Who Is Venus? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Venus is a Marvel comic book character, with over 163 comic issue appearances. Venus was a Siren cursed by a magician "making her soul as beautiful as her physical form". Ashamed of her past, she began claiming to be Aphrodite the Olympian Goddess of Love, a claim which fooled even the Gods themselves. Becoming a member of the Agents of Atlas, Venus found herself officially receiving the position of the Olympian Goddess of Love after an encounter with the real Aphrodite.

Who is Venus?

Origin The Saga of Venus Venus strongly resembles the Greco-Roman goddess Aphrodite Ourania , but is actually a siren, a daughter of Phorcys begotten in the image of Aphrodite. Despite their beauty, the sirens were soulless aquatic monsters that lured sailors to their doom. Venus and the other sirens would sing, enchanting sailors to sail close to her island. There their ships would crash onto to the jagged rocks and they would drown only to be eaten by Phorcys. However, after centuries of luring countless seamen to their deaths, Venus was finally stopped. In the late 19th century, the enemy and benefactor to the Agents of Atlas, Master Plan (Plan Tzu), lead a mission to free the Lung Dragon, Mr. Lao . Master Plan recruited the then- Sorcerer Supreme , the Ancient One , to aid them on their sea voyage.

Key facts

Venus is of other origin and first appeared in "What if the Avengers Had Been Formed During the 1950s?". The character is published by Marvel. With 163 recorded issue appearances, Venus ranks among the most featured characters in comics.