Venus (1948) #18

Marvel 1948–1952 series Cover date Feb 1952

Fair market value

Grade	CGC slab	Raw
9.8 NM/M	$480 $408–$552	$210 $179–$242
9.6 NM+	$374 $318–$431	$168 $143–$193
9.4 NM	$292 $248–$336	$134 $114–$155
9.2 NM-	$228 $194–$262	$108 $91.39–$124
9.0 VF/NM	$178 $151–$204	$86.02 $73.12–$98.92
8.5 VF+	$139 $118–$159	$68.81 $58.49–$79.13
8.0 VF	$108 $91.89–$124	$55.05 $46.79–$63.31
7.0 FN/VF	$84.31 $71.66–$96.96	$44.04 $37.43–$50.65
6.0 FN	$65.77 $55.90–$75.64	$35.23 $29.95–$40.51
5.0 VG/FN	$51.30 $43.61–$58.99	$28.19 $23.96–$32.42
4.0 VG	$40.01 $34.01–$46.01	$22.55 $19.17–$25.93
2.0 GD	$31.21 $26.53–$35.89	$18.04 $15.33–$20.75
Raw, ungraded	—	$65.00 $55.25–$74.75

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About this issue

Venus #18 (1948) is issue #18 of Marvel's Venus (1948–1952), with a cover date of February 1952. Written by Bill Everett and drawn by Bill Everett and Manny Stallman.

Creators

Writer: Bill Everett
Pencillers: Bill Everett, Manny Stallman
Inkers: Bill Everett, Manny Stallman
Letterer: Bill Everett
Cover artist: Bill Everett

Characters

The stories

“The Sealed Specters”

Venus and Whit ride the "Tunnel of Love" on Cloney Island amusement park. They are kidnapped and brought into an underground cave, inhabited by goblins, ghosts and caretaker Old Joe. The creatures plan to take over their bodies and go live in the outside world.

“The Mad Mountain!”

Venus is on a plane that crashes in a remote mountain area. The plane's occupants find a deserted city but are then attacked by living plant creatures.

“The Little Man”

Multi-billionaire Wembley collects oddities from all over the world. The adventurer Ryan is sent to get him a living shrunken man from the natives of Balu Balu. Little does Ryan know who will get miniaturized...

“Tidal Wave of Terror”

Neptunia, daughter of mighty Neptune, wants to avenge her father who has been killed by the atomic blasts at the Bikini atoll. She sends tidal waves against the Atlantic coast until Venus can stop her.

Credits, characters and story details from the Grand Comics Database, CC BY-SA 4.0.