War Sucks! West Berlin, 1980. A group of workmen uncover a shocking secret from the past. Buried deep underground are the remains of Wehrmacht soldier, Hans Schmitt, and his diary, which journals his eerie encounter with the Romanian Captain Constanta and his platoon of blood-sucking freaks! Back in 1943, with the Russians willing to fight until their last man in order to defend Stalingrad, Panzergrenadier Richter discovers Constanta's secret and learns than sometimes your allies can be just as dangerous as the enemy! This fiendishly-fun collection features the breathtaking art of Carlos Ezquerra (Judge Dredd) and Colin MacNeil (America, Chopper: Song of the Surfer), with stories from Gerry Finley-Day (Rogue Trooper) and David Bishop (Thrill-Power Overload).

Author Biography

One of the most prolific writers in the comic's history, Gerry Finley-Day holds a special place in many 2000 AD fans' hearts as the creator of classics like Rogue Trooper, Fiends of the Eastern Front and The V.C.s. A keen "ideas man", Finley-Day's concepts of the horrors future warfare had in store were key to both Rogue and The V.C.s' continuing popularity, ensuring that their recent return to the Galaxy's Greatest Comic was well-received. Finley-Day also scripted episodes of Judge Dredd and Dan Dare, and co-scripted much of Invasion! David Bishop spent the 1990s editing the Judge Dredd Megazine and, latterly, 2000 AD. Since going freelance in the summer of 2000, he has written the Fiends of the Eastern Front: Stalingrad serial for the Megazine and an acclaimed history of 2000 AD's first 30 years called Thrill-Power Overload. Now a screenwriter for the TV drama series Doctors, he also writes radio plays for the BBC, audio dramas for Big Finish Productions, and computer games for various developers. His short film scripts have won several awards, he's had 20 novels published and written 40 issues of the Phantom comic. In his copious spare time he lectures on creative writing at Edinburgh Napier University, including a postgraduate module on writing for graphic novels. You can read his blog at www.viciousimagery.blogspot.com Dan Abnett is the co-creator of 2000 AD series Atavar, Badlands, Sancho Panzer and Sinister Dexter. He has also written Black Light, Downlode Tales, Durham Red, Flesh, Future Shocks, Judge Dredd, Pulp Sci-Fi, Roadkill, Rogue Trooper, The VCs, Vector 13 and Venus Bluegenes, as well as The Scarlet Apocrypha and Wardog for the Megazine. A prolific creator, Abnett has also written for Marvel, Dark Horse and DC Comics. He is the author of twenty novels for the Black Library, including the bestselling Gaunt's Ghosts series. His most recent work outside the Galaxy's Greatest Comic is DC's Legion and Superman, and Wildstorm's Mr Majestic. Dan Abnett was voted Best Writer Now at the 2003 National Comic Awards.