Hine has been working in comics since the early 1980s. For Crisis he drew the series Sticky Fingers (written by Myra Hancock) in 1989, and wrote and drew a number of short pieces in 1990 and 1991. For 2000 AD he drew Tao De Moto in 1991 (again written by Hancock) and wrote and drew the futuristic police series Mambo from 1994 to 1996.
He wrote and drew the black and white horror comic Strange Embrace, originally published as a mini-series by Atomeka Press in 1993, and later as a collected graphic novel by Active Images in the U.S., reprinted again as a color series by Image Comics.
Hine is currently best known as a writer on Marvel Comics titles, like The 198 and X-Men. One of his most recent projects there was Silent War a six-issue mini-series featuring the Inhumans with art by Frazer Irving. Hine has also written a number of What if? stories which look at alternate outcomes to stories like Annihilation and Deadly Genesis.
He was also the writer of Spawn for Image comics from issues # 151 to # 184 ., as well as writing his own manga series Poison Candy for Tokyopop and the Two-Face issue of The Joker's Asylum for DC. He will also be writing four issues of The Brave and the Bold with artist Doug Braithwaite, before J. Michael Straczynski starts his run on the title and he wrote the Deathstroke one-shot, which was part of the Faces of Evil series which deals with the aftermath of Final Crisis.. He recently wrote the Arkham Asylum one-shot for the Batman Battle for the Cowl event. His one shot lead to a mini series called "Arkham Reborn", the events lead into David Hine taking over Detective Comics continuing the story.
David also has another comic forthcoming from indie publisher, Radical Comics, The Federal Vampire and Zombie Agency, he has the book co-written with Roy Allan Martinez. and, from Image Comics, The Bulletproof Coffin with artist Shaky Kane.
"The Man from 2000" (art, with Oleh Stepaniuk, in 2000 AD Annual 1981, 1980)
"Life Sentence" (script and art, in 2000 AD #893, 1994)
"Riot" (art, with Vikki, in Knockabout Comics #3, 1981)
Big Ben (inks, with Dez Skinn, and pencils by Will Simpson, in Warrior #26, 1984)
Transformers #75 (inks, with Simon Furman, and pencils by Will Simpson, Marvel UK, 1986)
Spider-man and the Zoids #47 (inks, with Grant Morrison, and pencils by Steve Yeowell, Marvel UK, 1987)
"Gas Masque!" (inks, with James Hill, and pencils by Brett Ewins, in Action Force #23, 1987)
"Claws of the Klathi" (inks, with Mike Collins, and pencils by Kev Hopgood, in Doctor Who Magazine #136-138, 1988)
Death's Head #2-3 (inks, with Simon Furman, and pencils by Bryan Hitch, Marvel UK, 1989)
Sticky Fingers (art, with Myra Hancock, in Crisis #15-27, 1989)
"Martin" (script and art, in Revolver: Horror Special, 1990)
"Didn't you love my brother?" (art, with Tony Allen, in Crisis #35, 1990)
Tao De Moto (art, with Myra Hancock):
"Forbidden Fruit" in 2000 AD #723-749, 1991)
"Baby of the Century" in 2000 AD Yearbook 1992, 1991)
"Up on the roof" (script and art, in Crisis #57, 1991)
"Worms" (script and art, in Crisis #62, 1991)
The Spider (with Mark Millar and John Higgins, in 2000 AD Action Special, 1992)
Warheads: Black Dawn #2 (inks, with Craig Huston, and pencils by Charlie Adlard, Marvel UK, 1992)
Strange Embrace (script and art, 4-issue mini-series, Atomeka , 1993, 8-issue limited series, Image Comics, June 2007 - January 2008, tpb, Active Images, softcover, 203 pages, July 2003, ISBN 0-9740567-2-3, Image Comics, hardcover, 240 pages, May 2008, ISBN 1-58240-914-5)
Maniac 5: "War Journal" (with Mark Millar, in 2000 AD Sci-Fi Special 1993)
Dark Angel #11-13 (inks, with Bernie Jaye, and pencils by Salvador Larroca, Marvel UK, 1993)
Mambo (script and art):
"The New Flesh" (in 2000 AD #889-896, 1994)
"Fleshworld" (in 2000 AD #940-947, 1995)
"Fleshworks" (in 2000 AD #1014-1022, 1996)
Judge Dredd: "Blow Out" (art, with John Wagner, in 2000 AD #949, 1995)
Vector 13: "Case Nine: Spear of Destiny" (art, with Peter Hogan, in 2000 AD #959, 1995)
X-Men Unlimited #2: "District X" (with Adi Granov, Marvel, June 2004)
District X (Marvel Knights, Marvel, July 2004 - August 2005) collected as:
Mr. M (collects District X #1-6, with pencils by David Yardin, Lan Medina and Mike Perkins, and inks by Alejandro Sicat, Avalon Studios and Drew Hennessy, 144 pages, January 2005, ISBN 0-7851-1444-0)
Underground (collects District X #7-12 and X-Men Unlimited #2, with art by Adi Granov, pencils by Lan Medina, and inks by Alejandro Sicat, 200 pages, October 2005, ISBN 0-7851-1602-8)
Daredevil: Redemption (with Michael Gaydos, Marvel, April—August 2005, tpb, 144 pages, November 2005, ISBN 0-7851-1566-8)
Mutopia X (with pencils by Lan Medina, and inks by Alejandro Sicat, 5-issue mini-series, Marvel, September 2005- January 2006, tpb, 120 pages, March 2006, ISBN 0-7851-1811-X)
Spawn #150-184 (Image Comics, 2005—2008)
X-Men: Colossus Bloodlines (with Jorge Luis Pereira, 5-issue mini-series, Marvel, November 2005 - March 2006, tpb, 120 pages, April 2006, ISBN 0-7851-1900-0)
Son of M (with Roy Allan Martinez, 6-issue mini-series, February—July 2006, tpb, 144 pages, September 2006, ISBN 0-7851-1970-1)
The 198 (with pencils by Jim Muniz and inks by Juan Doe, 5-issue mini-series, Marvel, March—July 2006, tpb, collects X-Men: The 198 and X-Men: The 198 Files, 168 pages, September 2006, ISBN 0-7851-1994-9)
X-Men (with pencils by Yanick Paquette and inks by Serge LaPointe, 4-issue mini-series, marvel, September—December 2006, tpb, 112 pages, May 2007, ISBN 0-7851-2313-X)
What if? (Marvel Comics):
Deadly Genesis (with pencils by David Jardin and inks by Kris Justice, February 2007, collected in What If?: Event Horizon, July 2007, ISBN 0-7851-2183-8)
Annihilation (with art by Rafael Kayanan and Mico Suayan, January 2008, collected in What If?: Civil War, April 2008, ISBN 0-7851-3036-5)
Inhumans: Silent War (with Frazer Irving, 6-issue mini-series, Marvel, January—June 2007, tpb, 144 pages, October 2007, ISBN 0-7851-2425-X)
Poison Candy (Tokyopop, February 2008, 192 pages, ISBN 1-4278-0080-4)
The Joker's Asylum: "Two-Face" (with Andy Clarke, DC, 2008)
The Brave and the Bold #19-22 (with Doug Braithwaite, DC Comics, 2008—2009)
Faces of Evil: "Deathstroke" (with Georges Jeanty, DC Comics, 2009)
Spider-Man Noir (with co-author Fabrice Sapolsky, and art by Carmine di Giandomenico, Marvel Comics,December 2008-March 2009)
The Federal Vampire and Zombie Agency, Radical Comics
Detective Comics #864- (writer, with art by Jeremy Haun, ongoing series, DC Comics, June 2010—present)
The Bulletproof Coffin (with artist Shaky Kane, Image Comics, forthcoming)