18.25x22-7/8" high quality wood frame has archival mat with two openings. Opening on left is 6.25x11" and opening on right is 8.75x11". First image area is 6x7.75" in lead pencil signed "R. DeSoto" in pencil just below image. Second image area is 7.75x9.75" oil painting signed just beneath in black ballpoint pen "R. DeSoto". Each has "#1" above image. Wonderful action scene has the Spider carrying scantily clad blond on his shoulder and firing pistol surrounded by ghouls who are trying to grab her. Pencil preliminary has scattered lt. handling creases but near Fine appearance as framed, concept has bright and near Exc. appearance. This cover was never used but is a wonderful action scene very well executed. Rafael DeSoto (1904-1992) began doing interior story illustrations for Street & Smith western pulp magazines in 1930 and moved onto cover paintings for pulp magazines in 1932. His covers appeared on titles including Black Book Detective, Don Detective, Dime Mystery, Phantom Detective, The Spider, The Detective Aces, Terror Tales, Thrilling Detective, and Western Trails. He continued doing pulp covers into the 1950s for such titles as Black Mask, Fantastic Novels, Smashing Detective and also did freelance illustrations for slick magazines including the Saturday Evening Post and Ladies Home Journal. He would go on to produce paperback covers for Ace Bantam, Dell, Lion, Signet, and Pocket Book. The Spider pulp ran from Oct. 1933 to Dec. 1943 - 118 issues in total. Superb graphics ready for display.