Peter David,one of my favorite Spider-Man writers ,recently suffered a stroke. Please join me in the comments section by wishing him a quick recovery.
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View articlesBrad created the Crawlspace back in 1998 while attending college at the University of Missouri-Columbia. He’s the webmaster and writes front page news items, and also produces, hosts and edits the podcast. He’s been collecting Spider-Man comics since the age of three and is a life-long fan of the webhead. His website has been featured in USA Today, Entertainment Weekly and on Marvel.com and inside the comics themselves. The Crawlspace is one of the first Spider-Man fan sites to ever hit the internet. Millions of people visit the site every year.
Brad has interviewed several “Spider-Celebrities” over the years including co-creator Stan Lee. He’s also interviewed actors who have portrayed Spider-Man like Paul Soles (Voice Actor from the 67 Spider-Man Cartoon), Dan Gilvezan (Spidey Voice Actor from Spider-Man & His Amazing Friends) ,Yuri Lownthal (Voice Actor from the Spider-Man PlayStation game) and Nicholas Hammond (Spider-Man 1977 Actor).
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Holy crap! I hope he get well soon, he’s one of my fav writers. Get well soon PAD!
Hope PAD gets better soon!
And stick with the therapy! They can do wonders these days!
Get better soon Mr. David.
Hope you get well and sending you good wishes.
Thoughts and prayers with you and your family on this trying time Mr David. May God be with you and yours.
Best wishes Mr. David
Get well soon Mr. David…
Peter, you are one of the writers I’ve always wanted to meet, anything I’ve seen your name attached to has been quality stuff. Best wishes for a speedy recovery.
Peter David is one of my favorite writers due to his great work on both Star Trek and Spider-man.
Best wishes and prayers for strength during a difficult time and a full recovery.
We love you!!
Get well soon PAD.
Horrible news. Peter David’s been a reliably top-quality name since I got into comics, his FNSM was excellent and his Young Justice still one of my favourite superhero series ever. Hope he recovers swiftly and gets back to churning out great books.
Only my best wishes to PAD for a speedy recovery
Oh my God….i hope he’s ok now…
Mr. David get well soon!! I really hope it is nothin serious just a little one!! Best of wishes and prayers for you and your family.
Definitely one of the best Spider-Man writers ever
Get well soon sir
God bless, get well soon.
Peter David, I hope that you get to feeling better soon , So you can entertain us all weather it’s through your writing books or comics. Your stories have reached millions of people in so many ways that you don’t know how well you help lift up crushed/brokenness when we your fans of anyway of liking or loving your work don’t mention how touched we are by it, leaves me to wonder what will you come up with next for our hungry nourishment of fun and adventure. so keep shooting that stuff called web fluid for as long as you need to while your recovering!
Sincerely hope Peter David and make a quick recovery. Best of wishes and prayers for him and his family.
Here’s hoping to as perry recovery. Get well soon big guy. We are all prayin for ya
Get well soon, sir.
Whenever I’d be asked who my favorite author was, my immediate response was/is Peter David. I’ve read him.in Spider Man, StarTrek, comics, novels, HULK, etc. The man.is.simply.a.genius. He’s made me laugh. He’s made me cry. Here’s to a quick and full recovery!
Wish him a speedy recovery. One of the greats.
Speedy recovery, PAD!!
Wish you the best PAD, get well soon!
Thoughts are with you PAD.
Prayers with him and his family.
Get well soon.
Get well soon, Pete.
He also wrote a lot of the best Hulk stories. Get well Mr. David
Get well soon Mr. David, you’re in our thoughts & prayers.
Oh, man, that’s awful. PAD is one of my top 5 writers; I wish him all the best and a full recovery.
I hope you feel better soon, Mr. David.
Get well soon, Mr. David.
He is in a “good” age for such things. I hope for the best for one of my very favorite writers.
🙁 o man, Get better soon Mr. David.
Peter David is one of the best. Get well soon.
Man that´s terrible 🙁 Hope he gets better quick.