I was just looking at these two pages in STRANGE ADVENTURES 210 in 1968, reprinted from a 1946 issue of REAL FACT COMICS, by artist Virgil Finlay.

https://readcomiconline.to/Comic/Strange-Adventures-1950/Issue-210?id=47141#20



Like so many artists, Finlay began in pulp magazine illustration before doing Golden Age/pre-Code work in comics, and then more lucrative SF and Book illustration. I have two hardcover books of Finlay's illustrations. Beautiful and ornately detailed work, even his comics work.

But Finlay died rather young at age 56, in 1971.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgil_Finlay