Advance Preview: ‘Fiends Of The Eastern Front’ — It’s Vamps Vs Nazis And More
by Richard Bruton
Coming in December, a collection of THE classic 2000 AD horror series from Gerry Finley-Day and Carlos Ezquerra, plus modern tales of the vampire Constanta… Fiends of The Eastern Front is about to give you the winter chills…
Originally published in 1980, Gerry Finley-Day and Carlos Ezquerra’s Fiends of the Eastern Front told the terrifying tale of the vampire Constanta, a Romanian Captain seeing the carnage and bloodshed of the Eastern Front in WWII as easy pickings.
It was an instant classic, one that’s finally getting the luxury collection treatment in paperback and hard cover from 2000 AD on 7th December.
As well as that classic 10-part original by Finley-Day and Ezquerra, this volume collects another four tales of the vampire Constanta – after all, he’s been around for a long, long time and there have been many, many wars to feed at. Constanta and his men turn up to feed in WWII Stalingrad, on Napoleon’s retreat from Moscow, in the mud and blood of WWI, and in the chaos of Vietnam in this collection of tales featuring the artistic talents of Carlos Ezquerra, Colin MacNeil, Dave Taylor, Dave Kendall, and DaNi.
‘Fiends of the Eastern Front’
Written by Gerry Finley-Day
Art by Carlos Ezquerra
Letters by Jack Potter
First published in 2000 AD #152-161, 1980
Fiends of the Eastern Front – Volume 1, published by 2000 AD on 7 December 2023.
‘Stalingrad’
Written by David Bishop
Art by Colin MacNeil
Letters by Colin MacNeil and Ellie De Ville
First published in Judge Dredd Megazine #245-252, 2006
‘1812’
Written by Ian Edginton
Art by Dave Taylor
Letters by Annie Parkhouse
First published in 2000 AD #2100–2105, 2018
‘Strange Meeting’
Written by Guy Adams
Art by Dave Kendall
Letters by Ellie De Ville
First published in 2000 AD Sci-Fi Special 2019
‘Fodder’
Written by Hannah Berry
Art by DaNi
Letters by Sam Gretton
First published in 2000 AD Free Comic Book Day 2016
Now, a little advance preview… don’t have nightmares…
