Issue Instance

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    "api_url": "https://www.comics.org/api/issue/41786/?format=api",
    "series_name": "Batman (1940 series)",
    "descriptor": "399 [Direct]",
    "number": "399",
    "volume": "",
    "variant_name": "Direct",
    "title": "",
    "publication_date": "September 1986",
    "key_date": "1986-09-00",
    "price": "0.75 USD; 1.00 CAD; 0.40 GBP",
    "page_count": "36.000",
    "editing": "Len Wein (credited) (editor)",
    "indicia_publisher": "DC Comics Inc.",
    "brand_emblem": "DC [bullet]",
    "isbn": "",
    "barcode": "",
    "rating": "Approved by the Comics Code Authority",
    "on_sale_date": "1986-05-20",
    "indicia_frequency": "monthly",
    "notes": "On-sale date from DC Releases #28.\r\nThe Direct (first printing), Newsstand and Canadian variants have the regular cover differences in pricing, and UPC box contents, but have the same indicia, inside front cover, inside back cover, and back cover content. As of 2023-11-04, the Canadian variant indicia content has not been confirmed.\r\n\r\nThe second and second (DC Multi-pack) printing variants were distributed to the United States direct market only, the content on the inside front cover, inside back cover and back cover varied, with some advertisements having a 1989 copyright date. The content of the UPC box also varied and additional text was added to the indicia indicating the printing sequence. Contained with in the (3 issue) DC Multi-pack with Batman #397 & Batman #398. \r\n\r\nThere is an unnamed variant with the same cover as the second printing, but with the original (unchanged) indicia of the Direct (first printing).\r\n\r\nThere is a Fourth Printing as indicated in the indicia, but it has the same cover as the Second Printing.",
    "variant_of": null,
    "series": "https://www.comics.org/api/series/141/?format=api",
    "indicia_printer": "Printed in the U.S.A.",
    "keywords": "",
    "story_set": [
        {
            "type": "cover",
            "title": "",
            "feature": "Batman",
            "sequence_number": 0,
            "page_count": "1.000",
            "script": "None",
            "pencils": "Tom Mandrake (signed)",
            "inks": "Tom Mandrake (signed)",
            "colors": "Anthony Tollin",
            "letters": "?",
            "editing": "None",
            "job_number": "",
            "genre": "superhero",
            "first_line": "",
            "characters": "",
            "synopsis": "",
            "notes": "Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin.",
            "keywords": ""
        },
        {
            "type": "comic story",
            "title": "Strike Two!",
            "feature": "Batman",
            "sequence_number": 1,
            "page_count": "22.000",
            "script": "Doug Moench",
            "pencils": "Tom Mandrake",
            "inks": "Tom Mandrake",
            "colors": "Adrienne Roy",
            "letters": "Albert DeGuzman",
            "editing": "None",
            "job_number": "",
            "genre": "superhero",
            "first_line": "",
            "characters": "Batman; Catwoman; Robin [Jason Todd]; Commissioner Gordon; Harvey Bullock; Lucius Fox",
            "synopsis": "",
            "notes": "",
            "keywords": ""
        },
        {
            "type": "letters page",
            "title": "",
            "feature": "Bat-Signals",
            "sequence_number": 2,
            "page_count": "2.000",
            "script": "Robert Greenberger",
            "pencils": "None",
            "inks": "None",
            "colors": "None",
            "letters": "typeset",
            "editing": "None",
            "job_number": "L-2402",
            "genre": "",
            "first_line": "",
            "characters": "",
            "synopsis": "",
            "notes": "Letters of comment from Hurricane Heeran, Dennis Payne, Delmo Walters, Scott Thiel, Willie Holmes, Bob Daniels, Thomas Lake, Vic Mordoh and Dan Belanger.",
            "keywords": ""
        }
    ],
    "cover": "https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/844/w400/844945.jpg"
}