Batman and Detective Comics are making the jump to $3.99, but the page count is upped to a whopping 40 pages (up from the previous 32).
Justice League, Action Comics, All-Star Western and Men of War are going to be a member of DC's $3.99 group. DC is still "holding the line at $2.99" on other 32 page comics.
John Rood, DC's executive vice president of sales, marketing and business development, said that there was a good reason for the price and page change - a "story reason" that has yet to be announced.
In addition to this news, DC will now be offering new "combo packs" for
Green Lantern and
Detective Comics. GL will be priced at $3.99, with Detective and Batman at $4.99. The combo packs and subsequent price increases will snag you a coupon for the digital copy of the book.
Both Detective and Batman are off to great starts. The exciting part of all of this, price increase aside, is the "story reason" for the additional page count. I don't know if they will tie in at all, both books have Batman at different points, but a big story is more than likely coming. The price increases for the other books may just be that, but with the Bat books it looks like it's part of a larger arc. What do you think? Sound off below.