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Thanos Hits The Reorder Market As Retailers Try To Catch Up

Another look at what is burning up retailers attempts to increase their orders on comics before they ship.

And, well, the ending of Avengers has seen a certain Silver Surfer graphic novelk rocket to the top, followed, as in the last two weeks, by a Before Watchmen book. Retailers are catching on to the fact that a lot of people whop said they wouldn't buy the book… are buying it. Then there;s a mix of Night Of The Owls and Avengers Vs X-Men as sales continue to increase on those titles. But also, towards the bottom of the chart, is a sudden increase on orders for Brian Wood's Massive from Dark Horse…

TOP 25 ADVANCE REORDER COMICS/GRAPHIC NOVELS/TPs (14th-20th May 2012)              

Description SRP Supplier
SILVER SURFER REBIRTH OF THANOS TP NEW PTG (PP #1023) $24.99 MAR
BEFORE WATCHMEN SILK SPECTRE #1 (OF 4) (MR) $3.99 DC
AVENGERS VS X-MEN #0 (OF 12) 4TH PTG CHO VAR AVX (PP #1023) $3.99 MAR
BATMAN #10 $3.99 DC
AVX VS #3 (OF 6) $3.99 MAR
AVENGERS #27 AVX $3.99 MAR
THIEF OF THIEVES #1 4TH PTG $2.99 IMA
BATMAN #4 4TH PTG $2.99 DC
THIEF OF THIEVES #2 4TH PTG $2.99 IMA
AVENGERS ASSEMBLE #3 2ND PTG BAGLEY VAR (PP #1023) $3.99 MAR
THIEF OF THIEVES #3 4TH PTG $2.99 IMA
THIEF OF THIEVES #4 3RD PTG $2.99 IMA
SAGA #3 2ND PTG (MR) $2.99 IMA
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #687 ENDS $3.99 MAR
MANHATTAN PROJECTS #3 2ND PTG $3.50 IMA
AVENGERS ASSEMBLE #4 $3.99 MAR
INCREDIBLE HULK #9 $3.99 MAR
AVENGERS VS X-MEN #2 (OF 12) 4TH PTG CHEUNG VAR AVX $3.99 MAR
X-MEN LEGACY #268 AVX $2.99 MAR
AVENGERS VS X-MEN #1 (OF 12) 4TH PTG CHEUNG VAR AVX $3.99 MAR
GREEN LANTERN #10 $2.99 DC
MASSIVE #1 WOOD CVR $3.50 DAR
BATMAN AND ROBIN #10 $2.99 DC
UNCANNY X-FORCE #26 $3.99 MAR
BATGIRL #10 $2.99 DC

Walking Dead gets its top slots back, of reorders of books already shipped but is joined by a few more symptoms of the Avengers movie and even a little omnibus action.

TOP 25 REORDER COMICS/GRAPHIC NOVELS/TPs (14th-20th May 2012)

Description SRP Supplier
WALKING DEAD COMPENDIUM TP VOL 01 (MR) $59.99 IMA
WALKING DEAD TP VOL 04 HEARTS DESIRE $14.99 IMA
INFINITY GAUNTLET TP $24.99 MAR
THOR BY WALTER SIMONSON OMNIBUS HC $125.00 MAR
WALKING DEAD TP VOL 01 DAYS GONE BYE $9.99 IMA
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN OMNIBUS HC $99.99 MAR
ASTONISHING X-MEN BY WHEDON & CASSADAY OMNIBUS HC $75.00 MAR
JUSTICE LEAGUE HC VOL 01 ORIGIN $24.99 DC
X-MEN CLAREMONT AND LEE OMNIBUS HC VOL 01 $125.00 MAR
BATMAN HC VOL 01 THE COURT OF OWLS $24.99 DC
SECRET WARS OMNIBUS HC $99.99 MAR
X-STATIX OMNIBUS HC $125.00 MAR
INCREDIBLE HULK OMNIBUS HC ROSS VAR VOL 01 $99.99 MAR
WALKING DEAD TP VOL 02 MILES BEHIND US (NEW PTG) $14.99 IMA
WALKING DEAD TP VOL 15 WE FIND OURSELVES (MR) $14.99 IMA
WALKING DEAD TP VOL 05 BEST DEFENSE (NEW PTG) $14.99 IMA
AVENGERS VS X-MEN #4 (OF 12) AVX $3.99 MAR
WALKING DEAD TP VOL 09 HERE WE REMAIN (MR) $14.99 IMA
FANTASTIC FOUR BY JOHN BYRNE OMNIBUS HC VOL 01 $125.00 MAR
X-MEN OMNIBUS HC VOL 02 CASSADAY CVR $99.99 MAR
BATMAN #9 (NIGHT OF THE OWLS) $3.99 DC
WOLVERINE BY JASON AARON OMNIBUS HC VOL 01 $99.99 MAR
WALKING DEAD TP VOL 11 FEAR THE HUNTERS (MR) $14.99 IMA
LOCKE & KEY TP VOL 01 WELCOME TO LOVECRAFT $19.99 IDW
THOR BY MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI OMNIBUS HC COIPEL CVR $64.99 MAR



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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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