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* DistantFinale: Technically, the FramingDevice for the first story is this with Hans' remains and diary being found in 1980, [[spoiler: especially seeing as it's when Constanta finally meets his end.]]
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* AllGermansAreNazis: Averted. In both stories, TheProtagonist is a German footsoldier and is treated sympathetically.
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* AllGermansAreNazis: Averted. In both the first two stories, TheProtagonist is a German footsoldier and is treated sympathetically.
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* "Fiends of the Western Front: Wilde West" (2022): Constanta meets Creator/OscarWilde in 1880s Nebraska.
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* "Fiends of the Eastern Front 1963" (2022)
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* "Fiends of West Berlin" (2022): Constanta in the cold-war 80s. Like all the stories in the 2022 ''Sci-Fi Special'', inspired by a song, in this case "From Her to Eternity" by Music/NickCaveAndTheBadSeeds.
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* FramingDevice: The original story is told through Hans' diary after it's discovered in West Berlin in 1980. "Stalingrad" has Richter tell his story to an NKVD interrogator after his capture.
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''Fiends of the Eastern Front'' is a comic sporadically published in ''ComicBook/TwoThousandAD''. There have been multiple viewpoint characters; the one constant Captain Constanta, a vicious vampire who fights the enemies of Romania.
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''Fiends of the Eastern Front'' is a comic sporadically published in ''ComicBook/TwoThousandAD''. There have been multiple viewpoint characters; the one constant is BigBad Captain Constanta, a vicious vampire who fights the enemies of Romania.
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* "Fiends of the Western Front": British officer gets caught up in a conflict between Constanta and Black Max in France during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI.
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* "Fiends of the Western Front": A British officer gets caught up in a conflict between Constanta and Black Max in France during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI.
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* NaziZombies: Thanks to {{Necromancy}}, Constanta brings back Richter's dead comrades to use as expendable CannonFodder when he starts running short on men.
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* LeaveNoWitnesses: Constanta ties up the loose end of Richter by impersonating an NKVD officer, pretending to interrogate Richter, then murdering him before he can pass any information about Constanta to the higher Russian authorities, presumably allowing for Rumania to switch sides.
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** One of the stories of ''The Scarlet Apocrypha'' is an AlternateContinuity of the original story where Constanta's unit gets wiped out by Durham Red.
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* ''Constanta'': After the war, Tim Wilson travels to Romania to find out more about Constanta. This story is mostly the vampire's {{backstory}}.
Was followed by a sequel/interquel, ''Fiends of the Eastern Front: Stalingrad'', the prequel ''1812'', which is set during UsefulNotes/TheNapoleonicWars, and ''Fiends of the Western Front'', which takes place during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI.
Was followed by a sequel/interquel, ''Fiends of the Eastern Front: Stalingrad'', the prequel ''1812'', which is set during UsefulNotes/TheNapoleonicWars, and ''Fiends of the Western Front'', which takes place during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI.
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* ''Constanta'': "Constanta": After the war, Tim Wilson travels to Romania to find out more about Constanta. This story is mostly the vampire's {{backstory}}.
Was followed by a sequel/interquel, ''Fiends of the Eastern Front: Stalingrad'', the prequel ''1812'', which is set during UsefulNotes/TheNapoleonicWars, and ''Fiends of the Western Front'', which takes place during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI.
{{backstory}}.
Was followed by a sequel/interquel, ''Fiends of the Eastern Front: Stalingrad'', the prequel ''1812'', which is set during UsefulNotes/TheNapoleonicWars, and ''Fiends of the Western Front'', which takes place during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI.
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''Fiends of the Eastern Front'' is a comic published by ''ComicBook/TwoThousandAD''.
In 1980, in the British sector of Berlin a cave is uncovered containing the skeleton of a German soldier clutching a diary. A German official and a British officer proceed to read it, recounting the story of private Hans Schmidt and his encounter with a group of vampiric soldiers during World War II.
In 1980, in the British sector of Berlin a cave is uncovered containing the skeleton of a German soldier clutching a diary. A German official and a British officer proceed to read it, recounting the story of private Hans Schmidt and his encounter with a group of vampiric soldiers during World War II.
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''Fiends of the Eastern Front'' is a comic sporadically published by ''ComicBook/TwoThousandAD''.
in ''ComicBook/TwoThousandAD''. There have been multiple viewpoint characters; the one constant Captain Constanta, a vicious vampire who fights the enemies of Romania.
Stories published include:
* "Fiends of the Eastern Front" (1980): In 1980, in the British sector of Berlin a cave is uncovered containing the skeleton of a German soldier clutching a diary. A German official and a British officer proceed to read it, recounting the story of private Hans Schmidt and his encounter witha group of Constanta's vampiric soldiers during World War II.
* "Stalingrad" (2006): An {{interquel}} set during the Battle of Stalingrad.
* "1812" (2018): A {{prequel}} set during UsefulNotes/TheNapoleonicWars.
* "Fiends of the Western Front": British officer gets caught up in a conflict between Constanta and Black Max in France during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI.
* ''Constanta'': After the war, Tim Wilson travels to Romania to find out more about Constanta. This story is mostly the vampire's {{backstory}}.
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* "Fiends of the Eastern Front" (1980): In 1980, in the British sector of Berlin a cave is uncovered containing the skeleton of a German soldier clutching a diary. A German official and a British officer proceed to read it, recounting the story of private Hans Schmidt and his encounter with
* "Stalingrad" (2006): An {{interquel}} set during the Battle of Stalingrad.
* "1812" (2018): A {{prequel}} set during UsefulNotes/TheNapoleonicWars.
* "Fiends of the Western Front": British officer gets caught up in a conflict between Constanta and Black Max in France during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI.
* ''Constanta'': After the war, Tim Wilson travels to Romania to find out more about Constanta. This story is mostly the vampire's {{backstory}}.
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** In ''Fiends of the Western Front'', Constanta goes up against Black Max, VillainProtagonist of the ''Thunder'' comic of the same name.
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* VillainBasedFranchise: The comic jumps through various time periods, but Constanta is ever present.
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* VampireHickey: In the novel adaptation, Sergei is bitten by one of the eponymous fiends. The squad treats it by bandaging his silver Star of David pendant against the fang wounds in an effort to burn out the infection. It results in [[spoiler: Sergei becoming a DaywalkingVampire and the wounds mutating into [[TooManyMouths tiny, monstrous mouths, complete with tongues]].]]
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Was followed by a sequel/interquel, ''Fiends of the Eastern Front: Stalingrad'', the prequel ''1812'', which is set during UsefulNotes/TheNapoleonicWars, and ''Fiends Of The Western Front'', which takes place during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI.
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Was followed by a sequel/interquel, ''Fiends of the Eastern Front: Stalingrad'', the prequel ''1812'', which is set during UsefulNotes/TheNapoleonicWars, and ''Fiends Of The of the Western Front'', which takes place during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI.
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* BatPeople: Bat-people are a species older than vampires and are hostile towards them, viewing vampires as upstarts. One of them [[RedplicaBaron flies a red plane during World War I]] before running into Constanta.
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* OurVampiresAreDifferent:
** Subverted; the vampires play almost every single vampire trope straight. They drink blood, are hurt by sunlight so they only appear during the night, they sleep in coffins, they don't have reflections, they can turn into both bats and wolves (as well as mist), they're vulnerable to crosses and garlic, they can't cross water, and can be killed by decapitation, fire, silver bullets, and a stake to the heart. About the only one missing is the vampire invitation. ** DoubleSubverted in later stories, which reveal that Constanta himself is the only "pure" vampire, having made a DealWithTheDevil with a coven of witches to transform him as he was close to death; everyone else [[MonsterProgenitor turned by Constanta]] are his acolytes, possessing a slightly less potent version of his power set. There is also a different vampire subspecies who are more closely related to bats than Constanta and his ilk and are enemies of the regular vampires.
** Subverted; the vampires play almost every single vampire trope straight. They drink blood, are hurt by sunlight so they only appear during the night, they sleep in coffins, they don't have reflections, they can turn into both bats and wolves (as well as mist), they're vulnerable to crosses and garlic, they can't cross water, and can be killed by decapitation, fire, silver bullets, and a stake to the heart. About the only one missing is the vampire invitation. ** DoubleSubverted in later stories, which reveal that Constanta himself is the only "pure" vampire, having made a DealWithTheDevil with a coven of witches to transform him as he was close to death; everyone else [[MonsterProgenitor turned by Constanta]] are his acolytes, possessing a slightly less potent version of his power set. There is also a different vampire subspecies who are more closely related to bats than Constanta and his ilk and are enemies of the regular vampires.
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* OurVampiresAreDifferent:
** Subverted; the vampiresOurVampiresAreDifferent: They play almost every single vampire trope straight. They drink blood, are hurt by sunlight so they only appear during the night, they sleep in coffins, they don't have reflections, they can turn into both bats and wolves (as well as mist), they're vulnerable to crosses and garlic, they can't cross water, and can be killed by decapitation, fire, silver bullets, and a stake to the heart. About the only one missing is the vampire invitation. ** DoubleSubverted in later stories, which Later stories reveal that Constanta himself is the only "pure" vampire, having made a DealWithTheDevil with a coven of witches to transform him as he was close to death; everyone else [[MonsterProgenitor turned by Constanta]] are his acolytes, possessing a slightly less potent version of his power set. There is also a different vampire subspecies who are more closely related to bats than Constanta and his ilk and are enemies of the regular vampires.
** Subverted; the vampires
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* RedplicaBaron: The comic features a Richthofen-based villain in the WWI prequel. He's a type of vampire man-bat much older than even Captain Constanta, flying in a blood-red plane and controlling a swarm of [[BatOutOfHell monstrous bats]].
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* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Subverted; the vampires play almost every single vampire trope straight. They drink blood, are hurt by sunlight so they only appear during the night, they sleep in coffins, they don't have reflections, they can turn into both bats and wolves (as well as mist), they're vulnerable to crosses and garlic, they can't cross water, and can be killed by decapitation, fire, silver bullets, and a stake to the heart. About the only one missing is the vampire invitation. DoubleSubverted in later stories, which reveal that Constanta himself is the only "pure" vampire, having made a DealWithTheDevil with a coven of witches to transform him as he was close to death; everyone else [[MonsterProgenitor turned by Constanta]] are his acolytes, possessing a slightly less potent version of his power set. There is also a different vampire subspecies who are more closely related to bats than Constanta and his ilk and are enemies of the regular vampires.
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* OurVampiresAreDifferent: OurVampiresAreDifferent:
** Subverted; the vampires play almost every single vampire trope straight. They drink blood, are hurt by sunlight so they only appear during the night, they sleep in coffins, they don't have reflections, they can turn into both bats and wolves (as well as mist), they're vulnerable to crosses and garlic, they can't cross water, and can be killed by decapitation, fire, silver bullets, and a stake to the heart. About the only one missing is the vampire invitation. ** DoubleSubverted in later stories, which reveal that Constanta himself is the only "pure" vampire, having made a DealWithTheDevil with a coven of witches to transform him as he was close to death; everyone else [[MonsterProgenitor turned by Constanta]] are his acolytes, possessing a slightly less potent version of his power set. There is also a different vampire subspecies who are more closely related to bats than Constanta and his ilk and are enemies of the regular vampires.
** Subverted; the vampires play almost every single vampire trope straight. They drink blood, are hurt by sunlight so they only appear during the night, they sleep in coffins, they don't have reflections, they can turn into both bats and wolves (as well as mist), they're vulnerable to crosses and garlic, they can't cross water, and can be killed by decapitation, fire, silver bullets, and a stake to the heart. About the only one missing is the vampire invitation. ** DoubleSubverted in later stories, which reveal that Constanta himself is the only "pure" vampire, having made a DealWithTheDevil with a coven of witches to transform him as he was close to death; everyone else [[MonsterProgenitor turned by Constanta]] are his acolytes, possessing a slightly less potent version of his power set. There is also a different vampire subspecies who are more closely related to bats than Constanta and his ilk and are enemies of the regular vampires.
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* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Subverted; the vampires play almost every single vampire trope straight. They drink blood, are hurt by sunlight so they only appear during the night, they sleep in coffins, they don't have reflections, they can turn into both bats and wolves (as well as mist), they're vulnerable to crosses and garlic, they can't cross water, and can be killed by decapitation, fire, silver bullets, and a stake to the heart. About the only one missing is the vampire invitation. DoubleSubverted in later stories, which reveal that Constanta himself is the only "pure" vampire, having made a DealWithTheDevil with a coven of witches to transform him as he was close to death; everyone else [[MonsterProgenitor turned by Constanta]] are his acolytes, possessing a slightly less potent version of his power set.
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* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Subverted; the vampires play almost every single vampire trope straight. They drink blood, are hurt by sunlight so they only appear during the night, they sleep in coffins, they don't have reflections, they can turn into both bats and wolves (as well as mist), they're vulnerable to crosses and garlic, they can't cross water, and can be killed by decapitation, fire, silver bullets, and a stake to the heart. About the only one missing is the vampire invitation. DoubleSubverted in later stories, which reveal that Constanta himself is the only "pure" vampire, having made a DealWithTheDevil with a coven of witches to transform him as he was close to death; everyone else [[MonsterProgenitor turned by Constanta]] are his acolytes, possessing a slightly less potent version of his power set. There is also a different vampire subspecies who are more closely related to bats than Constanta and his ilk and are enemies of the regular vampires.
