Mark Millar And Per Berg’s Vatican City Coming To Dark Horse In Trade

Sink Your Teeth Into A New Horror Epic

Dark Horse Books presents the hit new horror comic series Vatican City collected in one paperback volume. Created by Mark Millar at Netflix and brought to the printed page by the brilliant new talent Per Berg, this critically celebrated three-part miniseries spans issue #1 (available in comic stores now), and issues #2 and #3 (available in May and June, respectively). Now, fans can also pre-order the Vatican City collection in one volume before it goes on sale in Autumn 2025…

In Vatican City, the world has been overrun by a vampire apocalypse. Every man, woman and child is dead, except for the two thousand tourists safe behind the walls and holy relics of Vatican City. But as the vampires plan their siege on the last bastion of humanity, the survivors’ fear mounts–just how long can they hold out? Time is not on their side, because the monsters can wait forever.

The end times are nigh for those in Vatican City when the 104-page (6.625” x 10.1875”) paperback arrives in bookstores on October 14 and comic shops on October 15, 2025, for $19.99. Pre-order now from Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or your local comic shop or bookstore. Visit Comic Shop Locator or bookshop.org for more details and stores near you.

Praise for Vatican City:

“Vatican City #1 is a confident and competent debut from two radically different talents marrying their respective styles to create an engaging read. The experimental illustration of Berg, combined with a seasoned writer like Millar, creates a comic that feels like it has a very steady underpinning, giving itself space to take risks with its art and explore vampire lore in interesting ways.”—CBR

“Millar is great with concocting these seemingly impossible odds against the heroes only to introduce a completely sensible and smart way to turn the tide.”—Lyles Movie Files

“The sheer brutality of that horde can’t help but leave an impression thanks to Berg’s bloody visuals, and yet these are in stark contrast to the radiance of St. Peter’s, though even that last bastion of hope can’t keep all of the darkness at bay.”—Comicbook.com

About Dark Horse Comics 

Dark Horse Comics was founded in 1986 by Mike Richardson with the goal of creating a welcoming environment for comics professionals. The company strives to be an example of how integrity and innovation can broaden a unique storytelling medium and transform a company with humble beginnings into an industry giant. Dark Horse has published modern masters such as Yoshitaka Amano, Margaret Atwood, Brian Michael Bendis, Paul Chadwick, Geof Darrow, Colleen Doran, Janet Evanovich, Dave Gibbons, Faith Erin Hicks, Kazuo Koike, Matt Kindt, Jeff Lemire, Kentaro Miura, Moebius, Chuck Palahniuk, Eric Powell, Stan Sakai, and Gerard Way, as well as Hall of Fame legends Will Eisner, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, and Richard Corben. The company also set the industry standard for quality licensed comics, graphic novels, collectibles, and art books, based on properties such as Star Wars, Stranger Things, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Minecraft, The Legend of Zelda, Dragon Age, James Cameron’s Avatar, Game of Thrones, Mass Effect, The Witcher, and Halo. Dark Horse established an entertainment division in 1989, finding success with company-owned projects The Mask and TimeCop. Current hits from Dark Horse Entertainment include The Umbrella Academy on Netflix and Resident Alien on SyFy. Additionally, Dark Horse has a long tradition of establishing new creative talent throughout all of its divisions.

In 2022, Dark Horse Media, LLC was established as the parent company of all three divisions, and became part of Embracer Group AB, strengthening the company’s transmedia capabilities.