CBG's August 1997 Diamond comic preorder estimates

AUGUST 1997 Comic Book Preorders from Diamond Comic Distributors

	Comic-book Title	Issue	Price	Publisher	Est. preorders
1	Spawn	65	$1.95	Image	165,200
2	Uncanny X-Men	348	$1.99	Marvel	163,000
3	X-Men	68	$1.99	Marvel	160,000
4	Fantastic Four	12	$2.99	Marvel	137,200
5	Wolverine	117	$1.99	Marvel	130,500
6	Iron Man	12	$2.99	Marvel	116,900
7	Avengers	12	$2.99	Marvel	114,800
8	Captain America	12	$2.99	Marvel	109,200
9	Uncanny X-Men '97		$2.99	Marvel	109,200
10	JLA	11	$1.95	DC	104,700
11	Generation X	31	$1.99	Marvel	100,200
12	Curse of the Spawn	12	$1.95	Image	94,900
13	WildC.A.T.S/X-Men: The Modern Age	1	$4.50	Image	94,900
14	X-Man	31	$1.99	Marvel	91,500
15	Witchblade	17	$2.50	Image	89,700
16	Cable	47	$1.99	Marvel	87,300
17	X-Force	70	$1.99	Marvel	86,400
18	Genesis	1	$1.95	DC	86,100
19	Gen13	22	$2.50	Image	86,100
20	X-Factor	138	$1.99	Marvel	85,500
21	Genesis	2	$1.95	DC	80,300
22	Genesis	3	$1.95	DC	78,600
23	Genesis	4	$1.95	DC	77,900
24	Incredible Hulk	457	$1.99	Marvel	76,100
25	Amazing Spider-Man	427	$1.99	Marvel	72,400
26	Generation X '97		$2.99	Marvel	71,800
27	Spectacular Spider-Man	250	$3.25	Marvel	70,200
28	Gambit	2	$2.50	Marvel	69,400
29	Excalibur	113	$1.99	Marvel	69,400
30	Superman	128	$1.95	DC	67,800
31	Adventures of Superman	551	$1.95	DC	65,400
32	Superman: Man of Steel	72	$1.95	DC	65,000
33	Spider-Man	84	$1.99	Marvel	64,400
34	Alpha Flight	3	$1.99	Marvel	64,000
35	Batman/Spider-Man		$4.95	DC	63,900
36	Action Comics	738	$1.95	DC	63,800
37	Colossus	1	$2.99	Marvel	60,600
38	Kiss: The Psycho Circus	2	$1.95	Image	60,300
39	Psylocke & Archangel: Crimson Dawn	3	$2.50	Marvel	59,700
40	Batman	547	$1.95	DC	58,700
41	Sensational Spider-Man	20	$1.99	Marvel	57,600
42	Deadpool	9	$1.99	Marvel	55,100
43	Coven	1	$2.50	Awesome	52,100
44	Maverick	2	$1.99	Marvel	51,900
45	Detective Comics	714	$1.95	DC	51,400
46	Batman: The Long Halloween	11	$2.95	DC	50,700
47	Gen13 Bootleg	10	$2.50	Image	50,000
48	Green Lantern	91	$1.75	DC	48,800
49	Supergirl	14	$1.95	DC	47,600
50	Thunderbolts	7	$1.99	Marvel	47,300
51	Gen13/Generation X 3-D Edition		$4.95	Image	47,100
52	Catwoman Collector's Edition	50	$2.95	DC	45,900
53	Preacher	30	$2.50	DC	45,900
54	Action Comics Annual	9	$3.95	DC	45,700
55	X-Files	33	$2.95	Topps	44,700
56	Marvel Team-Up	2	$1.99	Marvel	43,500
57	Star Wars: Dark Force Rising	4	$2.95	Dark Horse	43,200
58	Nightwing	13	$1.95	DC	42,500
59	Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight	99	$1.95	DC	42,400
60	Lady Death: The Crucible	6	$2.95	Chaos	41,900
61	Star Wars: Boba Fett — Murder Most Foul		$3.95	Dark Horse	41,300
62	Ka-Zar	6	$1.99	Marvel	41,300
63	Batman: Shadow of the Bat	67	$1.95	DC	41,200
64	Robin	46	$1.95	DC	39,900
65	WildC.A.T.S (3-D)	41	$2.50	Image	39,900
66	Wonder Woman	126	$1.95	DC	39,600
67	Shi: The Series	1	$2.95	Crusade	39,600
68	Elseworlds Finest	1	$4.95	DC	38,600
69	Untold Tales of Spider-Man	25	$0.99	Marvel	38,100
70	Heroes for Hire	4	$1.99	Marvel	38,000
71	Star Wars: Fall of the Sith Empire	3	$2.95	Dark Horse	37,900
72	Superman/Madman Hullabaloo!	3	$2.95	Dark Horse	36,800
73	Supergirl Annual	2	$3.95	DC	36,700
74	Elektra	11	$1.99	Marvel	36,300
75	Batman Chronicles	10	$2.95	DC	35,900
76	Green Lantern Annual	6	$3.95	DC	35,500
77	Arcanum	5	$2.50	Image	35,000
78	Silver Surfer	132	$1.99	Marvel	34,600
79	What If?	101	$1.99	Marvel	34,500
80	Batman: Shadow of the Bat Annual	5	$3.95	DC	34,500
81	Starman	35	$2.25	DC	34,000
82	Star Wars X-Wing Rogue Squadron: In the Empire's Service	1	$2.95	Dark Horse	33,800
83	Batman Secret Files	1	$4.95	DC	33,700
84	X-Files Season One: Deep Throat (resolication)		$3.95	Topps	33,600
85	Kents	3	$2.50	DC	33,500
86	Aquaman	37	$1.75	DC	32,700
87	Azrael	34	$1.95	DC	32,600
88	Xena Warrior Princess (photo cover)	1	$2.95	Topps	32,400
89	Agent America	2	$2.50	Awesome	32,000
90	Teen Titans	13	$1.95	DC	31,800
91	Mage: The Hero Defined	2	$2.50	Image	31,700
92	Daredevil	368	$1.99	Marvel	31,100
93	CyberForce	35	$2.50	Image	30,700
94	Weapon Zero	14	$2.50	Image	30,300
95	Impulse	30	$1.75	DC	30,200
96	Venom: Sign of the Boss	2	$1.99	Marvel	30,100
97	Journey into Mystery	513	$1.99	Marvel	30,100
98	Inferno	1	$2.50	DC	29,600
99	Maxx	32	$1.95	Image	28,400
100	Daydreamers	3	$2.50	Marvel	28,400
101	Hitman	19	$2.25	DC	28,200
102	Birds of Prey: Wolves		$2.95	DC	28,200
103	Legion of Super-Heroes	97	$2.25	DC	27,700
104	Superboy	44	$1.95	DC	27,700
105	Green Arrow	125	$3.50	DC	27,500
106	Dreaming	17	$2.50	DC	27,200
107	Vampirella: Blood Lust	2	$4.95	Harris	26,000
108	Nine Volt	3	$2.50	Image	26,000
109	Strangers in Paradise Vol. 3	8	$2.75	Image	25,900
110	Hitman Annual	1	$3.95	DC	25,500
111	Legionnaires	53	$2.25	DC	25,400
112	Pride & Joy	4	$2.50	DC	25,300
113	Books of Magic	41	$2.50	DC	24,800
114	Jack Kirby's Fourth World	8	$1.95	DC	24,800
115	X-Files Season One Pilot Episode (resolicitation)		$4.95	Topps	23,900
116	Resurrection Man	6	$2.50	DC	23,400
117	Xena Warrior Princess (regular cover)	1	$2.95	Topps	23,100
118	Wetworks	32	$2.50	Image	23,100
119	Marvel Heroes & Legends '97		$2.99	Marvel	22,900
120	Power of Shazam!	31	$1.95	DC	22,600
121	Batman and Robin Adventures	23	$1.75	DC	21,900
122	Savage Dragon: Sex & Violence	2	$2.50	Image	21,700
123	Chapel	1	$2.95	Awesome	21,400
124	Superboy & the Ravers	14	$1.95	DC	21,200
125	Spectre	58	$2.50	DC	21,100
126	Superboy Plus	2	$2.95	DC	21,100
127	Cryptic Writings of Megadeath	1	$2.95	Chaos	21,000
128	Grifter	14	$2.50	Image	20,900
129	Simpsons Comics	32	$2.95	Bongo	20,700
130	Star Trek: Voyager (resolicitation)	10	$1.99	Marvel	20,700
131	Evil Ernie: Destroyer Preview	1	$2.95	Chaos	20,600
132	Lobo	44	$2.25	DC	20,400
133	Young Heroes in Love	5	$1.75	DC	20,400
134	Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (resolicitation)	11	$1.99	Marvel	20,300
135	Star Trek: Deep Space Nine	10	$1.99	Marvel	20,300
136	Adventures in the DC Universe	7	$1.75	DC	20,200
137	Star Trek: Early Voyages	9	$1.99	Marvel	20,100
138	Ghost Rider	89	$1.99	Marvel	20,100
139	Star Trek: Starfleet Academy	11	$1.99	Marvel	19,900
140	Superman Adventures	12	$1.75	DC	19,900
141	Invisibles Vol. 2	9	$2.50	DC	19,800
142	House of Secrets	13	$2.50	DC	19,600
143	WildC.A.T.S (3-D edition)	1	$4.95	Image	19,200
144	Sovereign Seven	27	$2.25	DC	19,200
145	Aliens: Purge		$2.95	Dark Horse	18,900
146	Hellblazer	118	$2.25	DC	18,800
147	Savage Dragon/Marshal Law	2	$2.95	Image	18,800
148	JLA Secret Files Standard Edition	1	$4.95	DC	18,500
149	Steel	43	$1.95	DC	18,300
150	Omen Preview Book		$1.50	Chaos	17,900
151	Hercules and the Heart of Chaos	3	$2.50	Marvel	17,700
152	Sandman Mystery Theatre	55	$2.50	DC	17,600
153	Spirit: The New Adventures	3	$3.50	Kitchen Sink	17,000
154	Vampirella/Dracula & Pantha Showcase		$1.50	Harris	16,800
155	Uncanny Origins	14	$0.99	Marvel	16,800
156	Red Rocket 7	1	$3.95	Dark Horse	16,500
157	Savant Garde	6	$2.50	Image	16,100
158	Predator: Primal	2	$2.95	Dark Horse	16,000
159	Bloody Mary: Lady Liberty	2	$2.50	DC	15,600
160	Ghost	28	$2.95	Dark Horse	15,400
161	2020 Visions	6	$2.25	DC	15,000
162	A Man Called A•X	1	$2.50	DC	15,000
163	Supreme	52A	$3.50	Awesome	14,900
164	Major Bummer	3	$2.50	DC	14,900
165	Transmetropolitan	2	$2.50	DC	14,400
166	X-O Manowar	11	$2.50	Acclaim	14,400
167	Animal Mystic: Water Wars	4	$2.95	Sirius	14,200
168	Supreme	52B	$3.50	Awesome	14,200
169	Sergio Aragonés Louder Than Words	2	$2.95	Dark Horse	14,100
170	Angel Fire (resolicitation)	2	$2.95	Crusade	13,600
171	Ash: Cinder and Smoke (Quesada cover)	4	$2.95	Event	13,200
172	Gunsmith Cats: Shades of Gray	4	$2.95	Dark Horse	13,000
173	Damned	3	$2.50	Image	13,000
174	Nexus: Nightmare in Blue	2	$2.95	Dark Horse	12,900
175	J. O'Barr's The Crow: Demon in Disguise	3	$2.95	Kitchen Sink	12,900
176	Men in Black: Retribution	1	$3.99	Marvel	12,500
177	Painkiller Jane (Quesada cover)	3	$2.95	Event	12,400
178	Elric: Stormbringer	6	$2.95	Topps	12,200
179	Poison Elves	26	$2.50	Sirius	12,200
180	Trinity Angels	6	$2.50	Acclaim	11,800
181	Wetworks Voyager Pack	32	$3.50	Image	11,700
182	Eternal Warriors Archer & Armstrong		$3.95	Acclaim	11,500
183	Challengers of the Unknown	9	$2.25	DC	11,500
184	Ranma 1/2 Part 6	9	$2.95	Viz	11,400
185	Shadowman	10	$2.50	Acclaim	11,300
186	Elfquest	15	$4.95	Warp	11,300
187	Blade of the Immortal: Dreamsong	2	$2.95	Dark Horse	11,100
188	Magnus Robot Fighter	8	$2.50	Acclaim	10,800
189	Essential Vertig The Sandman	15	$1.95	DC	10,800
190	Xero	6	$1.75	DC	10,600
191	Two Faces of Tomorrow	1	$2.95	Dark Horse	10,500
192	Scud: The Disposable Assassin	17	$2.95	Fireman	10,500
193	Cerebus	221	$2.25	Aardvark-Vanaheim	10,300
194	Dark Horse Classics: Star Wars Dark Empire	6	$2.95	Dark Horse	10,100
195	Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan: Modern Prometheus	1	$2.95	Dark Horse	10,000
196	Dr. Tomorrow	4	$2.50	Acclaim	10,000
197	Ash: Cinder and Smoke (Ramos cover)	4	$2.95	Event	9,900
198	Dicks	3	$2.95	Caliber	9,900
199	Quantum & Woody	7	$2.50	Acclaim	9,800
200	Marvel Adventures	7	$1.50	Marvel	9,800
201	Immortal 2	4	$2.50	Image	9,800
202	Drakuun: The Revenge of Gustav	1	$2.95	Dark Horse	9,700
203	Spawn (O/A)	9	$1.95	Image	9,700
204	Bloodshot	6	$2.50	Acclaim	9,600
205	Painkiller Jan (Leonardi cover)	3	$2.95	Event	9,500
206	Troublemakers	9	$2.50	Acclaim	9,400
207	Usagi Yojimbo	13	$2.95	Dark Horse	9,100
208	Wildstorm Ultimate Sports Official Program		$2.50	Image	9,100
209	Catwoman (standard edition)	50	$2.95	DC	9,100
210	Too Much Coffee Man Color Annual	1	$3.95	Adhesive	9,000
211	Enchanted	1	$2.95	Sirius	9,000
212	Warrior Nun Black and White	4	$2.95	Antarctic	8,900
213	Faultlines	6	$2.50	DC	8,900
214	Book of Fate	9	$2.50	DC	8,900
215	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	11	$2.95	Image	8,800
216	Pinky and the Brain	16	$1.75	DC	8,600
217	Sonic the Hedgehog	52	$1.50	Archie	8,600
218	Ninjak	10	$2.50	Acclaim	8,500
219	Badger	4	$2.95	Image	8,300
220	Robotech Vermilion	1	$2.95	Antarctic	8,300
221	Sonic Super Special: Brave New World	1	$2.00	Archie	8,200
222	Myst: The Book of the Black Ships	1	$2.95	Dark Horse	8,200
223	Gross Point	3	$2.50	DC	8,100
224	ESPers	3	$2.95	Image	8,100
225	Battle Angel Alita Part 8	3	$2.95	Viz	7,900
226	Inu Yasha	5	$2.95	Viz	7,900
227	Scooby-Doo	3	$1.75	DC	7,400
228	Munsters (regular edition)	1	$2.95	TV	7,200
229	Armature (resolicitation)	3	$2.95	Olyoptics	7,200
230	Strangers in Paradise Gold Logo Edition Vol. 2	1	$2.75	Abstract	7,200
231	Animaniacs	30	$1.75	DC	7,200
232	Shotgun Mary: Blood Lore	4	$2.95	Antarctic	7,200
233	New Bondage Fairies	10	$2.95	Fantagraphics/Eros	7,100
234	Uncle Scrooge Adventures	52	$1.95	Gladstone	7,000
235	Dark Horse Presents	124	$2.95	Dark Horse	7,000
236	Sabrina the Teenage Witch	7	$1.50	Archie	7,000
237	Eat-Man	1	$2.95	Viz	6,900
238	Essential Vertig Swamp Thing	12	$3.50	DC	6,800
239	No Need for Tenchi Part 3	3	$2.95	Viz	6,600
240	Night Force	11	$2.50	DC	6,600
241	Darque Razor	one-half	$2.25	London Night	6,500
242	Donald Duck	305	$1.95	Gladstone	6,500
243	Jinx	2	$2.95	Image	6,500
244	Razor Uncut	39	$3.00	London Night	6,400
245	Razor Uncut	38	$3.00	London Night	6,400
246	Megahurtz	1	$2.95	Image	6,400
247	Sinthia (cover A)	1	$3.00	Lightning	6,200
248	Hong on the Range	2	$2.50	Image	6,100
249	Plastic Little		$2.95	CPM	6,000
250	Dusty Star	2	$2.95	Image	5,900
251	Cartoon Network Presents	3	$1.75	DC	5,900
252	Flintstones and the Jetsons	3	$1.75	DC	5,800
253	Mobile Police Patlabor	2	$2.95	Viz	5,800
254	Walt Disney's Comics & Stories Penny Pincher	7	$0.99	Gladstone	5,700
255	Snowman (regular edition)	0	$3.00	Avatar	5,600
256	Maison Ikkoku Part 7	2	$3.50	Viz	5,600
257	Vault of Horror	21	$2.50	Gemstone	5,500
258	Looney Tunes	33	$1.75	DC	5,400
259	Weird Fantasy	21	$2.50	Gemstone	5,400
260	Spawn (O/A)	52	$1.95	Image	5,400
261	Sinthia (cover B)	1	$3.00	Lightning	5,400
262	Archie	465	$1.50	Archie	5,400
263	Wingding Orgy Hot Tails Extreme	2	$3.95	Fantagraphics/Eros	5,300
264	Spawn (O/A)	15	$1.95	Image	5,300
265	Ship of Fools	0	$2.95	Image	5,300
266	Spawn (O/A)	53	$1.95	Image	5,300
267	Coven 13	1	$2.50	No Mercy	5,200
268	Spawn (O/A)	57	$1.95	Image	5,200
269	Betty & Veronica	117	$1.50	Archie	5,000
270	Spawn (O/A)	56	$1.95	Image	5,000
271	Nameless	4	$2.95	Image	5,000
272	Return of Lum Urusei Yatsura Part 4	1	$2.95	Viz	4,900
273	Two Fisted Tales	21	$2.50	Gemstone	4,800
274	Sexcapades	9	$2.95	Fantagraphics/Eros	4,800
275	La Blue Girl	12	$2.95	CPM	4,800
276	Ultimate Strike	8	$3.00	London Night	4,800
277	Cheryl Blossom	7	$1.50	Archie	4,800
278	Luftwaffe 1946	5	$2.95	Antarctic	4,800
279	Tenchi Muyo	6	$2.95	Pioneer	4,800
280	Sisters of Mercy Vol. 2	1	$2.50	No Mercy	4,800
281	Aaron Strips	3	$2.95	Image	4,700
282	Betty	55	$1.50	Archie	4,700
283	Ninja High School	58	$2.95	Antarctic	4,700
284	Real Adventures of Jonny Quest	11	$2.95	Dark Horse	4,700
285	Reid Fleming World's Toughest Milkman	8	$2.95	Deep Sea	4,600
286	Veronica	69	$1.50	Archie	4,500
287	Amanda and Gunn	3	$2.95	Image	4,500
288	Ultimate Strike (regular edition)	9	$3.00	London Night	4,500
289	Spawn (O/A)	58	$1.95	Image	4,500
290	Bone Encore Edition	22	$2.95	Cartoon	4,400
291	Hepcats	8	$2.95	Antarctic	4,300
292	Hari Kari Sexy Summer Rampage (regular edition)	1	$2.95	Blackout	4,300
293	Lust	5	$2.95	Fantagraphics/Eros	4,300
294	Spawn (O/A)	59	$1.95	Image	4,300
295	Elflord: All the Lonely Places	1	$2.95	Warp	4,300
296	Fox Funhouse: Tick Raw Uncooked Justice		$4.50	Acclaim	4,200
297	Betty & Veronica Spectacular	26	$1.50	Archie	4,200
298	New Love	5	$2.95	Fantagraphics/Eros	4,200

	Some items were dropped from the list due to mis-classification.