Venus
#16
(October 1951)
Marvel,
1948 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Leading Comic Corp.
- Editing
- Stan Lee (editor)
Where Gargoyles Dwell!
Venus / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Bill Everett (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Everett (signed)
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg (sourced)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; superhero
- Reprints
-
in Venus (Superior, 1948 series) #16 ([circa November 1951])
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Where Gargoyles Dwell!
Venus / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Bill Everett
- Pencils
- Bill Everett (signed as
Bill Everett [dash of the "E" above Bill]) - Inks
- Bill Everett (signed as Bill Everett [dash of the "E" above Bill])
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Everett
- Job Number
- 8794
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense; superhero
- Characters
- Whit Hammond; Venus; Gara (King of the Gargoyles, villain), Sylvia Corpo (Queen of the Gargoyles, villain)
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Synopsis
- Venus visits the Graycar building and detects a 13th floor populated by agressive gargoyles. She fights the queen of the gargoyles and puts an end to this unnatural spook.
- Reprints
-
in Marvel Spotlight (Marvel, 1971 series) #2 (February 1972) -
in Climax Adventure Comic (K. G. Murray, 1962 ? series) #15 ([Circa 1974-1976]) -
in Los Vengadores (Ediciones Vértice, 1974 series) #20 (Mayo 1976) -
in Frankenstein (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #8 (2ème trimestre 1977) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
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The Ashes of Death!
Venus / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Bill Everett
- Pencils
- Bill Everett (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Everett (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Everett
- Job Number
- 8795
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense; superhero
- Synopsis
- Six people vanish without a trace after visiting the crematorium of Mr. Natas. Venus investigates and unmasks Natas as Satan himself.
Shell Shocked!
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
Indexer Notes
Updated by Dr. Michael J. Vassallo (6 January 2005).
Thru the Lens
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Joe Maneely (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Maneely (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- 8837
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- An alien astronomer looks on from afar as earth explodes.
- Reprints
- in The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #88 (June 1974)
-
Indexer Notes
Art credit from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the GCD Error List (19 May 2003). The original indexer credited Jim Mooney.
The House of Terror!
Venus / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Bill Everett
- Pencils
- Bill Everett (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Everett (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Everett
- Job Number
- 8796
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; superhero
- Synopsis
- Co-worker Betty tells Venus that her mother's house may be haunted. Venus stays there overnight and witnesses strange things.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Where Gargoyles Dwell!
Venus -
1.
Where Gargoyles Dwell!
Venus -
2.
The Ashes of Death!
Venus -
3.
Shell Shocked!
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4.
Thru the Lens
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5.
The House of Terror!
Venus
This issue was modified by, among others
- Dwayne Best
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Nick Caputo
- Tillmann Courth
- Peter Croome
- Merlin Haas
- Darrel McCann
- Tony R. Rose
- Douglas Sederberg
- Jim Van Dore
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