Dark Horse Digital allowed users to purchase individual comic book issues (previously unavailable from THQ/iTunes) as well as full-story collections (as "bundles" of individual comic book issues). In June 2011 Star Wars comic titles were added to the Dark Horse Digital store and in early 2012 new comic book releases were made available in e-comic form on the same day as the traditional printed edition was released. However, with the transfer of the comics license from Dark Horse Comics to Marvel Comics in January 2015, Dark Horse Comics could no longer sell any Star Wars e-comic title through Dark Horse Digital (although purchases made prior to the license transfer would still be available to purchasers).

Adapting a comic book for the small screen of a mobile phone presents certain challenges as Randy Stradley, Dark Horse Comics' editor, acknowledges: "Obviously, certain things that work in one medium don't work in another. For instance, tall vertical panels don't work as well in the iPhone's 'widescreen' format, and careful editing is required to make sure visual story information isn't compromised. On the other hand, wordy panels can sometimes be split into two or more separate screens to actually improve the pacing of the story and the ratio of text-to-art. It sorta needs to be seen to be fully understood."^[1]
Dark Horse Mobile's reasons for choosing which titles are adapted is dictated by having "something easier to adapt to the small screen"^[2] because "every artist tells their stories differently in the print versions: varying the size and shape of panels, etc. Each story we do for the iPhone requires different considerations on how to transition the storytelling from one medium to another. There's no set formula like 'one print panel equals one iPhone screen', every image is a judgment call. Every new story is a new challenge, but I think we've come up with some satisfying solutions."^[1]

• [1] Randy Stradley in interview with Shaun Manning, ComicBookResources.com (23rd July 2009)
• [2] Randy Stradley, Dark Horse Message Boards (13th June 2009)

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