I think of all the Saturn V'esque pulp covers this has to be my favourite: Alex Schomburg's beautiful cover for FANTASTIC and the story DELUGE II. There are many Arks in Sci Fi but this straightforwardly huge rocket is the best. Dated October 1961. Mr. Schomburg also illustrated the July 1953 ROCKET STORIES with a fabulous MOLAB, which later surfaced in the Spacex II line of toys [would have made a great toy at the SWORD scale too!].
I think it is less Saturn V-esque than Atlas-esque. I remember that cover, great stuff. I never read the story so I don't know if it lives up to the art!
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