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One of THE greatest. They need to name an award after him at the Eisners or give out a dedicated post-humous lifetime achievement award for him next year. PAD is a certified hall of famer in any pop culture category. He could do it all.
He was to Hulk what Claremont was to X-Men, inseparable from everything the character is, PAD's legacy is built into that character's DNA and lore for all time. Without Spider-Man 2099, we wouldn't have had a compelling Spider-Verse sequel, or one of the greatest run of books in the 1990s. PAD proved you don't need Peter Parker to be able to enjoy Spider-Man all over again.
The one career goal that baffingly eluded him was never getting a crack at the flagship title, Amazing Spider-Man. Shocking considering his body of work. Whenever he got to work with Peter, it was always of a high standard and did stuff the mainline writers just would never bother with.
Thankyou PAD for the influence that you were, and for being so generous with your time for fans. Marvel don't have many like you.
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