Silvio "Sal" Buscema (born on January 26, 1936, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American comic book artist — primarily for Marvel Comics. He is the younger brother of artist John Buscema. He is also known as "Our Pal Sal" in the language of Marvel Comics' old "Bullpen Bulletins" page.

Buscema grew up as a fan of Alex Raymond's Flash Gordon, Hal Foster's Prince Valiant, Will Eisner's The Spirit, and Jack Kirby's Captain America. Like his older brother John, Buscema attended the High School of Music & Art, graduating in 1955. After serving in the Army, where he was classified as an "illustrator," Buscema found work in Washington, D.C. at the Creative Art Studio.

Buscema got his start in comic books in 1968 as the inker over the pencils of his older brother John Buscema, on The Avengers and Silver Surfer. Within a year, he was penciling The Avengers, and for the next thirty years, he was one of the most prolific artists at the company. In particular, Buscema is known for stints on Captain America (with writer Steve Englehart), a ten-year run on the Incredible Hulk (with writers Len Wein, Roger Stern and Bill Mantlo), the Defenders (with Wein and Steve Gerber), The Mighty Thor (with Walt Simonson and John Workman) and the various Spider-Man titles (with Gerry Conway and J.M. DeMatteis).

From 1988 through 1996 Sal Buscema notably penciled and mostly inked a 100-issue run on the title The Spectacular Spider-Man. Unlike some fellow Silver Age artists, Buscema's style evolved to meet the grittier, sharper-edged look favored beginning in the 1990s.

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