Sal Buscema
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Silvio "Sal" Buscema (January 26, 1936 - ) also known as "Our Pal Sal" to the Marvel Comics bullpen is an American comic book artist, primarily for Marvel Comics.
Buscema was Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States. He got his start in comic books during the mid 1960s as an inker over the pencils of his older brother John Buscema; for at least 30 years after that he was one of the most prolific artists at the company. It would probably be easier to name the titles he hasn't drawn at some point, but in particular he's known for stints on Captain America (with writer Steve Englehart), the Hulk (with writers Len Wein, Roger Stern and Bill Mantlo), the Defenders (with Wein and Steve Gerber) and Spider-Man (with Gerry Conway and J.M. DeMatteis).He notably penciled and mostly inked an over 100 issue run on the title 'Spectacular Spider-Man' from 1988 on through 1996.
Buscema usually inked his own work from the late 1970s onwards. In the early 1990s he returned to inking, again notably over John Buscema on an Englehart-scripted run on Fantastic Four.
He went into semi-retirement in the mid 1990s. He has recently penciled the Spider-Girl title from issue 59 to present, working with writer Tom DeFalco. The title is currently on the verge of being cancelled but its impending cancellation has frequently been held off because of the quality of the book itself. Template:US-bio-stub Template:Artist-stubes:Sal Buscema fr:Sal Buscema