I remember being handed a Hulk comic at summer camp, featuring the gray-skinned Hulk of the period. I only knew the Hulk as the green skinned guy who yelled a lot and I was stunned at what I saw. He was now a Vegas enforcer named "Mr. Fixit", and it was absolutely wild. I soon learned through the Bullpen Bulletins, it was Peter David driving that effort.
Peter David's name was kind of everywhere for the first decade and a half I read comics, and of his many great efforts, I particularly liked his X-Factor and Supergirl. He had a unique ability to find ideas that were out there, and, like The Hulk, turn them into something familiar but new. X-Factor became a complex story about a mutant team affiliated with the Pentagon. Supergirl went from the Matrix character to the Earth Angel inhabiting a dead girl to a girl who could kind of leap far and was bullet proof. I assure you, this all made sense at the time.
He also transformed Aquaman, created Young Justice, handled She-Hulk, Star Trek, Superman and endless more.
David will be remembered among comic fans as one of the most creative minds of his era, making oddball ideas make complete sense and for caring so much about his work.
I know he'd been having health issues for a while, and I'm sorry he passed.
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