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| Schedule: | Weekly Monthly |
| Anthology: | 2000 AD and Judge Dredd Megazine |
| Titles: | 2000 AD #152-161 Judge Dredd Megazine #245-252 |
| Notable: | y |
| Vampire: | y |
| War: | first |
| Multigenre: | y |
| Publisher: | IPC Rebellion Developments |
| Date: | February–April 1980 May–December 2006 |
| Startyr: | 1980 |
| Writers: | Gerry Finley-Day David Bishop |
| Artists: | Carlos Ezquerra Colin MacNeil |
| Letterers: | Jack Potter Colin MacNeil Ellie de Ville |
| Editors: | Steve MacManus Matt Smith |
| Creators: | Gerry Finley-Day Carlos Ezquerra |
| Nonus: | y |
| Tpb: | Fiends of the Eastern Front |
| Isbn: | 1-904265-64-2 |
| Altcat: | 2000 AD comic strips |
| Sort: | Fiends of the eastern front |
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.
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.
"Helter Skelter" (with Garth Ennis; Carlos Ezquerra (1-7, 10-12) and Henry Flint (8-9), in 2000 AD #1250-1261, 2001)
"Red Menace" (with Dan Abnett and Carlos Ezquerra, in Judge Dredd Megazine #4.17, 2002)
Black Flame released a series of novels based on the series, all written by David Bishop:
The first three books were collected in one volume, Fiends of the Eastern Front (672 pages, February 2007,)
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: