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# Comic Characters
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This folder contains data behind the story [Comic Books Are Still Made By Men, For Men And About Men](http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/women-in-comic-books/).
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The data comes from [Marvel Wikia](http://marvel.wikia.com/Main_Page) and [DC Wikia](http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page). Characters were scraped on August 24. Appearance counts were scraped on September 2. The month and year of the first issue each character appeared in was pulled on October 6.
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The data is split into two files, for DC and Marvel, respectively: `dc-wikia-data.csv` and `marvel-wikia-data.csv`. Each file has the following variables:
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Variable | Definition
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`page_id` | The unique identifier for that characters page within the wikia
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`name` | The name of the character
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`urlslug` | The unique url within the wikia that takes you to the character
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`ID` | The identity status of the character (Secret Identity, Public identity, [on marvel only: No Dual Identity])
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`ALIGN` | If the character is Good, Bad or Neutral
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`EYE` | Eye color of the character
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`HAIR` | Hair color of the character
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`SEX` | Sex of the character (e.g. Male, Female, etc.)
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`GSM` | If the character is a gender or sexual minority (e.g. Homosexual characters, bisexual characters)
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`ALIVE` | If the character is alive or deceased
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`APPEARANCES` | The number of appareances of the character in comic books (as of Sep. 2, 2014. Number will become increasingly out of date as time goes on.)
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`FIRST APPEARANCE` | The month and year of the character's first appearance in a comic book, if available
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`YEAR` | The year of the character's first appearance in a comic book, if available
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