Peter Pan is making another appearance in children's literature, more than 100 years since first springing from the pen of J.M. Barrie. And this time, there's a Newfoundland twist.

Peter B. Gillis, a retired comic book writer whose best-known work came in the 1980s for Marvel and First Comics, has died. He was 71 years old. Gillis’s career spanned five decades, beginning ...