According to reports on Newsarama and Comic Book Resources, DC Comics will raise its cover price from $2.99 to $3.99 per issue on some of its titles. The price change will begin with forthcoming issues of Booster Gold and Teen Titans.  In an exclusive interview with Newsarama, DC’s executive editor Dan DiDio revealed that the change would begin as early as the June ’09 issues of the two series.

Recently, Marvel Comics announced that they would be raising cover prices to the $3.99 mark on some of their titles. DC had initially been hesitant to follow suit after Marvel’s announcement.  “We’re holding the $2.99 line as hard as we can, and we will never move a book over to $3.99 unless we feel that there is value added to justify that price change,” DiDio told Newsarama.

So what was DiDio’s justification to the price increase? Add more pages to each book! Both Teens Titans and Booster Gold will add co-features at the end of each issue. The recently canceled Blue Beetle series will continue its story run in Booster Gold. Meanwhile, Teen Titans will add stories about the character known as Ravenger.

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