Issue Instance
API endpoint that allows Issue to be viewed.
GET /api/issue/3931/?format=api
{ "api_url": "https://www.comics.org/api/issue/3931/?format=api", "series_name": "Batman (1940 series)", "descriptor": "25", "number": "25", "volume": "", "variant_name": "", "title": "", "publication_date": "October-November 1944", "key_date": "1944-10-00", "price": "0.10 USD", "page_count": "52.000", "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": "1944-08-05", "indicia_frequency": "bi-monthly", "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": "", "feature": "Batman and Robin", "sequence_number": 0, "page_count": "1.000", "script": "None", "pencils": "Dick Sprang", "inks": "Dick Sprang", "colors": "?", "letters": "typeset", "editing": "None", "job_number": "", "genre": "superhero", "first_line": "Are two villains better than one?", "characters": "Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]", "synopsis": "", "notes": "", "keywords": "" }, { "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": "promo (ad from the publisher)", "title": "", "feature": "Action Comics; Detective Comics; All Funny Comics", "sequence_number": 2, "page_count": "0.670", "script": "?", "pencils": "?", "inks": "?", "colors": "None", "letters": "?", "editing": "None", "job_number": "", "genre": "", "first_line": "Want action?", "characters": "", "synopsis": "", "notes": "Inside front cover.", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "comic story", "title": "Knights of Knavery", "feature": "Batman and Robin", "sequence_number": 3, "page_count": "12.000", "script": "Don C. Cameron", "pencils": "Jack Burnley (signed as Bob Kane)", "inks": "Jerry Robinson", "colors": "?", "letters": "George Roussos", "editing": "None", "job_number": "", "genre": "superhero", "first_line": "Be it known to all and sundry that the Penguin,", "characters": "Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Commissioner James Gordon; Joker (villain); Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot] (villain); Robin [Dick Grayson]; Mrs. Van Landorpf; Needles (villain); Penguin's gang (villains); Joker's gang (villains)", "synopsis": "Batman's attempt to set a trap to catch the Penguin and the Joker backfires and the two criminals form a partnership to commit crimes and outwit the Caped Crusaders.", "notes": "This was the first team up of the Joker and Penguin. \r\n\r\nWriter credit confirmed by Martin O'Hearn. Art credits confirmed by Jack Burnley. Letterer credit confirmed by Roussos.", "keywords": "Batmobile; Gotham City; Gotham Gazette; Gotham News" }, { "type": "comics-form advertising", "title": "", "feature": "Eveready Batteries; Lighter Moments with Fresh Eveready Batteries", "sequence_number": 4, "page_count": "1.000", "script": "?", "pencils": "Dick MacKay (signed)", "inks": "Dick MacKay (signed)", "colors": "?", "letters": "typeset", "editing": "?", "job_number": "", "genre": "humor; military", "first_line": "I'm sorry, Sirs!", "characters": "", "synopsis": "", "notes": "", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "comic story", "title": "The Sheik of Gotham City!", "feature": "Batman and Robin", "sequence_number": 5, "page_count": "11.000", "script": "Al Schwartz", "pencils": "Jack Burnley (signed as Bob Kane)", "inks": "Jerry Robinson", "colors": "?", "letters": "George Roussos", "editing": "None", "job_number": "", "genre": "superhero", "first_line": "Whatever has been writ in the eternal sands of the desert...", "characters": "Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Alfred Beagle; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Ali Ka-Bada (wise man, introduction); Sheik Sidi Ben Hassen (tribal Sheik, cab driver, introduction); Omar El Kobra (villain, Sheik, introduction); El Kobra's henchmen, introduction)", "synopsis": "An evil, former Sheik in Bagdad (sic) learns that the true Sheik, once thought dead, is alive and well, living in exile in Gotham City as a cab driver, so he travels to Gotham to find this man and kill him. But when the real Sheik is injured and taken to a hospital, Batman takes over driving the man's cab in disguise and is taken prisoner by the evil Omar El Kobra, who believes Bruce Wayne to be the man they are after.", "notes": "Writer credit confirmed by Schwartz and Martin O'Hearn. Art credits confirmed by Burnley. Letterer credit confirmed by Roussos.", "keywords": "Batmobile; Evening News; Gotham City" }, { "type": "advertisement", "title": "", "feature": "Wheaties", "sequence_number": 6, "page_count": "1.000", "script": "?", "pencils": "Roland Coe (signed)", "inks": "Roland Coe (signed)", "colors": "?", "letters": "?", "editing": "?", "job_number": "", "genre": "humor", "first_line": "Mind if I join you?", "characters": "", "synopsis": "", "notes": "", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "comic story", "title": "", "feature": "Private Pete", "sequence_number": 7, "page_count": "0.670", "script": "Henry Boltinoff (signed)", "pencils": "Henry Boltinoff (signed)", "inks": "Henry Boltinoff (signed)", "colors": "?", "letters": "Henry Boltinoff (signed)", "editing": "None", "job_number": "", "genre": "humor; military", "first_line": "I never can sleep nights when we're out on maneuvers!", "characters": "Private Pete", "synopsis": "", "notes": "This sequence is NOT found in the Archive.", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "public service announcement", "title": "You Can Save His Life!", "feature": "", "sequence_number": 8, "page_count": "0.330", "script": "?", "pencils": "?", "inks": "?", "colors": "?", "letters": "?", "editing": "None", "job_number": "", "genre": "", "first_line": "", "characters": "", "synopsis": "", "notes": "", "keywords": "Milkweed Floss" }, { "type": "text story", "title": "A Blow for Freedom", "feature": "", "sequence_number": 9, "page_count": "2.000", "script": "Stan Carter (credited)", "pencils": "None", "inks": "None", "colors": "None", "letters": "typeset", "editing": "None", "job_number": "", "genre": "advocacy", "first_line": "", "characters": "", "synopsis": "", "notes": "This text story is NOT found in the Archive.", "keywords": "patriotic" }, { "type": "comic story", "title": "The Mesmerized Manhunter!", "feature": "Alfred", "sequence_number": 10, "page_count": "4.000", "script": "Don C. Cameron", "pencils": "Jerry Robinson", "inks": "Jerry Robinson", "colors": "?", "letters": "George Roussos", "editing": "None", "job_number": "", "genre": "detective-mystery", "first_line": "Half butler, half bloodhound -- majordomo to Bruce Wayne...", "characters": "Alfred Beagle; Dick Grayson; Bruce Wayne; The Amazing Mazzo (introduction); Sleepy Slim Larson (villain, introduction)", "synopsis": "Alfred decides to go to the theatre one night to use his detective skills to expose the tricks of a stage magician, and ends up capturing a thief who stole the box office receipts while being hypnotized!", "notes": "Art credits verified by Robinson. Letterer credit verified by Roussos.", "keywords": "Gotham City" }, { "type": "comics-form advertising", "title": "Outsmarting a Saboteur!", "feature": "Adventures of \"R. C.\" and Quickie; Royal Crown Cola", "sequence_number": 11, "page_count": "1.000", "script": "?", "pencils": "?", "inks": "?", "colors": "?", "letters": "?", "editing": "?", "job_number": "", "genre": "adventure", "first_line": "", "characters": "Quickie; Bonita Granville", "synopsis": "", "notes": "", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "comic story", "title": "The Kilowatt Cowboys!", "feature": "Batman and Robin", "sequence_number": 12, "page_count": "13.000", "script": "Bill Finger", "pencils": "Jack Burnley (signed as Bob Kane)", "inks": "Jerry Robinson", "colors": "?", "letters": "George Roussos", "editing": "None", "job_number": "", "genre": "superhero", "first_line": "How would you like to ride herd on...", "characters": "Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Commissioner James Gordon; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Mr. Crane (representative of the Rocky Dam and Light Power Company); Jack (power company employee); Alex (power company employee); Matty Coyle [also as Alec] (villain, lineman, introduction, death)", "synopsis": "The Caped Crusaders are sent to investigate the thefts of valuable copper wire from the Rocky Dam Light and Power Company, which is erecting a power cable into a new territory.", "notes": "Writer credit verified by Martin O'Hearn. Art credits verified by Burnley. Letterer credit verified by Roussos.", "keywords": "Bat-Signal; Batmobile; Gotham City" }, { "type": "advertisement", "title": "", "feature": "Wheaties", "sequence_number": 13, "page_count": "1.000", "script": "?", "pencils": "?", "inks": "?", "colors": "?", "letters": "typeset", "editing": "?", "job_number": "", "genre": "", "first_line": "", "characters": "", "synopsis": "", "notes": "", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "comic story", "title": "", "feature": "Private Pete", "sequence_number": 14, "page_count": "1.000", "script": "Henry Boltinoff (signed)", "pencils": "Henry Boltinoff (signed)", "inks": "Henry Boltinoff (signed)", "colors": "?", "letters": "Henry Boltinoff (signed)", "editing": "None", "job_number": "", "genre": "humor; military", "first_line": "I had a thousand of these printed...", "characters": "Private Pete", "synopsis": "", "notes": "This sequence is NOT found in the Archive.", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "advertisement", "title": "These Can Be Yours", "feature": "Crowell / Crowell-Collier Publishing Company Magazines", "sequence_number": 15, "page_count": "1.000", "script": "?", "pencils": "?", "inks": "?", "colors": "None", "letters": "typeset", "editing": "?", "job_number": "", "genre": "", "first_line": "", "characters": "", "synopsis": "", "notes": "Inside back cover.", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "advertisement", "title": "", "feature": "Baby Ruth", "sequence_number": 16, "page_count": "1.000", "script": "?", "pencils": "?", "inks": "?", "colors": "?", "letters": "typeset", "editing": "?", "job_number": "", "genre": "", "first_line": "", "characters": "", "synopsis": "", "notes": "Back cover.", "keywords": "" } ], "cover": "https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/2/w400/2487.jpg" }
