Flint Marko

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Marvel Comics character comic book character fictional supervillain

Flint Marko, also known as the Sandman, is a Marvel Comics supervillain who can transform his body into sand and is a prominent adversary of Spider-Man.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Flint Marko canonical	5

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4192998 — 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: Flint Marko
Context triple: [Spider-Man 3, featuresCharacter, Flint Marko]

A. Ben Grimm
Ben Grimm, also known as the Thing, is a member of Marvel’s Fantastic Four who gains immense strength and a rocky, orange exterior after being transformed by cosmic forces.
B. Pietro Maximoff
Pietro Maximoff, also known as Quicksilver, is a Marvel Comics superhero famed for his incredible superhuman speed and impulsive, protective nature, particularly toward his twin sister Wanda.
C. Magneto
Magneto is a powerful Marvel Comics supervillain and occasional antihero, known as a mutant with magnetic abilities and a complex ideological rivalry with the X-Men.
D. Dr. Cyclops
Dr. Cyclops is a 1940 science fiction horror film best known for its pioneering use of Technicolor and its story of a mad scientist who shrinks his victims in the Peruvian jungle.
E. Hank McCoy / Beast
Hank McCoy, also known as Beast, is a brilliant mutant scientist and founding member of the X-Men distinguished by his blue fur, superhuman agility, and intellectual prowess.
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: Flint Marko
Target entity description: Flint Marko, also known as the Sandman, is a Marvel Comics supervillain who can transform his body into sand and is a prominent adversary of Spider-Man.

A. Ben Grimm
Ben Grimm, also known as the Thing, is a member of Marvel’s Fantastic Four who gains immense strength and a rocky, orange exterior after being transformed by cosmic forces.
B. Pietro Maximoff
Pietro Maximoff, also known as Quicksilver, is a Marvel Comics superhero famed for his incredible superhuman speed and impulsive, protective nature, particularly toward his twin sister Wanda.
C. Magneto
Magneto is a powerful Marvel Comics supervillain and occasional antihero, known as a mutant with magnetic abilities and a complex ideological rivalry with the X-Men.
D. Dr. Cyclops
Dr. Cyclops is a 1940 science fiction horror film best known for its pioneering use of Technicolor and its story of a mad scientist who shrinks his victims in the Peruvian jungle.
E. Hank McCoy / Beast
Hank McCoy, also known as Beast, is a brilliant mutant scientist and founding member of the X-Men distinguished by his blue fur, superhuman agility, and intellectual prowess.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Marvel Comics character ⓘ comic book character ⓘ fictional supervillain ⓘ
alias	Sandman ⓘ
alignment	supervillain ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Flint Marko ⓘ
appearsIn	Fantastic Four (comic series) ⓘ linked to: Fantastic Four Marvel Team-Up (comic series) ⓘ linked to: Marvel Team-Up The Amazing Spider-Man (comic series) ⓘ The Incredible Hulk (comic series) ⓘ linked to: The Incredible Hulk The Spectacular Spider-Man (comic series) ⓘ linked to: Spectacular Spider-Man (comic series)
baseOfOperations	New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ
creator	Stan Lee ⓘ Steve Ditko ⓘ
enemyOf	Fantastic Four ⓘ Hulk ⓘ linked to: The Incredible Hulk Spider-Man ⓘ
firstAppearance	The Amazing Spider-Man #4 NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstAppearanceYear	1963 ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
hasDaughter	Keemia Marko ⓘ
hasPowerType	elemental manipulation ⓘ shapeshifting ⓘ
memberOf	Spider-Man rogues gallery ⓘ
notableStoryline	member of the original Sinister Six assembled by Doctor Octopus ⓘ
occupation	professional criminal ⓘ
originOfPowers	radiation accident with sand ⓘ
power	body composed of sand-like material ⓘ can disperse body into particles ⓘ can harden body to stone-like density ⓘ can increase size and mass ⓘ can reshape body ⓘ can transform body into sand ⓘ enhanced durability ⓘ enhanced strength ⓘ regeneration from dispersed sand ⓘ
publisher	Marvel Comics ⓘ
realName	William Baker NERFINISHED ⓘ
sometimesAlignedAs	antihero ⓘ
species	human mutate ⓘ
teamAffiliation	Frightful Four ⓘ Hydro-Men ⓘ linked to: Hydro-Man Intruders ⓘ Sandmen ⓘ linked to: Sandman Sinister Six ⓘ Sinister Twelve ⓘ Wild Pack ⓘ
universe	Marvel Universe ⓘ