The Great Darkness Saga
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The Great Darkness Saga is a landmark 1982 DC Comics storyline in the Legion of Super-Heroes series, renowned for pitting the team against Darkseid in one of their most epic and influential battles.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Great Darkness Saga canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11872039 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Great Darkness Saga Context triple: [Darkseid, notableStoryline, The Great Darkness Saga]
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A.
The Luminous Darkness
The Luminous Darkness is a theological and social reflection by Howard Thurman that explores race, spirituality, and the quest for reconciliation in a segregated America.
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B.
The Darkening Dream
The Darkening Dream is a dark fantasy/horror novel by Andy Gavin that blends occult themes, historical settings, and supernatural suspense.
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C.
The Age of Shadows
The Age of Shadows is a 2016 South Korean period espionage thriller film set during the Japanese occupation, directed by Kim Jee-woon and starring Song Kang-ho and Gong Yoo.
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D.
Darkness and the Light
Darkness and the Light is a philosophical science fiction novel by Olaf Stapledon that contrasts two possible futures for humanity shaped by differing social and moral choices.
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E.
In the Dark
"In the Dark" is a 1987 studio album by the Grateful Dead that became their biggest commercial success, featuring the hit single "Touch of Grey."
- 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 Great Darkness Saga Target entity description: The Great Darkness Saga is a landmark 1982 DC Comics storyline in the Legion of Super-Heroes series, renowned for pitting the team against Darkseid in one of their most epic and influential battles.
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A.
The Luminous Darkness
The Luminous Darkness is a theological and social reflection by Howard Thurman that explores race, spirituality, and the quest for reconciliation in a segregated America.
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B.
The Darkening Dream
The Darkening Dream is a dark fantasy/horror novel by Andy Gavin that blends occult themes, historical settings, and supernatural suspense.
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C.
The Age of Shadows
The Age of Shadows is a 2016 South Korean period espionage thriller film set during the Japanese occupation, directed by Kim Jee-woon and starring Song Kang-ho and Gong Yoo.
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D.
Darkness and the Light
Darkness and the Light is a philosophical science fiction novel by Olaf Stapledon that contrasts two possible futures for humanity shaped by differing social and moral choices.
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E.
In the Dark
"In the Dark" is a 1987 studio album by the Grateful Dead that became their biggest commercial success, featuring the hit single "Touch of Grey."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
DC Comics storyline
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Legion of Super-Heroes story arc ⓘ comic book storyline ⓘ |
| collectedIn |
The Great Darkness Saga deluxe edition
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The Great Darkness Saga trade paperback ⓘ |
| colorist | Carl Gafford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| editor | Karen Berger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endIssue | Legion of Super-Heroes #294 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| feature | Legion of Super-Heroes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Brainiac 5
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Chameleon Boy NERFINISHED ⓘ Colossal Boy NERFINISHED ⓘ Cosmic Boy NERFINISHED ⓘ Darkseid NERFINISHED ⓘ Dawnstar NERFINISHED ⓘ Dream Girl NERFINISHED ⓘ Element Lad NERFINISHED ⓘ Highfather NERFINISHED ⓘ Karate Kid NERFINISHED ⓘ Lightning Lad NERFINISHED ⓘ Mon-El NERFINISHED ⓘ Phantom Girl NERFINISHED ⓘ Princess Projectra NERFINISHED ⓘ Saturn Girl NERFINISHED ⓘ Superboy NERFINISHED ⓘ Timber Wolf NERFINISHED ⓘ Validus NERFINISHED ⓘ Wildfire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresGroup | New Gods NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresLocation |
Apokolips
NERFINISHED
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New Genesis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresTeam | Legion of Super-Heroes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1982 ⓘ |
| genre |
science fiction
ⓘ
superhero ⓘ |
| imprint | DC Comics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inker | Larry Mahlstedt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| letterer | Ben Oda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainAntagonist | Darkseid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | comic book ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the most acclaimed Legion of Super-Heroes stories
ⓘ
reintroducing Darkseid as a major DC Universe villain ⓘ |
| penciller | Keith Giffen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| preludeIssue | Legion of Super-Heroes #287 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | DC Comics ⓘ |
| setting |
30th century
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United Planets NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startIssue | Legion of Super-Heroes #290 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodInContinuity | pre-Crisis on Infinite Earths continuity ⓘ |
| writer | Paul Levitz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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