Issue Instance
API endpoint that allows Issue to be viewed.
GET /api/issue/21905/?format=api
{ "api_url": "https://www.comics.org/api/issue/21905/?format=api", "series_name": "Batman (1940 series)", "descriptor": "202", "number": "202", "volume": "", "variant_name": "", "title": "", "publication_date": "June 1968", "key_date": "1968-06-00", "price": "0.12 USD", "page_count": "36.000", "editing": "Julius Schwartz (editor)", "indicia_publisher": "National Periodical Publications Inc.", "brand_emblem": "Superman DC National Comics", "isbn": "", "barcode": "", "rating": "Approved by the Comics Code Authority", "on_sale_date": "1968-04-18", "indicia_frequency": "monthly with the exception of Apr. and Oct.", "notes": "On-sale date from Direct Currents in Leave It to Binky (DC, 1948 series) #61 (June-July 1968) and its copyright registration.", "variant_of": null, "series": "https://www.comics.org/api/series/141/?format=api", "indicia_printer": "", "keywords": "", "story_set": [ { "type": "cover", "title": "Gateway to Death!", "feature": "Batman and Robin", "sequence_number": 0, "page_count": "1.000", "script": "None", "pencils": "Irv Novick (signed as Novic [signature cut-off]) (see notes)", "inks": "Irv Novick (signed as Novic [signature cut-off]) (see notes)", "colors": "?", "letters": "Gaspar Saladino ?", "editing": "None", "job_number": "", "genre": "superhero", "first_line": "", "characters": "Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]", "synopsis": "", "notes": "Credits for pencils and inks were confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. \r\n\r\nIrv Novick's name appears on the right-most tombstone on the cover.", "keywords": "grave" }, { "type": "promo (ad from the publisher)", "title": "", "feature": "", "sequence_number": 1, "page_count": "1.000", "script": "?", "pencils": "Nick Cardy; Bob Brown (illustrations)", "inks": "Nick Cardy; Bob Brown (illustrations)", "colors": "None", "letters": "Gaspar Saladino", "editing": "None", "job_number": "", "genre": "", "first_line": "Coming your way -- a new DC brand", "characters": "", "synopsis": "", "notes": "Inside front cover. \r\n\r\nPromotional house advertisement for the Secret Six (DC, 1968 series) #2 (June-July 1968) and The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 series) #78 (June-July 1968).", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "comic story", "title": "Gateway to Death!", "feature": "Batman and Robin", "sequence_number": 2, "page_count": "12.670", "script": "Gardner Fox (see notes)", "pencils": "Chic Stone ? (signed as Bob Kane) (see notes)", "inks": "Sid Greene (see notes)", "colors": "?", "letters": "Ray Holloway ?", "editing": "None", "job_number": "", "genre": "superhero", "first_line": "", "characters": "Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; Police Officer Jackson; The Great Norman (villain); Norman's men (villains)", "synopsis": "A rash of psychic robberies, in which objects appear to move with the power of mind over matter, puzzle the Caped Crusaders, but not Alfred.", "notes": "Credits for script and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Records show that Bob Kane was paid for the pencils, but scholars agree that pencils were actually by Stone. We previously credited the pencils to Frank Springer.", "keywords": "Eternal Gate Cemetery; Gotham City; Wayne Manor" }, { "type": "promo (ad from the publisher)", "title": "", "feature": "Superman", "sequence_number": 3, "page_count": "1.000", "script": "?", "pencils": "Curt Swan (illustration)", "inks": "Neal Adams (illustration)", "colors": "?", "letters": "Gaspar Saladino", "editing": "None", "job_number": "", "genre": "superhero", "first_line": "From us -- to you, only the best!", "characters": "", "synopsis": "", "notes": "Promotional house advertisement for Superman (DC, 1939 series) #207 (June 1968 (July 1968)).", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "letters page", "title": "", "feature": "Letters to the Batcave", "sequence_number": 4, "page_count": "1.000", "script": "E. Nelson Bridwell ?", "pencils": "Sheldon Moldoff ? (illustration)", "inks": "Sheldon Moldoff ? (illustration)", "colors": "?", "letters": "typeset", "editing": "None", "job_number": "", "genre": "", "first_line": "", "characters": "", "synopsis": "", "notes": "Letters from: Alice Herman, Dave Truesdale, and Donald D. Markstein.", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "promo (ad from the publisher)", "title": "", "feature": "The Flash; The Hawk and the Dove", "sequence_number": 5, "page_count": "1.000", "script": "?", "pencils": "Ross Andru; Steve Ditko (illustrations)", "inks": "Mike Esposito; Steve Ditko (illustrations)", "colors": "?", "letters": "Gaspar Saladino", "editing": "None", "job_number": "", "genre": "superhero", "first_line": "Coming your way -- a new DC brand", "characters": "", "synopsis": "", "notes": "Promotional house advertisement for The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #180 (June 1968) and Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #75 (June 1968) (The Hawk and The Dove).", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "comic story", "title": "Menace of the Motorcycle Marauders!", "feature": "Robin", "sequence_number": 6, "page_count": "10.000", "script": "Mike Friedrich (see notes)", "pencils": "Chic Stone ? (signed as Bob Kane) (see notes)", "inks": "Joe Giella (see notes)", "colors": "?", "letters": "Joe Letterese", "editing": "None", "job_number": "", "genre": "superhero", "first_line": "", "characters": "Robin [Dick Grayson]; Bruce Wayne; Alfred Pennyworth; The Hornets [Tommy the Tramp; Jimbo; Magoo] (villains, motorcycle gang)", "synopsis": "Robin, on his way to school to make a speech for the Presidency of the Junior Class, stops a motorcycle gang, whicjh is led by an expelled student. He successfully captures the gang, but, in the process, loses the chance to become class president at school.", "notes": "Credits for script and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Records show that Bob Kane was paid for the pencils, but scholars agree that pencils were actually by Stone.\r\n\r\nBruce Wayne does not appear in the Batman costume.", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "letters page", "title": "", "feature": "Letters to the Batcave", "sequence_number": 7, "page_count": "1.000", "script": "E. Nelson Bridwell ?", "pencils": "None", "inks": "None", "colors": "None", "letters": "typeset", "editing": "None", "job_number": "", "genre": "", "first_line": "", "characters": "", "synopsis": "", "notes": "Letters from: Chip Langlais, Sheila Horne, and James D. Faix.", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "in-house column", "title": "", "feature": "Direct Currents", "sequence_number": 8, "page_count": "1.000", "script": "E. Nelson Bridwell ?", "pencils": "Neal Adams; Irv Novick (illustrations)", "inks": "Neal Adams; Irv Novick (illustrations)", "colors": "?", "letters": "typeset", "editing": "None", "job_number": "", "genre": "", "first_line": "", "characters": "", "synopsis": "", "notes": "", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "activity", "title": "", "feature": "Cap's Hobby Hints", "sequence_number": 9, "page_count": "0.500", "script": "Henry Boltinoff (signed)", "pencils": "Henry Boltinoff (signed)", "inks": "Henry Boltinoff (signed)", "colors": "?", "letters": "Henry Boltinoff (signed)", "editing": "None", "job_number": "6607", "genre": "children", "first_line": "I see you're going to paint a model car. What's the talcum powder for?", "characters": "", "synopsis": "Using talcum powder with paint to change the look of models.", "notes": "Thanks to Alan Hilton, Charlotte, N. Carolina.", "keywords": "" } ], "cover": "https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/2/w400/2664.jpg" }
