Reimagining of the Shaw Brothers’ kung-fu classics continues!
Dark Horse Comics presents the continued saga of James Stokoe’s Orphan Mo and her quest of revenge in Orphan and the Five Beasts: Bath of Blood. Picking up where the first series Orphan and the Five Beasts left off, writer, artist, and letterer Stokoe—the creator behind Orc Stain and Aliens: Dead Orbit—is set to bring kung-fu madness to comic books shops everywhere in September 2025.
In Orphan and the Five Beasts: Bath of Blood:
Orphan Mo is back! After having dispatched two of the five Beasts tasked to her by her late master, the hunt begins for the third. But Mo isn’t the only one following the trail, as a whole new cast of eccentric and dangerous players arrive to join the fray.
Join in on the over-the-top action when Orphan and the Five Beasts: Bath of Blood #1 (of 4) arrives in comic shops on September 24, 2025, for $4.99. Visit Comic Shop Locator for more details and stores near you.
Praise for James Stokoe and Orphan and the Five Beasts:
“As it stands for now, Orphan and the Five Beasts is knockabout; a kung-fu comedy where the excesses of the Hong Kong slapstick anything-goes wuxia movies are goosed even further by the artist’s infinite joy in drawing figures hitting each other.”—The Comics Journal
“His artwork is astonishingly detailed, with an infectious, monstrous energy and dynamism that needs to be experienced by every fan of comic books.“—SyFy Wire
“The brilliant mind behind the exhilarating action-fantasy series Orc Stain, Stokoe has proven that he can take an existing franchise and invigorate it with his thoughtful storytelling and dynamic, meticulously detailed artwork. His Godzilla comics for IDW were equally epic and emotional, and his brief forays into the Marvel Universe have been some of the most imaginative comics to come out of that publisher in the last five years.”—AV Club