Strange Detective Stories
Started life in 1930 as a non-crime pulp called Man Stories, which changed its name in November 1931 to Popular Fiction. These were replaced in 1933 by Nickel Detective which was itself renamed to Strange Detective Stories in November 1933.
CLUE OF COURAGE—NORVELL PAGE
Just a dumb rookie cop, they said. A mugg with brains in his feet and not enough savvy to buck the choppers.
THE DEVIL'S CRYPT—E. HOFFMANN PRICE
As the creatures of a condemned man’s dream, the Brotherhood of Black Evil arose from the dust of 800,000 years to weave its spell of criminal sorcery over those who knew the answer to the Gray Sphinx riddle