First Appearance: Wonder Woman 169 (1967)
Creators: Robert Kanigher and Ross Andru
Abilities: On top of the multiple limbs, he is divinely empowered with super human strength, agility and speed.
Backstory: Originally created by the God of War, this bizarre creature would later return in a more frightening form as a military weapon, but during the Silver and Bronze ages he was a literal bug man, endowed with god-like powers that made him a formidable opponent for the Amazon Champion.
Aphrodite and Ares (known as Mars during this era) have a long-standing rivalry for the fate of Earth. Diana has proven herself as an unstoppable force for justice and peace on Aphrodite’s behalf, so this time around Ares creates the Crimson Centipede in an attempt to destroy Diana once and for all.
Spreading fear and chaos wherever it roamed, and defeating Diana in their first two encounters, it seemed Ares might finally have victory with his monstrous new proxy; But in their final battle, the Centipede managed to remove Diana’s Bracelets of Submission, thinking it would leave her unprotected against his hail of bullets. What he didn’t know was that those bracelets weren’t just a fashion statement or to block attacks. By removing her bracelets, meant to bring balance, he would unleash ALL of the mighty Amazon’s furious strength, and bring about his own demise- her menacing fury only restricted when her bracelets are returned to her wrists.
The Crimson Centipede would later reappear during Rebirth as a beast created by S.T.A.R. Labs, for “military applications." A group of subversive “meninists" break into the biotech firm hoping to steal a compound believed to make women subservient, when they encounter a terrifying giant centipede with fangs.
