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Issue Details

Issue #9
Published May 1950
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing Stan Lee

Cover Details - "Whom the Gods Destroy!"

Genre superhero; fantasy; romance
Notes Dr. Michael Vassallo, via the GCD Errors List, challenges the original indexer's crediting of the art to George Klein ?

7 page Venus story "The Man She Dared Not Love Chapter One: A Pact With the Devil!"

Characters Venus; Apollo; Loki (villain)
Genre superhero; fantasy; romance
Pencils Werner Roth
Notes Pencil credit from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the GCD Error List (21 December 2004). Original indexer credited Mike Sekowsky ?

5 page Venus story "The Man She Dared Not Love Chapter Two: The Gods in Danger!"

Genre romance; superhero
Pencils Mike Sekowsky ? (p 1); ? (pp 2-5)
Inks ? (p 1); George Klein ? (pp 2-5)
Notes Art credits from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the GCD Error List (21 December 2004).

2 page text story "A Star Named Barry"

Genre romance
Pencils Joan Barry (illustration)
Inks Joan Barry (illustration)
Letters Typeset
Notes Updated creator credits by Dr. Michael J. Vassallo (6 January 2005).
Reprinted in Actual Confessions (Marvel, 1952 series) #14 (December 1952)

7 page Venus story "The Man She Dared Not Love Chapter Three: Back to Earth!"

Genre romance; superhero
Pencils Werner Roth
Notes Art credits from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the GCD Error List (21 December 2004).

4 page story "The Wrong Choice!"

Genre romance
Pencils Mike Sekowsky (p 1); ? (pp 2-4)
Inks George Klein (p 1); George Klein ? (pp 2-4)
Notes Art credits by Dr. Michael Vassallo via the GCD Errors List. The original indexer credited pencils and inks to Syd Shores.

5 page Venus story "Beauty For Everyone! Chapter One: A Dream in Born!"

Genre superhero; fantasy; romance
Pencils Werner Roth ?
Notes Dr. Michael Vassallo, via the GCD Errors List (21 December 2004), challenges the original indexer's crediting of Pencils: Ken Bald ? and Inks: Syd Shores ?

5 page Venus story "Beauty for Everyone Chapter 2: The Gods Look Down"

Genre romance; superhero
Pencils Werner Roth
Notes Art credits from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the GCD Error List (21 December 2004).

1 page Venus promo (ad from the publisher)

Synopsis House ad for Venus.

6 page story "I Was a Slave to a Promise"

Genre Romance
Pencils Maurice Del Bourgo ?
Inks Maurice Del Bourgo ?
Notes Credits provided by Dr. Michael Vassallo via the GCD Error list (19 May 2003).