Peter David was born on September 23, 1956 and passed away on May 24, 2025. He was best known for his work writing The Incredible Hulk comics.

Peter was born in Maryland and first became interested in comics when he was about five years old. He started reading "Casper" and "Wendy" in a barbershop, and became interested in superheroes through the Adventures of Superman TV series.

Peter began his career in journalism, taking after his father. His first professional assignment was covering the World Science Fiction Convention in 1974 for the Philadelphia Bulletin. In 1980, he left his job in writing for book publishing. His first job was at the EP Dutton imprint at Elsevier/Nelson. He then moved into sales and distribution, and ended up working for five years in the Marvel Comics Sales Department. During his time in sales, Jim Owsley became editor of the Spider-Man titles and actually purchased a Spider-Man story from Peter, which appeared in The Spectacular Spider-Man #103. Later, Bob Harras offered Peter The Incredible Hulk because it was a struggling title and nobody wanted to work on it. Peter got free rein with the character and ran with it.

Peter spent 12 years working on Hulk, among other titles, but is best known for making Hulk a character people cared about and a comic people wanted to read. Some other comics he worked on include Aquaman, Young Justice, SpyBoy, Supergirl, Fallen Angel, Captain Marvel, and X-Factor.

Peter also wrote novels, television shows, films, and video games. He wrote the novel Apropos of Nothing and the Knight Life series. For television, he wrote for series including Babylon 5, Young Justice, and Space Cases.

In 1992, Peter won the Eisner Award, in 1993, he won the Wizard Fan Award, in 1996 he won the Haxtur Award, in 2007 he won the Julie Award, in 2011 he won the GLAAD Media Award, and in 2016, he won an Inkpot Award.

Peter married his first wife, Myra Kasman, in 1977 and they had three daughters together. They divorced in 1998 and Peter married Kathleen O'Shea in 2001. They had one child together and stayed together until Peter's death in 2025.

Peter loved bowling, the New York Mets, tai chi, The Beatles, and the James Bond films.