Jim Salicrup

Jim Salicrup
Salicrup at the 2015 East Coast Comicon in Secaucus, New Jersey
Born	James Alexander Salicrup (1957-05-29) May 29, 1957 (age 59)
Nationality	American
Area(s)	Editor, Writer
Notable works	Uncanny X-Men Marvel Age The Amazing Spider-Man

Jim Salicrup (born May 29, 1957) is an American comic book editor, known for his tenures at Marvel Comics and Topps Comics. At Marvel, where he worked for twenty years, he edited books such as The Uncanny X-Men, Fantastic Four, Avengers and various Spider-Man titles. At Topps, he edited books such as Bram Stoker's Dracula, X-Files and Zorro.

He has also worked at Stan Lee Media, and is now editor-in-chief at Papercutz, which publishes Nancy Drew, The Hardy Boys. He is also a trustee at the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art.

Salicrup began his comics career at Marvel Comics, where he started out as a messenger and worked his way up to editor. A Marvel employee for twenty years, he edited The Avengers,The Uncanny X-Men, and The Fantastic Four. In 1987, Salicrup became the editor of The Amazing Spider-Man and oversaw the "Kraven's Last Hunt" storyline. He is credited with coming up with the idea of running "Kraven's Last Hunt" as a crossover through all the Spider-Man titles. He followed this by hiring Todd McFarlane to draw the title. The popularity of McFarlane's work led to the launch of another Spider-Man title, Spider-Man, which Salicrup edited as well. Salicrup was the editor of Marvel Age magazine for eight years. He wrote Transformers, Sledge Hammer!, The A-Team, The Amazing Spider-Man and the Incredible Hulk toilet paper,Spidey Super Stories, and the child abuse prevention issue of Spider-Man.