Issue Instance

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    "series_name": "Superman (2023 series)",
    "descriptor": "31 (874) [Dan Mora Cover]",
    "number": "31 (874)",
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    "variant_name": "Dan Mora Cover",
    "title": "",
    "publication_date": "December 2025",
    "key_date": "2025-12-00",
    "price": "4.99 USD",
    "page_count": "32.000",
    "editing": "Jillian Grant (credited) (assistant editor); Paul Kaminski (credited) (editor)",
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    "barcode": "76194137950003111",
    "rating": "Ages 13+",
    "on_sale_date": "2025-10-22",
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    "notes": "Legacy #874",
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            "type": "cover",
            "title": "The Beating Heart of Apokolips",
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            "pencils": "Dan Mora (credited) (signed as DAN MORA [2 lines])",
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            "title": "Man of Apokolips Part One",
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            "script": "Joshua Williamson (credited)",
            "pencils": "Eddy Barrows (credited)",
            "inks": "Eber Ferreira (credited)",
            "colors": "Alejandro Sánchez (credited)",
            "letters": "Ariana Maher (credited)",
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            "feature": "Welcome to Metropolis",
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            "script": "Paul Kaminski (credited); Marquis Draper (credited); Mark Waid (credited)",
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            "notes": "Recurring editorial column to cover all things Super.  Features 20 questions with Superman: Book of El writer Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Spotlight on...DC K.O.!, and Professor Waid explains Non-Comic Origins.  Also lists the Superman family books for October 2025.",
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