Aphrodite wasn’t so much created, conceptualized and honed, as it was just shot-gunned onto the page.” There were no story meetings, or pitches, or character design sessions. We put together a comic book by the seat of our pants all based upon what we thought would be fun at the time. It seems like books of that sort have become a bit of an endangered species nowadays which is a real shame. I like straight forward, unnuanced, visceral fun in a comic book. That’s just not the sort of work that I do. “…given that Aphrodite IX was never meant to be subtle or clever when it was created. Writes David Finch in the foreword of Aphrodite IX Volume 1: Time Out of Mind: Whatever her fictional creators’ motives, her actual creation in 1996 involved far less mystery. Following each mission, her memories are erased, but dream-like flashes of memory motivate her to learn more about her past. Since 2000, the various models have racked up quite a body count, though, in her first appearance as Aphrodite IX, she had no understanding of why she did what she did, nor who created her to do so. No matter her version number, she is built to infiltrate and kill, and she does her job extremely well. The Aphrodite series of synthetic humanoids has one purpose: assassination. In July of this year, Top Cow will reintroduce us to Aphrodite V, written by Bryan Hill with art by Jeff Spokes.
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