First released in September 1992 (but dated October 1992 on the cover of the ) by Dark Horse Comics' overseas subsidiary, Dark Horse International, the book reprinted issues from the company's Star Wars and Indiana Jones series.
The series was abruptly canceled with in June 1993 which had just begun reprinting the first issues of Ulic Qel-Droma and the Beast Wars of Onderon from Tales of the Jedi and Indiana Jones: Thunder in the Orient.
The Dark Horse International checklist for its upcoming releases at the back of the tenth installment indicates that was to continue these storylines as well as begin reprinting The Serpent Masters. The checklist also refers to a "Dark Empire Technical Readout" feature by Tom Veitch and Cam Kennedy, possibly the Dark Empire endnotes, which was also promised for issue 10 but never came to pass.