DC Adjusts Some $3.99 Books
Rich Johnston is reporting that starting in August DC will be dropping the page count on some of their newer books priced at $3.99. This is a change from the standard DC had set for its $3.99 books which would all have at least 30 pages of content. So far it looks like only lower tier titles will be effected. Some of the titles being changed are Emerald Warriors which spins out of Green Lantern Corp, Time Masters which in a mini series companion to the Return of Bruce Wayne and continues what Dan Jurgens was doing in Booster Gold, and Mighty Crusaders which sees the Red Circle characters being folded into one book. I would assume the strategy is to try and generate more for less given that these books are not going to be top sellers. These are the kind of books that sell at a level that Marvel cancels books at. (more…)