Issue Instance
API endpoint that allows Issue to be viewed.
GET /api/issue/42003/?format=api
{ "api_url": "https://www.comics.org/api/issue/42003/?format=api", "series_name": "Batman (1940 series)", "descriptor": "401 [Direct]", "number": "401", "volume": "", "variant_name": "Direct", "title": "", "publication_date": "November 1986", "key_date": "1986-11-00", "price": "0.75 USD; 1.00 CAD; 0.40 GBP", "page_count": "36.000", "editing": "Denny O'Neil (credited as Dennis O'Neil) (editor); Barbara Kesel (assistant editor)", "indicia_publisher": "DC Comics Inc.", "brand_emblem": "DC [bullet]", "isbn": "", "barcode": "", "rating": "Approved by the Comics Code Authority", "on_sale_date": "1986-07-15", "indicia_frequency": "monthly", "notes": "On-sale date from DC Releases #30.", "variant_of": null, "series": "https://www.comics.org/api/series/141/?format=api", "indicia_printer": "", "keywords": "", "story_set": [ { "type": "cover", "title": "Legends Chapter 1", "feature": "Batman", "sequence_number": 0, "page_count": "1.000", "script": "None", "pencils": "John Byrne (signed as JOHN BYRNE)", "inks": "John Byrne (signed as JOHN BYRNE)", "colors": "Anthony Tollin (sourced)", "letters": "?", "editing": "None", "job_number": "", "genre": "superhero", "first_line": "", "characters": "Batman [Bruce Wayne] (silhouette reflection in Magpie's glasses); Magpie [Margaret Pye]", "synopsis": "", "notes": "", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "comic story", "title": "A Bird in the Hand ...", "feature": "Batman", "sequence_number": 1, "page_count": "22.000", "script": "Barbara Kesel (credited as Barbara J. Randall)", "pencils": "Trevor Von Eeden (credited)", "inks": "Trevor Von Eeden (credited)", "colors": "Adrienne Roy (credited)", "letters": "John Costanza (credited)", "editing": "None", "job_number": "", "genre": "superhero", "first_line": "Sondra, I wish you'd hurry.", "characters": "Batman [Bruce Wayne]; G. Gordon Godfrey; Commissioner Gordon; Magpie [Margaret Pye] (villain); Alfred Pennyworth; Robin [Jason Todd]; Sondra Van Decar (death); Mr. Van Decar; David Estevez; Mrs. Andreason (flashback); Mrs. Lewis (flashback); Detective Roberta Valle (death); Beverly; George; Joe", "synopsis": "Magpie shows up at a party showing the Wayne collection of jewels where G. Gordon Godfrey shows up. She escapes and Batman and Robin track her to a museum.", "notes": "Legends crossover continues in Chapter 2: Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #568 and Legends (DC, 1986 series) #1.", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "letters page", "title": "From the Den", "feature": "Bat-Signals", "sequence_number": 2, "page_count": "1.000", "script": "Denny O'Neil; Barbara Kesel", "pencils": "José Luis García-López; Jim Starlin (cover preview)", "inks": "Jim Starlin (cover preview); ?", "colors": "?", "letters": "typeset", "editing": "None", "job_number": "L-2491", "genre": "", "first_line": "", "characters": "", "synopsis": "", "notes": "Informational paragraphs from the editor and assistant editor (who is also the writer of this issue).", "keywords": "" }, { "type": "illustration", "title": "", "feature": "Batman", "sequence_number": 3, "page_count": "1.000", "script": "Raymond Chandler (quote)", "pencils": "Brian Bolland (signed as BOLLAND [capital letters])", "inks": "Brian Bolland (signed as BOLLAND [capital letters])", "colors": "?", "letters": "typeset", "editing": "None", "job_number": "C-583", "genre": "superhero", "first_line": "", "characters": "Batman [Bruce Wayne]", "synopsis": "", "notes": "", "keywords": "pinup" } ], "cover": "https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/2/w400/2863.jpg" }