Titan Comics is putting Dark Souls: Mother of Mourning Vol. 1 on sale September 29, 2026. The book collects the four-issue miniseries that started on December 3, 2025 and finished with issue 4 on May 20, 2026.
The 1st volume edition is a 112-page softcover. It costs $17.99 in the United States and $23.99 in Canada. The UK listing is £14.99. Titan Comics rates it for readers ages 15 and up. Some retailer listings have also carried a mid-September on-sale window, but Titan’s own date for the volume is September 29. Digital editions are listed for Kindle and other storefronts. No hardcover is attached to this release at this time.
Each issue of the series sold individually for $4.99 and ran 32 pages. Buying all four individual books will cost more than the 1st Volume. Issue 1 shipped with several covers, including work by Bjorn Barends, Warrick Wong, The Knott, and series artist Maan House, plus foil and sketch variants. If you already own those issues, the September book is more for collecting. If you skipped the singles, this is the cheapest way to read the full run in one go and in one book.
George Mann wrote it. Maan House drew it. Titan lists Mann as a Sunday Times bestselling novelist and scriptwriter. His other licensed work includes Star Wars, Doctor Who, Sherlock Holmes, Judge Dredd, Warhammer 40,000, and earlier Dark Souls comics. He also created the Wychwood novels. House came over from Dark Souls: The Willow King and has Bloodborne comics on the resume. Penguin Random House’s listing calls them a Scribe Award-nominated pair.
The story of Dark Souls: Mother Of Mourning follows the Knights of Mourning (of course). Titan Comics' official synopsis says hope is a fleeting feeling for the order, and that they are betting everything on a last chance at salvation. They go looking for a hero who can rekindle the flame and turn to the Mother of Lillies, a soulless mummified saint said to restore balance to the world. The knights believe her lost soul will resurrect her and deliver a champion. The solicitation also warns that madness is already in their heads, and that the thing they want may not be what it first seemed.
A Grimdark Magazine review of the early issues filled in a few more names without turning the book into a lore walkthrough. The Knights are tasked with safeguarding the relic-corpse of the Mother of Lilies. Her soul was stolen long ago. As the Age of Fire fades, the order fades with it. The review quotes the comic describing the Grand Order withering "like rotting fruit that still holds to a long-dead vine." The protagonist sent after the lost soul is Lucadeus, traveling with a small group of allies. The same review noted that the series had not, at that point, dropped in famous game locations or characters.
This is not Titan Comic's first Dark Souls comic or time working with the franchise. The line started in 2016 with Dark Souls: The Breath of Andolus, also written by Mann, with art by Alan Quah. That four-issue series later got its own trade. Titan Comics followed it with The Age of Fire, drawn by Anton Kokarev, which went back toward the legends of Gwyn and Artorias through Silver Knight Arkon. Legends of the Flame collected more short stories. The Willow King arrived in 2024 from Mann and House, about King Ustrad of Uthrel refusing to link the flame and the unkindled Herad trying to finish the job. Mother of Mourning is the next original miniseries in that Titan catalog, not a reprint of those older books.
September also has a second Dark Souls print release as well. It has one from Yen Press titled Dark Souls: Redemption Vol. 3 on September 22. That manga is written by Julien Blondel with art by Shonen. Volume 1 was subtitled Humanity Lost. Volume 2 was Bonfire. Volume 3’s paperback is listed around 192 to 208 pages, reading age is for Older Teen, with a $15 print price and a cheaper digital edition. Yen Press’ copy follows a guardian, a keeper, and a hunter after their alliance starts to come apart. That book is a manga and is a different story that comes from a different publisher. It lands a week before Titan’s collection.
Mother of Mourning Vol. 1 is the one Titan Comics is selling on September 29. Four issues. 112 pages. Mann and House. Preorders are up now through Titan Comics, Forbidden Planet, and the usual book retailers that you can find online under ISBN 9781787748415.
Are you picking up the Mother of Mourning collection on September 29, or did you already grab the single issues? Have you read any of the other Dark Souls comics/manga? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.