AOL only cares about the IP rights to these characters. They care very little for the floppies that don't bring a lot of money in. They took on huge debt to buy Time Warner and than the pandemic hit. They are looking for ways to save where they can and this decision most likely came from a non-DC person at the company.

I see this could be bad for getting a more diverse amount of characters having books. Pretty much anything non-Batman doesn't sell well these days, so why publish them in physical format and barely make money or even lose money on it?

They are heading to digital only for monthlies. I'll be done then. I have currated a collection of nearly 700 straight issues each of Batman and Detective. Not many people can say that. Digital makes it not special. Anyone can have gather all issues going forward in minutes.

My hope is that AOL gets in such trouble they start selling off pieces and Disney buys DC.