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Newest character in database (28 May 2018):
Muriel Banks - Christian (denomination unknown)
Most recently updated (2 Jun 2018):
Tom Jenson
Religion of Comic Book Characters listed by religious group:
sentient inanimates
sentient inanimates super-heroes, villains, and other characters
Show only: 4 sentient inanimates heroes | 21 sentient inanimates villains | 3 sentient inanimates deities |
Number of characters in this sub-list: 42 (out of a total of 36,945 in the database).
"Sentient inanimates" are beings that we typically regard as non-living, inanimate, non-sentient objects (such as stones, stars, planets), yet possess sentience, personality, a soul, etc. As far as can be scientifically ascertained at this time, this must be regarded as a purely fictional phenomenon. Yet many religions teach that certain inanimate objects (from magical totems to meteorological phenomena to the Earth itself) can possess a soul or sentience. In comics, some sentient inanimates have even taken human form, such as the nebula who joined the Defenders as the super-heroine "Cloud", and Earth's own sun, who, as "Apalla", has appeared in humanoid form to Dr. Strange and Captain Mar-Vell. The famed DC superhero Red Tornado (of the Justice League of America) owes his sentient personality to a melding of two sentient tornadoes with a robotic body.
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[Beverly Switzler's old boyfriend] |  |
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[demon changed into a bottle by more powerful demon] | |
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[powerful matic item; may or may not be sentient] | |
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[1st app: Marvel Team-Up (vol. 1) #91 (Mar. 1980)] | |
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Snakeroot [sword imbuded with humanity's brutal nature] |
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[evil sentient entity is in stone; can bring dead to life] | |
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[extradimensional entity in form of a house] | |
4 | ||||||
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[ran away with the Spoon] | John Newbery | 1 | ||||||
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[enchanted talking oak; ship Argo constructed from it] | |
1 | ||||||
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[sentient packet of energy thrown off by a nova] |   , etc. |
71 | ||||||
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[ego of Hellfire Helix; speaks via Bloodgem fragments] | |
5 | ||||||
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[being of pure force; emerged from huge meteorite] |  Mighty Comics Group |
1 | ||||||
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[egg from nursery rhyme; sat on a wall, had a great fall...] | Macmillan | 40 | ||||||
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[1st app: Children's and Household Tales (1812)] |  |
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[enigmatic black prism] |  , etc. |
31 | ||||||
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[the moon, anthropomorphized] | John Newbery | 1 | ||||||
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[1st app: Raggedy Ann doll (1915)] | P. F. Volland Company | 136 | ||||||
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[ran away with the Dish] | John Newbery | 1 | ||||||
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[sentient shapeshifting Martian flower] |  |
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[holiday figure Linus imagined visits on Halloween] |   |
3 | ||||||
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[intelligent rose; used by Karnilla, Enchantress] | |
2 | ||||||
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[receptacle for serpent god Set's power] | |
68 | ||||||
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Vicious Circle |  |
11 | ||||||
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Secret Empire; The Defenders | |
31 | ||||||
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Elders of the Universe (ally) | |
66 | ||||||
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[1st app: The Incredible Hulk (vol. 2) #140 (June 1971)] | |
40 | ||||||
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[1st app: What If...? (vol. 2) #1 (July 1989)] | |
1 | ||||||
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Green Lantern Corps [sentient planet] |
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21 | ||||||
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[1st app: Thor (vol. 1) #199 (May 1972)] | |
3 | ||||||
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[living embodiment of earth's sun] | |
4 | ||||||
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[1st app: Justice League of America (vol. 1) #73 (Aug. 1969)] | |
2 | ||||||
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[source of the Atom's powers] | |
2 | ||||||
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[1st app: Justice Society of America (vol. 1) #4 (July 1991)] | |
4 | ||||||
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[1st app: Justice Society of America (vol. 1) #1 (Apr. 1991)] | |
4 | ||||||
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[1st app: Justice Society of America (vol. 1) #2 (May 1991)] | |
5 | ||||||
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[worshipped by Wayfinder, his people; created Microverse] | |
4 | ||||||
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[1st app: Mystery in Space (vol. 1) #61 (Aug. 1960)] | |
5 | ||||||
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[1st app: Justice League of America (vol. 1) #100 (Aug. 1972)] | |
15 | ||||||
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[ancient, sentient, planet-devouring space-virus] | |
4 | ||||||
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[sentient white dwarf] | |
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Skrull [Skrull transformed into power gem used by Dr. Spectrum] |
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[cursed gold idol worshipped by voodoo tribe] | |
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