comics {openintro}

comics

Description

A data frame containing information about comic book characters from Marvel Comics and DC Comics.

Usage

comics

Format

A data frame with 21821 observations on the following 11 variables.

name

Name of the character. May include: Real name, hero or villain name, alias(es) and/or which universe they live in (i.e. Earth-616 in Marvel's multiverse).

id

Status of the characters identity with levels Secret, Publie, ⁠No Dual⁠ and Unknown.

align

Character's alignment with levels Good, Bad, Neutral and ⁠Reformed Criminals⁠.

eye

Character's eye color.

hair

Character's hair color.

gender

Character's gender.

gsm

Character's classification as a gender or sexual minority.

alive

Is the character dead or alive?

appearances

Number of comic boooks the character appears in.

first_appear

Date of publication for the comic book the character first appeared in.

publisher

Publisher of the comic with levels Marvel and DC.

Examples

library(ggplot2)
library(dplyr)

# Good v Bad

plot_data <- comics |>
  filter(align == "Good" | align == "Bad")

ggplot(plot_data, aes(x = align, fill = align)) +
  geom_bar() +
  facet_wrap(~publisher) +
  scale_fill_manual(values = c(IMSCOL["red", "full"], IMSCOL["blue", "full"])) +
  theme_minimal() +
  labs(
    title = "Is there a balance of power",
    x = "",
    y = "Number of characters",
    fill = ""
  )