Issue Instance

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    "series_name": "Watchmen (Facsimile Edition) (2026 series)",
    "descriptor": "1",
    "number": "1",
    "volume": "",
    "variant_name": "",
    "title": "",
    "publication_date": "November 2026",
    "key_date": "2026-11-00",
    "price": "3.99 USD",
    "page_count": "36.000",
    "editing": "Len Wein (credited) (editor); Richard Bruning (credited) (designer); Dick Giordano (credited) (executive editor)",
    "indicia_publisher": "DC Comics",
    "brand_emblem": "DC [bullet]",
    "isbn": "",
    "barcode": "76194140047100111",
    "rating": "Ages 17+",
    "on_sale_date": "2026-09-23",
    "indicia_frequency": "",
    "notes": "Facsimile reproduction of Watchmen (DC, 1986 series) #1 September 1986 issue, including the cover, story, letter pages and advertisements from the original issue. Barcode and age rating have been added to the back cover.",
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    "indicia_printer": "Printed in Canada",
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            "colors": "John Higgins",
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            "notes": "The title is taken from the Bob Dylan song Desolation Row. The full verse is presented in the last panel of the story.",
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            "pencils": "Dave Gibbons (illustrations)",
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            "first_line": "We present here excerpts from Hollis Mason's autobiography, Under the Hood, leading up to the time when he became the masked adventurer, Nite Owl.",
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            "genre": "superhero",
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            "notes": "Clock at 11:49. In back cover.",
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