Issue Instance
API endpoint that allows Issue to be viewed.
GET /api/issue/2489/?format=api
{ "api_url": "https://www.comics.org/api/issue/2489/?format=api", "series_name": "Batman (1940 series)", "descriptor": "13", "number": "13", "volume": "", "variant_name": "", "title": "", "publication_date": "October-November 1942", "key_date": "1942-10-00", "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": "1942-08-08", "indicia_frequency": "bi-monthly", "notes": "On-sale date from copyright registration. On-sale date of August 12 in ad in Detective Comics #67.", "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": "Jerry Robinson", "inks": "Jerry Robinson", "colors": "?", "letters": "typeset", "editing": "None", "job_number": "", "genre": "superhero", "first_line": "", "characters": "Batman [Bruce Wayne] (featured); Robin [Dick Grayson] (supporting)", "synopsis": "Batman and Robin parachute into the scene as spotlights shine behind them.", "notes": "Art credits verified by Jerry Robinson.", "keywords": "parachutes" }, { "type": "promo (ad from the publisher)", "title": "Editorial Advisory Board", "feature": "", "sequence_number": 1, "page_count": "0.330", "script": "?", "pencils": "None", "inks": "None", "colors": "None", "letters": "typeset", "editing": "None", "job_number": "", "genre": "", "first_line": "", "characters": "", "synopsis": "", "notes": "Inside front cover.", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "in-house column", "title": "", "feature": "Good Books Worth Reading", "sequence_number": 2, "page_count": "0.670", "script": "Josette Frank (credited)", "pencils": "None", "inks": "None", "colors": "None", "letters": "typeset", "editing": "None", "job_number": "", "genre": "non-fiction", "first_line": "Boys and girls!", "characters": "", "synopsis": "", "notes": "Inside front cover. Review of \"The Wonder Book of the Air\" by C. B. Allen & Lauren D. Lyman.", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "comic story", "title": "The Batman Plays a Lone Hand!", "feature": "Batman and Robin", "sequence_number": 3, "page_count": "13.000", "script": "Don C. Cameron", "pencils": "Bob Kane (signed)", "inks": "Jerry Robinson; George Roussos (backgrounds)", "colors": "?", "letters": "George Roussos", "editing": "None", "job_number": "", "genre": "superhero", "first_line": "What is the greatest crime-crushing combination of all time?", "characters": "Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; The Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot] (villain, cameo); The Joker (villain, cameo); The Thumb (villain, introduction); Thumb's henchmen (villains)", "synopsis": "Dick is rudely shocked when Bruce literally kicks him out of the house, not knowing that the Thumb has threatened to kill the Boy Wonder if Batman doesn't lay off.", "notes": "Revised writer credit by Martin O'Hearn, previously given to Bill Finger. Revised penciler credit verified by Craig Delich, previously given to Jerry Robinson. Inker credits confirmed by Robinson and Roussos. Letterer credit confirmed by Roussos.", "keywords": "Bat-Signal; belt radio; Gotham City; Uncle Pat Pawn" }, { "type": "comic story", "title": "", "feature": "Round-House Willie", "sequence_number": 4, "page_count": "2.000", "script": "Bob Naylor (signed)", "pencils": "Bob Naylor (signed)", "inks": "Bob Naylor (signed)", "colors": "?", "letters": "Bob Naylor ?", "editing": "None", "job_number": "", "genre": "humor", "first_line": "Say, Willie...I need advice...", "characters": "Round-House Willie; Mr. Nuggins; Mr. Snithers; Mr. Crimp", "synopsis": "Mr. Nuggins asks for a raise.", "notes": "Letterer credit added by Craig Delich.", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "cartoon", "title": "", "feature": "Laffs", "sequence_number": 5, "page_count": "0.500", "script": "Henry Boltinoff", "pencils": "Henry Boltinoff", "inks": "Henry Boltinoff", "colors": "?", "letters": "Henry Boltinoff", "editing": "None", "job_number": "", "genre": "humor", "first_line": "Please Excuse Willy This Afternoon", "characters": "Willy", "synopsis": "", "notes": "3 gags.", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "promo (ad from the publisher)", "title": "Double Trouble for Batman and Robin!!", "feature": "Detective Comics; Batman with Robin", "sequence_number": 6, "page_count": "0.500", "script": "?", "pencils": "?", "inks": "?", "colors": "?", "letters": "?", "editing": "None", "job_number": "", "genre": "", "first_line": "", "characters": "", "synopsis": "", "notes": "", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "comic story", "title": "Comedy of Tears!", "feature": "Batman and Robin", "sequence_number": 7, "page_count": "13.000", "script": "Jack Schiff", "pencils": "Bob Kane (signed)", "inks": "Jerry Robinson; George Roussos (backgrounds)", "colors": "?", "letters": "George Roussos", "editing": "None", "job_number": "", "genre": "superhero", "first_line": "Time and again, one man has played the same mocking part on this stage of life.. that arch-fiend of laughter, that master clown... the Joker! Now, the crime clown steps out of his role, dons the mask of tragedy, and stalks...", "characters": "Batman [Bruce Wayne] (featured); Joe DiMaggio (cameo); Commissioner Gordon (cameo); Joker (villain); Robin [Dick Grayson] (supporting); Jerry Siegel (cameo); Johnny Blake (student); Joe Brady; Mr. van Gild; Artemus Bigby (author); Bruiser (villain); Pretty Boy Dugan (villain)", "synopsis": "The Caped Crusaders are bewildered to discover the reason behind the Joker's new campaign: to make people cry.", "notes": "Revised writer credit verified by Jack Schiff, previously credited to Bill Finger. Revised penciler credit verified by Craig Delich, previously given to Jerry Robinson. Inker credits confirmed by Robinson and Roussos. Letterer credit confirmed by Roussos.\r\n\r\nDick Grayson gets Jerry Siegel's autograph, referring to him as \"the creator of Superman.\"", "keywords": "Batmobile; Gotham City" }, { "type": "promo (ad from the publisher)", "title": "We've Pepped 'Em Up...", "feature": "More Fun Comics; Adventure Comics", "sequence_number": 8, "page_count": "1.000", "script": "?", "pencils": "?", "inks": "?", "colors": "?", "letters": "?", "editing": "None", "job_number": "", "genre": "", "first_line": "", "characters": "", "synopsis": "", "notes": "", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "comic story", "title": "", "feature": "Tubby", "sequence_number": 9, "page_count": "1.000", "script": "?", "pencils": "George Storm", "inks": "George Storm", "colors": "?", "letters": "?", "editing": "None", "job_number": "", "genre": "humor", "first_line": "I want my angel to run over to the dry cleaner's...", "characters": "Tubby", "synopsis": "Tubby is sent on an errand to pick up a coat from the dry cleaner.", "notes": "", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "comic story", "title": "The Story of the Seventeen Stones!", "feature": "Batman and Robin", "sequence_number": 10, "page_count": "13.000", "script": "Bill Finger", "pencils": "Jack Burnley (signed as Bob Kane)", "inks": "Jack Burnley (signed as Bob Kane); Ray Burnley (backgrounds)", "colors": "?", "letters": "Betty Bentley", "editing": "None", "job_number": "", "genre": "superhero", "first_line": "What's a stone?", "characters": "Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Mason (reformed villain, architect, introduction); Brenner (reformed villain, diamond cutter); Parks (reformed villain); Rocky Grimes (villain, introduction, death); Lefty Slade (villain, introduction, death); \"Fin\" Gonzy (villain, loan shark, introduction, death)", "synopsis": "Once suffering from amnesia, and having served 20 years in jail on the rock pile, criminal Rocky Grimes decides to get back at former members of his mob by using stones.", "notes": "Art and letterer credits confirmed by Jack Burnley.", "keywords": "Gotham City; House of Jewels; Onkers Diamond" }, { "type": "comic story", "title": "", "feature": "Clancy the Cop", "sequence_number": 11, "page_count": "0.220", "script": "Henry Boltinoff (signed)", "pencils": "Henry Boltinoff (signed)", "inks": "Henry Boltinoff (signed)", "colors": "?", "letters": "Henry Boltinoff", "editing": "None", "job_number": "", "genre": "humor", "first_line": "Tut-tut - You gents shouldn't be out so late...", "characters": "Clancy the Cop", "synopsis": "Clancy gives advice to bank robbers.", "notes": "", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "advertisement", "title": "", "feature": "", "sequence_number": 12, "page_count": "0.110", "script": "?", "pencils": "None", "inks": "None", "colors": "None", "letters": "typeset", "editing": "None", "job_number": "", "genre": "", "first_line": "", "characters": "", "synopsis": "", "notes": "A pair of small ads.", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "promo (ad from the publisher)", "title": "DC Comics Give You What You Like!", "feature": "", "sequence_number": 13, "page_count": "0.670", "script": "?", "pencils": "?", "inks": "?", "colors": "?", "letters": "?", "editing": "None", "job_number": "", "genre": "", "first_line": "", "characters": "", "synopsis": "", "notes": "", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "text story", "title": "Sacrifice", "feature": "", "sequence_number": 14, "page_count": "2.000", "script": "Eric Carter (credited)", "pencils": "None", "inks": "None", "colors": "?", "letters": "typeset", "editing": "None", "job_number": "", "genre": "adventure", "first_line": "In the tiny apartment, the short, thin man...", "characters": "Lane Thomas; Little Aussie; Marco Evans", "synopsis": "", "notes": "", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "comic story", "title": "", "feature": "The Flying Jeeps", "sequence_number": 15, "page_count": "2.000", "script": "?", "pencils": "George Storm", "inks": "George Storm", "colors": "?", "letters": "?", "editing": "None", "job_number": "", "genre": "humor", "first_line": "After a forced landing...", "characters": "", "synopsis": "", "notes": "", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "comic story", "title": "", "feature": "Silly Willy", "sequence_number": 16, "page_count": "0.500", "script": "Henry Boltinoff", "pencils": "Henry Boltinoff", "inks": "Henry Boltinoff", "colors": "?", "letters": "Henry Boltinoff", "editing": "None", "job_number": "", "genre": "humor", "first_line": "I better hurry before she goes under!", "characters": "Silly Willy", "synopsis": "", "notes": "", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "promo (ad from the publisher)", "title": "Biggest and Best!", "feature": "World's Finest Comics", "sequence_number": 17, "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": "Jerry the Jitterbug", "sequence_number": 18, "page_count": "1.000", "script": "Henry Boltinoff (signed)", "pencils": "Henry Boltinoff (signed)", "inks": "Henry Boltinoff (signed)", "colors": "?", "letters": "Henry Boltinoff", "editing": "None", "job_number": "", "genre": "humor; teen", "first_line": "Gosh - What a sore throat...", "characters": "Jerry the Jitterbug", "synopsis": "", "notes": "", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "comic story", "title": "Destination Unknown!", "feature": "Batman and Robin", "sequence_number": 19, "page_count": "13.000", "script": "Don C. Cameron", "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]; Detective Guffey; Commissioner James Gordon; Clyde Clayborn (collector of oddities); Miss Hibbs (Clayborn's Secretary); Mr. Fortesque (man in an iron lung, actually a wax dummy); John Keyes (innocent prisoner); Ken Thorne (President of the railroad); Trigger Turk (villain, introduction); Biff Bolton (villain, introduction)", "synopsis": "A couple of criminals board a train, disguised as a doctor and his nurse, in order to get to a man accused of crime being transferred to the gas chamber, and kill him in an iron lung.", "notes": "Revised writer credit verified by Martin O'Hearn, previously given to Bill Finger. Revised penciler credit verified by Craig Delich, previously given to Jerry Robinson. Inker credits confirmed by Robinson and Roussos. Letterer credit confirmed by Roussos.", "keywords": "Bat-Signal; Batplane; belt radio wireless; Gotham City; Grand Central Station" }, { "type": "promo (ad from the publisher)", "title": "The Big Eight!", "feature": "", "sequence_number": 20, "page_count": "1.000", "script": "?", "pencils": "?", "inks": "?", "colors": "?", "letters": "?", "editing": "None", "job_number": "", "genre": "", "first_line": "", "characters": "", "synopsis": "", "notes": "Inside back cover.", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "advertisement", "title": "", "feature": "Webster's Comprehensive Encyclopedic Dictionary", "sequence_number": 21, "page_count": "1.000", "script": "?", "pencils": "?", "inks": "?", "colors": "?", "letters": "typeset", "editing": "None", "job_number": "", "genre": "non-fiction", "first_line": "", "characters": "", "synopsis": "", "notes": "Back cover.", "keywords": "" } ], "cover": "https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/2/w400/2475.jpg" }
