Venus Dee Milo

Venus Dee Milo is a fictional character from the Marvel Comics universe, that was member of the mutant superhero group X-Statix. She appeared in the first issue of that series and was created by Mike Allred and Peter Milligan.

Venus Dee Milo's name is a pun on the ancient Greek statue known as the Venus De Milo. The statue is recognizable because it has been damaged and is missing both arms; Venus Dee Milo's costume is designed to reveal that she has no visible arms.

Fictional character biography

Her mutant powers manifested during a spat with her family when she was a little girl; the explosion completely destroyed her grandmother's home, and Venus grew up believing that she had killed her entire family. Venus struggled with manic-depression and made numerous suicide attempts, but finally attempted to join X-Force so that she could redeem herself.

Following the death of X-Force members and a change of the superteam's name to X-Statix, Venus Dee Milo was considered as a possible replacement for the recently deceased U-Go Girl. The Orphan initially rejected her as he was still in a state of mourning for U-Go Girl, thought that he himself was insane and also thought she was too pure to be a part of X-Statix; he changes his mind, however, when Venus took him to the site of her family's death and explained her past to him.

On one of her first missions, she transports a dirty bomb far below the surface of the ocean. This effort stuns and...
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