Banshee (Marvel Comics character)

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Marvel Comics character fictional Irish person mutant superhero

Banshee is a Marvel Comics mutant superhero best known as a member of the X-Men who uses his powerful sonic scream for flight and combat.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Banshee	6
Banshee (Marvel Comics character) canonical	1
Banshee (temporary)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11669152 — 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: Banshee (Marvel Comics character)
Context triple: [Roy Thomas, coCreated, Banshee (Marvel Comics character)]

A. Banshee
Banshee is an American action-drama television series known for its violent, stylized storytelling about an ex-con assuming a dead sheriff’s identity in a small Amish-country town.
B. Banshee
The Banshee is a fast, highly maneuverable Covenant ground-attack aircraft in the Halo video game series, known for its agile flight and plasma-based weaponry.
C. X-23
X-23 is a Marvel Comics character, a female clone and successor to Wolverine known for her adamantium claws, healing factor, and complex struggle with her assassin origins.
D. Psylocke
Psylocke is a powerful Marvel Comics mutant, often associated with telepathy, telekinesis, and psionic weaponry, who has been a prominent member of the X-Men.
E. Emma Frost
Emma Frost is a powerful telepathic mutant in Marvel's X-Men universe, known for her diamond-hard secondary form, complex moral alignment, and roles as both villainous White Queen of the Hellfire Club and later a key member and leader of the X-Men.
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: Banshee (Marvel Comics character)
Target entity description: Banshee is a Marvel Comics mutant superhero best known as a member of the X-Men who uses his powerful sonic scream for flight and combat.

A. Banshee
Banshee is an American action-drama television series known for its violent, stylized storytelling about an ex-con assuming a dead sheriff’s identity in a small Amish-country town.
B. Banshee
The Banshee is a fast, highly maneuverable Covenant ground-attack aircraft in the Halo video game series, known for its agile flight and plasma-based weaponry.
C. X-23
X-23 is a Marvel Comics character, a female clone and successor to Wolverine known for her adamantium claws, healing factor, and complex struggle with her assassin origins.
D. Psylocke
Psylocke is a powerful Marvel Comics mutant, often associated with telepathy, telekinesis, and psionic weaponry, who has been a prominent member of the X-Men.
E. Emma Frost
Emma Frost is a powerful telepathic mutant in Marvel's X-Men universe, known for her diamond-hard secondary form, complex moral alignment, and roles as both villainous White Queen of the Hellfire Club and later a key member and leader of the X-Men.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Marvel Comics character ⓘ fictional Irish person ⓘ mutant ⓘ superhero ⓘ
affiliation	Generation X ⓘ Interpol ⓘ X-Corps ⓘ linked to: X-Corporation X-Men ⓘ X-Men trainee squad instructor ⓘ
alias	Sean Cassidy ⓘ
baseOfOperations	Cassidy Keep ⓘ Muir Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Xavier Institute ⓘ linked to: Xavier Institute for Higher Learning
creator	Roy Thomas ⓘ Werner Roth NERFINISHED ⓘ
enemy	Black Tom Cassidy ⓘ Factor Three ⓘ Juggernaut ⓘ
eyeColor	blue ⓘ
family	Black Tom Cassidy ⓘ Theresa Cassidy ⓘ
familyRelation	Black Tom Cassidy is his cousin ⓘ linked to: Black Tom Cassidy Theresa Cassidy is his daughter ⓘ linked to: Theresa Maeve Rourke Cassidy
firstAppearance	X-Men #28 ⓘ
firstAppearanceYear	1967 ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
hairColor	red ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
memberOf	second generation X-Men ⓘ
nationality	Irish ⓘ
occupation	Interpol agent ⓘ adventurer ⓘ teacher ⓘ
placeOfOrigin	Cassidy Keep, Ireland ⓘ
power	enhanced hearing ⓘ sonic concussive blasts ⓘ sonic hypnosis ⓘ sonic scream ⓘ sonic-powered flight ⓘ
powerSource	mutant X-gene ⓘ
publisher	Marvel Comics ⓘ
realName	Sean Cassidy ⓘ
romanticPartner	Moira MacTaggert ⓘ
species	mutant ⓘ
teamRole	field leader ⓘ instructor ⓘ
trained	Generation X students ⓘ
universe	Earth-616 ⓘ
usesEquipment	glider wings on costume ⓘ

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