Strange Sports Stories #5 is an issue of the series Strange Sports Stories (Volume 1) with a cover date of June, 1974.
Synopsis for "Hockey-Mask of Death!"
Beeg Jacques works as a lumberjack in the Canadian Northwest. He is working alongside another lumberjack that suddenly makes fun of Beeg Jacques father for beheading his partner long ago. Beeg Jacques is offended and murders his fellow lumberjack stuffing his body into a hollow tree. He returns back to camp where the topic of conversation is the big hockey game that will be held the next morning between competing camps. Beeg Jacques feels confident about his hockey skills and predicts an easy win over his opponents. The hockey game commences and Beeg Jacques demonstrates his abilities to the fullest. As the game continues the goalie from the opposing team is injured and cannot continue. A mysterious player then appears volunteering to take the injured players place. He towers over everyone else and wears an intimidating skull mask. The opposing team agrees to let him play and the game continues. The mysterious player is successful in stopping Beeg Jacques anytime that he attempts to score. Jacques attempts to score again and again but is unsuccessful. The mysterious player then announces that the game will now really begin as a bolt of lighting comes down and breaks off a chunk of ice leaving Jacques and the mysterious player isolated by themselves. The masked player reveals that they will now finish a contest that began years ago. Their chunk of ice is heading downriver straight for a treacherous waterfall. The masked player then announces that they will commence a game of hockey and if Beeg Jacques can score then his life will be spared. Jacques tries in desperation to get the puck past the masked player but is unsuccessful. Jacques severs his opponents head with his hockey stick but the head jumps and begins to talk. He says he cannot be beheaded since he has no head to lose. They both plunge over the waterfall to their deaths. The beheaded skull is last seen mentioning that his vengeance is complete. It reveals that Jacques Le Duc was the son of the partner who murdered him. The mysterious player can now rest in peace.
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Synopsis for "Ski Chase Through Space"
Sheriff Wilson of New Mexico polishes his skis in anticipation of a snow vacation. He then receives a call on his radio asking for his assistance in apprehending two bank robbers on the run. The sheriff chases down the thieves on horseback while announcing that they will not cut into his personal vacation time which begins in an hour. The scene changes and the Sheriff is then seen on the ski slopes with his friends. He races them downhill after giving them a head start. As the Sheriff chases after them he is swept up into a vortex that transports him to a futuristic planet where the snow looks like golden sand. Upon closer examination, he notices that the sand is actually composed of glass beads. He also notices that he is wearing a strange ski outfit complete with a jet pack and hover skis. He looks up in the sky and notices a set of three suns and he realizes he is not on planet Earth. He then gets pelted in the head by a flying pebble thrown by a strange attractive looking woman on skis named Zanisa. The woman refers to the Sheriff as Melc-X-101 and infers that they are dating. She implores Melc to go after a pair of outlaws that have stolen her diamond engagement ring. The pair hover skis across the strange terrain over a molten mercury lake until they reach Valganian Gulch which they mention is bigger than the Grand Canyon. They ski down the canyon in a vertical position until they reach the bottom and they head off the pair of thieves as they attempt their getaway. As they approach the pair of thieves, Zanisa urges Melc to use his stun gun instead of his pole rays. Melc stuns both of the thieves with his gun and retrieves the diamond ring unharmed. Zanisa had apparently urged Melc to use his stun gun to prevent her ring from being melted along with the thieves. She kisses Melc passionately and this causes Melc to black out and return to his own setting. He then hears the voice of the real Melc-X-101 in his head thanking him for his deeds. Sheriff Wilsons friends then discover him laying in the snow wondering what happened to him.
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