Issue Instance
API endpoint that allows Issue to be viewed.
GET /api/issue/16478/?format=api
{ "api_url": "https://www.comics.org/api/issue/16478/?format=api", "series_name": "Batman (1940 series)", "descriptor": "143", "number": "143", "volume": "", "variant_name": "", "title": "", "publication_date": "October 1961", "key_date": "1961-10-00", "price": "0.10 USD", "page_count": "36.000", "editing": "Jack Schiff (credited) (editor); Murray Boltinoff (credited) (associate editor); George Kashdan (credited) (associate editor)", "indicia_publisher": "National Comics Publications Inc.", "brand_emblem": "Superman DC National Comics", "isbn": "", "barcode": "", "rating": "Approved by the Comics Code Authority", "on_sale_date": "1961-08-24", "indicia_frequency": "monthly, with the exception of Jan., May, July, and Nov.", "notes": "On-sale date from copyright registration.", "variant_of": null, "series": "https://www.comics.org/api/series/141/?format=api", "indicia_printer": "", "keywords": "", "story_set": [ { "type": "cover", "title": "Bat-Hound and the Creature!", "feature": "Batman and Robin", "sequence_number": 0, "page_count": "1.000", "script": "?", "pencils": "Sheldon Moldoff", "inks": "Sheldon Moldoff", "colors": "?", "letters": "Ira Schnapp", "editing": "None", "job_number": "", "genre": "superhero", "first_line": "What's got into Bat-Hound?", "characters": "Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Bat-Hound [Ace]; the creature", "synopsis": "", "notes": "Letterer credit by Martin O'Hearn and Joe Desris.", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "advertisement", "title": "", "feature": "5 Star Toys", "sequence_number": 1, "page_count": "1.000", "script": "?", "pencils": "?", "inks": "?", "colors": "None", "letters": "typeset", "editing": "?", "job_number": "", "genre": "", "first_line": "", "characters": "", "synopsis": "", "notes": "Inside front cover.", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "comic story", "title": "The Twice-Told Tale of Batman and Robin", "feature": "Batman and Robin", "sequence_number": 2, "page_count": "7.670", "script": "Bill Finger", "pencils": "Sheldon Moldoff", "inks": "Charles Paris", "colors": "?", "letters": "Stan Starkman", "editing": "None", "job_number": "", "genre": "superhero", "first_line": "Evil giant, what you have done to my loyal assistant, you will soon regret!", "characters": "Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; an informant; a genie (imaginary figure); a story-teller (imaginary figure); children (imaginary figures); Nitro Joe (villain, jewel thief); Joe's henchmen (villains); Nidor (villain, imaginary figure); a giant (villain, imaginary figure)", "synopsis": "After the Caped Crusaders round up a gang of jewel thieves, Robin fantasizes how the adventure would be retold in the future as a mythological tale involving giants and flying creatures.", "notes": "Scrip credit by Martin O'Hearn. 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Inker credit verified by Paris.", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "advertisement", "title": "", "feature": "Tootsie Roll Ice Cream Bar", "sequence_number": 15, "page_count": "0.330", "script": "?", "pencils": "?", "inks": "?", "colors": "?", "letters": "typeset", "editing": "?", "job_number": "", "genre": "", "first_line": "", "characters": "", "synopsis": "", "notes": "", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "advertisement", "title": "", "feature": "Zenith Stamps", "sequence_number": 16, "page_count": "1.000", "script": "?", "pencils": "?", "inks": "?", "colors": "?", "letters": "typeset", "editing": "?", "job_number": "", "genre": "", "first_line": "", "characters": "", "synopsis": "", "notes": "", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "advertisement", "title": "", "feature": "Frontier Cabin", "sequence_number": 17, "page_count": "1.000", "script": "?", "pencils": "?", "inks": "?", "colors": "?", "letters": "typeset", "editing": "?", "job_number": "", "genre": "", "first_line": "", "characters": "", "synopsis": "", "notes": "", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "advertisement", "title": "", "feature": "Joe Weider Course and Products", "sequence_number": 18, "page_count": "1.000", "script": "?", "pencils": "?", "inks": "?", "colors": "None", "letters": "typeset", "editing": "?", "job_number": "", "genre": "", "first_line": "", "characters": "", "synopsis": "", "notes": "Inside back cover.", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "advertisement", "title": "", "feature": "150 Civil War Soldiers", "sequence_number": 19, "page_count": "1.000", "script": "?", "pencils": "?", "inks": "?", "colors": "?", "letters": "?", "editing": "?", "job_number": "", "genre": "", "first_line": "", "characters": "", "synopsis": "", "notes": "Back cover.", "keywords": "" } ], "cover": "https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/2/w400/2605.jpg" }