Peter David Has Passed

Peter David has passed. He was 68. David wrote a ton of comics I loved. One of my favorite comic runs has to be his extended tenure(s) on, "X-Factor," with the one post-"Houe of M," being extra stupendous. He was also amazing anytime he wrote anything Hulk-related, 2099-era stuff, and the list just goes on and on. David had suffered a number of health issues, including a 2012 stroke, followed by a number of issues post-2022. David at times faced some controversy for very public spats with other comic creators, and once apologized for anti-Romni comments he made at a 2016 comic-con panel. Considering some of the fiascos comic creators have publicly faced (Ellis, Gaiman, etc.), these are relatively minor blunders, but they got a lot of attention at the time.

The most recent comic by Peter David I read and quite enjoyed was a, "Joe Fixit," mini-series published in 2023 that focused on Bruce Banner/the Hulk's time in Vegas as the gray-skinned Joe Fixit back in a previous David comic run. It was incredibly fun and also featured a good deal of Spider-Man and the Kingpin being written as superbly as David could write any character (others online agreed with me). David was one of my favorite writers, along with Grant Morrison, Christopher Priest, and such. He will be deeply missed and leaves behind an amazing body of work in comics, prose, internet musings, and so forth.