Starting Monday, subscribers to the DC Universe Infinite digital comics library will have the ability to improve to a brand new “Ultra” tier, and browse new DC comics a mere month after they hit bodily cabinets. It’s the shortest release-to-digital-library window DC Comics (or Marvel Comics) have provided but.

“We’re excited to introduce the industry leading one-month windowing of digital comics with DC Universe Infinite’s Ultra tier,” DC Comics’ Senior Vice President and General Manager Anne DePies mentioned in a information launch. Marvel Comics’ personal subscription-based library, Marvel Unlimited, at the moment makes new comics accessible on the app three months after they hit retailer cabinets, a window that was already shortened from six months in 2020.

“This new offering is part of DC’s vision of being everywhere our fans are — online and at comic shops,” DePies mentioned. “With a shorter digital release window, fans can enjoy our fantastic new stories, anywhere, anytime — while continuing to find the latest issues at comic shops.”

The Ultra tier can be accessible at a reduced introductory worth of $99 USD for a yr’s subscription — about $25 greater than DC Universe Infinite’s normal yr subscription worth — till Nov. 28. DC’s press launch didn’t point out what the non-discounted worth could be after that date, however in response to DC’s press launch, that intro worth “remains valid as long as your Ultra Annual subscription is in good standing and you do not cancel.”

But Ultra subscribers received’t simply get their new comics quicker: Starting in November, 5 thousand graphic novels from DC’s library can be made accessible on the app solely on the Ultra tier. And subscribers who improve will even turn into eligible to obtain a bodily copy of an upcoming comedian assortment “while supplies last,” starting with a model of The Death of Superman thirtieth Anniversary Deluxe Edition adorned with an Ultra-tier-exclusive variant cowl by Ivan Reis.

Image: Ivan Reis/DC Comics

Basic subscribers on the $75 tier will nonetheless achieve entry to new comics six months after launch, and DC has plans so as to add titles from its all-ages graphic novel line, together with books like Kami Garcia and Gabriel Picolo’s YA Teen Titans sequence and the Harvey Award-nominated Nubia: Real One, and over 100 basic problems with Mad Magazine, to all subscriber tiers.