
They're up to something.Something bad.Does it take more than that to make an interesting villain? Arguably, no. A lot of the fun of Hellboy: Sword of Storms is the variety of antagonists. Vampire heads, the Spider Lady and the turtle-shelled kappa all wanted to do Hellboy harm. Yeah, they were working for other villains, but within their episodes they mostly wanted Hellboy dead. Did they have personalities? Sure... well, not certain about the kappa, but the rest were mostly given a unique feel by the actors who played them.The villains of Hellboy: The Phantom Claw often take the center stage. You only see Kronen and Ilsa in a flashback to Hellboy's summoning but Rasputin, Von Klempt, Kriegaffes, Roderick Zinco and a Frankenstein monster army all have major parts to play. Beyond giving each a personality that an actor can embroider, each has a different agenda and some of those are in conflict.More...