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* Required - if exists for the sequence  
* Required - if exists for the sequence  
* This is the name of any on-going series of stories (not a series of issues) that the item being indexed is part of. Usually this will appear on the first page, and is often (but not always) the main recurring character. Note that not all entries will have features (for example, most EC stories don't). Multiple features (for crossovers) should be listed, separated by a semi-colon (;).  Per a vote on August 27, 2007, Advertisements may belong to multiple Features, BOTH the name of the product being advertised and the comic character Feature used in the Advertisement.
* This is the name of any on-going series of stories (not a series of issues) that the item being indexed is part of. Usually this will appear on the first page, and is often (but not always) the main recurring character. Note that not all entries will have features (for example, most EC stories don't). Multiple features (such as for crossovers, or separate panels on a cover) should be listed, separated by a semi-colon (;).  Per a vote on August 27, 2007, Advertisements may belong to multiple Features, BOTH the name of the product being advertised and the comic character Feature used in the Advertisement.
* Leave articles at the front of the Feature title:  "The Shadow", not "Shadow, The"
* Leave articles at the front of the Feature title:  "The Shadow", not "Shadow, The"



Revision as of 02:18, 7 February 2014

  • Required - if exists for the sequence
  • This is the name of any on-going series of stories (not a series of issues) that the item being indexed is part of. Usually this will appear on the first page, and is often (but not always) the main recurring character. Note that not all entries will have features (for example, most EC stories don't). Multiple features (such as for crossovers, or separate panels on a cover) should be listed, separated by a semi-colon (;). Per a vote on August 27, 2007, Advertisements may belong to multiple Features, BOTH the name of the product being advertised and the comic character Feature used in the Advertisement.
  • Leave articles at the front of the Feature title: "The Shadow", not "Shadow, The"
  • Features must be based on objectively observable things. For the purposes of the Grand Comics Database, "objectively observable" is anything that can be pinned down as a clear fact. So a feature could be based on any combination of the following:
  1. logos
  2. splash page blurbs
  3. series titles
  4. presence of characters, places, or objects (potentially including objects in a framing sequence)
Sources that are NOT eligible to be a Feature are not "objectively observable" and include things like fan tradition or ways of speaking of a set of stories in conversation.
Like many other field definitions, exceptions can be made for situations such as where logos are missing for one story out of an otherwise clearly related set.
  • Examples:
* Superman 
* Justice League of America 
* Asterix 
* Haunted Tank 
* Punisher; Archie 
* Hostess Fruit Pies; Batman  OR  Batman; Hostess Fruit Pies
  • When a series is named X, and X appears in an otherwise featureless story, the story's Feature is named after the series. This is because the series title serves as the default Feature for its stories, as long as some objective connection exists.
For Example: If Tarzan appears in a story which has no Feature logo, title blurb, etc., then the story feature will be "Tarzan".
  • Framing sequences with hosts (and no other designation of Feature) are a special case, and if host X is present the Feature is X, for *ANY* host X. This would apply equally to hosts such as House of Mystery and House of Secrets' Cain and Abel as well as hosts such as Stan Lee or other writers/artists/editors introducing stories.
  • When there is a recurring name, usually set apart with a logo or other distinct text, for company hype pages, letters pages, editorials, and similar sequences, that name belongs in the Feature field.
Note: It has not yet been determined how or whether to address editorials with their own specific, recurring names WITHIN company hype pages (such as Stan's Soapbox in Bullpen Bulletins) or letters pages (such as From the Den in various places).
  • Examples:
* On the Ledge
* DC Nation
* Bullpen Bulletins
* Horsepower!
* Let's Rap with Cap
* Justice Log
* Groo Grams
* Meanwhile


  • Note that Feature is likely the most mis-understood and hotly debated topic when it comes to indexing at the GCD.


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