The Spirit comic strip

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comic book series comic strip

The Spirit comic strip is a classic American comic series created by Will Eisner, known for its innovative storytelling and influential noir-style crime adventures.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
The Spirit (comic strip)	2
"The Spirit" comic series	1
Spirit comic series	1
The Spirit (1940 newspaper insert series)	1
The Spirit (comic series)	1
The Spirit comic strip canonical	1
Will Eisner’s The Spirit	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9780267 — 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 Spirit comic strip
Context triple: [Sand Saref, firstAppearance, The Spirit comic strip]

A. Peanuts comic strip
The Peanuts comic strip is a classic American newspaper comic created by Charles M. Schulz, featuring characters like Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and Linus, and is renowned for its gentle humor and philosophical depth.
B. "Billy Bounce" comic strip
"Billy Bounce" is an early 20th-century American comic strip, created by illustrator W. W. Denslow, that follows the whimsical adventures of a boy who can bounce like a rubber ball in a fantasy world.
C. Calvin and Hobbes
Calvin and Hobbes is a widely acclaimed comic strip by Bill Watterson that follows the imaginative adventures of a mischievous boy and his stuffed tiger, blending humor with philosophical and social commentary.
D. The Newsboy Legion
The Newsboy Legion is a group of streetwise kid heroes from DC Comics, originally introduced in the 1940s as a team of orphans who assist the Guardian in fighting crime in Suicide Slum.
E. The Spirit
The Spirit is a 2008 neo-noir superhero film adaptation of Will Eisner’s classic comic strip, directed by Frank Miller and known for its stylized visuals and pulpy crime-fantasy tone.
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 Spirit comic strip
Target entity description: The Spirit comic strip is a classic American comic series created by Will Eisner, known for its innovative storytelling and influential noir-style crime adventures.

A. Peanuts comic strip
The Peanuts comic strip is a classic American newspaper comic created by Charles M. Schulz, featuring characters like Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and Linus, and is renowned for its gentle humor and philosophical depth.
B. "Billy Bounce" comic strip
"Billy Bounce" is an early 20th-century American comic strip, created by illustrator W. W. Denslow, that follows the whimsical adventures of a boy who can bounce like a rubber ball in a fantasy world.
C. Calvin and Hobbes
Calvin and Hobbes is a widely acclaimed comic strip by Bill Watterson that follows the imaginative adventures of a mischievous boy and his stuffed tiger, blending humor with philosophical and social commentary.
D. The Newsboy Legion
The Newsboy Legion is a group of streetwise kid heroes from DC Comics, originally introduced in the 1940s as a team of orphans who assist the Guardian in fighting crime in Suicide Slum.
E. The Spirit
The Spirit is a 2008 neo-noir superhero film adaptation of Will Eisner’s classic comic strip, directed by Frank Miller and known for its stylized visuals and pulpy crime-fantasy tone.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	comic book series ⓘ comic strip ⓘ
adaptedInto	The Spirit (2008 film) ⓘ television adaptations ⓘ
artStyle	noir-inspired ⓘ
awarded	Eisner Award Hall of Fame recognition for Will Eisner ⓘ linked to: Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame
considered	classic American comic strip ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
creator	Will Eisner ⓘ
firstPublicationDate	1940-06-02 ⓘ
genre	crime fiction ⓘ noir ⓘ superhero fiction ⓘ
hasReprintPublisher	DC Comics ⓘ Dark Horse Comics ⓘ Kitchen Sink Press ⓘ
hasSupportingCharacter	Commissioner Dolan ⓘ Ebony White ⓘ Ellen Dolan ⓘ P’Gell ⓘ
hasTheme	mystery ⓘ urban crime ⓘ vigilante justice ⓘ
influenced	American comic books ⓘ graphic novel storytelling ⓘ
influencedBy	film noir ⓘ pulp magazines ⓘ
mainCharacter	Denny Colt ⓘ
mainCharacterAlias	The Spirit ⓘ
medium	print ⓘ
narrativeStyle	innovative storytelling ⓘ
notableFor	cinematic page layouts ⓘ experimental panel design ⓘ influential crime storytelling ⓘ
originalFormat	newspaper comic insert ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
originalPublisher	Register and Tribune Syndicate ⓘ
originalRunEndYear	1952 ⓘ
originalRunStartYear	1940 ⓘ
periodicity	weekly ⓘ
protagonistOccupation	detective ⓘ
protagonistStatus	presumed dead police officer ⓘ
publicationMedium	comic books ⓘ newspapers ⓘ
rightsHolder	Will Eisner estate ⓘ linked to: Will Eisner
setting	Central City ⓘ
syndicationFormat	16-page comic-book insert ⓘ
targetAudience	general readership ⓘ

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