A key issue noted for First appearance of Sersi. Venus #1 was published by Marvel Comics on August 1, 1948, as part of a series that began in 1948. Harvey Kurtzman and Stan Lee write, and art comes from George Klein, Ken Bald and Lin Streeter. This 36-page issue features Sersi, Apollo, Cleopatra, Juliet and Helen of Troy, among 15 characters cataloged on VerseDB.