I have been reading a lot of Marvel Epic Collection reprints lately, and I just happened to finish (and loved):

ROM--first two volumes by Sal and Bill Mantlo

INCREDIBLE HULK--two volumes by Sal and first Roger Stern then Bill Mantlo

DEFENDERS--the two volumes that cover Sal and Steve Gerber's tenure (possibly my all-time favorite comic book run)

I didn't plan a Sal marathon, it just worked out that way--because he did SO MUCH!  I had the thought that you're not a real Marvel character until Sal draws you!  I also recently read Epics of MASTER OF KUNG FU, LUKE CAGE, and the original X-MEN--all of which had at least one issue by Sal!  Between these and his run on AVENGERS and various SPIDER-MAN titles (including TEAM-UP), I have to think Sal drew just about everybody Marvel had up to the 90's.

Sal is one icon I always had hoped to meet.  Very sad that he is gone.

Wearing my Sal Captain America shirt today in tribute.

I read this about a year ago, and it was great to hear about Sal's life and career in his own words.  It also contained a lot of great artwork, including some wonderful paintings he did.  (Who knew that Sal Buscema painted?!)

I was very happy to read that he loved being inked by Klaus Janson!  The work they did together on DEFENDERS is some of my all-time favorite!  With Janson, Gerber, Englehart, and whoever else, Sal gave me a lot of joy as a kid (and also afterward).

As much as we give much deserved credit to John Buscema, JB, Perez, JR Jr, Walt Simonson, and Frank Miller for their work at Marvel during the 70s & 80s, to me Sal Buscema WAS Marvel.

From the time I began reading comicbooks on a regular basis in 1975, I don't think he did less than 2 books per month.

MARVEL TEAM-UP

INCREDIBLE HULK

THE DEFENDERS 

Guest artist on the FANTASTIC FOUR, CAPTAIN AMERICA,  THE AVENGERS,  THOR, CONAN THE BARBARIAN, and so much more.

My condolences to his family. 

Because his career was so varied, he ended up drawing a lot of my favorite one off stories. An odd issue of MTU comes to mind frequently, written by (I think?) DeMatteis, a fun head twisty story of Faustus trying to drive Reed Richards crazy. Just great comics, perfectly essayed by Sal.