Issue Instance
API endpoint that allows Issue to be viewed.
GET /api/issue/24680/?format=api
{ "api_url": "https://www.comics.org/api/issue/24680/?format=api", "series_name": "Batman (1940 series)", "descriptor": "237", "number": "237", "volume": "32", "variant_name": "", "title": "", "publication_date": "December 1971", "key_date": "1971-12-00", "price": "0.25 USD", "page_count": "52.000", "editing": "Julius Schwartz", "indicia_publisher": "National Periodical Publications Inc.", "brand_emblem": "DC [character]", "isbn": "", "barcode": "", "rating": "Approved by the Comics Code Authority", "on_sale_date": "1971-10-26", "indicia_frequency": "monthly, with the exception of April and October", "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": "Night of the Reaper!", "feature": "Batman", "sequence_number": 0, "page_count": "1.000", "script": "None", "pencils": "Neal Adams", "inks": "Neal Adams", "colors": "?", "letters": "Gaspar Saladino", "editing": "None", "job_number": "S-1011", "genre": "superhero", "first_line": "", "characters": "Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]", "synopsis": "", "notes": "Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "advertisement", "title": "1972 Model 5 Band Portable Radio", "feature": "5 Band Portable Radio", "sequence_number": 1, "page_count": "1.000", "script": "?", "pencils": "?; ? (photograph)", "inks": "?; ? (photograph)", "colors": "None", "letters": "typeset", "editing": "?", "job_number": "", "genre": "", "first_line": "23 solid state devices", "characters": "", "synopsis": "", "notes": "Sold by Electronics International.\r\nInside front cover.", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "comic story", "title": "Night of the Reaper!", "feature": "Batman", "sequence_number": 2, "page_count": "25.000", "script": "Denny O'Neil (credited); Bernie Wrightson (credited) (ideas); Harlan Ellison (credited) (ideas)", "pencils": "Neal Adams (credited)", "inks": "Dick Giordano (credited)", "colors": "?", "letters": "John Costanza", "editing": "None", "job_number": "S-889", "genre": "superhero", "first_line": "", "characters": "Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Tom Fagan; Bernie Wrightson; Alan Weiss; Gerry Conway; Doctor Gruener", "synopsis": "Dick Grayson and his college friends travel to the Halloween celebration in Rutland Vermont. Robin and Batman get caught between two sides, both looking for revenge against an ex-Nazi officer.", "notes": "Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Story based on ideas by Bernie Wrightson and Harlan Ellison, per Denny O'Neil's recounting in the letters section. Gerry Conway, Berni Wrightson and Alan Weiss are caricatured in story, as they attended the real Rutland Halloween Parade. Adams draws figures of Captain America, Thor, Spider-Man and Havok in the parade and later at a party. Conway, Wrightson, and Weiss also appear in the Robin story in Batman #239.", "keywords": "Halloween parade; masquerade party; Nazi; Rutland Vermont" }, { "type": "advertisement", "title": "Never Finished High School?", "feature": "Wayne School Courses", "sequence_number": 3, "page_count": "1.000", "script": "?", "pencils": "None", "inks": "None", "colors": "None", "letters": "typeset", "editing": "?", "job_number": "", "genre": "", "first_line": "Now you can get a diploma without going back", "characters": "", "synopsis": "", "notes": "On the page after page 6 of \"Night of the Reaper!\"", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "advertisement", "title": "Write Right Now!", "feature": "", "sequence_number": 4, "page_count": "1.000", "script": "?", "pencils": "?", "inks": "?", "colors": "None", "letters": "typeset", "editing": "?", "job_number": "", "genre": "", "first_line": "Write advertisers direct.", "characters": "", "synopsis": "", "notes": "Full page of novelty and comic book distributor advertisements, placed by S. Schwarz and Co.\r\n\r\nOn the page after page 11 of \"Night of the Reaper!\"", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "advertisement", "title": "You Can Win a Trip to the Indy 500", "feature": "MPC Model Kit", "sequence_number": 5, "page_count": "0.500", "script": "?", "pencils": "?", "inks": "?", "colors": "None", "letters": "typeset", "editing": "?", "job_number": "", "genre": "", "first_line": "...and bring your Dad along, too!", "characters": "", "synopsis": "", "notes": "On the top half of the page after page 15 of \"Night of the Reaper!\"", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "advertisement", "title": "Enter the Wonderful World of Amazing Live Sea-Monkeys", "feature": "Sea-Monkeys", "sequence_number": 6, "page_count": "0.500", "script": "?", "pencils": "?", "inks": "?", "colors": "?", "letters": "typeset", "editing": "?", "job_number": "", "genre": "", "first_line": "Own a bowlfull of happiness – instant pets!", "characters": "", "synopsis": "", "notes": "On the bottom half of the page after page 15 of \"Night of the Reaper!\"", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "advertisement", "title": "Special Offer for All Superman Fans!", "feature": "Superman Peace Poster", "sequence_number": 7, "page_count": "1.000", "script": "?", "pencils": "?", "inks": "?", "colors": "?", "letters": "typeset", "editing": "?", "job_number": "", "genre": "", "first_line": "Now you can have your own giant 6 ft x 2 ft Superman Peace Poster in full color, for only $2.00", "characters": "", "synopsis": "", "notes": "On the page after page 20 of \"Night of the Reaper!\"", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "advertisement", "title": "Seeing Is Believing!", "feature": "Lucky Clover Club Games and Toys", "sequence_number": 8, "page_count": "1.000", "script": "?", "pencils": "?", "inks": "?", "colors": "?", "letters": "typeset", "editing": "?", "job_number": "", "genre": "", "first_line": "A useful, educational, scientific instrument", "characters": "", "synopsis": "", "notes": "On the page before page 21 of \"Night of the Reaper!\"", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "advertisement", "title": "Smash Up Derby", "feature": "Kenner Toys", "sequence_number": 9, "page_count": "1.000", "script": "?", "pencils": "?", "inks": "?", "colors": "?", "letters": "?", "editing": "?", "job_number": "", "genre": "", "first_line": "Hey! You guys are smashing up your SSP racers!", "characters": "", "synopsis": "", "notes": "On the page following the final page of \"Night of the Reaper!\"", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "letters page", "title": "", "feature": "Letters to the Batman", "sequence_number": 10, "page_count": "2.000", "script": "Julius Schwartz (signed as JS)", "pencils": "Anthony Kowalik", "inks": "Neal Adams", "colors": "?", "letters": "typeset", "editing": "None", "job_number": "S-1030", "genre": "", "first_line": "", "characters": "", "synopsis": "", "notes": "Letters of comment from \"The Cosmic Addict\", Kevin L. Glennon, Kerry O'Conner, Barry Short and Christopher Juricich. Also includes a letter from Denny O'Neil who recounts the real life events that inspired \"Night of the Reaper.\"", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "comic story", "title": "The Screaming House", "feature": "Batman", "sequence_number": 11, "page_count": "12.000", "script": "Bill Finger", "pencils": "Bob Kane; Jerry Robinson (backgrounds)", "inks": "Bob Kane", "colors": "?", "letters": "Jerry Robinson", "editing": "None", "job_number": "S-1001", "genre": "superhero", "first_line": "", "characters": "Batman [Bruce Wayne]", "synopsis": "", "notes": "Editor's note in the final panel explains that this was Batman's last solo story before Robin debuted.", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "advertisement", "title": "Columbia Bikes Are Right On!", "feature": "Columbia Bicycles", "sequence_number": 12, "page_count": "1.000", "script": "?", "pencils": "?", "inks": "?", "colors": "?", "letters": "typeset", "editing": "?", "job_number": "", "genre": "", "first_line": "When it comes to bikes, Columbia has it all!", "characters": "", "synopsis": "", "notes": "On the page after page 8 of \"The Screaming House\"", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "advertisement", "title": "Now! All Full Scale Battle Games Processed in 48 Hours", "feature": "Cannon Ball; Task Force", "sequence_number": 13, "page_count": "1.000", "script": "?", "pencils": "?", "inks": "?", "colors": "?", "letters": "?; typeset", "editing": "?", "job_number": "", "genre": "", "first_line": "", "characters": "", "synopsis": "", "notes": "Ad for two games from Helen of Toy.\r\n\r\nOn the page following the final page of \"The Screaming House\"", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "promo (ad from the publisher)", "title": "He's Wild... He's Savage...", "feature": "Jonah Hex", "sequence_number": 14, "page_count": "0.500", "script": "John Albano (dialogue); ?", "pencils": "Tony DeZuniga", "inks": "Tony DeZuniga", "colors": "?", "letters": "Gaspar Saladino; Ben Oda (dialogue)", "editing": "None", "job_number": "", "genre": "western-frontier", "first_line": "", "characters": "", "synopsis": "", "notes": "House ad for All-Star Western (DC, 1970 series) #10 [first appearance of Jonah Hex] illustrated with panels from the story.", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "advertisement", "title": "Write Right Now!", "feature": "", "sequence_number": 15, "page_count": "0.500", "script": "?", "pencils": "?", "inks": "?", "colors": "None", "letters": "typeset", "editing": "?", "job_number": "", "genre": "", "first_line": "Write advertisers direct.", "characters": "", "synopsis": "", "notes": "Half page of novelty and comic book distributor advertisements, placed by S. Schwarz and Co.", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "advertisement", "title": "Monster Size Monsters", "feature": "Monster Size Monsters", "sequence_number": 16, "page_count": "0.500", "script": "?", "pencils": "?", "inks": "?", "colors": "None", "letters": "typeset", "editing": "?", "job_number": "", "genre": "", "first_line": "Just imagine your friends shock when they walk into your room and see the Monster reaching out...", "characters": "", "synopsis": "", "notes": "Sold by Honor House Products.\r\n\r\nTop half of page of inside back cover.", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "advertisement", "title": "Novelty Advertisements", "feature": "Honor House Products Novelties", "sequence_number": 17, "page_count": "0.500", "script": "?", "pencils": "?", "inks": "?", "colors": "None", "letters": "typeset", "editing": "?", "job_number": "", "genre": "", "first_line": "", "characters": "", "synopsis": "", "notes": "Bottom half of page of inside back cover.", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "advertisement", "title": "A/FX: Fastest Cars You Can Drive Without a License", "feature": "Aurora Model Motoring Toys", "sequence_number": 18, "page_count": "1.000", "script": "?", "pencils": "?", "inks": "?", "colors": "?", "letters": "typeset", "editing": "?", "job_number": "", "genre": "", "first_line": "", "characters": "", "synopsis": "", "notes": "Back cover horizontal advertisement in a vertical format.", "keywords": "" } ], "cover": "https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/2/w400/2699.jpg" }
