[1] Issue one starred the title character Venus, and was made up of three stories, two written by Stan Lee and penciled by George Klein and Ken Bald and a third was a one-page Hey Look!

Issue six saw the first Marvel Comics appearance of the god Loki, here acting as a villainous foil to Venus.

[2] From issue 10 the title took on a science fiction slant, and included stories by Russ Heath and Joe Maneely.

In issue 12 Loki is joined by Thor to rescue Venus from the clutches of the evil sultan Khorak.

[3] By issue 17 the romance angle was dropped and Venus became a horror anthology, with the cover drawn by Bill Everett, and is classed as a bondage comic cover as it shows Venus chained to a dungeon wall.