{"id":526,"date":"2013-06-21T10:00:32","date_gmt":"2013-06-21T14:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/?p=526"},"modified":"2024-05-19T16:38:17","modified_gmt":"2024-05-19T20:38:17","slug":"creeping-dawn-the-rise-of-the-black-centipede","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/2013\/06\/21\/creeping-dawn-the-rise-of-the-black-centipede\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Creeping Dawn: The Rise of the Black Centipede&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-878\" src=\"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/files\/2013\/05\/creeping-dawn.jpg\" alt=\"Creeping Dawn: The Rise of the Black Centipede\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><strong>The Black Centipede<\/strong> is another original <a href=\"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/the-hunt\/new-pulp\/\">New Pulp<\/a> character. While the stories are set in the 1930s, the author doesn&#8217;t trying to imitate the style or characteristics of that period.<\/p>\n<p>This can be either good or bad depending on your tastes. Do you want something totally in a vintage style, or are you willing to accept a modern work set in that period?<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/theblackcentipede.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chuck Miller<\/a><\/strong> has for some time been working on his Black Centipede character and the world in which he lives through <a href=\"http:\/\/theblackcentipede.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">his blog<\/a>. &#8220;Creeping Dawn: The Rise of the Black Centipede&#8221; is the first book-length appearance of the character.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, the Black Centipede\u00a0is a mixture of crime\/pulp heroics\/weird menace. Real people from the period (including <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/PulpWiki\/LovecraftHP\">H.P. Lovecraft<\/a><\/strong>, <strong>Amelia Earhart<\/strong> and <strong>Lizzie Borden<\/strong>) are mixed in, along with fictitious characters and places. All center around the hero of the piece: the Black Centipede.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Chuck works in an interesting twist: the Centipede has a biographer who writes and publishes highly fictionalized versions of his exploits. So in the stories there is a fictional Black Centipede\u00a0and a real one.<\/p>\n<p>The occult plays a part in this series; something that was not true for most original pulp heroes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Creeping Dawn&#8221; serves as the origin and beginning exploits of the Black Centipede.<\/p>\n<p>I hope we get further volumes of this character and his world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Black Centipede is another original New Pulp character. While the stories are set in the 1930s, the author doesn&#8217;t trying to imitate the style or characteristics of that period. 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