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Superman And Batman Top The Advance Reorders Charts, But Calexit Is Clearing Up The Bottom
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.
The charts are topped by Action Comics lenticular covers, Batman's Dark Nights Metal comic with Marvel's Secret Empire, Marvel Legacy, Generations and the Prox Transmissions OGN created in collaboration with Dustin Bates, lead singer and founder of the rock band Starset (yes, I'd forgotten that was coming, but retailers didn't) filling up most of the spots.
But towards the bottom, retailers are trying desperately to advance reorder more copies of Calexit #2, #3 and #4 as interest in that Black Mask title grows. As we mentioned, the second printing is almost sold out and probably going to a third…
TOP 25 ADVANCE REORDER COMICS/GRAPHIC NOVELS/TPs (RETAIL)
| Publication | Price | Publisher |
| ACTION COMICS #987 LENTICULAR ED (OZ EFFECT) | $3.99 | DC COMICS |
| ACTION COMICS #988 LENTICULAR ED (OZ EFFECT) | $3.99 | DC COMICS |
| BATMAN THE RED DEATH #1 (METAL) | $3.99 | DC COMICS |
| BATMAN THE MURDER MACHINE #1 (METAL) | $3.99 | DC COMICS |
| DARK NIGHTS METAL #2 (OF 6) | $3.99 | DC COMICS |
| WALKING DEAD HERES NEGAN HC (MR) | $19.99 | IMAGE COMICS |
| SECRET EMPIRE #10 (OF 10) ROSS GENERATIONS VAR | $4.99 | MARVEL COMICS |
| PROX TRANSMISSIONS TP | $19.99 | MARVEL COMICS |
| MARVEL LEGACY #1 QUESADA LENTICULAR VAR | $5.99 | MARVEL COMICS |
| WALKING DEAD TP VOL 28 (MR) | $16.99 | IMAGE COMICS |
| GENERATIONS HAWKEYE & HAWKEYE #1 TORQUE VAR | $4.99 | MARVEL COMICS |
| DARKSEID SPECIAL #1 | $4.99 | DC COMICS |
| SECRET EMPIRE #10 (OF 10) KIRBY 100 VAR SE | $4.99 | MARVEL COMICS |
| GENERATIONS BANNER HULK & TOTALLY AWESOME HULK #1 2ND PTG VA | $4.99 | MARVEL COMICS |
| GENERATIONS HAWKEYE & HAWKEYE #1 | $4.99 | MARVEL COMICS |
| DARK NIGHTS METAL #2 (OF 6) LEE VAR ED | $3.99 | DC COMICS |
| SECRET EMPIRE #10 (OF 10) SE | $4.99 | MARVEL COMICS |
| MARVEL LEGACY #1 | $5.99 | MARVEL COMICS |
| SPAWN #277 CVR C HICKMAN CVR MONTH | $2.99 | IMAGE COMICS |
| SEX CRIMINALS TP VOL 04 FOURGY (MR) | $16.99 | IMAGE COMICS |
| CALEXIT #3 (MR) | $3.99 | BLACK MASK COMICS |
| STAR WARS JEDI REPUBLIC MACE WINDU #1 (OF 5) DAUTERMAN VAR | $3.99 | MARVEL COMICS |
| CALEXIT #4 (MR) | $3.99 | BLACK MASK COMICS |
| EDGE OF VENOMVERSE #2 (OF 5) 2ND PTG MATTINA VAR | $3.99 | MARVEL COMICS |
| CALEXIT #2 (MR) | $3.99 | BLACK MASK COMICS |
TOP 25 REORDER COMICS/GRAPHIC NOVELS/TPs (RETAIL)
| Publication | Price | Publisher |
| FLASH TP VOL 01 LIGHTNING STRIKES TWICE (REBIRTH) | $17.99 | DC COMICS |
| BLACK EYED PEAS PRESENTS MASTERS SUN ZOMBIES CHRONICLES HC | $24.99 | MARVEL COMICS |
| SECRET EMPIRE #7 (OF 10) | $3.99 | MARVEL COMICS |
| JACK KIRBY FANTASTIC FOUR WORLDS GREATEST ARTIST ED HC (C: 0 | $150.00 | IDW PUBLISHING |
| INFINITY GAUNTLET TP | $24.99 | MARVEL COMICS |
| AVENGERS BY JONATHAN HICKMAN OMNIBUS HC VOL 01 | $125.00 | MARVEL COMICS |
| SAGA TP VOL 07 (MR) | $14.99 | IMAGE COMICS |
| MY FAVORITE THING IS MONSTERS GN (RES) (C: 0-1-2) | $39.99 | FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS |
| LEGION OF SUPER HEROES SILVER AGE OMNIBUS HC VOL 01 | $75.00 | DC COMICS |
| SCOTT PILGRIM PRECIOUS LITTLE BOX SET | $72.00 | ONI PRESS INC. |
| WEAPON X #6 WMD | $3.99 | MARVEL COMICS |
| RICK & MORTY TP VOL 01 (C: 1-0-0) | $19.99 | ONI PRESS INC. |
| DARK DAYS THE CASTING #1 | $4.99 | DC COMICS |
| SAGA TP VOL 01 (MR) | $9.99 | IMAGE COMICS |
| BATMAN THE KILLING JOKE SPECIAL ED HC | $17.99 | DC COMICS |
| LEGEND OF KORRA TP VOL 01 TURF WARS PT 1 (C: 1-1-2) | $10.99 | DARK HORSE COMICS |
| WOLVERINE OLD MAN LOGAN TP | $29.99 | MARVEL COMICS |
| SAGA TP VOL 06 (MR) | $14.99 | IMAGE COMICS |
| MONSTRESS TP VOL 02 (MR) | $16.99 | IMAGE COMICS |
| PREACHER TP BOOK 01 (MR) | $19.99 | DC COMICS |
| BATMAN HUSH COMPLETE TP | $24.99 | DC COMICS |
| USAGI YOJIMBO SAGA LEGENDS LTD ED HC (C: 0-1-2) | $79.99 | DARK HORSE COMICS |
| SAGA TP VOL 02 (MR) | $14.99 | IMAGE COMICS |
| BATMAN TP VOL 01 I AM GOTHAM (REBIRTH) | $16.99 | DC COMICS |
| X-MEN BLUE #8 SE | $3.99 | MARVEL COMICS |
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