Venus
#4
(April 1949)
Marvel,
1948 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1949-01-23
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Leading Comic Corp.
- Brand
-
Marvel Comic [round logo]
- Editing
- Stan Lee (editor)
Issue Notes
On sale date is Library of Congress copyright record publication date.
[no title indexed]
Venus / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; romance; superhero
- Characters
- Venus
- Reprints
-
in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Venus (Marvel, 2011 series) #1 ([August] 2011)
-
Whom the Gods Would Destroy!
Venus / comic story / 12 pages
- Job Number
- 3953
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; romance; superhero
- Characters
- Venus; Whitney Hammond; Della Mason; Apollo; Mars; Bacchus; Sampson (introduction)
- Reprints
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Venus (Marvel, 2011 series) #1 ([August] 2011)
-
Indexer Notes
Inker credit from Dr. Michael Vassallo, via the GCD Error List (21 Dedcember 2004), challenging the original indexer's crediting of Inks: Jim Mooney.
A Letter to Our Readers and Their Parents!
text article / 1 page
- Synopsis
- Pro-comics editorial. Information on this sequence from the Atlas Tales website.
- Reprints
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Venus (Marvel, 2011 series) #1 ([August] 2011)
-
The Greatest Romance Tales Ever Told!
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Synopsis
- House ad for Marvel's romance titles; includes cover logos for My Own Romance, Love Tales, and Ideal Love and Romance.
Information on this sequence from the Atlas Tales website.
Out of This World
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- 4359
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Venus (Marvel, 2011 series) #1 ([August] 2011)
-
It's All In the Mind!
Venus / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo ? (p. 1); Ken Bald ? (pp. 2-6)
- Inks
- Dan DeCarlo ? (p. 1); George Klein ? (pp. 2-6)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- 4423
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; romance; superhero
- Characters
- Venus; Whitney Hammond; Della Mason; Doctor Dingle (introduction)
- Reprints
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Venus (Marvel, 2011 series) #1 ([August] 2011)
-
Indexer Notes
Art credits from Dr. Michael Vassallo via the GCD Error List (21 December 2004), challenging the original indexer's crediting of Inks: Syd Shores.
[no title indexed]
Hey Look! / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Harvey Kurtzman
- Pencils
- Harvey Kurtzman (signed)
- Inks
- Harvey Kurtzman (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Harvey Kurtzman
- Job Number
- 5043
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What a dopey garbage can!
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Venus (Marvel, 2011 series) #1 ([August] 2011)
-
Oh, Doctor!
Venus / comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- 4176
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; romance; superhero
- Characters
- Venus; Whitney Hammond; Della Mason; Doctor Saunders
- Reprints
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Venus (Marvel, 2011 series) #1 ([August] 2011)
-
Indexer Notes
Art credits from Dr. Michael Vassallo via the GCD Error List (21 December 2004).
Original indexer credited Pencils: Syd Shores and Inks: Jim Mooney.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Venus -
1.
Whom the Gods Would Destroy!
Venus -
2.
A Letter to Our Readers and Their Parents!
-
3.
The Greatest Romance Tales Ever Told!
-
4.
Out of This World
-
5.
It's All In the Mind!
Venus -
6.
["What a dopey garbage can!"]
Hey Look! -
7.
Oh, Doctor!
Venus
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