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* BadBoss: In 'Stalingrad'', when Constanta is put in charge of a section of the Stalingrad front, he often threatens the men under his command with death if they disobey his near-suicidal orders or has wounded men fed to his vampiric soldiers.
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Was followed by a sequel/interquel, ''Fiends of the Eastern Front: Stalingrad'', and the prequel ''1812'', which is set during UsefulNotes/TheNapoleonicWars.
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* WeirdHistoricalWar: Rumanian vampire soldiers participate in World War II, at first on the German side, then against them when Rumania switches sides in 1944. [[TheRenfield Corporal Cringu]] mentions how his master has fought in many different wars throughout the centuries, including the Tartar invasions and the Ottoman wars. ''1812'' is set during the Napoleonic Wars.
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* WeirdHistoricalWar: Rumanian vampire soldiers participate in World War II, at first on the German side, then against them when Rumania switches sides in 1944. [[TheRenfield Corporal Cringu]] mentions how his master has fought in many different wars throughout the centuries, including the Tartar invasions and the Ottoman wars. ''1812'' is set during the Napoleonic Wars.
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* NotHisSled: In ''1812'', which crosses over with ''Film/TheDuellists'', both d'Hubert and Ferraud make appearances. However, [[spoiler:Ferraud is quickly killed off by a hungry Constanta, making his later duels with d'Hubert from the film impossible.]]
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* NotHisSled: In ''1812'', which crosses over with ''Film/TheDuellists'', both d'Hubert and Ferraud make appearances. However, [[spoiler:Ferraud is quickly killed off by a hungry Constanta, making his later duels with d'Hubert from the film impossible. D'Hubert himself later also dies, but is resurrected as a servant of Baba Yaga.]]
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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.
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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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* NotHisSled: In ''1812'', which crosses over with ''Film/TheDuellists'', both d'Hubert and Ferraud make appearances. However, [[spoiler:Ferraud is quickly killed off by a hungry Constanta, making his later duels with d'Hubert from the film impossible.]]
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Was followed by a sequel, sequel/interquel, ''Fiends of the Eastern Front: Stalingrad''.
Stalingrad'', and the prequel ''1812'', which is set during UsefulNotes/TheNapoleonicWars.
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* {{Interquel}}: ''Stalingrad'' is set during the original story, which primarily takes place between 1941 and 1945.
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* IntercontinuityCrossover: Captain Constanta and his vampire soldiers made a brief appearance in the ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'' story "Helter Skelter" as one of the threats inadvertently brought over from other dimensions.
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** Captain Constanta and his vampire soldiers made a brief appearance in the ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'' story "Helter Skelter" as one of the threats inadvertently brought over from otherdimensions.dimensions.
** The protagonist of the prequel ''1812'' is none other than Armand d'Hubert from ''Film/TheDuellists''.
* {{Interquel}}: ''Stalingrad'' is set during the original story, which primarily takes place between 1941 and 1945.
** Captain Constanta and his vampire soldiers made a brief appearance in the ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'' story "Helter Skelter" as one of the threats inadvertently brought over from other
** The protagonist of the prequel ''1812'' is none other than Armand d'Hubert from ''Film/TheDuellists''.
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* {{Necromancer}}: Constanta is able to resurrect already-dead soldiers as mindless ghouls.
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* YouCantKillWhatsAlreadyDead: Constanta and his fellow vampires use their status as living dead to partake in numerous wars in search of prey, since most regular weapons are incapable of harming them or even slowing them down.
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* WouldHurtAChild: In ''Stalingrad'', Constanta personally tears the throat out of a little girl who had been sent to spy on them.
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* VampiresSleepInCoffins: Captain Constanta and his vampire brigade rest in coffins during the day, when they are ferried around in a truck by [[TheRenfield their servant Cringu]].
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* AntagonistTitle: The fiends are the evil vampires.
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* SuperSmoke: Captain Constanta and his vampire brigade are able to turn into mist. They most commonly use this during an attack against the Soviets: you can't exactly stop an enemy when they just seep into your tank cabin.
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* MissingReflection: Hans realizes that the Romanian soldiers his company are partnered up with are vampires when he notices that they have no reflections in the water.
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* IntercontinuityCrossover: Captain Constanta and his vampire soldiers made a brief appearance in the ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'' story "Helter Skelter" as one of the threats inadvertently brought over from other dimensions.
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* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: After he believed that he had destroyed Captain Constanta, Hans is turned into a vampire by Constanta himself. Driven by an [[HorrorHunger insatiable lust for blood]], Hans is forced to feed on several Soviet soldiers before he decides to kill himself with his final SilverBullet.
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* AllGermansAreNazis: Averted. In both stories, TheProtagonist is a German footsoldier and is treated sympathetically.
* AlternateContinuity: In the form of an IntercontinuityCrossover with ''[[ComicBook/StrontiumDog Durham Red]]'' titled ''The Scarlet Apocrypha'', a series of one shot, self contained stories. In this version, Constanta, his unit and Hans all get wiped out by Red, who is fighting for the Soviet Union, armed with a [[GunsAkimbo pair of submachineguns]] loaded with {{Silver Bullet}}s.
* BloodKnight: Constanta is an almost literal example. He has fought in many wars over many centuries just so he can kill and feed off as many humans as he can.
* AlternateContinuity: In the form of an IntercontinuityCrossover with ''[[ComicBook/StrontiumDog Durham Red]]'' titled ''The Scarlet Apocrypha'', a series of one shot, self contained stories. In this version, Constanta, his unit and Hans all get wiped out by Red, who is fighting for the Soviet Union, armed with a [[GunsAkimbo pair of submachineguns]] loaded with {{Silver Bullet}}s.
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* DrivenToSuicide: Hans loads his final silver bullet into his sidearm to use on himself when he becomes a vampire.
* EyeScream: Richter loses both his eyes when Constanta uses a grenade against the golem.
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* {{Golem}}: A Rabbi makes one in Stalingrad. It's about the only thing Constanta is afraid of. Turns out the Mamayev Kurgan is also one.
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* OurZombiesAreDifferent: Richter's dead comrades are resurrected by Constanta as zombies to use as cannon fodder.
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* UniversalAmmunition: The {{Silver Bullet}}s Hans and Karl use in a machinegun are apparently also compatible with Hans' sidearm.
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* DepletedPhlebotinumShells: The main character melts down silverware and forges them [[SilverBullet into bullets]] for his machine gun to fight Constanta's vampire troops.
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* PropheticNames: Grigori Eisenstein shares his first name with {{Rasputin|ianDeath}}. He is accordingly difficult to kill, [[spoiler:going so far as a NotQuiteDead moment. Being a partially transformed vampire helps.]]
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* BurnTheUndead: Hans tries to destroy the vampiric Captain Constanta with a flamethrower while he's still sleeping in his coffin. [[spoiler:It's not enough.]]
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* CannotCrossRunningWater: When the Rumanian vampires begin to hunt their former German allies, Hans buys them some time by throwing a grenade onto a frozen lake, preventing them from crossing until it freezes again.
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* CannotCrossRunningWater: When the Rumanian vampires begin to hunt their former German allies, Hans buys them some time by throwing a grenade onto a frozen lake, preventing the vampires from following them from crossing until it freezes over again.
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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.
Was followed by a sequel, ''Fiends of the Eastern Front: Stalingrad''.
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!!This comic provides examples of:
* CannotCrossRunningWater: When the Rumanian vampires begin to hunt their former German allies, Hans buys them some time by throwing a grenade onto a frozen lake, preventing them from crossing until it freezes again.
* FamousNamedForeigner: Grigori [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Eisenstein Eisenstein]]. Eisenstein is actually a ''[[YiddishAsASecondLanguage Jewish]]'' name, but still...
* FromASingleCell: [[TheRenfield Corporal Cringu]] explains that his master Captain Constanta can resurrect from the smallest leftover. [[spoiler:Despite burning him to ashes, Hans finds out that it still wasn't enough.]]
* HorrorHunger: When Hans is turned into a vampire, he is immediately struck by a lust for blood and attacks a group of nearby Russian soldiers.
* ImprovisedCross: Hans uses two pieces of wood to make a makeshift cross to prevent the vampires for killing a Russian soldier.
* MercyKill: Hans kills his friend Karl at his request so that [[DyingAsYourself he won't be turned into a vampire]].
* MyCountryRightOrWrong: The German soldiers are depicted as regular conscripts, with no mention of any Nazi affinities.
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Subverted; the vampires play about every single vampire trope straight. They are hurt by sunlight so they only appear during the night, they sleep in coffins, 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, silver bullets, and a stake to the heart.
* TheRenfield: Corporal Cringu is the human servant of the Rumanian vampires, responsible for driving a truck full of coffins near the frontlines and protecting them during daylight.
* SilverBullet: Hans and Karl gather various silver items to melt them down for ammunition to use against the vampiric soldiers hunting them.
* VampiresHateGarlic: Hans and Karl create a circle out of garlic so that the Rumanian vampires can't get near them.
* WeirdHistoricalWar: Rumanian vampire soldiers participate in World War II, at first on the German side, then against them when Rumania switches sides in 1944. TheRenfield Corporal Cringu mentions how his master has fought in many different wars throughtout the centuries, including the Tartar invasions and the Ottoman wars.
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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.
Was followed by a sequel, ''Fiends of the Eastern Front: Stalingrad''.
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!!This comic provides examples of:
* CannotCrossRunningWater: When the Rumanian vampires begin to hunt their former German allies, Hans buys them some time by throwing a grenade onto a frozen lake, preventing them from crossing until it freezes again.
* FamousNamedForeigner: Grigori [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Eisenstein Eisenstein]]. Eisenstein is actually a ''[[YiddishAsASecondLanguage Jewish]]'' name, but still...
* FromASingleCell: [[TheRenfield Corporal Cringu]] explains that his master Captain Constanta can resurrect from the smallest leftover. [[spoiler:Despite burning him to ashes, Hans finds out that it still wasn't enough.]]
* HorrorHunger: When Hans is turned into a vampire, he is immediately struck by a lust for blood and attacks a group of nearby Russian soldiers.
* ImprovisedCross: Hans uses two pieces of wood to make a makeshift cross to prevent the vampires for killing a Russian soldier.
* MercyKill: Hans kills his friend Karl at his request so that [[DyingAsYourself he won't be turned into a vampire]].
* MyCountryRightOrWrong: The German soldiers are depicted as regular conscripts, with no mention of any Nazi affinities.
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Subverted; the vampires play about every single vampire trope straight. They are hurt by sunlight so they only appear during the night, they sleep in coffins, 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, silver bullets, and a stake to the heart.
* TheRenfield: Corporal Cringu is the human servant of the Rumanian vampires, responsible for driving a truck full of coffins near the frontlines and protecting them during daylight.
* SilverBullet: Hans and Karl gather various silver items to melt them down for ammunition to use against the vampiric soldiers hunting them.
* VampiresHateGarlic: Hans and Karl create a circle out of garlic so that the Rumanian vampires can't get near them.
* WeirdHistoricalWar: Rumanian vampire soldiers participate in World War II, at first on the German side, then against them when Rumania switches sides in 1944. TheRenfield Corporal Cringu mentions how his master has fought in many different wars throughtout the centuries, including the Tartar invasions and the Ottoman wars.
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