Blimpy

Blimpy "the Bungling Buddha" is an animated statue that has intelligence, free will and great strength.

Blimpy was originally an actual statue in a museum of antiquities.

A young numbskull called Tabby Taylor is inspired by reading the Greek myth of Pygmalion to try a magical formula on a statue himself- and the result is the creation of Blimpy.

First Appearance
Feature Comics #64 (1943)