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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Famous quotes containing the word venus:
“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)
“In the drawing room [of the Queen’s palace] hung a Venus and Cupid by Michaelangelo, in which, instead of a bit of drapery, the painter has placed Cupid’s foot between Venus’s thighs. Queen Caroline asked General Guise, an old connoisseur, if it was not a very fine piece? He replied “Madam, the painter was a fool, for he has placed the foot where the hand should be.””
—Horace Walpole (1717–1797)
“For her own person,
It beggared all description: she did lie
In her pavilion—cloth of gold, of tissue—
O’er-picturing that Venus where we see
The fancy outwork nature.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)