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).