Venus #9
(May 1950)

Marvel, 1948 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1950-01-24
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.

Whom the Gods Destroy! (Table of Contents)

Venus / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
Stan Goldberg ?
Letters
?

Genre
fantasy-supernatural; romance; superhero
Characters
Venus; Whitney Hammond; Jupiter; Loki
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Dr. Michael Vassallo, via the GCD Errors List, challenges the original indexer's crediting of the art to George Klein ?

The Man She Dared Not Love Chapter One: A Pact With the Devil! (Table of Contents: 1)

Venus / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Werner Roth; Mike Sekowsky ?
Inks
Werner Roth; Mike Sekowsky ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
7231
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; romance; superhero
Characters
Venus; Whitney Hammond; Della Mason; Marvin Klee; Apollo; Jupiter; Zoroba
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Art credits per Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the GCD Error List (21 December 2004).

[The Man She Dared Not Love] Chapter II: The Gods in Danger! (Table of Contents: 2)

Venus / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Werner Roth; Mike Sekowsky ?
Inks
Werner Roth; Mike Sekowsky ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
7231
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; romance; superhero
Characters
Venus; Whitney Hammond; Della Mason; Marvin Klee; Apollo; Jupiter; Zoroba; Loki
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Art credits from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the GCD Error List (21 December 2004).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Dubble Bubble Gum / comics-form advertising / 0.5 page (report information)

A Star Named Barry (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Joan Barry (illustration)
Inks
Joan Barry (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
7049
Genre
romance
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Updated creator credits by Dr. Michael J. Vassallo (6 January 2005).

[The Man She Dared Not Love] Chapter III: Back to Earth! (Table of Contents: 5)

Venus / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Werner Roth; Mike Sekowsky ?
Inks
Werner Roth; Mike Sekowsky ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
7021
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; romance; superhero
Characters
Venus; Whitney Hammond; Della Mason; Marvin Klee; Apollo; Zoroba
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Art credits from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the GCD Error List (21 December 2004).

The Wrong Choice! (Table of Contents: 6)

A Venus Special Feature! / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Mike Sekowsky (p 1); ? (pp 2-3)
Inks
George Klein (p 1); ? (pp 2-3)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
7347
Genre
romance
Characters
Lester Dowd; Amy Clark; Hal Bennett
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Art credits by Dr. Michael Vassallo via the GCD Errors List. The original indexer credited pencils and inks to Syd Shores.

Beauty for Everyone! Chapter One: A Dream Is Born! (Table of Contents: 7)

Venus / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Werner Roth
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
7361
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; romance; superhero
Characters
Venus; Whitney Hammond; Della Mason; Lil Fields; Marvin Klee
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Roth pencils per Dr. Michael Vassallo, via the GCD Errors List (21 December 2004). Previous indexer credited Ken Bald on pencils and Syd Shores on inks.

[Beauty for Everyone!] Chapter II: The Gods Look Down! (Table of Contents: 8)

Venus / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Werner Roth
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
7361
Genre
romance; superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Venus; Whitney Hammond; Della Mason; Marvin Klee; Minnie Geels
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Pencil credits from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the GCD Error List (21 December 2004).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Venus / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

I Was a Slave to a Promise! (Table of Contents: 10)

A Venus Special Feature! / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Maurice Del Bourgo
Inks
Maurice Del Bourgo
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
6381
Genre
romance
Characters
Betty; Ward
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Credits provided by Dr. Michael Vassallo via the GCD Error list (19 May 2003).

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Whom the Gods Destroy!
    Venus
  2. 1. The Man She Dared Not Love Chapter One: A Pact With the Devil!
    Venus
  3. 2. [The Man She Dared Not Love] Chapter II: The Gods in Danger!
    Venus
  4. 3. ["Hurry up, slow-poke!"]
    Dubble Bubble Gum
  5. 4. A Star Named Barry
  6. 5. [The Man She Dared Not Love] Chapter III: Back to Earth!
    Venus
  7. 6. The Wrong Choice!
    A Venus Special Feature!
  8. 7. Beauty for Everyone! Chapter One: A Dream Is Born!
    Venus
  9. 8. [Beauty for Everyone!] Chapter II: The Gods Look Down!
    Venus
  10. 9. [no title indexed]
    Venus
  11. 10. I Was a Slave to a Promise!
    A Venus Special Feature!
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