I've loved comics since I was a boy and "How to draw comics the Marvel way" is what pretty much what taught me how to draw.
The book has it's critics but I think its the best book ever written on the subject and my thanks goes out to John Buscema and Stan Lee for creating it. Apart from the great Mr Buscema my other main comic influences include...
John Romita Sr, Simon Bisley, Cam Kennedy and Goseki Kojima.
If you don't know who these guys are you should check them out you wont be disappointed.