NS: Peter David passes away

[cygnia]

...so, this sucks. :(

https://comicbookclublive.com/2025/05/25/peter-david-dies-age-68/

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.

Comments

[onsokumaru]

Horrible news.
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)

[phantomfo]

He was such a prolific writer, too. In addition to comics, he was also a frequent writer of Star Trek novels, as well as his own original series.