The
goddess Ishtar (also known as
Astarte among other things) appears in the
Brief Lives series of
Neil Gaiman's
Sandman, as a one-time friend of
Dream's errant brother
destruction, now working as a
stripper since her cult - and therefore her powers - dwindled almost to nothing.
She appears, too, as guardian of Nirvana in the excellent but mythologically dubious Martin Millar-penned comic Lux & Alby Sign On and Save The Universe.