The main story in these two issues is perfectly fine. Dave Cockrum draws a Marv Wolfman story about the old Marvel hero Sky-Wolf, but World War II comics have to be really good to keep my interest. Plus, it’s noncontinuity.
But the back-up stories in these issues are canon. The first, in #16, is Sub Mariner.
It’s a treat to see Mike Mignola drawing a Marvel comic. He didn’t do it often. Sub-Mariner is his usual grouchy self, grumbling about how annoying surface dwellers are, etc. And he saves a horse who fell off a boat. It’s a weird little thing.
We also get an Al Migrom strip in which he says Mignola came to him wanting to be an inker, but he talked him into being a penciller.
If that’s true, we all owe Milgrom a huge favor.
The back-up story in #17 is Hulk. And it’s pretty good. It’s called “A Day in the Life,” and that’s exactly what it is. We see him bouncing through the desert, drinking polluted water, and playing with animals.
He kills a bear.
I dug it. Also, I really liked Tony Salmons’ very different art style.