Issue Instance

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    "series_name": "Action Comics (2011 series)",
    "descriptor": "1096 [Dan Mora Cover]",
    "number": "1096",
    "volume": "",
    "variant_name": "Dan Mora Cover",
    "title": "",
    "publication_date": "May 2026",
    "key_date": "2026-05-00",
    "price": "4.99 USD",
    "page_count": "32.000",
    "editing": "Jillian Grant (credited) (assistant editor); Brittany Holzherr (credited) (senior editor); Paul Kaminski (credited) (group editor)",
    "indicia_publisher": "DC Comics",
    "brand_emblem": "DC [bullet]",
    "isbn": "",
    "barcode": "76194134388409611",
    "rating": "Ages 13+",
    "on_sale_date": "2026-03-11",
    "indicia_frequency": "monthly",
    "notes": "",
    "variant_of": null,
    "series": "https://www.comics.org/api/series/59922/?format=api",
    "indicia_printer": "Solisco Printers, Scott, QC, Canada",
    "keywords": "",
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            "type": "cover",
            "title": "The Search for Superman Starts Here!",
            "feature": "Superboy",
            "sequence_number": 0,
            "page_count": "1.000",
            "script": "None",
            "pencils": "Dan Mora (credited) (signed as DAN MORA [2 lines])",
            "inks": "Dan Mora (credited) (signed as DAN MORA [2 lines])",
            "colors": "Dan Mora (credited) (signed as DAN MORA [2 lines])",
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            "genre": "superhero",
            "first_line": "",
            "characters": "Superboy [Clark Kent; Kal-El]",
            "synopsis": "",
            "notes": "Reign of the Superboys",
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            "title": "Effect and Cause",
            "feature": "Superboy",
            "sequence_number": 1,
            "page_count": "22.000",
            "script": "Mark Waid (credited)",
            "pencils": "Skylar Patridge (credited)",
            "inks": "Skylar Patridge (credited)",
            "colors": "Ivan Plascencia (credited)",
            "letters": "Steve Wands (credited)",
            "editing": "None",
            "job_number": "",
            "genre": "superhero",
            "first_line": "",
            "characters": "Superboy [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Lewis Lang; Lana Lang; Pete Ross; Booster Gold [Michael Jon Carter]; Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz]; Mary Marvel [Mary Bromfield]; Epoch [The Lord of Time]; Captain Comet [Adam Blake] (flashback)",
            "synopsis": "Superboy encounters a strange phenomenon where events occur before the events that caused them.  While investigating, he answers a mysterious distress call that leads him to encounter heroes from the future.",
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        },
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            "feature": "Welcome to Metropolis",
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            "script": "Paul Kaminski (credited); Mark Waid (credited); ?",
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            "inks": "various",
            "colors": "various",
            "letters": "typeset",
            "editing": "None",
            "job_number": "",
            "genre": "",
            "first_line": "",
            "characters": "",
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            "notes": "Recurring editorial column to cover all things Super.  Features a discussion of the Reign of the Superboys event that runs through the Super titles this month, Spotlight on...Reign of the Superboys variant covers by ACO, and Professor Waid explains Jimmy Olsen's nickname Mr. Action.  Also lists the Superman family books for March 2026.",
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