New Gods
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New Gods is a cosmic superhero comic series created by Jack Kirby for DC Comics, featuring powerful godlike beings from the twin planets New Genesis and Apokolips.
All labels observed (13)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| New Gods canonical | 10 |
| New Genesis | 6 |
| Apokolips | 4 |
| New God | 3 |
| Darkseid's Elite | 2 |
| DC Comics Fourth World saga | 1 |
| New Gods #1 | 1 |
| New Gods #7 | 1 |
| New Gods (race) | 1 |
| New Gods of Apokolips | 1 |
| New Gods of New Genesis | 1 |
| The New Gods (comic book) | 1 |
| The New Gods comics | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2607954 — 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)
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Target entity: New Gods Context triple: [Jack Kirby, notableWork, New Gods]
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A.
New Earth
New Earth is the renewed, perfected creation in Christian eschatology where the redeemed will dwell eternally in God’s presence.
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B.
Legion
"Legion" is a 2010 supernatural action-horror film in which archangel Michael defies God to protect humanity from an impending apocalypse.
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C.
The Guardians
The Guardians is a legal thriller novel by John Grisham that follows a small nonprofit law firm’s efforts to exonerate a wrongfully convicted man on death row.
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D.
Lord of the Gods
Lord of the Gods is a lofty divine title signifying supreme authority and rulership over all other deities in a pantheon.
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E.
Council of the Gods
The Council of the Gods is a mythological assembly of deities in Luís de Camões’ epic poem *Os Lusíadas*, where the gods debate and influence the fate of the Portuguese voyages of discovery.
- 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: New Gods Target entity description: New Gods is a cosmic superhero comic series created by Jack Kirby for DC Comics, featuring powerful godlike beings from the twin planets New Genesis and Apokolips.
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A.
New Earth
New Earth is the renewed, perfected creation in Christian eschatology where the redeemed will dwell eternally in God’s presence.
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B.
Legion
"Legion" is a 2010 supernatural action-horror film in which archangel Michael defies God to protect humanity from an impending apocalypse.
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C.
The Guardians
The Guardians is a legal thriller novel by John Grisham that follows a small nonprofit law firm’s efforts to exonerate a wrongfully convicted man on death row.
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D.
Lord of the Gods
Lord of the Gods is a lofty divine title signifying supreme authority and rulership over all other deities in a pantheon.
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E.
Council of the Gods
The Council of the Gods is a mythological assembly of deities in Luís de Camões’ epic poem *Os Lusíadas*, where the gods debate and influence the fate of the Portuguese voyages of discovery.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
DC Comics property
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comic book series ⓘ |
| artStyle | Kirby Krackle cosmic imagery ⓘ |
| centralConflict | war between New Genesis and Apokolips ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| createdFor |
DC Comics Fourth World saga
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linked to:
New Gods
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| creator | Jack Kirby ⓘ |
| creatorRole |
Jack Kirby as penciller
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Jack Kirby as writer ⓘ |
| debutIn |
New Gods #1
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linked to:
New Gods
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| featuresCharacter |
Big Barda
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Darkseid ⓘ Desaad ⓘ Highfather ⓘ Kalibak ⓘ Lightray ⓘ Mister Miracle ⓘ Orion ⓘ |
| featuresRace |
New Gods (race)
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linked to:
New Gods
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| firstPublicationYear | 1971 ⓘ |
| firstPublisher | DC Comics ⓘ |
| genre |
cosmic fiction
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science fantasy ⓘ superhero comics ⓘ |
| hasConcept |
Anti-Life Equation
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Boom Tube ⓘ Mother Box ⓘ Source ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
gods among mortals
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good versus evil ⓘ mythology in a science-fiction setting ⓘ |
| imprint | DC Comics ⓘ |
| influenced | later DC cosmic storylines ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| mainAntagonist | Darkseid ⓘ |
| mediaAdaptation |
DC animated films appearances
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DC animated television series appearances ⓘ live-action DC Extended Universe appearances of New Gods characters ⓘ |
| partOf | Fourth World ⓘ |
| publisher | DC Comics ⓘ |
| publisherEra | Bronze Age of Comic Books ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Mister Miracle
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Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen (Fourth World stories) ⓘ The Forever People ⓘ |
| setInFictionalLocation |
Apokolips
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New Genesis ⓘ
linked to:
New Gods
|
| universe | DC Universe ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: New Gods Description of subject: New Gods is a cosmic superhero comic series created by Jack Kirby for DC Comics, featuring powerful godlike beings from the twin planets New Genesis and Apokolips.
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