Of course, I have read a lot of other stuff that Sal produced during his career. But I will always be most grateful that I crossed paths with his work back when I was just a lad. He gave me many hours of enjoyable reading when I truly needed it most.

Rest in peace, sir. You will be missed.

Sal's Hulk was a big part of my childhood and youth. For me he was THE artist on the character. 

Another great one gone. 

I'll remember him with nothing but fondness.

Thanks, Sal.

I do love when Sal inked his own work, especially in early-'80s issues of HULK and ROM, but wow, he somehow bumped his quality up a whole other level when he jumped on SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN in the late-'80s and onwards.  Superb work.

I sometimes think he was saddled too often with some basic, uninspired inkers in the '70s (two I can think of, who I won't name), but whenever he was paired with the likes of Klaus Janson, Ernie Chan, Joe Rubenstein or Joe Sinnott--those were his 70's Marvel issues that really popped!

I'm ashamed to admit it, but I didn't "get" Sal's art when I first encountered it. Now I think of him as one of the all-time great storytellers in the history of the medium. He will be missed.

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For many years Sal was unfairly maligned as a subpar artist, mainly because he took on whatever work people asked of him at a moment's notice, and often not paired with the best inkers either. There was a time where he was basically the official fill-in artist at Marvel because he could do a competant job so quickly. But that ended up hurting his reputation as an artist. Kudos to Walt for recognizing that he deserved much more and gave him his THOR run. Especially with Sal almost exclusively inking himself from that point forward, even as a kid it was at that point that I took notice of him. Walt was responsible for the Sal Buscema Renaissance.

When I first went to Universal Islands of Adventure in 2003, the primary artist was Adam Kubert, but there were also several pieces of Sal's work depicting the Marvel heroes of different eras. I took photos of all of them, if any one is interested I could find and post them here. I believe they were still there when I went back this past summer.

Sal could really give you the right expression to pack a wallop when you need it. See the Jarella examples, but here's another, when Wolverine first discovers his claws: