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Monsters Unleashed Upon The Advance Reorders

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Greetings from the coal face of the direct comics market. Where retailers try to increase their orders of certain comics ahead of sale. Where supply and demand and most accurately reflected, where you can see which books are hot, where new orders are coming in and how retailers are reacting to new, unanticipated desire! And courtesy of stats from Diamond Comic Distributors.

Monsters Unleashed takes the top spot, followed by more Marvel launches of Hulk, USAvengers, Rocket Raccoon, Unstoppable Wasp and Deadpool Duck. But it's Unworthy Thor, Old Man Logan, Avengers and Champions that are the more impressive, as retailers race to up their orders on subsequent issues of the series, showing that they are performing better than expected. On that basis, devoid of launches, DC also does well with Batman Justice League Vs Suicide Squad and Superman outperforming their other titles.

TOP 25 ADVANCE REORDER COMICS/GRAPHIC NOVELS/TPs

Publication Price Publisher
MONSTERS UNLEASHED #1 (OF 5) $4.99 MAR
NOW HULK #1 $3.99 MAR
NOW US AVENGERS #1 $3.99 MAR
BATMAN #14 $2.99 DC
UNWORTHY THOR #3 (OF 5) $3.99 MAR
NOW ROCKET RACCOON #1 $3.99 MAR
MONSTERS UNLEASHED #1 (OF 5) PARTY VAR $4.99 MAR
CIVIL WAR II HC $50.00 MAR
VENOM #1 2ND PTG SANDOVAL VAR NOW $3.99 MAR
BATMAN DETECTIVE COMICS TP VOL 01 RISE OF THE BATMEN (REBIRT $16.99 DC
JUSTICE LEAGUE SUICIDE SQUAD #3 (OF 6) $3.99 DC
CHAMPIONS #4 $3.99 MAR
JUSTICE LEAGUE SUICIDE SQUAD #3 (OF 6) MADUREIRA VAR ED $3.99 DC
UNSTOPPABLE WASP #1 NOW $3.99 MAR
OLD MAN LOGAN #16 $3.99 MAR
NOW US AVENGERS #1 REIS CANADA VAR $3.99 MAR
AVENGERS #3 $3.99 MAR
DEADPOOL THE DUCK #1 (OF 5) NOW $3.99 MAR
DAREDEVIL BY BRUBAKER AND LARK OMNIBUS HC VOL 01 NEW PTG $100.00 MAR
WAR OF KINGS PRELUDE HC ROAD TO WAR OF KINGS OMNIBUS $125.00 MAR
SUPERMAN #14 $2.99 DC
THANOS #1 2ND PTG DEODATO VAR NOW $3.99 MAR
KILL OR BE KILLED TP VOL 01 (MR) $9.99 IMA
SEVEN TO ETERNITY #3 2ND PTG $3.99 IMA
SEVEN TO ETERNITY #2 3RD PTG $3.99 IMA

TOP 25 REORDER COMICS/GRAPHIC NOVELS/TPs

Publication Price Publisher
DOOM PATROL OMNIBUS HC (MR) $150.00 DC
INVISIBLES OMNIBUS HC (MR) $150.00 DC
WALKING DEAD COMPENDIUM TP VOL 01 (MR) $59.99 IMA
SANDMAN OMNIBUS HC VOL 01 (MR) $150.00 DC
ABSOLUTE BATMAN THE COURT OF OWLS HC $99.99 DC
ABSOLUTE BATMAN HUSH HC $99.99 DC
ABSOLUTE SANDMAN HC VOL 01 (MR) $99.99 DC
CIVIL WAR II #7 (OF 8) $4.99 MAR
ABSOLUTE V FOR VENDETTA HC (MR) $99.99 DC
GOTHAM CENTRAL OMNIBUS HC $99.99 DC
AD AFTER DEATH BOOK 01 (OF 3) $5.99 IMA
PLANETARY OMNIBUS HC $75.00 DC
WONDER WOMAN BY GEORGE PEREZ OMNIBUS HC VOL 01 $75.00 DC
WALKING DEAD COMPENDIUM TP VOL 03 (MR) $59.99 IMA
DOCTOR STRANGE OMNIBUS HC VOL 01 ROSS CVR $75.00 MAR
ABSOLUTE ALL STAR SUPERMAN HC $99.99 DC
ABSOLUTE SANDMAN HC VOL 02 (MR) $99.99 DC
WALKING DEAD TP VOL 01 DAYS GONE BYE $14.99 IMA
SAGA TP VOL 06 (MR) $14.99 IMA
ABSOLUTE BATMAN INCORPORATED HC $125.00 DC
ABSOLUTE GREEN LANTERN GREEN ARROW HC $99.99 DC
ABSOLUTE SANDMAN HC VOL 03 $99.99 DC
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA OMNIBUS HC VOL 01 $99.99 DC
ABSOLUTE SANDMAN HC VOL 04 (MR) $99.99 DC
WALKING DEAD COMPENDIUM TP VOL 02 (MR) $59.99 IMA

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Rich JohnstonAbout Rich Johnston

Founder of Bleeding Cool. The longest-serving digital news reporter in the world, since 1992. Author of The Flying Friar, Holed Up, The Avengefuls, Doctor Who: Room With A Deja Vu, The Many Murders Of Miss Cranbourne, Chase Variant. Lives in South-West London, works from Blacks on Dean Street, shops at Piranha Comics. Father of two. Political cartoonist.
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