Sal Buscema ( ; born Silvio Buscema, , on January 26, 1936) is an American

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, primarily for

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, where he had a ten-year run as artist of ''

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'' and an eight-year run as artist of ''

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''. He is the younger brother of comics artist

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Early life, family and education

Born in

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, to Sicilian parents, Silvio "Sal" Buscema was the youngest of four siblings. His father, who was born in

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and died in 1973, was a barber. Sal's brothers were Alfred and

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, a celebrated

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artist, and his sister was Carol. As a youth, Buscema was a fan of

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's ''

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'' comic strip,Amash, p. 9 of

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and

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.Amash, p. 12 He acknowledged that his artist brother John was "greatly responsible for me pursuing drawing. ... John was definitely an inspiration". John and Sal attended the

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; Sal graduated in 1955."He Renders Rom: 'Our Pal' Sal Buscema," "Space Notes," ''Rom'' #6 (Marvel Comics, May 1980).

Career

Early years

Sal began working in the comic book industry as an

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in the early 1950s when his brother agreed to let him ink comics pages; this led to Sal helping John by doing occasional background art on

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series John was drawing. After high school, Buscema found work at "a small, two-man

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art studio in

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" but was fired after three months of doing mostly production work. He went on to a larger commercial-art studio, where he was a gofer and a delivery person. He quit, then spent less than a year filling wedding-ring orders for the jewelry manufacturer J.R. Wood and Sons before being drafted into the peacetime U. S. Army in 1956. Classified as an "illustrator", he served with the Army Corps of Engineers stationed at

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in Virginia. He spent 21 months doing

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and charts as training aids before being discharged. He attained the rank of specialist 3rd class, which he called "equivalent to

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." Sal briefly returned to

to assist at a one-man art studio, but through a friend from the army, he secured a position at Creative Arts Studio in

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where he did illustrations for government agencies, including the

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and the

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. After living with his godparents for three months, Buscema and an Army buddy became roommates in

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. In 1961, a call from his brother John brought Buscema to New York City to work with him at the advertising agency Alexander Chaite, Inc. After a year and a half, John returned to the comic book industry. Sal joined Mel Emde, a friend and colleague from Creative Arts Studio, who was opening his own company, Design Studio. Sal worked there until 1968.

Marvel Comics

In 1968, Sal began working for

, where John was already established as a freelance artist. Sal had spent "every night for about a year" teaching himself "how to produce a dynamic page" in the Marvel Comics storytelling style, enduring harsh critiques from John. Sal recalled in the late 2000s: The interview had come about after Buscema, at his brother's urging, had first written to Marvel production manager

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to introduce himself and his work. Brodsky had no assignments for him at the time, and Buscema "called him a couple of times just to bug him a little bit and let him know that I was still alive, and eventually the first job came through" in June 1968 — the 10-page

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feature "Gunhawk". "I think they just said, 'Sal, here's the plot, go to it,'" Buscema recalled in 2003. That story, "The Coming of Gunhawk", by writer

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and penciler Werner Roth, was published in the omnibus title '' Western Gunfighters'' #1 (

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d Aug. 1970). Sal's first published comics work had come before that: inking John Buscema's pencil art on four 39- to 40-page stories in the

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comic ''The

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'' #4–7 (Feb.–Aug. 1969); and inking

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's pencils on the regular-sized, 20-page Western '' The Rawhide Kid'' #68 (Feb. 1969). John Buscema specifically asked for his brother as inker on ''The Silver Surfer'', at the time a high-profile project dear to writer-editor Lee, who gave the character an unprecedented for the time double-sized, 64-page (with ads and covers) solo series priced at 25 cents, more than twice the price of the standard 32-page, 12-cent comic. Sal Buscema recalled, Within a year, Buscema was penciling the superhero-team comic '' The Avengers'', and for the next thirty years, he was one of the most prolific artists at the company. He recalled in the late 2000s, "At first I was very slow. If I knocked out six or eight pages a week I was happy. Then I started getting a little bit better, and I could probably do a couple of pages a day. But once I hit that five-year transitional period, I was like a machine. I could grind the stuff out. ... Everything just fell into place, and all of a sudden I found it very easy to do." Sal and writer

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introduced the

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in ''The Avengers'' #69 (Oct. 1969) as a homage to the

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. The Thomas/Buscema team produced the last new story in ''

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'' before that series became all-reprints for several years, and created the super-villain

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in '' Sub-Mariner'' #32 (Dec. 1970). Buscema drew an ''Avengers'' story plotted by science fiction writer

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, which featured the debut of

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. Writer

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and Buscema launched ''The

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'' as an ongoing series in August 1972 and introduced

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to the team in issue #4 (Feb. 1973). Buscema also worked with Englehart on ''

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''; their 1972–1975 run on that title saw it become one of Marvel's top-sellers. The pair teamed on several issues of ''The Avengers'' as well and Englehart has described Buscema as being one of his "all-time favorites" and "a perfect comic book storyteller." With writer Steve Gerber, Buscema co-created

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, adding the character to the roster of the future-based super-team, The Guardians of the Galaxy. In 2010, ''

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'' ranked Buscema's collaboration with Gerber on ''The Defenders'' first on its list of the Top 10 1970s Marvels. With writer

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, Buscema created the supporting character

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in ''

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'' #48 (Aug. 1976). Mantlo, a frequent collaborator, later said that Buscema was a formative influence on his plotting. Buscema was the original artist on ''

'', which debuted in December 1976. He and

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created

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in ''The Avengers'' #158 (April 1977). The ''

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'' series was launched by Mantlo and Buscema in December 1979. The Mantlo/Buscema collaboration on ''

'' included the creation of the

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and the

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. Buscema had a 10-year run on that Hulk series, which he described as " obably one of the most enjoyable experiences of my career. The fact that the

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is my all-time favorite character might be a contributing factor. I never tired of the character. Every story was a new challenge." He became the artist on ''

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'', beginning with issue #4 (June 1983). Beginning in the late 1970s, Buscema generally inked his own work. In 1986, he began drawing ''

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'', working with writer

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. In the late 1980s, he returned to inking others' work, again including that of his brother John Buscema on an Englehart-scripted run on ''

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''.

Later career

From 1988 through 1996, he penciled and mostly inked a 100-issue run on ''The Spectacular Spider-Man''. This included such story arcs as the "Lobo Brothers Gang War" with

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and "The Child Within", written by

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, featuring the death of

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in #200 (May 1993). In a 2002 interview, DeMatteis said, "I really loved the two years on ''Spectacular Spider-Man'' that I wrote with Sal Buscema drawing. Talk about underrated! Sal is one of the best storytellers and a wonderful collaborator. I loved that run." From 1997 to 1999, Buscema worked for rival

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, including penciling

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, and

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stories, and inking the Creeper,

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, and other characters' stories. He recalled, " e short time I worked for DC, they were giving me all these young guys that could hardly hold a pencil in their hands, and asking me to 'tweak it.' In cases like that I would definitely put a lot of myself into it and change whatever I felt needed to be changed." Buscema then returned to Marvel, inking

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on ''

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1999'', the summer annual of that series, and did work for both companies briefly before becoming the regular inker on ''The Incredible Hulk'' vol. 3, #11–20 (Feb.–Nov. 2000) and inking a smattering of other titles. In 2003, he described himself as "retired for three years ... and I'm still inking jobs for Marvel!" That same year he returned to comics full-time, inking Oliffe on ''Spider-Girl'' #55 (March 2003) and then launching into a long stint inking or doing finished art over pencil layouts by

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from issues #59–100 (June 2003 – Sept. 2006). He continued to ink the series when it was relaunched as ''The Amazing Spider-Girl'' #1–30 (Dec. 2006 – May 2009). He inked Spider-Girl stories over Frenz's pencils in the omnibus title ''Web of Spider-Man'' vol. 2, #1–7 (Dec. 2009 – June 2010) and in the four-issue

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''The Spectacular Spider-Girl'' vol. 2 (July–Oct. 2010) and the

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''Spider-Girl: The End!'' #1 (Oct. 2010). In 2011, he was the inker, over Frenz, on the five-issue superhero miniseries '' Thunderstrike'' vol. 2. He returned to DC Comics in 2011 with '' DC Retroactive: The Flash – The '70s'' and a Superman one-shot, ''Superman Beyond'' In 2012, Buscema inked

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's '' G.I. Joe Annual'' and the ongoing '' Dungeons and Dragons: Forgotten Realms'' series. In 2017, he started inking long-time collaborator Ron Frenz on ''The Blue Baron'', written by Darin Henry and published by the new company Sitcomics.

Personal life

In February 1959, Buscema started dating Joan, a secretary at Creative Arts Studio in

, where he worked. They married in May 1960. Their first son, Joe, was born in 1968, followed by Tony and Mike. Buscema has acted in

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. He was recognized in 1987 with BRAPA (Blue Ridge Alliance of Performing Arts) for his portrayal of Tevye in ''

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'' in which he appeared at the Little Theatre of

in 1998.

Awards

Buscema received the

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in 2003 and the Hero Initiative Lifetime Achievement Award in September 2013 at the

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. In 2013, Buscema received the Inkwell Awards' S.P.A.M.I. (Favorite Small Press and Mainstream-Independent) Award for his work on such titles as '' G.I. Joe Annual'' and '' Dungeons and Dragons: Forgotten Realms''. In 2018, he was awarded the Inkwell Awards S.P.A.M.I. Award again, for his work on ''

''. Buscema was awarded the Inkwell Awards Stacey Aragon Special Recognition Award (SASRA) in 2020. In 2021 Buscema was awarded the Inkwell Awards Joe Sinnott Hall of Fame Award for his inking career. In 2022, Sal Buscema won the

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as best inker for his work on ''Heroes Union'' #1.

Bibliography

Comics work (interior art) includes:

Apex Comics Group

* ''The R.I.G.H.T. Project'' #1 (inker) (2022)

Big Bang

* ''National Guardians'' #1–2 (inker) (2012, 2015)

Binge Books (Sitcomics)

*''The Blue Baron'' #1–3 (inker) (2017–2020) *''Heroes Union'' #1 (inker, with Chris Nye) (2021)

DC Comics

*''

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'' #759 (inker) (1999) *'' The Adventures of Superman'' #572 (inker) (1999) *''The Adventures of Superman'' vol. 2 #2 (inker) (2013) *''

'' #553–555, 557–559, 1,000,000, ''Annual'' #24 (inker) (1998–2000) *''Batman 80-Page Giant'' #1 (inker); #2 (artist) (1998–1999) *''Batman and Superman: World's Finest'' #9 (inker) (1999) *''

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'' #8, 13–14 (penciller); #16 (inker) (1997–1999) *'' Batman: Day of Judgment'' #1 (inker) (1999) *''Batman/

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3-D'' #1 (inker) (1998) *'' Batman: Shadow of the Bat'' #89 (inker) (1999) *''Batman:Toyman'' #3 (inker) (1999) *''

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'' #50 (inker) (1997) *'' Creeper'', vol. 3, #1–7, 9–11, 1,000,000 (inker); #8 (penciller) (1998) *''

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: Green Lantern'' #1 (inker) (2004) *'' DC Retroactive: The Flash – The '70s'' #1 (inker) (2011) *''

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Green Arrow Green Arrow is a superhero who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Mort Weisinger and designed by George Papp, he first appeared in ''More Fun Comics'' No. 73 on September 19, 1941 (cover dated November 1941), th ...

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'' vol. 2 #149 (inker) (1999) *''Superman Beyond'' #0 (inker) (2011) *'' Superman: The Man of Steel'' #65 (penciller); #94 (inker) (1997–1999) *''

Secret Files'' #1 (inker) (1998) *'' Young Heroes in Love'' #17 (inker) (1998)

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Alpha Flight Alpha Flight is a fictional team of Canadian superheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The characters premiered in ''The Uncanny X-Men'' #120 (April 1979), and were created to serve as part of the X-Men member Wolv ...

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Balder the Brave Balder the Brave is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is based on the deity Baldr from Norse mythology. Publication history Created by editor-plotter Stan Lee and penciller Jack Ki ...

'' #1–4 (artist) (1985–1986) *''

Battlestar Galactica ''Battlestar Galactica'' is an American science fiction media franchise created by Glen A. Larson. It began with the original television series in 1978, and was followed by a short-run sequel series, '' Galactica 1980'', a line of book adaptat ...

'' #8–9, 18 (penciller) (1979–1980) *''

Black Knight The black knight is a literary stock character who masks his identity and that of his liege by not displaying heraldry. Black knights are usually portrayed as villainous figures who use this anonymity for misdeeds. They are often contrasted with ...

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'' #114–115 (inker); #146–163, 165–181, 185, 188, 218–223, 225–237, 284–285 (penciller) (1969–1983) *''Captain America'', vol. 3, #50 (penciller, among others) (2002) *''

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'' #6 (penciller) (1970) *''

Conan the Barbarian Conan the Barbarian (also known as Conan the Cimmerian) is a fictional sword and sorcery hero created by American author Robert E. Howard (1906–1936) and who debuted in 1932 and went on to appear in a series of fantasy stories published in ''We ...

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'' #1–29, 31–41, 62–64, 119, 127, 148, ''Annual'' #1 (penciller) (1972–1985) *''Defenders'' vol. 2 #5, 7, 10–11 (inker) (2001) *''

Doctor Strange Dr. Stephen Vincent Strange is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Steve Ditko, the character first appeared in ''Strange Tales'' #110 (cover-dated July 1963). Doctor Strange serves as ...

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Ghost Rider Ghost Rider is the name of multiple superheroes or antiheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Marvel had previously used the name for a Western character whose name was later changed to Phantom Rider. The first s ...

'' #11 (penciller) (1975) *''

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'' one-shot (penciller) (1983) *''

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'' #4 (penciller, among others) (2007) *''

Iron Man Iron Man is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Co-created by writer and editor Stan Lee, developed by scripter Larry Lieber, and designed by artists Don Heck and Jack Kirby, the character first appearan ...

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John Carter, Warlord of Mars ''John Carter, Warlord of Mars'' is a comics series published from 1977 by American company Marvel Comics. Created by Marv Wolfman (writer) and Gil Kane (penciller), it was based on the Barsoom series of Edgar Rice Burroughs and featured the epon ...

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Journey into Mystery ''Journey into Mystery'' is an American comic book series initially published by Atlas Comics, then by its successor, Marvel Comics. Initially a horror comics anthology, it changed to giant-monster and science fiction stories in the late 1950s ...

'' #512–513 (penciller) (1997) *''

Kickers, Inc. ''Kickers, Inc.'' is a twelve-issue comic book series published by Marvel Comics from 1986 to 1987 as part of the New Universe imprint. Created by Tom DeFalco and Ron Frenz, the series featured a group of former professional American football pla ...

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'' vol. 2 #8 (penciller) (1985) *''

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Marvel Graphic Novel ''Marvel Graphic Novel'' (''MGN'') is a line of graphic novel trade paperbacks published from 1982 to 1993 by Marvel Comics. The books were published in an oversized format, 8.5" x 11", similar to French albums. In response, DC Comics estab ...

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'' (penciller) (1988) *''Marvel: Heroes & Legends'' #1 (penciller) (1996) *''

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'' #4–17, 54 (penciller) (1983–1987) *''

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'' #3–14 (penciller) (1976–1977) *''Our Love Story'' #4 (inker); #15–16 (penciller) (1970–1972) *''

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'' #31 (penciller) (1976) *''

Power Man and Iron Fist ''Power Man and Iron Fist'' (originally ''Luke Cage, Hero for Hire'' then ''Luke Cage, Power Man'') was an American comic book series published by Marvel Comics, featuring the superheroes Power Man and Iron Fist. Publication history ''Hero ...

'' #53 (penciller) (1978) *''Pro Action Magazine'' #1 (promo) (artist) (1994) *'' The Rampaging Hulk'' #3, 9 (penciller) (1977–1978) *''

Rawhide Kid The Rawhide Kid (real name: Johnny Bart, originally given as Johnny Clay) is a fictional Old West cowboy appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. A heroic gunfighter of the 19th-century American West who was unjustly wanted a ...

'' #68 (inker) (1968) *''

Red Sonja Red Sonja is a sword-and-sorcery character created by writer Roy Thomas and artist Barry Windsor-Smith for Marvel Comics in 1973, partially inspired by Robert E. Howard's character Red Sonya of Rogatino. A warrior from the Hyborian Age of Ear ...

'' #14 (penciller) (1979) *''

'' #1–17, 19 (artist); #18, 20–55, 57–58, ''Annual'' #2 (penciller) (1979–1984) *'' Savage Sword of Conan'' #37, 39, 44, 116 (penciller) (1979–1985) *''Sensational Spider-Man: Self-Improvement'' #1 (inker) (2019) *''

She-Hulk She-Hulk (Jennifer Susan Walters) is a Character (arts), character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist John Buscema, she First appearance, first appeared in ''The Savage She-Hulk ...

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'' #4–7 (inker) (1969) *''

Skull the Slayer Skull the Slayer (James Patrick Scully) is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character debuted in his own book in August 1975. Creation The idea of Skull the Slayer came to Marv Wolfman in 1973, while w ...

'' #4–8 (penciller) (1976) *''

The Spectacular Scarlet Spider ''The Spectacular Scarlet Spider'' is a short-lived comic book series starring Ben Reilly as the Scarlet Spider. The series was published by Marvel Comics for four issues in November and December 1995 in comics, 1995 in between ''The Spectacular S ...

'' #1–2 (penciller) (1995) *''

'' #1–5, 7–10, 12–20, 38, 134, 155–159, 219–238, ''Annual'' #4, 14 (penciller); #135–154, 160–212, 215–218 (artist); #213 (inker) (1976–1996) *''

'' #1/2, #18, 50, 55, 59, 61–79, 81–100, ''Annual '99'' (inker) (1999–2006) *''Spider-Girl: The End'' #1 (inker) (2010) *''Spider-Man: Funeral for an Octopus'' #3 (inker) (1995) *''Spider-Man Super Special'' #1 (inker) (1995) *''Spider-Man Team-Up'' #7 (penciller) (1997) *''

Spider-Man Unlimited ''Spider-Man Unlimited'' is an animated television series produced by Saban Entertainment which features the Marvel comic book superhero Spider-Man and serves as a follow-up to '' Spider-Man: The Animated Series''. ''Unlimited'' premiered in 1 ...

'' #11 (artist) (1996) *''

Star Wars ''Star Wars'' is an American epic film, epic space opera media franchise created by George Lucas, which began with the Star Wars (film), eponymous 1977 film and Cultural impact of Star Wars, quickly became a worldwide popular culture, pop cu ...

'' #93, 102 (penciller) (1985) *'' Sub-Mariner'' #25–36 (penciller) (1970–1971) *'' Superior Spider-Man Team-Up'' #11–12 (inker) (2014) *''

Super-Villain Team-Up ''Super-Villain Team-Up'' is the name of two American comic book series published by Marvel Comics. Both series featured supervillains as the protagonists. Publication history The first series started in 1975 with two giant-size issues before la ...

'' #2 (penciller) (1975) *''

Tarzan Tarzan (John Clayton, Viscount Greystoke) is a fictional character, a feral child raised in the African jungle by the Mangani great apes; he later experiences civilization, only to reject it and return to the wild as a heroic adventurer. Creat ...

'' #19–29, ''Annual'' #2–3 (penciller) (1978–1979) *''

'' #193–194 (inker), 214 (penciller), 217 (inker), 239–240, 355, 368–369, 371–379, 381–382, ''Annual'' #6 (penciller) (1971–1987) *''Thor: The Worthy'' #1 (inker) (2020) *'' Thunderstrike'' vol. 2 #1–5 (inker) (2011) *''

Web of Spider-Man ''Web of Spider-Man'' is the name of two different monthly comic book series starring Spider-Man that have been published by Marvel Comics since 1985, the first volume of which ran for 129 issues between 1985 and 1995, and the second of which ran ...

'' #7, 12, 34 (penciller); ''Annual'' #6 (inker) (1985–1990) *''Web of Spider-Man'' vol. 2 #1–7 (Spider-Girl) (inker) (2009–2010) *'' Western Gunfighters'' #1 (inker) (1970) *'' What If?'' #12 (Hulk); #44 (Captain America) (penciller) (1978–1984) *''What If... General Ross Had Become the Hulk?'' oneshot (inker) (2004) *'' Wild Thing'' #0 (inker) (1999) *''

X-Factor ''The X Factor'' is a television music competition franchise created by British producer Simon Cowell and his company Syco Entertainment. It originated in the United Kingdom, where it was devised as a replacement for '' Pop Idol'' (2001–200 ...

'' #22 (penciller) (1987) *''

'' #66 (penciller) (1970)

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at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Buscema, Sal 1936 births American comics artists Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School alumni Harvey Award winners Inkpot Award winners Living people Marvel Comics people Artists from Brooklyn People from Fairfax County, Virginia Silver Age comics creators United States Army non-commissioned officers American people of Italian descent United States Army Corps of Engineers personnel DC Comics people

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