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Paul Wills
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Man, I'm very sorry to hear this. I've always enjoyed his work
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Eric Jansen
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Aw man! I LOVE Sal and his work! I started reading during his and Englehart's CAPTAIN AMERICA run and Cap has been my favorite character ever since! Sal WAS Marvel!
I have been reading a lot of Marvel Epic Collection reprints lately, and I just happened to finish (and loved): ROM--first two volumes by Sal and Bill Mantlo INCREDIBLE HULK--two volumes by Sal and first Roger Stern then Bill Mantlo DEFENDERS--the two volumes that cover Sal and Steve Gerber's tenure (possibly my all-time favorite comic book run)
I didn't plan a Sal marathon, it just worked out that way--because he did SO MUCH! I had the thought that you're not a real Marvel character until Sal draws you! I also recently read Epics of MASTER OF KUNG FU, LUKE CAGE, and the original X-MEN--all of which had at least one issue by Sal! Between these and his run on AVENGERS and various SPIDER-MAN titles (including TEAM-UP), I have to think Sal drew just about everybody Marvel had up to the 90's.
Sal is one icon I always had hoped to meet. Very sad that he is gone.
Wearing my Sal Captain America shirt today in tribute.
Edited by Eric Jansen on 27 January 2026 at 1:32am
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Eric Jansen
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I read this about a year ago, and it was great to hear about Sal's life and career in his own words. It also contained a lot of great artwork, including some wonderful paintings he did. (Who knew that Sal Buscema painted?!)
I was very happy to read that he loved being inked by Klaus Janson! The work they did together on DEFENDERS is some of my all-time favorite! With Janson, Gerber, Englehart, and whoever else, Sal gave me a lot of joy as a kid (and also afterward).
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James Johnson
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Oh no!!!!
As much as we give much deserved credit to John Buscema, JB, Perez, JR Jr, Walt Simonson, and Frank Miller for their work at Marvel during the 70s & 80s, to me Sal Buscema WAS Marvel.
From the time I began reading comicbooks on a regular basis in 1975, I don't think he did less than 2 books per month.
MARVEL TEAM-UP INCREDIBLE HULK THE DEFENDERS Guest artist on the FANTASTIC FOUR, CAPTAIN AMERICA, THE AVENGERS, THOR, CONAN THE BARBARIAN, and so much more.
My condolences to his family.
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Dave Kopperman
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A master visual storyteller in a medium that lives or dies on that quality. It’s no wonder he had such a long career and was so well respected by his peers and admirers. When you read a comic drawn by Sal Buscema, you knew you were in good hands.
Because his career was so varied, he ended up drawing a lot of my favorite one off stories. An odd issue of MTU comes to mind frequently, written by (I think?) DeMatteis, a fun head twisty story of Faustus trying to drive Reed Richards crazy. Just great comics, perfectly essayed by Sal.
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Peter Martin
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A total pro as an inker and penciller and who contributed a vast amount to Marvel over the many years.
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Mike Benson
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Very sad. One of the greats without question.
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Vinny Valenti
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Even more Hulk and Jarella, courtesy of Sal:
I can't look at these panels without tearing up, even as I type this. Sal just completely nailed Hulk at his lowest.
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Paul Greer
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Whenever I think of the Hulk, Sal's version
is what comes to mind. Truly an all-time
great. Another piece of my childhood lost.
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Rich Marzullo
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Saddened to hear this.
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Greg McPhee
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Very sorry and sad to hear this.
One great thing was he provided artistic longevity and stability to a number of books he worked on.
My personal favourites:
CAPTAIN AMERICA with Steve Englehart and Roger McKenzie ROM with Bill Mantlo THE INCREDIBLE HULK with Len Wein, Roger Stern and Bill Mantlo THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN with Gerry Conway and J.M. DeMatteis
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Sal was such a good artist.
His long runs on HULK, ROM, SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN to name but a
few, were brilliant.
I felt he got deserved acclaim by some, but he should have got more.
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