Venus is the name of two characters in the Marvel Comics universe. The first originally appeared in Venus #1 in the 1940s. Within the context of the stories, she is an Olympian who works with the Agents of Atlas.
The second, also known as Aphrodite, was created by Jeff Parker and Carlo Pagulayan and debuted in X-Men vs. Agents of Atlas #2 in November 2009. Within the context of the stories, she attacks the first Venus, whom she sees as an imposter.
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“and Venus among the fishes skips and is a she-dolphin
she is the gay, delighted porpoise sporting with love and the sea
she is the female tunny-fish, round and happy among the males
and dense with happy blood, dark rainbow bliss in the sea.”
—D.H. (David Herbert)
“Gat-toothed was I, and that bicam me weel;
I hadde the prente of Sainte Venus seel.
As help me God, I was a lusty oon,”
—Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)
“An American Virgin would never dare command; an American Venus would never dare exist.”
—Henry Brooks Adams (1838–1918)