http://www.newsarama.com/comics/rood-wa ... 20106.html- DC confirmed that they're seeing a phenomenon similar to Newsarama's feedback from retailers that high-selling titles are doing better than pre-September, but mid- and low-tier titles are heading back to the pre-relaunch level.
- This year will see higher price points and page counts for Batman and Detective Comics. The comics will go from 32 pages each to 40 pages, and they'll sell at $3.99, joining DC's other $3.99 comics: Justice League, Action Comics, All-Star Western and Men of War.
- There's a "story reason" that Batman and Detective are adding pages, but that has yet to be announced.
- New "combo packs" (with both a print and digital version of the comic) are on the horizon for Green Lantern and Detective Comics, similar to those being offered for Justice League, Batman and Action Comics. The new Detective combo pack will be $4.99, while the new Green Lantern combo will be $3.99. Batman's combo pack will increase to $4.99.
And the first crossover event will involve the "Court of Owls" story that is currently running through Batman. In May, a larger Court of Owls story will run through all the Bat titles.
The price increase was only a matter of time and I commend DC for holding out as long as they did. However, with the new price increases, I won't be picking up anything new until I drop at least several titles and based on sales, some titles might be ending soon anyway.
