Spicy Mystery magazine cover, November 1942
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Spicy Mystery Stories - November 1942
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Hugh Joseph Ward’s signature is right there. (I’m kidding. But it might as well be.)
Allen Gustav Anderson’s art.
This lists it as H. J. Ward:
http://www.philsp.com/homeville/fmi/k09/k09817.htm#TOP