This post at Golden Age Comic Book Stories got me thinking about the late great Virgil Finlay. Here’s a smattering of his work. First up is a painting that you can actually buy if you’ve got a spare $11,500 sitting around. I think the title is “Sean Connery takes the brown acid”:

Here’s a couple of covers from Famous Fantastic Mysteries:

The B&W spaceman illustrations below are from the Golden Age Comic Book Stories article (click here to see the full set).