Fiends of the Eastern Front
| Fiends of the Eastern Front | |
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Cover of Fiends of the Eastern Front (2005), hardcover collected edition. Art by Carlos Ezquerra.
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| Created by |
Gerry Finley-Day Carlos Ezquerra |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher |
IPC Rebellion Developments |
| Schedule | Weekly Monthly |
| Title(s) |
2000 AD #152-161 Judge Dredd Megazine #245-252 |
| Formats | Original material for the series has been published as a strip in the comics anthology(s) 2000 AD and Judge Dredd Megazine. |
| Genre | |
| Publication date | February–April 1980 May–December 2006 |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) |
Gerry Finley-Day David Bishop |
| Artist(s) |
Carlos Ezquerra Colin MacNeil |
| Letterer(s) |
Jack Potter Colin MacNeil Ellie de Ville |
| Creator(s) |
Gerry Finley-Day Carlos Ezquerra |
| Editor(s) |
Steve MacManus Matt Smith |
| Reprints | |
| Collected editions | |
| Fiends of the Eastern Front | ISBN |
Fiends of the Eastern Front was a story published in the British comics anthology 2000 AD, created by Gerry Finley-Day and Carlos Ezquerra. The series mixed vampires into the general horror of the Eastern front. The characters also appeared in other series with Judge Dredd and Durham Red when sinister vampiric figures were needed.
A diary found with an unearthed skeleton casts new light on a lost piece of history from World War II. It belongs to a young German soldier who was stationed on the Eastern Front alongside a group of Romanian soldiers who always fought at night. Their true nature is soon revealed and when they change sides all Hell breaks loose.
The Germans were:
The Russians were:
The Vampires were:
They have appeared in their own series (the original run being released as a single volume by Rebellion Developments in June 2006 and a new series starting to coincide with this) as well as cropping up elsewhere and now feature in a series of novels.
Black Flame released a series of novels based on the series all written by David Bishop:
The novel Fiends of the Rising Sun deals with the same premise but with vampire samurai in the Pacific War.
Other items that mix horror with the World Wars and/or feature undead Nazis include:
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