For those of you who prefer print versions of comics, DC Comics has a surprise coming for you next month. It's a surprise you probably won't like: the company will run ads within the content of its comics, right smack in the middle of the story's panels.

That's right: while you're reading your favorite DC titles next month, you may find the story interrupted by Nick Lachey trying to sell you a Twix.

Last week, Bleeding Cool posted about rumors that these ads would appear and even stated that DC told creators about their new plans, so they could prepare their pages and panels accordingly. Now, those rumors have become fact: artist Chris Burnham confirmed the arrival of the ads next month on Twitter. In an interesting turn of events, Burnham deleted that original tweet.

As expected, fans upset about the ads interrupting their favorite stories stirred up a firestorm on the social media site.

Artist Greg Capullo also wasn't thrilled about designing his artwork around ads, although comics used these kind of ads in the 1970s.

However, according to Comics Beat, the ads won't appear every month in the print versions of DC Comics. This is only for the month of June, when DC starts its new Divergence storylines. So don't panic, everyone: this too shall pass.

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