As a follow-up to a previously reported story about “Batman” surging to $4.99 for the foreseeable future, it appears that the protest of fans and the creators of the book have stopped this from occurring. As tweeted by Snyder,
And more great news – @DCComics has agreed to return the price of BATMAN to 3.99 following #35! VERY grateful. Go thank them!
— Scott Snyder (@Ssnyder1835) October 7, 2014
And in addition that, in an e-mail sent out to retailers, DC states the following:
DC ENTERTAINMENT TO PUBLISH BATMAN #36 AND 37 WITH A COVER PRICE OF $3.99 US
Following the amazing start of the Endgame storyline in BATMAN #35, DC Entertainment announces that BATMAN #36 and 37 chapters two and three of Endgame will be published with cover prices of $3.99 US each, as originally solicited!
These issues will keep their page count of 40, with 30 pages of story in each!
In addition, the combo pack editions of issues #36-37 will be priced at $4.99 US.
So to clarify: “Batman” #35, in stores tomorrow, will be $4.99. The following two issues will again be $3.99, which represent the two issues that DC had solicited through the rest of the year. Page counts will remain unchanged.
Whether we see $4.99 rear its head again in the future is of course up for debate, though also a touch inevitable. While the negative reaction to this curbed DC’s action here, comics do steadily rise in price; DC no longer holds the line at $2.99, and Marvel seems barely interested in that price point any more (as noted in the original piece). This is definitely not the last we’ve heard of this particular beast.
Either way, enjoy your “Batman” #35s. DC tells us its an amazing start to the ‘Endgame’ storyline; I’m certainly interested to see how it goes.
