High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Venus is the name of two fictional characters appearing in Marvel Comics. The first originally based on the goddess Venus (Aphrodite) from Roman and Greek mythology was retconned to actually be a siren that only resembles the goddess. The second is stated to be the true goddess, and now wishes only to be referred to by her Greek name, Aphrodite. The similarities between the two characters are a point of conflict in the comics.