Despair

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Despair is one of the seven Endless in Neil Gaiman’s "The Sandman" universe, embodying and personifying the concept of hopelessness and emotional anguish.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf anthropomorphic personification
comic book character
fictional character
member of the Endless
alsoKnownAs Despair of the Endless NERFINISHED
appearsIn The Sandman NERFINISHED
The Sandman (DC Comics series) NERFINISHED
appearsInStoryArc Brief Lives NERFINISHED
Season of Mists NERFINISHED
The Doll's House NERFINISHED
The Kindly Ones NERFINISHED
Worlds' End NERFINISHED
associatedWith mirrors
reflection
self-harm imagery
basedInUniverse DC Universe NERFINISHED
cannotDieInHumanSense true
conceptualNature fundamental cosmic principle
contrastsWith Death
Dream
creator Neil Gaiman NERFINISHED
embodies despair
emotional anguish
hopelessness
firstAppearance The Sandman vol. 2 #10 NERFINISHED
firstAppearanceYear 1989
genderPresentation female
hasTitle Mistress of Despair NERFINISHED
immortality immortal
memberOf the Endless NERFINISHED
narrativeRole personification of human despair
oftenAlliedWith Desire
physicalAppearance hook in her flesh
often naked
pale skin
short and squat
publisher DC Comics
publisherImprint Vertigo NERFINISHED
realm the Gray Realm of Despair NERFINISHED
replacedPredecessor previous Despair
sibling Death
Delirium NERFINISHED
Desire
Destiny
Destruction
Dream
species Endless NERFINISHED
symbol hooked ring

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Sandman hasCharacter Despair
subject surface form: The Sandman
Sandman member Despair
subject surface form: The Endless