Venus

    (Marvel, 1948-1952)
©1949 Leading Comic Corp

Venus, one of the original “good girl” comics of the late 1940s and early ’50s, is an interesting example of the changes that comics were going through as the Golden Age came to an end. Venus was originally conceived as a super-heroine: the actual incarnation of Venus, the goddess of love, with powers to charm and beguile her (generally male) antagonists. The series then shifted focus toward “Romantic Tales of Fantasy,” continuing the Venus character but putting her in more down-to-earth romantic situations. Finally, the format changed to science fiction and horror. Venus reappeared in later issues as a backup feature in her own book.

Venus featured painted covers, above-average artwork by Bill Everett (creator of Namor, the Sub-Mariner) and stories by the Atlas house writer, one Stan Lee. She was briefly revived in the 1970s in Marvel Premiere.
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