CBG's July 1997 Diamond comic preorder estimates

JULY 1997 Comic Book preorders from Diamond Comic Distributors

	Comic-book Title	Issue	Price	Publisher	Est. preorders
1	Uncanny X-Men	347	$1.99	Marvel	165,800
2	X-Men	67	$1.99	Marvel	162,500
3	Fantastic Four	11	$1.99	Marvel	136,500
4	Spawn	64	$1.95	Image	134,200
5	Wolverine	116	$1.99	Marvel	132,600
6	Gen13/Generation X	1	$2.95	Image	114,300
7	Iron Man	11	$1.99	Marvel	113,300
8	Avengers	11	$1.99	Marvel	110,100
9	JLA	10	$1.95	DC	104,900
10	JLA	9	$1.95	DC	104,400
11	Captain America	11	$1.99	Marvel	101,900
12	Generation X	30	$1.99	Marvel	101,800
13	Curse of the Spawn	11	$1.95	Image	94,200
14	X-Man	30	$1.99	Marvel	92,900
15	Darkness	7	$2.50	Image	92,200
16	Witchblade	16	$2.50	Image	89,300
17	Gen13	21	$2.50	Image	88,100
18	X-Force	69	$1.99	Marvel	87,900
19	Cable	46	$1.99	Marvel	87,100
20	X-Factor	137	$1.99	Marvel	86,400
21	X-Men Unlimited	16	$2.99	Marvel	86,000
22	Gambit	1	$2.50	Marvel	83,700
23	Incredible Hulk	456	$1.99	Marvel	77,500
24	Alpha Flight	2	$1.99	Marvel	72,900
25	JLA/WildC.A.T.S		$5.95	DC	72,800
26	Amazing Spider-Man	426	$1.99	Marvel	71,800
27	Kiss: The Psycho Circus	1	$1.95	Image	70,900
28	Excalibur	112	$1.99	Marvel	70,400
29	Superman	127	$1.95	DC	67,600
30	Adventures of Superman	550	$3.50	DC	66,600
31	Action Comics	737	$1.95	DC	66,100
32	Superman: The Man of Steel	71	$1.95	DC	65,000
33	Spider-Man	83	$1.99	Marvel	64,800
34	Spectacular Spider-Man	249	$1.99	Marvel	61,100
35	Psylocke & Angel: Crimson Dawn	2	$2.50	Marvel	59,700
36	Sensational Spider-Man	19	$1.99	Marvel	58,600
37	JLA Secret Files	1	$4.95	DC	57,000
38	Batman	546	$1.95	DC	56,100
39	Superman: The Man of Tomorrow	9	$1.95	DC	56,100
40	Maverick	1	$2.99	Marvel	56,000
41	Deadpool	8	$1.99	Marvel	55,800
42	Marvel Team-Up	1	$1.99	Marvel	54,600
43	Amazing Spider-Man '97		$2.99	Marvel	53,100
44	Detective Comics	713	$1.95	DC	51,200
45	Batman: The Long Halloween	10	$2.95	DC	50,100
46	Agent America	1	$2.50	Awesome	49,200
47	Adventures of Superman Annual	9	$3.95	DC	48,400
48	Gen13: Bootleg	9	$2.50	Image	47,300
49	Thunderbolts	6	$1.99	Marvel	46,900
50	Star Wars: Dark Force Rising	3	$2.95	Dark Horse	46,800
51	Green Lantern	90	$1.75	DC	46,400
52	Supergirl	13	$1.95	DC	46,300
53	X-Files	32	$2.95	Topps	45,900
54	Daredevil/Deadpool '97		$2.99	Marvel	45,300
55	Preacher	29	$2.50	DC	45,000
56	What If?	100	$2.99	Marvel	44,900
57	Kurt Busiek's Astro City	11	$2.50	Image	44,600
58	Ka-Zar	5	$1.99	Marvel	42,600
59	Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight	98	$1.95	DC	42,600
60	Nightwing	12	$1.95	DC	41,400
61	Batman: Shadow of the Bat	66	$1.95	Image	41,100
62	DV8	10	$2.50	Image	39,700
63	Mage: The Hero Defined	1	$2.50	Image	39,700
64	Superman/Madman Hullabaloo!	2	$2.95	Dark Horse	39,600
65	Flash	129	$1.75	DC	38,900
66	Catwoman	49	$1.95	DC	38,600
67	Star Wars: Fall of the Sith Empire	2	$2.95	Dark Horse	38,400
68	Wetworks/Vampirella	1	$2.95	Image	38,400
69	The Kents	2	$2.50	DC	38,300
70	Wonder Woman	125	$1.95	DC	38,200
71	Robin	45	$1.95	DC	38,200
72	Purgatori: The Dracula Gambit	1	$2.95	Chaos	37,100
73	Batman Chronicles: The Gauntlet		$4.95	DC	36,700
74	Elektra	10	$1.99	Marvel	36,700
75	Untold Tales of Spider-Man	24	$0.99	Marvel	36,400
76	Heroes for Hire	3	$1.99	Marvel	35,800
77	Strong Guy Reborn		$2.99	Marvel	35,600
78	Silver Surfer	131	$1.99	Marvel	35,500
79	JLA Gallery		$2.95	DC	34,500
80	Catwoman Annual	4	$3.95	DC	34,500
81	Flash Annual	10	$3.95	DC	33,600
82	Venom: Sign of the Boss	1	$1.99	Marvel	32,600
83	Star Wars: X-Wing Rogue Squadron: Requiem for a Rogue	4	$2.95	Dark Horse	32,300
84	WildC.A.T.S	40	$2.50	Image	32,200
85	Daredevil	367	$1.99	Marvel	31,700
86	Starman	34	$2.25	DC	31,600
87	Cyberforce	34	$2.50	Image	31,500
88	Teen Titans	12	$2.95	DC	30,800
89	Azrael	33	$1.95	DC	30,600
90	Aquaman	36	$1.75	DC	30,100
91	Journey into Mystery	512	$1.99	Marvel	30,100
92	Tales to Offend		$2.95	Dark Horse	29,900
93	Nine Volt	2	$2.50	Image	29,400
94	Hellshock	7	$3.95	Image	29,200
95	Impulse	29	$1.75	DC	29,000
96	Maxx	31	$1.95	Image	28,900
97	Vampirella: Blood Lust	1	$4.95	Harris	28,700
98	Daydreamers	2	$2.50	Marvel	28,600
99	Superboy	43	$1.95	DC	28,200
100	Hitman	18	$2.25	DC	27,900
101	Dreaming	16	$2.50	DC	27,800
102	Wetworks	31	$2.50	Image	27,500
103	Azrael Annual	3	$3.95	DC	27,000
104	Hellboy: Almost Colossus	2	$2.95	Dark Horse	26,800
105	Pride & Joy	3	$2.50	DC	26,800
106	Strangers in Paradise Vol. 3	7	$2.75	Image	26,600
107	Weird War Tales	4	$2.50	DC	25,900
108	Teen Titans Annual	1	$3.95	DC	25,800
109	Legion of Super-Heroes	96	$2.25	DC	25,500
110	Legionnaires	52	$2.25	DC	25,200
111	Books of Magic	40	$2.50	DC	25,200
112	Stormwatch	50	$4.50	Image	25,200
113	Savage Dragon: Sex & Violence	1	$2.50	Image	24,200
114	WildC.A.T.S: Voyager Pack	40	$3.50	Image	24,100
115	Shi: Heaven and Earth Cover B	1	$2.95	Crusade	23,800
116	Shi: Heaven and Earth Cover A	1	$2.95	Crusade	23,800
117	Conan	3	$2.50	Marvel	23,700
118	Impulse Plus	1	$2.95	DC	23,400
119	Avengelyne/Warrior Nun Areala II: Nazarene		$2.99	Awesome	23,400
120	Batman and Robin Adventures: Sub Zero		$3.95	DC	23,300
121	Resurrection Man	5	$2.50	DC	22,900
122	Batman and Robin Adventures	22	$1.75	DC	22,500
123	Jack Kirby's Fourth World	7	$1.95	DC	22,400
124	Adventures in the DC Universe	6	$1.75	DC	22,100
125	Chaos Gallery	1	$2.95	Chaos	21,600
126	Grifter	13	$2.50	Image	21,600
127	Star Trek Unlimited (resolicitation)	5	$2.99	Marvel	21,200
128	Star Trek: Voyager (resolicitation)	9	$1.99	Marvel	20,800
129	Star Trek: Deep Space Nine	11	$1.99	Marvel	20,800
130	Superman Adventures	11	$1.75	DC	20,700
131	Star Trek: Early Voyages	8	$1.99	Marvel	20,600
132	House of Secrets	12	$2.50	DC	20,600
133	Savage Dragon/Marshall Law	1	$2.95	Image	20,500
134	Ghost Rider	88	$1.99	Marvel	20,500
135	Star Trek: Starfleet Academy	9	$1.99	Marvel	20,400
136	Bloody Mary: Lady Liberty	1	$2.50	DC	20,100
137	Power of Shazam!	30	$1.75	DC	20,100
138	Invisibles (Vol. 2)	8	$2.50	DC	19,800
139	Young Heroes in Love	4	$1.75	DC	19,800
140	Superboy & the Ravers	13	$1.95	DC	19,600
141	Aliens: Havoc	2	$2.95	Dark Horse	19,600
142	Hercules and the Heart of Chaos	2	$2.50	Marvel	19,600
143	Hellblazer	117	$2.25	DC	18,900
144	Spectre	57	$2.50	DC	18,600
145	Lobo	43	$2.25	DC	18,400
146	Transmetropolitan	1	$2.50	DC	18,200
147	Predator: Primal	1	$2.95	Dark Horse	18,000
148	Green Arrow	124	$2.25	DC	18,000
149	Sandman Mystery Theatre	54	$2.50	DC	17,700
150	Supreme	51	$2.99	Awesome	17,400
151	Sovereign Seven	26	$2.25	DC	17,400
152	Savant Garde	5	$2.50	Image	17,400
153	Sergio Aragonés Louder Than Words	1	$2.95	Dark Horse	17,000
154	Uncanny Origins	13	$0.99	Marvel	16,300
155	Steel	42	$1.95	DC	16,100
156	Revelations		$3.95	Acclaim	16,100
157	Damned	2	$2.50	Image	15,800
158	Major Bummer	2	$2.50	DC	15,500
159	X-O Manowar	10	$2.50	Acclaim	15,500
160	2020 Visions	5	$2.25	DC	15,500
161	Ghost	27	$2.95	Dark Horse	15,200
162	J. O'Barr's The Crow: Demon in Disguise	2	$2.95	Kitchen Sink	14,700
163	Nexus: Nightmare in Blue	1	$2.95	Dark Horse	14,600
164	Painkiller Jane (Quesada cover)	2	$2.95	Event	14,000
165	Ash: Cinder and Smoke (Quesada cover)	3	$2.95	Event	13,900
166	Barry Windsor-Smith: Storyteller	9	$4.95	Dark Horse	13,500
167	Purgatori Sketchbook	1	$2.95	Chaos	13,500
168	Gunsmith Cats: Shades of Gray	3	$2.95	Dark Horse	13,300
169	Elric: Stormbringer	5	$2.95	Dark Horse	13,100
170	Gross Point	1	$2.50	DC	12,900
171	Starship Troopers: Insect Touch	3	$2.95	Dark Horse	12,900
172	Poison Elves	25	$2.95	Sirius	12,900
173	Shadowman	9	$2.50	Acclaim	12,500
174	Trinity Angels	5	$2.50	Acclaim	12,400
175	Squee	2	$2.95	Slave Labor	12,100
176	Amy Racecar Color Special	1	$2.95	El Capitan	12,100
177	Oh My Goddess: Mara Strikes Back	3	$2.95	Dark Horse	12,100
178	Challengers of the Unknown	8	$2.25	DC	12,000
179	Magnus Robot Fighter	7	$2.50	Acclaim	11,700
180	Ranma 1/2 Part 6	8	$2.95	Viz	11,600
181	Men in Black: Far Cry		$3.99	Marvel	11,300
182	Marvel Adventures	6	$1.50	Marvel	11,200
183	Essential Vertig The Sandman	14	$2.95	DC	11,200
184	Elfquest	14	$4.95	Warp	11,200
185	Painkiller Jane (Leonardi cover)	2	$2.95	Event	11,100
186	Blade of the Immortal: Dreamsong	1	$2.95	Dark Horse	11,100
187	Hate	28	$2.95	Fantagraphics/Eros	11,000
188	Too Much Coffee Man		$2.95	Dark Horse	11,000
189	Immortal 2	3	$2.50	Image	11,000
190	Ash: Cinder and Smoke (Ramos cover)	3	$2.95	Event	10,800
191	Dark Horse Classics: Star Wars Dark Empire	5	$2.95	Dark Horse	10,700
192	Cerebus	220	$2.25	Aardvark-Vanaheim	10,600
193	Bloodshot	5	$2.50	Acclaim	10,400
194	Dr. Tomorrow	3	$2.50	Acclaim	10,400
195	Spirit: New Adventures (Eisner/Stout cover)	2	$3.50	Kitchen Sink	10,200
196	Gross Point	2	$2.50	DC	10,200
197	Lost World: Jurassic Park (regular edition)	3	$2.95	Topps	10,000
198	Steel Movie Adaptation		$4.95	DC	9,900
199	Men in Black Movie Adaptation		$3.99	Marvel	9,900
200	Spirit: New Adventures (Eisner/Schultz cover)	2	$3.50	Kitchen Sink	9,900
201	Lost World: Jurassic Park (regular edition)	4	$2.95	Topps	9,800
202	Badger	3	$2.95	Image	9,800
203	Quantum & Woody	6	$2.50	Acclaim	9,700
204	Elfquest Worldpool Special	1	$2.95	Warp	9,700
205	Troublemakers	8	$2.50	Acclaim	9,600
206	Usagi Yojimbo Color Special: Green Persimmon		$2.95	Dark Horse	9,600
207	Verotika	17	$3.95	Verotik	9,500
208	Mother Superion	1	$2.95	Antarctic	9,400
209	Jackie Chan's Spartan X	3	$2.95	Topps	9,400
210	Faultlines	5	$2.50	DC	9,400
211	Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan: Le Monstre	2	$2.95	Dark Horse	9,400
212	Xero	5	$1.75	DC	9,200
213	Book of Fate	8	$2.50	DC	9,200
214	Ninjak	9	$2.50	Acclaim	9,100
215	Cartoon Network Presents	2	$1.75	DC	9,100
216	Drakuun: Rise of the Dragon Princess	6	$2.95	Dark Horse	8,900
217	Robotech	3	$2.95	Antarctic	8,900
218	Kabuki: Skin Deep	4	$3.95	Caliber	8,600
219	Crimson Nun	2	$2.95	Antarctic	8,600
220	Pinky and the Brain	15	$1.75	DC	8,600
221	Cyberfrog vs. Creed	1	$2.95	Harris	8,300
222	Hong on the Range	1	$2.50	Image	8,200
223	Strangers in Paradise Gold Logo Edition	3	$2.75	Abstract	8,000
224	A Touch of Silver	4	$2.95	Image	8,000
225	Battle Angel Alita Part 8	2	$2.95	Viz	8,000
226	Uncle Scrooge	306	$1.95	Gladstone	8,000
227	Sonic the Hedgehog	51	$1.50	Archie	7,900
228	Scooby-Doo	2	$1.75	DC	7,900
229	Inu Yasha	4	$2.95	Viz	7,900
230	Uncle Scrooge Adventures	51	$1.95	Gladstone	7,600
231	Starchild: Mythopolis Prologue	0	$2.95	Image	7,400
232	Mask: Virtual Surreality		$2.95	Dark Horse	7,200
233	Morrigan	1	$2.95	Sirius	7,100
234	Animaniacs	29	$1.75	DC	7,100
235	New Bondage Fairies	9	$2.95	Fantagraphics/Eros	7,100
236	Sabrina the Teenage Witch	6	$1.50	Archie	7,000
237	Essential Vertig Swamp Thing	11	$2.25	DC	7,000
238	Mobile Police Patlabor	1	$2.95	Viz	6,900
239	Bliss Alley	1	$2.95	Image	6,800
240	Flintstones and the Jetsons	2	$1.75	DC	6,800
241	Razor Uncut	37	$3.00	London Night	6,700
242	Donald Duck Adventures	46	$1.95	Gladstone	6,700
243	Night Force	10	$2.50	DC	6,600
244	Books of Lore Special Edition	1	$2.95	Peregrine	6,600
245	No Need for Tenchi Part 3	2	$2.95	Viz	6,600
246	Roswell	4	$2.95	Bongo	6,400
247	Tales from the Crypt	21	$2.50	Gemstone	6,300
248	Fox Funhouse: The Tick A World of Pain(t)		$4.50	Acclaim	6,100
249	GE Rouge	3	$2.95	Verotik	6,100
250	A Distant Soil	21	$2.95	Image	5,900
251	Knuckles	6	$1.50	Archie	5,900
252	Maison Ikkoku Part 7	1	$3.95	Viz	5,900
253	Nameless	3	$2.95	Image	5,800
254	WDC&S Penny Pincher	6	$0.99	Gladstone	5,800
255	Oink: Blood and Circus	2	$4.95	Kitchen Sink	5,800
256	Wingding Orgy: Hot Tails Extreme	1	$3.95	Fantagraphics/Eros	5,700
257	Vermillion	12	$2.50	DC	5,700
258	Dark Horse Presents	123	$2.95	Dark Horse	5,600
259	Adventures of Aaron Super Special	100	$2.95	Image	5,600
260	Replacement God and Other Stories	2	$2.95	Image	5,600
261	Land of Nod	1	$2.95	Dark Horse	5,600
262	Weird Science	21	$2.50	Gemstone	5,500
263	Looney Tunes	32	$1.75	DC	5,500
264	Vampirella/Shi Limited Ashcan (Net)		$3.50	Harris	5,400
265	Dark Horse Classics: Aliens vs. Predator	6	$2.95	Dark Horse	5,300
266	Archie	464	$1.50	Archie	5,200
267	Ultimate Strike	7	$3.00	London Night	5,200
268	Big Bang Comics	13	$2.95	Image	5,100
269	Betty & Veronica	116	$1.50	Archie	5,100
270	Tenchi Muyo	5	$2.95	Pioneer	5,100
271	Real Adventures of Jonny Quest	10	$2.95	Dark Horse	4,900
272	Fang Testament (resolicitation)	4	$2.50	Sirius	4,900
273	Sexcapades	8	$2.95	Fantagraphics/Eros	4,800
274	Bone Encore Edition	21	$2.95	Cartoon	4,800
275	Luftwaffe 1946: Luftstorm	4	$2.95	Antarctic	4,700
276	Cheryl Blossom	6	$1.50	Archie	4,700
277	Betty	54	$1.50	Archie	4,700
278	Hari Kari: Passion & Death (regular edition)	1	$2.95	Blackout	4,600
279	Double Impact/Luxura (regular cover)	1	$3.00	High Impact	4,600
280	La Blue Girl	11	$2.95	CPM	4,600
281	Veronica	68	$1.50	Archie	4,600
282	Foreternity	1	$2.95	Antarctic	4,500
283	Waterworld	4	$2.50	Acclaim	4,500
284	Panic	3	$2.50	Gemstone	4,500
285	Archie's Double Digest	95	$2.79	Archie	4,300
286	Maze Agency	1	$2.95	Caliber	4,300
287	Embrace: Hunger of Flesh (regular edition)	2	$3.00	London Night	4,200
288	Lost Girls (resolicitation)	3	$5.95	Kitchen Sink	4,200
289	Araknis: Retribution	2	$2.50	Morningstar	4,200
290	La Cosa Nostroid	4	$2.95	Fireman	4,100
291	Lust	4	$2.95	Fantagraphics/Eros	4,100
292	Kaos Moon (resolicitation)	3	$2.95	Caliber	4,100
293	What's Michael? Living Together		$5.95	Dark Horse	4,100
294	Gold Digger	36	$2.95	Antarctic	4,100
295	Archie & Friends	25	$1.50	Archie	4,000
296	Betty & Veronica Digest	91	$1.79	Archie	3,900
297	Star Blazers	12	$2.95	Voyager	3,900
298	Pals n Gals Double Digest	28	$2.79	Archie	3,900
299	Jughead	97	$1.50	Archie	3,800