Content # Avengers This folder contains the data behind the story [Joining The Avengers Is As Deadly As Jumping Off A Four-Story Building](http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/avengers-death-comics-age-of-ultron). `avengers.csv` details the deaths of Marvel comic book characters between the time they joined the Avengers and April 30, 2015, the week before Secret Wars #1. Header | Definition ---|--------- `URL`| The URL of the comic character on the Marvel Wikia `Name/Alias` | The full name or alias of the character `Appearances` | The number of comic books that character appeared in as of April 30 `Current?` | Is the member currently active on an avengers affiliated team? `Gender` | The recorded gender of the character `Probationary` | Sometimes the character was given probationary status as an Avenger, this is the date that happened `Full/Reserve` | The month and year the character was introduced as a full or reserve member of the Avengers `Year` | The year the character was introduced as a full or reserve member of the Avengers `Years since joining` | 2015 minus the year `Honorary` | The status of the avenger, if they were given "Honorary" Avenger status, if they are simply in the "Academy," or "Full" otherwise `Death1` | Yes if the Avenger died, No if not. `Return1` | Yes if the Avenger returned from their first death, No if they did not, blank if not applicable `Death2` | Yes if the Avenger died a second time after their revival, No if they did not, blank if not applicable `Return2` | Yes if the Avenger returned from their second death, No if they did not, blank if not applicable `Death3` | Yes if the Avenger died a third time after their second revival, No if they did not, blank if not applicable `Return3` | Yes if the Avenger returned from their third death, No if they did not, blank if not applicable `Death4` | Yes if the Avenger died a fourth time after their third revival, No if they did not, blank if not applicable `Return4` | Yes if the Avenger returned from their fourth death, No if they did not, blank if not applicable `Death5` | Yes if the Avenger died a fifth time after their fourth revival, No if they did not, blank if not applicable `Return5` | Yes if the Avenger returned from their fifth death, No if they did not, blank if not applicable `Notes` | Descriptions of deaths and resurrections. Context This is a dataset from [FiveThirtyEight](https://fivethirtyeight.com/) hosted on their [GitHub](https://github.com/fivethirtyeight/data). Explore FiveThirtyEight data using Kaggle and all of the data sources available through the FiveThirtyEight [organization page](https://www.kaggle.com/fivethirtyeight)! * Update Frequency: This dataset is updated daily. Acknowledgements This dataset is maintained using GitHub's [API](https://developer.github.com/v3/?) and Kaggle's [API](https://github.com/Kaggle/kaggle-api). This dataset is distributed under the [Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) license. [Cover photo](https://unsplash.com/photos/WvS0rSIFAJE) by [Clem Onojeghuo](https://unsplash.com/@clemono2) on [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/) _Unsplash Images are distributed under a unique [Unsplash License](https://unsplash.com/license)._