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11November 1950
$0.10

Venus #11

Marvel · November 1950

First appearance: ThorFirst appearance: Pep
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Identification plate

Series
Venus (Marvel, 1948 series)
Issue
#11
Publication date
November 1950
Key date
1950-11-00
Indicia publisher
Leading Comic Corp.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Thor - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Pep - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The End of the World!cover1pencils: Werner Roth; colors: Stan GoldbergVenus
1The End of the World!comic story12pencils: Werner Roth; inks: Werner RothVenus, Madame du Barry, Bilitis, Juliet Capulet, Circe, Cleopatra, Whit Hammond, Helen of Troy, Isolde, Zeus, Leto, Della Mason, Hermes, Psyche
3Perilous Patroltext story2script: Stan LeeLeslie Burke; Sergeant Carruthers; Byron Miller; Tutu; Wallaby chief
5The Plot!comic story4pencils: Russ Heath; inks: Russ HeathGeneral Dicken (robot posing as a human); King Molto the 2nd [General Mark Gentry] (human posing as a robot); General Zor Zibbit (robot, death); Creigh (human, death); Robot-Men
6Beyond the 3rd Dimensioncomic story6pencils: Hy Rosen, Don Rico; inks: Mike EspositoVenus, Apollo, Zeus, Thor First

Plus 0.55 pages of advertisements and other matter across 2 sequences, as published.

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Man Comics #281953On eBay ›
Venus
ISBN 978-1-68396-919-8		2023On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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