Sal Buscema

Sal Buscema is an American comics artist, primarily for Marvel Comics, where he enjoyed a ten-year run as artist of The Incredible Hulk and is one of the main creators of The New Mutants.

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Dungeons & Dragons: Forgotten Realms #5

IDW • 2012 • Vol. 1
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G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #185

IDW • 2012 • Vol. 1
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Amazing Spider-Man #700

Marvel • 2013 • Vol. 1
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Cover art inspired by The Amazing Spider-Man #400

Adventures of Superman #2

DC • 2013 • Vol. 2
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Captain America: Living Legend #3

Marvel • 2013 • Vol. 1
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Nova #10

Marvel • 2013 • Vol. 5
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Black Dynamite #1

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Superior Spider-Man Team-Up #11

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Superior Spider-Man Team-Up #12

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Black Dynamite #2

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DMC #1

Darryl Makes Comics • 2014 • Vol. 1
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Co-written by Darryl McDaniels, better known as DMC from the group Run-DMC

100-page graphic novel about a New York City vigilante in the 1980s protecting citizens from superheroes and supervillains

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Spider-Island #1

Marvel • 2015 • Vol. 1
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Spider-Island #2

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Spider-Island #3

Marvel • 2015 • Vol. 1
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Spider-Island #4

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Spider-Island #5

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Venom: Space Knight #4

Marvel • 2016 • Vol. 1
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ROM #1

IDW • 2016 • Vol. 2
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ROM: Revolution #1

IDW • 2016 • Vol. 1
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ROM #11

IDW • 2017 • Vol. 2
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ROM #11

IDW • 2017 • Vol. 2
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ROM #12

IDW • 2017 • Vol. 2
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ROM #13

IDW • 2017 • Vol. 2
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G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Anniversary Edition #1

IDW • 2018 • Vol. 1
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Immortal Hulk #1

Marvel • 2018 • Vol. 1
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Variant cover art by Sal Buscema

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Immortal Hulk #1

Marvel • 2018 • Vol. 1
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Variant cover art by Sal Buscema

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Defenders: The Best Defense #1

Marvel • 2018 • Vol. 1
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Variant wraparound cover art by John Buscema

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True Believers: Conan #1

Marvel • 2019 • Vol. 1
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True Believers: Conan #1

Marvel • 2019 • Vol. 1
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True Believers: Captain Marvel #1

Marvel • 2019 • Vol. 1
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True Believers: Avengers #1

Marvel • 2019 • Vol. 1
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Marvel Tales: Spider-Man #1

Marvel • 2019 • Vol. 1
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True Believers: Amazing Spider-Man #1

Marvel • 2019 • Vol. 1
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True Believers: Hulk #1

Marvel • 2019 • Vol. 1
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True Believers: Hulk #1

Marvel • 2019 • Vol. 1
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True Believers: Annihilation #1

Marvel • 2019 • Vol. 1
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Marvel Tales: Ravencroft #1

Marvel • 2020 • Vol. 1
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ROM: Dire Wraiths #2

IDW • 2020 • Vol. 1
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True Believers: X-Men - Empath #1

Marvel • 2020 • Vol. 1
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True Believers: X-Men - Cypher #1

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Amazing Spider-Man #74

Marvel • 2021 • Vol. 5
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Free Comic Book Day 2022: The Overstreet Guide To Collecting Comics #1

Gemstone • 2022 • Vol. 1
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48-page special solicited as an introduction to the true source material of movies and TV spotlighting comic pricing, grading and the inspiration that comes from comics

Startup #2

Binge Books • 2022
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Binge Books • 2022 • Vol. 1
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ROM #1

Marvel • 2023 • Vol. 1
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ROM #1

Marvel • 2023 • Vol. 1
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ROM #1

Marvel • 2023 • Vol. 1
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Marvel Tales: Rom and the X-Men #1

Marvel • 2023 • Vol. 1
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