Julius Schwartz
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Julius Schwartz was a pioneering American comic book editor at DC Comics, best known for revitalizing superheroes during the Silver Age of Comics and shaping iconic characters like the Flash and Green Lantern.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Julius Schwartz canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4901515 — 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)
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Target entity: Julius Schwartz Context triple: [Neal Adams, collaboratedWith, Julius Schwartz]
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Gardner Fox
Gardner Fox was a prolific American comic book writer best known for co-creating numerous DC Comics superheroes, including the Flash, Hawkman, and the Justice Society of America.
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B.
Joseph Schwartz
Joseph Schwartz is the time-displaced protagonist of Isaac Asimov's science fiction novel "Pebble in the Sky," an ordinary 20th-century man thrust into a distant future where Earth is a radioactive backwater in a vast Galactic Empire.
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C.
Denny O'Neil
Denny O'Neil was an influential American comic book writer and editor best known for revitalizing Batman and pioneering socially conscious storytelling at DC and Marvel Comics.
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D.
Jerry Siegel
Jerry Siegel was an American comic book writer best known as the co-creator of Superman, one of the most iconic superheroes in popular culture.
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E.
Robert Kurtzman
Robert Kurtzman is an American special effects artist, director, and screenwriter best known as a founding member of KNB EFX Group and for creating the original story for the film "From Dusk Till Dawn."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Julius Schwartz Target entity description: Julius Schwartz was a pioneering American comic book editor at DC Comics, best known for revitalizing superheroes during the Silver Age of Comics and shaping iconic characters like the Flash and Green Lantern.
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A.
Gardner Fox
Gardner Fox was a prolific American comic book writer best known for co-creating numerous DC Comics superheroes, including the Flash, Hawkman, and the Justice Society of America.
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B.
Joseph Schwartz
Joseph Schwartz is the time-displaced protagonist of Isaac Asimov's science fiction novel "Pebble in the Sky," an ordinary 20th-century man thrust into a distant future where Earth is a radioactive backwater in a vast Galactic Empire.
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C.
Denny O'Neil
Denny O'Neil was an influential American comic book writer and editor best known for revitalizing Batman and pioneering socially conscious storytelling at DC and Marvel Comics.
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D.
Jerry Siegel
Jerry Siegel was an American comic book writer best known as the co-creator of Superman, one of the most iconic superheroes in popular culture.
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E.
Robert Kurtzman
Robert Kurtzman is an American special effects artist, director, and screenwriter best known as a founding member of KNB EFX Group and for creating the original story for the film "From Dusk Till Dawn."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American
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comic book editor ⓘ human ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Julie Schwartz ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Eisner Hall of Fame induction
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Inkpot Award ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1915-06-19 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | The Bronx, New York City, New York, United States ⓘ |
| client |
H. P. Lovecraft (estate)
ⓘ
linked to:
H. P. Lovecraft
Ray Bradbury ⓘ Robert Bloch ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 2004-02-08 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | New York City, New York, United States ⓘ |
| earlyCareer | science fiction literary agent ⓘ |
| editedTitle |
All-Star Comics
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Batman ⓘ Detective Comics ⓘ Superman ⓘ |
| employer | DC Comics ⓘ |
| era |
Silver Age of Comics
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linked to:
Silver Age of Comic Books
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| fieldOfWork |
comic book publishing
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science fiction ⓘ |
| genre | superhero comics ⓘ |
| influenced | modern superhero storytelling at DC Comics ⓘ |
| knownFor |
editing Justice League of America
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influencing the Silver Age of Comics ⓘ reimagining Green Lantern in the Silver Age ⓘ reintroducing the Flash in the 1956 Showcase #4 ⓘ revitalizing superheroes during the Silver Age of Comics ⓘ |
| name | Julius Schwartz ⓘ |
| notableCharacterCreatedOrRevamped |
Atom (Ray Palmer)
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linked to:
Ray Palmer
Barry Allen (The Flash) ⓘ
linked to:
Barry Allen
Hal Jordan (Green Lantern) ⓘ
linked to:
Hal Jordan
Hawkman (Silver Age version) ⓘ
linked to:
Hawkman
Justice League of America team concept ⓘ
linked to:
Justice League of America
|
| notableCollaboration |
Carmine Infantino
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Dennis O'Neil ⓘ
linked to:
Denny O'Neil
Gardner Fox ⓘ Gil Kane ⓘ John Broome ⓘ Murphy Anderson ⓘ Neal Adams ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Green Lantern (Silver Age)
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linked to:
Green Lantern
Justice League of America ⓘ Showcase (DC Comics series) ⓘ The Brave and the Bold (DC Comics series) ⓘ
linked to:
The Brave and the Bold (DC Comics)
The Flash (Silver Age) ⓘ |
| occupation |
comic book editor
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literary agent ⓘ |
| workLocation | New York City ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Julius Schwartz Description of subject: Julius Schwartz was a pioneering American comic book editor at DC Comics, best known for revitalizing superheroes during the Silver Age of Comics and shaping iconic characters like the Flash and Green Lantern.
Referenced by (9)
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