Legendary comic book and novel writer Peter David has passed away at the age of 68. Perhaps best known to comic book fans for his work on The Incredible Hulk and The X-Men, David’s incredible ability to imbue fantastic worlds with an essential human element has touched countless fans and creators. “It felt so adult and mature and well-crafted. Literary, even,” popular comic book writer Alex Segura wrote on his Substack, commenting on David’s ability to turn pop culture icons into serious character studies.
Segura has a point. While David was an utter machine, and cranked out countless tie-in books and comics, connected to familiar universes, he also had an artistic touch with the way he rendered these characters. And, one of David’s most underrated pop culture masterpieces is the 1994 Star Trek: The Next Generation novel, Q-Squared.
