse Nancy Special", "sequence_number": 14, "page_count": "0.100", "script": "?", "pencils": "?", "inks": "?", "colors": "None", "letters": "typeset", "editing": "None", "job_number": "", "genre": "", "first_line": "", "characters": "", "synopsis": "House ad for activity book.", "notes": "", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "comic story", "title": "", "feature": "Grandpa", "sequence_number": 15, "page_count": "1.000", "script": "?", "pencils": "?", "inks": "?", "colors": "None", "letters": "?", "editing": "None", "job_number": "", "genre": "humor", "first_line": "We're Going Camping Today, Readers", "characters": "Grandpa; Tommy; artist", "synopsis": "Grandpa annoys an artist near his campsite, but the artist gets even.", "notes": "", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "comic story", "title": "Tom, Dick and Sally Are Having a Picnic", "feature": "Tom, Dick and Sally", "sequence_number": 16, "page_count": "1.000", "script": "Dave Jenner", "pencils": "Dave Jenner", "inks": "Dave Jenner", "colors": "? (reds)", "letters": "Dave Jenner", "editing": "None", "job_number": "", "genre": "humor", "first_line": "", "characters": "Tom; Dick; Sally", "synopsis": "The boys try to ruin the picnic for Sally, but some bees ruin it for them instead.", "notes": "", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "comic story", "title": "", "feature": "Gnasher's Tale", "sequence_number": 17, "page_count": "0.500", "script": "David Sutherland", "pencils": "David Sutherland", "inks": "David Sutherland", "colors": "? (reds)", "letters": "David Sutherland", "editing": "None", "job_number": "", "genre": "humor", "first_line": "Want to hear about the first time I was on a leash?", "characters": "Gnasher; Dennis's father; constable", "synopsis": "Gnasher causes so much trouble, even when leashed, that a constable has to take his owner home.", "notes": "", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "comic story", "title": "Biffo's Got A Job As Milkman", "feature": "Biffo the Bear", "sequence_number": 18, "page_count": "0.500", "script": "David Sutherland", "pencils": "David Sutherland", "inks": "David Sutherland", "colors": "? (reds)", "letters": "David Sutherland", "editing": "None", "job_number": "", "genre": "humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals", "first_line": "", "characters": "Biffo; Buster", "synopsis": "Biffo spills an entire truck full of milk and then can't stand to see milk on his cereal.", "notes": "", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "comic story", "title": "", "feature": "Jacky Daw with Maw and Paw", "sequence_number": 19, "page_count": "1.000", "script": "?", "pencils": "?", "inks": "?", "colors": "None", "letters": "?", "editing": "None", "job_number": "", "genre": "humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals", "first_line": "The 'Flying Menaces' in action again!", "characters": "Jacky; Cyril; Joe; Mr. Phew; Squealer", "synopsis": "The crows raid Mr. Phew's larder successfully after they tie up his parrot, Squealer.", "notes": "", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "comic story", "title": "", "feature": "Little Plum", "sequence_number": 20, "page_count": "1.000", "script": "Ron Spencer", "pencils": "Ron Spencer", "inks": "Ron Spencer", "colors": "? (reds)", "letters": "Ron Spencer", "editing": "None", "job_number": "", "genre": "humor; western-frontier", "first_line": "Sigh! Um wigman's not exactly waterproof!", "characters": "Little Plum; Chiefy", "synopsis": "Little Plum tries to repair Chiefy's leaky wigman using roofing tiles, but the weight causes its destruction.", "notes": "", "keywords": "" } ], "cover": "https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/143/w400/143305.jpg" }
