The Ballad of Halo Jones
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The Ballad of Halo Jones is a British science fiction comic series from 2000 AD that follows the life of an ordinary young woman seeking escape and adventure in a dystopian future society.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Ballad of Halo Jones canonical | 5 |
| The Ballad of Halo Jones Book One | 1 |
| The Ballad of Halo Jones Book Three | 1 |
| The Ballad of Halo Jones Book Two | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9627215 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Ballad of Halo Jones Context triple: [Alan Moore, notableWork, The Ballad of Halo Jones]
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A.
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
The Ballad of Cable Hogue is a 1970 Western comedy-drama film that blends offbeat humor and elegiac themes in telling the story of a desert-stranded prospector who builds a way station around a discovered water source.
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B.
The Ballad of Calico
The Ballad of Calico is a 1972 concept album by country-rock group The First Edition that tells interconnected stories about a fictional Nevada mining town.
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C.
Hullabaloo
Hullabaloo was a 1960s American musical variety television show that featured popular rock and pop performers of the era.
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D.
Hatful of Hollow
Hatful of Hollow is a 1984 compilation album by English rock band The Smiths, featuring BBC radio sessions and early singles that capture some of their most acclaimed early work.
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E.
The Hole
The Hole is a 2001 British psychological horror-thriller film about a group of private school students who become trapped in an underground bunker.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Ballad of Halo Jones Target entity description: The Ballad of Halo Jones is a British science fiction comic series from 2000 AD that follows the life of an ordinary young woman seeking escape and adventure in a dystopian future society.
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A.
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
The Ballad of Cable Hogue is a 1970 Western comedy-drama film that blends offbeat humor and elegiac themes in telling the story of a desert-stranded prospector who builds a way station around a discovered water source.
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B.
The Ballad of Calico
The Ballad of Calico is a 1972 concept album by country-rock group The First Edition that tells interconnected stories about a fictional Nevada mining town.
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C.
Hullabaloo
Hullabaloo was a 1960s American musical variety television show that featured popular rock and pop performers of the era.
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D.
Hatful of Hollow
Hatful of Hollow is a 1984 compilation album by English rock band The Smiths, featuring BBC radio sessions and early singles that capture some of their most acclaimed early work.
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E.
The Hole
The Hole is a 2001 British psychological horror-thriller film about a group of private school students who become trapped in an underground bunker.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
comic series
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comic story arc ⓘ fictional character ⓘ science fiction comic ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The Ballad of Halo Jones
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The Ballad of Halo Jones ⓘ The Ballad of Halo Jones ⓘ The Ballad of Halo Jones ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creatorConflict | rights dispute between Alan Moore and publishers ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1984 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | 2000 AD ⓘ |
| focus |
Halo Jones as a soldier in an interstellar war
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Halo Jones working on a space liner ⓘ life on the Hoop ⓘ |
| format | black-and-white art in original publication ⓘ |
| genre |
science fiction
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space opera ⓘ |
| hasBook |
The Ballad of Halo Jones Book One
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linked to:
The Ballad of Halo Jones
The Ballad of Halo Jones Book Three ⓘ
linked to:
The Ballad of Halo Jones
The Ballad of Halo Jones Book Two ⓘ
linked to:
The Ballad of Halo Jones
|
| hasCharacter |
Ludy
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Rodice ⓘ Toby ⓘ |
| hasCollectedEdition | trade paperback collections ⓘ |
| illustratedBy | Ian Gibson ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Halo Jones ⓘ |
| medium | comic ⓘ |
| notableFor |
expansive future history
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portrayal of an ordinary female protagonist ⓘ social commentary ⓘ |
| numberOfBooksCompleted | 3 ⓘ |
| numberOfBooksPlanned | 9 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originallySerializedIn |
weekly anthology 2000 AD
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linked to:
2000 AD
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| protagonistDescription | ordinary young woman ⓘ |
| publisher | 2000 AD ⓘ |
| setting |
Hoop
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dystopian future ⓘ |
| status | unfinished ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult ⓘ |
| theme |
escape from poverty
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fate of ordinary people in vast societies ⓘ search for adventure ⓘ |
| writtenBy | Alan Moore ⓘ |
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