NS: Peter David passes away
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...so, this sucks. :(
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Peter David, a legendary comic book writer known for his work on The Incredible Hulk, X-Factor, Spider-Man, and more, has died at age 68. The news comes via his wife, who reported that he passed away during the night on May 24, 2025, after a lengthy illness.
David’s first work was in prose and journalism, before snagging a job in Marvel’s sales department in the 1980s. There, he managed to impress editors, and his first published comic book work was in 1985’s The Spectacular Spider-Man #103. From there, he wrote the classic “The Death of Jean DeWolff” storyline in Spectacular Spider-Man, before moving over to his signature work on The Incredible Hulk.
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Date: 2025-05-25 07:28 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-05-25 07:42 pm (UTC)My thought to his family, especially his wife Kathleen who spent those last years helping Peter and fighting with medical bills and insurances
PAD wrote some of my favorite Marvel runs of all time: Hulk, X-Factor, Captain Marvel, X-Factor again. Guido, Jamie, Pietro, Monet, Marlo, Rick, Lorraine, the Pantheon... So many entertaining characters!
He also created one of Marvel's first gay characters (Hector from the Pantheon) and wrote one of Marvel's first same sex kiss (Marlo and Moondragon)
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Date: 2025-05-25 07:58 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-05-25 07:50 pm (UTC)His Young Justice comic run is still one of the best.
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Date: 2025-05-25 09:04 pm (UTC)A lot of writers I love are people I really only associate with a few titles but he was THE GUY when it came to so many comics.
And that doesn't even take into account the prose, television, games, ect.
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Date: 2025-05-25 10:50 pm (UTC)Mod Note
Date: 2025-05-25 11:06 pm (UTC)Regardless of issues this board had with Peter David in the past, I know the Mod Team past and present would join me in expressing our condolences to his family and friends on his passing.
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Date: 2025-05-26 03:46 am (UTC)The one time I met him, I got him to sign a copy of one of his PHOTON tie-in novels, because I thought he'd appreciate someone showing up with a deep cut. I think he liked the humor of the request.
I read and enjoyed a great deal of his work, especially in the '90s.
He will be missed.
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Date: 2025-05-26 04:01 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-05-26 02:48 pm (UTC)We'd first met on the old GEnie computer forums, then later migrated to his AOL forum. At the time I was trying to decide whether to try going pro or not, and he (as well as a lot of other kind souls) gave me a great deal of encouragement and advice. Around 1993, my wife and I drove to Kansas City to actually sit down and meet him. We found him behind his table, introduced ourselves, and the next thing we knew we were sitting with him, sharing his communal lunch, looking at upcoming pages of Incredible Hulk, and swapping baby pictures of our daughters.
Over the years he signed tons of books for me, some of which I still have. He was highly amused that I'd tracked down his PSI-MAN series, as well as his first HOWLING MAD book and KNIGHT LIFE. And he even printed one or two of my lame-ass filksongs in "But I Digress" (such as the Darth Maul lament to "Yesterday").
Sadly, we dropped out of touch over time, and the old scans_daily kerfluffle shut the door on that friendship. He did teach me a great deal about writing, finding one's style, and...sadly, the pitfalls of being a professional writer. I ended up deciding my family and I were better off in my day job, and I've never really regretted it.
The one thing he told me that I've never forgotten was "It isn't about being good enough; it's about being RELIABLE."
Man, first Peter Morwood, now PAD. Sigh.
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Date: 2025-05-26 04:15 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-05-26 04:30 pm (UTC)GNU Peter Morwood and Peter David.
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Date: 2025-05-27 04:26 am (UTC)Thank you for your stories and condolences to his loves ones.