Pulp Call of Cthulhu Part 2: The Villains

 If you've been following us for awhile, you might remember me mentioning I've been working on a Call of Cthulhu game where the Player Characters will play as Tarzan, Doc Savage, the Shadow, and other pulp style heroes and characters. (Flash Gordon? Karamenah? The Bride of Frankenstein?)

Lately, I've been considering the villains. Reading the latest League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Nemo: The Roses of Berlin, I've been inspired by the idea of using the villains of German Expressionist cinema to go against the somewhat more straightforward American heroes.

Think of it: Rotwang, Dr Caligari, Doctor Mabuse. Now, I'm not exactly opposed to throwing in Fu Manchu and John Sunlight, but I really like the Weirdness of the German contingent - we are still ostensibly dealing with the Cthulhu Mythos here. These are exactly the types to be reading from forbidden tomes. What do you think? Who are your favorite thirties era villains?