Comics writer Peter David has died

Comics writer Peter David has died

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We’re unhappy to listen to that writer Peter David has handed away, his household has introduced.

David had a protracted profession in comics, prose, and tv. Maybe his finest identified work was his 12-year run on The Unimaginable Hulk, which outlined a number of facets of this character which are nonetheless in place to today, most notably the totally different “inexperienced” and “gray” components of Bruce Banner’s alter ego. He additionally made an affect on DC Comics characters with prolonged tenures on Aquaman and Supergirl, and co-wrote the DC vs. Marvel intercompany crossover with Ron Marz. David wrote a number of novel diversifications of fashionable comedian e book movies as nicely, together with The Rocketeer, all three Raimi Spider-Man motion pictures, and– fittingly– Hulk and The Unimaginable Hulk, together with unique novels set within the Star Trek universe.

No stranger to the Darkish Knight and the prolonged Batfamily, David wrote the acclaimed novel adaptation for Batman Endlessly, and wrote each situation of the unique Younger Justice comedian e book sequence. His work on Younger Justice capitalized on the recognition of Robin, Superboy, and Impulse, taking characters that have been as soon as seen as sidekicks and making them a viable, functioning workforce of their very own. The sequence additionally included different teen heroes reminiscent of Surprise Lady, Secret, the Ray, Arrowette, and Captain Marvel, Jr., all earlier than they “graduated” to turn out to be Teen Titans. David even wrote a number of episodes of the wildly fashionable tv sequence Younger Justice, all through its first three seasons.

He was 68.