Backlash
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Backlash is a WildStorm comic book character, a covert operative with enhanced agility and psionic abilities who has been a key member of teams like StormWatch and WildC.A.T.s.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Backlash canonical | 1 |
| Backlash (solo series) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4506496 — 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: Backlash Context triple: [WildStorm, notableTitle, Backlash]
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A.
Bound for Glory
Bound for Glory is Woody Guthrie’s semi-autobiographical memoir that chronicles his hardscrabble youth, travels, and development into an influential American folk singer and social activist.
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B.
Bound for Glory
Bound for Glory is a 1976 biographical drama film about folk singer Woody Guthrie, renowned for its innovative cinematography and depiction of the Dust Bowl era.
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C.
No Holds Barred
No Holds Barred is a 1989 action film starring Hulk Hogan as a professional wrestler battling a ruthless TV executive in a storyline blending wrestling spectacle with over-the-top drama.
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D.
Showdown
Showdown is the fiercely contested Australian Football League derby between the Port Adelaide Football Club and the Adelaide Crows.
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E.
Showdown
Showdown is a climactic segment or episode within "The E.N.D." that serves as a decisive confrontation or resolution point in the work’s narrative.
- 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: Backlash Target entity description: Backlash is a WildStorm comic book character, a covert operative with enhanced agility and psionic abilities who has been a key member of teams like StormWatch and WildC.A.T.s.
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A.
Bound for Glory
Bound for Glory is Woody Guthrie’s semi-autobiographical memoir that chronicles his hardscrabble youth, travels, and development into an influential American folk singer and social activist.
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B.
Bound for Glory
Bound for Glory is a 1976 biographical drama film about folk singer Woody Guthrie, renowned for its innovative cinematography and depiction of the Dust Bowl era.
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C.
No Holds Barred
No Holds Barred is a 1989 action film starring Hulk Hogan as a professional wrestler battling a ruthless TV executive in a storyline blending wrestling spectacle with over-the-top drama.
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D.
Showdown
Showdown is the fiercely contested Australian Football League derby between the Port Adelaide Football Club and the Adelaide Crows.
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E.
Showdown
Showdown is a climactic segment or episode within "The E.N.D." that serves as a decisive confrontation or resolution point in the work’s narrative.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
WildStorm character
ⓘ
comic book character ⓘ fictional character ⓘ |
| ability |
enhanced agility
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enhanced reflexes ⓘ expert hand-to-hand combat ⓘ expert military training ⓘ psionic abilities ⓘ psionic whips ⓘ slowed aging ⓘ |
| alias | Backlash ⓘ |
| alignment | hero ⓘ |
| associatedOrganization | International Operations (I.O.) ⓘ |
| combatStyle |
close-quarters combat
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stealth operations ⓘ |
| creator |
Brandon Choi
ⓘ
Jim Lee ⓘ |
| daughterSuperheroAlias | Crimson ⓘ |
| fictionalStatus | superhero ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
StormWatch #1
ⓘ
linked to:
Stormwatch
|
| firstAppearanceYear | 1993 ⓘ |
| formerAffiliation | International Operations ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hairColor | white ⓘ |
| hasDaughter | Jodi Slayton ⓘ |
| hasLoveInterest | Taboo ⓘ |
| medium | comic books ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableSeries |
Backlash (solo series)
ⓘ
linked to:
Backlash
|
| notableTrait | long lifespan due to Kherubim heritage ⓘ |
| occupation |
covert operative
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government agent ⓘ |
| parentage | Kherubim ancestry ⓘ |
| publisher |
Image Comics
ⓘ
WildStorm ⓘ |
| realName | Marc Slayton ⓘ |
| role |
field leader
ⓘ
tactical specialist ⓘ |
| setting | Earth (WildStorm Universe) ⓘ |
| species | human-Kherubim hybrid ⓘ |
| teamAffiliation |
Department PSI
ⓘ
StormWatch ⓘ
linked to:
Stormwatch
Team 7 ⓘ WildC.A.T.s ⓘ |
| training | black-ops training ⓘ |
| universe |
WildStorm Universe
ⓘ
linked to:
WildStorm
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Backlash Description of subject: Backlash is a WildStorm comic book character, a covert operative with enhanced agility and psionic abilities who has been a key member of teams like StormWatch and WildC.A.T.s.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Backlash