TOUCHDOWN OF COLUMBIA, APRIL 14, 1981, 10:20:53 PST art

What do you know, Mort Künstler is capable of painting something without foregrounding an unlikely semi-clad woman. Which is strangely disappointing. 

Fantastic Adventures Vol. 1 #3 Life on Mercury art

Frank R Paul's wonderfully imaginative speculative art of creatures from various celestial bodies enlivened many an early edition of Fantastic Adventures. This piece of a Mercurian graced the rear cover of the September 1939 edition.

Mechanix Illustrated June 1959 magazine cover

Artist Frank Tinsley's vision of the future really was a lot more interesting than anything boring old reality managed. 

Operation X-500 toy

Manufactured by Deluxe Reading Toys in 1962, this looks, in all sincerity, preposterously exciting.