= Hero	= Villain	= Deity
= Supporting Character		= Clergy
= Based on Real Person		= Scientist
= Real     Person	= Non-Superhero        Lead Character
= Non-Feature Lead Character
= Group	= Comic Strip        Character (Primarily)

Newest character in database (28 May 2018):
Muriel Banks - Christian (denomination unknown)

Most recently updated (2 Jun 2018):
Tom Jenson

Number of characters in this sub-list: 4 (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.