{"id":9965,"date":"2020-04-20T15:00:44","date_gmt":"2020-04-20T19:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thegreenlanterncorps.com\/?p=9965"},"modified":"2020-04-21T15:19:41","modified_gmt":"2020-04-21T19:19:41","slug":"dc-announces-the-expansion-of-dc-digital-first-and-the-addition-of-dc-essential-reads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thegreenlanterncorps.com\/web\/dc-announces-the-expansion-of-dc-digital-first-and-the-addition-of-dc-essential-reads\/","title":{"rendered":"DC Announces the Expansion of DC DIGITAL FIRST and the Addition of DC ESSENTIAL READS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"783\" src=\"http:\/\/thegreenlanterncorps.com\/web\/assets\/dcshg-infinite-frenemies-1-1024x783.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9967\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thegreenlanterncorps.com\/web\/assets\/dcshg-infinite-frenemies-1-1024x783.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/thegreenlanterncorps.com\/web\/assets\/dcshg-infinite-frenemies-1-300x229.jpg 300w, http:\/\/thegreenlanterncorps.com\/web\/assets\/dcshg-infinite-frenemies-1-768x587.jpg 768w, http:\/\/thegreenlanterncorps.com\/web\/assets\/dcshg-infinite-frenemies-1.jpg 1779w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\n\nToday marks the expansion of&nbsp;<strong>DC\u2019s DIGITAL FIRST<\/strong>&nbsp;publishing program, home of bestselling titles&nbsp;<em>Injustice: Gods Among Us<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>DC Comics: Bombshells,&nbsp;<\/em>the new&nbsp;<em>Batman: The Adventures Continue<\/em>, and many more fan-favorite comics<em>.&nbsp;<\/em>Under the robust new program, comic book readers will have more variety of content and immediate access to stories that have never been available on digital platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cComic book fans want more access to content than ever before,\u201d said Jim Lee, DC Chief Creative Officer and Publisher. \u201cThis strategy is intended to get daily content to fans immediately, and also to ensure that when comic shops open back up for business, they will have new content and product that their customers will want. In the meantime, we will have properly stoked and protected the demand for comics, keeping fans interested in our characters and stories.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first week of&nbsp;<strong>DC DIGITAL FIRST<\/strong>&nbsp;titles include&nbsp;<em>Superman: The Man of Tomorrow<\/em>&nbsp;by Robert Venditti, Paul Pelletier, Drew Hennessy, and Adriano Lucas<em>, Batman: Gotham Nights&nbsp;<\/em>featuring a story by Sal Giunta, Brad Meltzer, Jim Lee, Scott Williams, and Alex Sinclair with a second story by Larry Hama, Mirko Colak, and John Kalisz<em>, Wonder Woman: Agent of Peace&nbsp;<\/em>by Amanda Conner, Jimmy Palmiotti, Inaki Miranda, and Hi-Fi<em>, Aquaman: Deep Dives&nbsp;<\/em>by Steve Orlando, Daniel Sampere, Juan Albarran, and Adriano Lucas<em>, Flash: Fastest Man Alive&nbsp;<\/em>by Gail Simone, Clayton Henry, and Marcelo Maiolo<em>, DC Super Hero Girls: Infinite Frenemies&nbsp;<\/em>by Amanda Deibert and Erich Owen<em>,&nbsp;<\/em>and&nbsp;<em>Swamp Thing: New Roots&nbsp;<\/em>by Mark Russell, Marco Santucci, and John Kalisz.&nbsp;These series are new to&nbsp;<strong>DC Digital First<\/strong>, having previously been exclusive to DC Giants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI really want to stress that regularly scheduled and solicited print comics, traditionally available on Wednesdays, will continue to be available day-and-date digitally on Tuesdays moving forward,\u201d added Lee. \u201cOn the other hand,&nbsp;<strong>DC&nbsp;DIGITAL FIRST<\/strong>&nbsp;comics will be released seven days a week, with a strikingly different trade dress that will distinguish these titles from physical versions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, on Monday DC is launching&nbsp;<strong>DC&nbsp;ESSENTIAL READS,&nbsp;<\/strong>afree digital promotion providing first issues of some of the most iconic graphic novels and collected editions in the DC library. Available until June 8th on a variety of digital platforms,&nbsp;<strong>DC ESSENTIAL READS<\/strong>&nbsp;titles include&nbsp;<em>Watchmen<\/em>&nbsp;#1 by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons,<em>&nbsp;Batman<\/em>&nbsp;#608 by Jeph Loeb, Jim Lee, Scott Williams, and Alex Sinclair,&nbsp;<em>The Sandman<\/em>&nbsp;#1 by Neil Gaiman and Sam Kieth,&nbsp;<em>Dark Nights: Metal<\/em>&nbsp;#1 by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo,&nbsp;<em>Doomsday Clock<\/em>&nbsp;#1 by Geoff Johns and Gary Frank,<em>&nbsp;Crisis on Infinite Earths<\/em>&nbsp;#1 by Marv Wolfman and George Perez,<em>&nbsp;Mister Miracle&nbsp;<\/em>#1 by Tom King and Mitch Gerads, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>DC DIGITAL FIRST<\/strong>\u00a0comics and\u00a0<strong>DC ESSENTIAL READS\u00a0<\/strong>free issues will all be available from participating digital retailers, including ReadDC.com, Comixology, Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, and more.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dccomics.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/20\/dc-announces-the-expansion-of-dc-digital-first-and-the-addition-of-dc-essential\">DC Comics<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today marks the expansion of&nbsp;DC\u2019s DIGITAL FIRST&nbsp;publishing program, home of bestselling titles&nbsp;Injustice: Gods Among Us,&nbsp;DC Comics: Bombshells,&nbsp;the new&nbsp;Batman: The Adventures Continue, and many more fan-favorite comics.&nbsp;Under the robust new program, comic book readers will have more variety of content and &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/thegreenlanterncorps.com\/web\/dc-announces-the-expansion-of-dc-digital-first-and-the-addition-of-dc-essential-reads\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[990],"class_list":["post-9965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-dc-essential-reads"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegreenlanterncorps.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegreenlanterncorps.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegreenlanterncorps.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegreenlanterncorps.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegreenlanterncorps.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/thegreenlanterncorps.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9965\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegreenlanterncorps.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegreenlanterncorps.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegreenlanterncorps.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}