Issue Instance
API endpoint that allows Issue to be viewed.
GET /api/issue/1909/?format=api
{ "api_url": "https://www.comics.org/api/issue/1909/?format=api", "series_name": "Batman (1940 series)", "descriptor": "8", "number": "8", "volume": "", "variant_name": "", "title": "", "publication_date": "December 1941-January 1942", "key_date": "1941-12-00", "price": "0.10 USD", "page_count": "68.000", "editing": "Whitney Ellsworth (credited as F. W. Ellsworth) (editor)", "indicia_publisher": "Detective Comics Inc.", "brand_emblem": "A Superman DC Publication", "isbn": "", "barcode": "", "rating": "", "on_sale_date": "1941-10-07", "indicia_frequency": "bi-monthly", "notes": "On-sale date from copyright registration. On-sale date of October 10 in ad in Detective Comics #57.", "variant_of": null, "series": "https://www.comics.org/api/series/141/?format=api", "indicia_printer": "", "keywords": "", "story_set": [ { "type": "cover", "title": "", "feature": "Batman and Robin", "sequence_number": 0, "page_count": "1.000", "script": "None", "pencils": "Fred Ray", "inks": "Jerry Robinson", "colors": "?", "letters": "None", "editing": "None", "job_number": "", "genre": "superhero", "first_line": "", "characters": "Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]", "synopsis": "", "notes": "Penciler credits verified by Fred Ray and Jack Burnley; inker credits verified by Fred Ray and Jerry Robinson.", "keywords": "Infinity cover" }, { "type": "promo (ad from the publisher)", "title": "Another Message to Our Readers", "feature": "", "sequence_number": 1, "page_count": "1.000", "script": "?", "pencils": "None", "inks": "None", "colors": "None", "letters": "typeset", "editing": "None", "job_number": "", "genre": "", "first_line": "", "characters": "", "synopsis": "", "notes": "Inside front cover.", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "comic story", "title": "Stone Walls Do Not a Prison Make", "feature": "Batman and Robin", "sequence_number": 2, "page_count": "13.000", "script": "Bill Finger", "pencils": "Bob Kane (signed)", "inks": "Jerry Robinson; George Roussos (backgrounds)", "colors": "?", "letters": "George Roussos", "editing": "None", "job_number": "", "genre": "superhero", "first_line": "", "characters": "Batman [Bruce Wayne] [also as Paul \"Killer\" Sikes]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Warden Higgins; Russo's lawyer; Big Mike Russo (villain, introduction); Al [as Warden Higgins] (villain); Trigger Sherman (villain)", "synopsis": "From prison, Big Mike Russo is able to have his gang kidnap the warden, replace him and the guards with a look alike, then use the prison as a base of operations to commit crimes while providing alibis to those committing them! Batman figures that the only way to uncover this scenario is to get put in prison himself, a move that almost costs him his life in the gas chamber!", "notes": "Inker verified by Jerry Robinson, background inker and lettering verified by George Roussos.", "keywords": "belt radio; Daily Star; Gotham City" }, { "type": "promo (ad from the publisher)", "title": "The Winning Team!", "feature": "Detective Comics", "sequence_number": 3, "page_count": "0.500", "script": "?", "pencils": "?", "inks": "?", "colors": "?", "letters": "typeset", "editing": "None", "job_number": "", "genre": "", "first_line": "", "characters": "", "synopsis": "", "notes": "", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "advertisement", "title": "Superman Is in the Movies!", "feature": "The Adventures of Superman Movies", "sequence_number": 4, "page_count": "0.500", "script": "?", "pencils": "?", "inks": "?", "colors": "?", "letters": "typeset", "editing": "None", "job_number": "", "genre": "", "first_line": "I'll be seeing you on the screen...", "characters": "Superman", "synopsis": "", "notes": "", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "text story", "title": "Rescue Mission", "feature": "", "sequence_number": 5, "page_count": "1.000", "script": "John Hilton (credited)", "pencils": "None", "inks": "None", "colors": "None", "letters": "typeset", "editing": "None", "job_number": "", "genre": "adventure", "first_line": "This was the first day in three rain hadn't hampered the search.", "characters": "Bob Crane; Dr. Scott; Ransom", "synopsis": "Bob Crane is sent on a search and rescue mission to find Dr. Scott and his party.", "notes": "", "keywords": "Amaprano (volcano); Death Jungle" }, { "type": "comic story", "title": "The Strange Case of Professor Radium!", "feature": "Batman and Robin", "sequence_number": 6, "page_count": "13.000", "script": "Bill Finger", "pencils": "Bob Kane", "inks": "Jerry Robinson; George Roussos (backgrounds)", "colors": "?", "letters": "George Roussos", "editing": "None", "job_number": "", "genre": "superhero", "first_line": "", "characters": "Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; unnamed Coroner; Johnston (Ross' assistant, introduction, death); Mary Lamont (Ross's fiance, introduction, death); Mary's Maid (introduction); Professor Radium [Professor Henry Ross] (villain, introduction, death)", "synopsis": "A scientist finds a way to use radium to bring the dead back to life, and he uses himself as a guinea pig. Although the experiments are successful, the Professor pays dearly for his discovery, for, in the end, as Batman says, it has created a Frankenstein monster when it was only meant for good.", "notes": "Writer credit by Martin O'Hearn, inker credits verified by Jerry Robinson, and background inks and lettering verified by George Roussos. \r\n\r\nBatman faced Professor Radium in the Batman daily newspaper strip September 23, 1946 - November 2, 1946. It was written by Bill Finger, penciled by Bob Kane, inked by Charles Paris, and lettered by Ira Schnapp.", "keywords": "Volitell" }, { "type": "promo (ad from the publisher)", "title": "Out in Front!", "feature": "Star Spangled Comics", "sequence_number": 7, "page_count": "0.500", "script": "?", "pencils": "?", "inks": "?", "colors": "?", "letters": "typeset", "editing": "None", "job_number": "", "genre": "", "first_line": "", "characters": "", "synopsis": "", "notes": "", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "promo (ad from the publisher)", "title": "", "feature": "Adventure Comics", "sequence_number": 8, "page_count": "0.500", "script": "?", "pencils": "?", "inks": "?", "colors": "?", "letters": "?", "editing": "None", "job_number": "", "genre": "", "first_line": "", "characters": "", "synopsis": "", "notes": "", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "comic story", "title": "", "feature": "Chief Hot Foot", "sequence_number": 9, "page_count": "2.000", "script": "Henry Boltinoff (signed)", "pencils": "Henry Boltinoff (signed)", "inks": "Henry Boltinoff (signed)", "colors": "?", "letters": "Henry Boltinoff (signed)", "editing": "None", "job_number": "", "genre": "humor", "first_line": "Tonight's big drawing... lottum dough at stake!", "characters": "Chief Hot Foot", "synopsis": "", "notes": "", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "comic story", "title": "The Superstition Murders!", "feature": "Batman and Robin", "sequence_number": 10, "page_count": "13.000", "script": "Bill Finger", "pencils": "Bob Kane (signed)", "inks": "Jerry Robinson; George Roussos (backgrounds)", "colors": "?", "letters": "George Roussos", "editing": "None", "job_number": "", "genre": "superhero", "first_line": "", "characters": "Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Banks (writer); Fred Brooks (show financer, death); Miss Francine (death); Paul Mett; Johnny Glim (villain, play author, introduction)", "synopsis": "The cast of a stage production decides to have a \"superstition\" party, intentionally carrying out every well-known superstition they can think of. But when one of them is killed, Batman and Robin enter the fray to single out the perpetrator of the deed.", "notes": "Writer credit by Martin O'Hearn, inker credit verified by Jerry Robinson, and background and lettering credits verified by George Roussos.", "keywords": "Daily Ray" }, { "type": "promo (ad from the publisher)", "title": "The \"Big Six\" Now Becomes the \"Big Seven\"", "feature": "", "sequence_number": 11, "page_count": "1.000", "script": "?", "pencils": "?", "inks": "?", "colors": "?", "letters": "typeset", "editing": "None", "job_number": "", "genre": "", "first_line": "", "characters": "", "synopsis": "", "notes": "", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "comic story", "title": "", "feature": "Pokey Beezer", "sequence_number": 12, "page_count": "4.000", "script": "?", "pencils": "Joe Gallagher ?", "inks": "Joe Gallagher ?", "colors": "?", "letters": "?", "editing": "None", "job_number": "", "genre": "humor", "first_line": "Hello, Chief! What's cooking?", "characters": "Pokey Beezer", "synopsis": "", "notes": "", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "text story", "title": "Action Stuff", "feature": "", "sequence_number": 13, "page_count": "1.000", "script": "Eric Carter (credited)", "pencils": "None", "inks": "None", "colors": "None", "letters": "typeset", "editing": "None", "job_number": "", "genre": "adventure", "first_line": "Johnny Shean put down his megaphone and signaled the...", "characters": "Johnny Shean; Ben Boyd; Willie Evans; Police Chief Weber", "synopsis": "", "notes": "", "keywords": "Winawasha Moviemakers Club" }, { "type": "comic story", "title": "The Cross Country Crimes!", "feature": "Batman and Robin", "sequence_number": 14, "page_count": "13.000", "script": "Bill Finger", "pencils": "Bob Kane", "inks": "Jerry Robinson; George Roussos (backgrounds)", "colors": "?", "letters": "George Roussos", "editing": "None", "job_number": "", "genre": "superhero", "first_line": "", "characters": "Batman [Bruce Wayne; also as I. Namtab]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; G. Henry Mover (F.B.I. head); John (play writer); The Joker (villain)", "synopsis": "The Caped Crusaders are invited to Washington D.C. to meet with the head of the FBI, but the Joker shows up and shoots the G-Man. Then he heads out cross country to commit crimes, challenging the Batman to catch up with him.", "notes": "Inker credits confirmed by Jerry Robinson, background inker and letterer credits verified by George Roussos.", "keywords": "Delaware; Kansas; New Jersey; Ohio; Rhode Island; Washington D.C." }, { "type": "advertisement", "title": "Choose Your Prize", "feature": "American Specialty Company Christmas Cards & Seals", "sequence_number": 15, "page_count": "1.000", "script": "?", "pencils": "?", "inks": "?", "colors": "?", "letters": "typeset", "editing": "None", "job_number": "", "genre": "", "first_line": "", "characters": "", "synopsis": "", "notes": "", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "advertisement", "title": "", "feature": "Metro Publications", "sequence_number": 16, "page_count": "1.000", "script": "?", "pencils": "?", "inks": "?", "colors": "None", "letters": "typeset", "editing": "None", "job_number": "", "genre": "", "first_line": "", "characters": "", "synopsis": "", "notes": "Inside back cover.", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "advertisement", "title": "", "feature": "Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns", "sequence_number": 17, "page_count": "1.000", "script": "?", "pencils": "Fred Harman", "inks": "Fred Harman", "colors": "?", "letters": "typeset", "editing": "None", "job_number": "", "genre": "", "first_line": "", "characters": "Red Ryder", "synopsis": "", "notes": "Back cover.", "keywords": "" } ], "cover": "https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/2/w400/2470.jpg" }
