Concrete eventually spun off into its own title, and this was something which would happen to several characters and stories appearing in Dark Horse Presents.

The first issue of MDHP featured new talents as well as well-known writers like Joss Whedon and Ron Marz.

The new DHP has seen the revival of a number of older Dark Horse properties, including Ghost (leading to the launch of a new monthly title) and Ron Randall's Trekker.

Dark Horse's May 2014 solicitations for the 36th issue announced "...Living legends Mike Mignola, Stan Sakai, and Jaime Hernandez all contribute to this final issue of Dark Horse Presents",[2] although the following day Bleeding Cool reported this was merely the end of the comic in the eighty-page format, and it would return with fewer pages at a later date.

[4] According to Dark Horse's Mike Richardson: "The main reason is that for three and a half years we've been producing eighty pages a month – that's about ten different features – and it's time to make it a little easier on ourselves".