Sal Buscema Fan

Based on this list and my completely objective opinion, #OurPalSal is the second greatest comic book artist of all time.

Avengers vs. Graviron, on a floating hunk of earth.

Graviton has the Avengers (YJ, Wonder Man, Iron Man, Wasp, Scarlet Witch, Beast, Vision, Cap) pinned up to a large slab.

Avengers 159 (1977): First full appearance Graviton.

•Covered by Gil Kane and Frank Giacoia
•Interiored by Jim Shooter, Sal Buscema, and Pablo Marcos

The coloring of this cover always disturbed me because it ruins the spotlight effect.

Spectacular Spider-man 139, 1988, first cover appearance of Tombstone (Lonnie Lincoln) 🔥 Release: Jun 1988 🔥 Creators Writer Gerry Conway Artist Sal Buscema Cover Artist Sal Buscema Penciller Sal Buscema Inker Sal Buscema Colorist Bob Sharen Letterer Rick Parker Editor Jim Salicrup

WEB-HEAD WEDNESDAY
This is the 1988 first cover appearance of Tombstone (Lonnie Lincoln)
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Marvin Jones III, who played Tobias Whale on the CW’s Black Lightning & voiced Tombstone in the Miles Morales Spider-verse movies, will play Tombstone in the upcoming Spider-man: Brand New Day!
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Happy NCBD!
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For those about to shriek "Woke!" Let me remind you this is from
In 1984's What If...? #44 (by Peter Gillis, Sal Buscema and Dave Simons)

19. 84. Half of y'all were BABIES when this was written, don't try and pin this on 'woke politics'. This is the warning, carved in stone, for ALL. Eyes. Open.

Five panels of President Jimmy Carter talking about the energy crisis: "Many people believe the 'energy crisis' to be a hoax foisted upon us by profit-hungry oil companies. It is not. It is the most serious threat our nation -- our world -- has ever faced. It mattuhs not whether world crude oil reserves are sufficient this yeah's needs or those of the next decade. Sooner or later, oil -- and all fossil fuels -- will run out. We must recognize, once and for all, that our planet's resources are finite. We must choose, my friends, between sacrificing a little today so that our descendants will enjoy a peaceful and prosperous world, or continuing in our profligate ways, thereby forcing our grandchildren to make harsh, brutal sacrifices merely in order to survive!"

Yet another comic from an age before terrible woke people made them all POLITICAL, from the extremely politically neutral year of 1979, featuring famously apolitical President Jimmy Carter. (Marvel Team-Up #85, written by Chris Claremont, art by Sal Buscema and Steve Leialoha.)

Kinda insane how Sal Buscema just draws a perfect Spider-man. Like these are all my favorite design elements of the guy here

SPECTACULAR I recently wrote an introduction for a Hungarian collection of my 1990s Spider-Man arc, "The Child Within." Since Marvel (finally!) released...

The @jmdematteis.bsky.social and Sal Buscema run on Spectacular Spider-Man is one of my greatest comic book - and writing - influences. Great to read J.M.'s thoughts on the work here at his blog: www.jmdematteis.com/2025/09/spec...

Over at my website, I take a look back at collaborating with the great Sal Buscema on SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN.

www.jmdematteis.com/2025/09/spec...

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Spectacular Spider-Man #158 Artist: Sal Buscema

Happy Spidey Goes Cosmic Day to those who celebrate!

(Spectacular Spider-Man #158, featuring Spidey obtaining the Captain Universe powers, on sale date: September 26, 1989)

Sal Buscema

Sal Buscema

Where did Simon Williams aka Soul Man Inc. go?

Anyone seen Simon lately?

Hulk 200 to 300

Same. I adore the Bill Mantlo/Sal Buscema Hulk run. It's on my re-reading list.

Rom #10-12
Marvel, 1980

By Bill Mantlo and Sal Buscema.

Covers by Michael Golden.

Roy Thomas, Barry Windsor Smith & Sal Buscema, Sam Rosen• Conan the Barbarian 4 ⚔️

Sal Buscema’s cover for the Spectacular Spider-Man omnibus

A little late to the party both with reading the run and preordering, but finally managed to secure @jmdematteis.bsky.social’s Spectacular Spidey omnibus, as someone who cherishes that era of comics and Kraven’s last Hunt, my only regret remains not preordering it sooner!

Art by Sal Buscema

This one is actually by big John Buscema.

Iron Man is ready to pummel Hawkeye, as Hulk, Namor, and Dr. Strange arrive for assistance.

Sal Buscema covered Defenders 9 (1973), the second installment in the Avengers/Defenders War!

This is a cover scan of the copy I used to own.

Spider-Man was my first "guy" I was all about him.
This run, this run... What @jmdematteis.bsky.social does with Sal Buscema here is, to me, the DEFINITIVE Spider-Man.
Not a huge fan of omnibi but glad this is finally in print tomorrow.

Hopefully a Child Within GN follows soon!

#NCBD Quick Pick: Never bury the lead. One of the greatest runs of #Spiderman of all time is finally seeing release in the US this week!

@jmdematteis.bsky.social and Sal Buscema. Just buy it.

Art by: Sal Buscema and Brett Breeding Release Date October 12, 1982 Cover Date January, 1983 Issue Details Editor-in-Chief Jim Shooter 1. "Testing...1...2...3!" Appearances · Synopsis Writer(s) Roger Stern Penciler(s) Sal Buscema Inker(s) Brett Breeding Colorist(s) Christie Scheele Letterer(s) Joe Rosen Editor(s) Mark Gruenwald

Today's grab, Avengers #227 (1982)

Captain Marvel joins the Avengers!

Sal Buscema Hulk is my favourite Hulk.

Sal Buscema is quite possibly the most underrated Spidey artist me thinks

Where did Simon Williams aka Soul Man Inc. go?

Sal Buscema & Joe Staton

Spectacular Spider-Man #194 cover. Spider-Man and Mary Jane surrounded by a vast assortment of strange monster eyes.

Spectacular Spider-Man #195. Spidey buried under sewer mutants with only his hand desperately reaching out.

Mutants running out of the subways and into the rain streets of NYC

Some of my key childhood comics I can remember reading are Spectacular Spider-Man #194 and #195 (written by J.M. DeMatties and drawn by Sal Buscema). I haven't been able to revisit them since but the image of Spider-Man buried under sewer mutants has maintained a lifelong grip on my imagination.