| Venus | |
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_issue_19.jpg) Venus issue 19 (1952), cover artBill Everett | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| Genre | |
| Publication date | 1948–1952 |
| No. of issues | 19 |
| Main character | Venus |
| Creative team | |
| Written by | Stan Lee |
| Penciller(s) | George Klein,Bill Everett |
| Editor | Stan Lee |
Venus is an Americanromance comic book published byTimely Comics (Marvel's predecessor) in the United States. Running for 19 issues from 1948 until 1952 it transformed over its run from its romance-led stories to finish as ascience fiction andhorror anthology. It is noted for introducing the Marvel characterVenus and an early incarnation ofLoki who would later become the nemesis of Marvel characterThor. The final three issues were published throughAtlas Comics.
Venus was first published by Marvel Comics in August 1948.[1] Issue one starred the title character Venus, and was made up of three stories, two written byStan Lee and penciled byGeorge Klein andKen Bald and a third was a one-pageHey Look! filler written and drawn byHarvey Kurtzman. Issue six saw the first Marvel Comics appearance of the god Loki, here acting as a villainous foil to Venus.[2]
From issue 10 the title took on a science fiction slant, and included stories byRuss Heath andJoe Maneely.[1] By issue 11 the comic added the slogan "Strange Stories of the Supernatural" and though the tales still included Venus and other supporting characters, the comic began to morph into a horror/sci-fi anthology. In issue 12 Loki is joined by Thor to rescue Venus from the clutches of the evil sultan Khorak.[3] By issue 17 the romance angle was dropped and Venus became a horror anthology, with the cover drawn byBill Everett, and is classed as a bondage comic cover as it shows Venus chained to a dungeon wall.[1] Everett supplied the covers for the final two issues as well as interior art, and issue nineteen is a classic pre-Comic Code horror book cover with Venus being embraced by a living skeleton.[1]
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