John Buscema, born Giovanni Natale Buscema (December 11, 1927 – January 10, 2002), was an Americancomic-bookartist and one of the mainstays of Marvel Comics during its 1960s and 1970s ascendancy into an industry leader and its subsequent expansion to a major pop cultureconglomerate. His younger brother Sal Buscema is also a comic-book artist.