Vatican City #3
(W) Mark Millar (A/CA) Per Berg
In Shops: Jun 18, 2025
SRP: $5.99
The stunning conclusion to the three-part vampire apocalypse saga as the last humans on Earth trapped inside Vatican City are whittled down to just a handful as they try to make their escape with a billion vampires waiting outside and the end of the world fast approaching.
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, fans can pre-order the Vatican City collection in one volume before it goes on sale in Fall 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 Bookshop, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or your local comic shop or bookstore.
Vatican City #2
(W) Mark Millar (A/CA) Per Berg
In Shops: May 21, 2025
SRP: $5.99
The siege continues with the last humans on Earth trapped behind the walls of Vatican City as billions of vampires wait outside, afraid of the holy relics. But something is buried beneath the Vatican itself and the vampires want it more than even the human blood inside.
The world has been overrun by a vampire apocalypse, every man, woman and child dead except the two thousand tourists safe behind the walls and holy relics of Vatican City. But as the vampires gather in their millions outside, how long can they hold out? Because the monsters can wait forever. Vatican City #1 is an interesting start and has potential, but rushes through the build up.
There’s been some excellent stories featuring vampires in recent years and at this point, you need to do something pretty special and unique to stand out from the pack. Writer Mark Millar puts his spin on the genre with Vatican City #1 that quickly has the world falling as a small group of survivors wall up in Vatican City.
It’s an interesting concept overall, but Vatican City #1 rushes through a build up that would have done wonders to build tension and the eventual conflict. The issue opens up with the United States falling to a vampire uprising in a few hours and then quickly moves over to Vatican City where a young man is attempting to join the Royal Guard. Where Millar’s plotting falls short is that build up. There’s comments about what’s going on in the US and if it’s an attack of some sort, and all of it feels a little hard to believe considering this day of 24 hours connectivity and news coverage. The fact the rest of the world wouldn’t immediately be on alert and there seems to be no resistance feels a little far fetched. Instead, the first issue would have been stronger teasing what’s happening in the US instead of the initial show and also tease how the rest of the world is taken down instead of just us accepting it.
Millar does give us some interesting aspects for things in that these Vampires have figured out how to get around their limitation concerning sunlight but, they face issues with crossing consecrated land apparently. This makes Vatican City a safe zone but there’s a secret underneath that puts it in danger in other ways.
The art by Per Berg, who also handles the colors and lettering is ok. Like the plotting itself, it lacks a certain tension and excitement. It’s not bad but at times the action and details feel a bit muddled and not crisp, almost like visuals of a dream you’re attempting to remember but can’t quite.
Vatican City #1 has some potential but overall it rushes through building up any emotional punch. The end result is a debut that feels like a shallow summer popcorn film. It could have been World War Z the book, but instead the execution is more World War Z the film. It’s one to check out for die-hard vampire fans or fans of Mark Millar, but overall, there’s far better out there in the genre to discover and enjoy.
Story: Mark Millar Art: Per Berg
Color: Per Berg Letterer: Per Berg
Story: 7.0 Art: 7.0 Overall: 7.0 Recommendation: Read
Dark Horse provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review
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Vatican City #1
(W) Mark Millar (A/CA) Per Berg
In Shops: Apr 09, 2025
SRP: $5.99
The all-new series from New York Times-bestselling author Mark Millar! The world has been overrun by a vampire apocalypse, every man, woman and child dead except the two thousand tourists safe behind the walls and holy relics of Vatican City. But as the vampires gather in their millions outside, how long can they hold out? Because the monsters can wait forever.
Vatican City #1
(W) Mark Millar (A/CA) Per Berg
In Shops: Apr 09, 2025
SRP: $5.99
The all-new series from New York Times-bestselling author Mark Millar! The world has been overrun by a vampire apocalypse, every man, woman and child dead except the two thousand tourists safe behind the walls and holy relics of Vatican City. But as the vampires gather in their millions outside, how long can they hold out? Because the monsters can wait forever.
Dark Horse Comics presents a gripping new vampire survival saga in Vatican City. This comic series is a brand-new Dark Horse title from the library of Mark Millar and provides a fresh take on the genre of vampire survival horror. Written by Millar with art, colors, letters, and covers by Per Berg. Fans can also collect two variant covers, including a black and white variant by Per Berg and a variant by John McCrea and colors by John Kalisz.
The world has been overrun by a vampire apocalypse and every man, woman, and child is dead. Everyone except for the two thousand tourists is safe behind the walls and holy relics of Vatican City.
But as the vampires gather in their millions outside, how long can the survivors hold out? Because the monsters can wait forever.
Vatican City #1 (of 3) will arrive in comic shops on April 9, 2025, and is available for pre-order at your local comic shop for $5.99.
It’s Tuesday so that means it’s “Trade Tuesday!” We’re reviewing one of the debut graphic novels from new comic publisher Dead Reckoning that’s coming out this September! Dead Reckoning is the graphic novel imprint from the Naval Institute Press.
Machete Squad recounts some of the experience of Brent Dulak while serving in Afghanistan. It’s an honest first hand account of war that few of us see. The graphic novel is by Dulak, Kevin Knodell, Per Berg, and David Axe.
You can order your copy now and it will be released September 15th. You can also order it through Amazon.
Dead Reckoning provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review
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