If you're going to introduce a new Sci-Fi hero in the late 1940's then who better to handle the art then Virgil Finlay, artiste extraordinaire of the Pulps. Alas, poor Virgil did not count on the crumby pulp paper of the comics to ruin his fine line work.
The script is credited to Jack Schiff, George Kashdan, & Bernie Breslauer by the good folks at The Grand Comics Database.
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Plus, some "Just Imagine" inserts by Virgil from the same series:
From Real Fact Comics #5, comes a contractually obligated DC party line story on the creation of Batman. It’s fun to note that Bob Kane had nothing to do with this feature.
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Plus - Some nonsense filler from the same issue: Real Fact Comics #5, 1946. (C) DC Comics. Script by Jack Schiff; Mort Weisinger, & Bernie Breslauer; Art by Win Mortimer
Tom Bagley (aka Jackson Phibes) has been producing great art AND great music as the de facto leader of Calgary’s own horror-themed rock ‘n roll band,Forbidden Dimension. His art graces some the best indie LP covers and his gig posters (like these) are things of beauty.
In 1889, the Eiffel Tower, Paris, France, was inaugurated, becoming the world's tallest tower of its era. With a height of 300-m (986-ft), it remained the world's tallest structure until surpassed by the Empire State Building, 40 years later. The designer Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, 56, celebrated by unfurling a French flag at the top of the tower.
The immense iron latticework design was chosen unanimously from 700 proposals submitted in a competition. Construction took from 26 Jan 1887 to 31 Mar 1889, using 300 steel workers. It was erected for the Paris Exposition of 1889, which had 1,968,287 visitors. link
A very young version of The Pixies tip their collective hats to Alex Eiffel:
