CBG's September 1997 Diamond comic preorder estimates

SEPTEMBER 1997 Comic Book Preorders from Diamond Comic Distributors

	Comic-book Title	Issue	Price	Publisher	Est. preorders
1	Uncanny X-Men	349	$1.99	Marvel	163,200
2	X-Men	69	$1.99	Marvel	162,600
3	Spawn	66	$1.95	Image	147,400
4	Fantastic Four	13	$1.99	Marvel	130,100
5	Wolverine	118	$1.99	Marvel	128,300
6	Iron Man	13	$1.99	Marvel	110,500
7	Avengers	13	$1.99	Marvel	109,500
8	Ascension	1	$2.50	Image	107,800
9	JLA	12	$1.95	DC	107,000
10	Darkness	8	$2.50	Image	106,100
11	Captain America	13	$1.99	Marvel	102,500
12	Generation X	32	$1.99	Marvel	98,700
13	Curse of the Spawn	13	$1.95	Image	97,500
14	X-Man	32	$1.99	Marvel	90,200
15	X-Force	71	$1.99	Marvel	86,100
16	X-Factor	139	$1.99	Marvel	85,200
17	Gen13	23	$2.50	Image	84,700
18	Cable	48	$1.99	Marvel	83,200
19	Divine Right	1	$2.50	Image	80,500
20	JLA Annual	1	$3.95	DC	78,600
21	Incredible Hulk	458	$1.99	Marvel	76,400
22	New Mutants	1	$2.50	Marvel	75,100
23	Tales of the Witchblade	3	$2.95	Image	74,300
24	Amazing Spider-Man	428	$1.99	Marvel	69,900
25	Gambit	3	$2.50	Marvel	68,400
26	Excalibur	114	$1.99	Marvel	67,900
27	Alpha Flight	4	$1.99	Marvel	64,300
28	Spider-Man	85	$1.99	Marvel	62,300
29	Superman	129	$1.95	DC	62,200
30	Psylocke & Archangel: Crimson Dawn	4	$2.50	Marvel	61,100
31	Spectacular Spider-Man	251	$1.99	Marvel	59,900
32	Action Comics	739	$1.95	DC	59,800
33	Adventures of Superman	552	$1.95	DC	59,700
34	Superman: Man of Steel	73	$1.95	DC	59,700
35	Quicksilver	1	$2.99	Marvel	57,100
36	Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight	100	$3.95	DC	57,000
37	Batman	548	$1.95	DC	55,900
38	Batman/Predator III: Blood Ties	1	$1.95	DC	55,900
39	Sensational Spider-Man	21	$1.99	Marvel	55,500
40	Deadpool	10	$1.99	Marvel	54,400
41	Tenth	1	$2.50	Image	54,000
42	Kiss: The Psycho Circus	3	$1.95	Image	53,300
43	Batman: The Long Halloween	12	$2.95	DC	51,200
44	Detective Comics	715	$1.95	DC	50,400
45	Thunderbolts	8	$1.99	Marvel	47,400
46	Green Lantern	92	$1.75	DC	46,700
47	Gen13 Bootleg	11	$2.50	Image	46,500
48	Flash	130	$1.75	DC	46,200
49	Preacher	31	$2.50	DC	45,800
50	Flash	131	$1.75	DC	43,900
51	Supergirl	15	$1.95	DC	43,400
52	The X-Files	34	$2.95	Topps	42,800
53	Nightwing	14	$1.95	DC	42,300
54	Maverick	3	$1.99	Marvel	41,100
55	Pitt	15	$2.50	Full Bleed	41,100
56	Batman: Shadow of the Bat	68	$1.95	DC	40,800
57	Ka-Zar	7	$1.99	Marvel	40,700
58	Star Wars: Dark Force Rising	5	$2.95	Dark Horse	40,500
59	Speed Force	1	$3.95	DC	40,100
60	Spider-Man Unlimited	18	$2.99	Marvel	39,900
61	Catwoman	51	$1.95	DC	38,600
62	Heroes for Hire	5	$1.99	Marvel	38,400
63	WildC.A.T.S	42	$2.50	Image	38,200
64	Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight Annual	7	$3.95	DC	38,100
65	Robin	47	$1.95	DC	37,200
66	Wonder Woman	127	$1.95	DC	37,100
67	Star Wars: Fall of the Sith Empire	4	$2.95	Dark Horse	35,700
68	Xena: Warrior Princess	2	$2.95	Topps	35,500
69	Vampirella/Shi	1	$2.95	Harris	35,200
70	DV8	11	$2.50	Image	35,100
71	Elektra	12	$1.99	Marvel	35,000
72	Marvel Team-Up	3	$1.99	Marvel	34,200
73	Elseworlds Finest	2	$4.95	DC	34,000
74	Venom: Finale	1	$1.99	Marvel	32,900
75	Silver Surfer	133	$1.99	Marvel	32,900
76	Gen13 3-D Edition	1	$4.95	Image	32,800
77	Mage: The Hero Defined	3	$2.50	Image	32,200
78	Shi	2	$2.95	Crusade	32,100
79	Flash Secret Files	1	$4.95	DC	32,000
80	Shi: Heaven and Earth	2	$2.95	Crusade	32,000
81	Catwoman Plus	1	$2.95	DC	31,900
82	Starman	36	$2.25	DC	31,800
83	Star War X-Wing: In the Empire's Service	2	$2.95	Dark Horse	31,000
84	Destiny: A Chronicle of Deaths Foretold	1	$5.95	DC	30,900
85	Ka-Zar '97		$2.99	Marvel	30,700
86	Shi: Nightstalkers	1	$3.50	Crusade	30,500
87	Daredevil	369	$1.99	Marvel	30,400
88	Journey into Mystery	514	$1.99	Marvel	30,200
89	Aquaman	38	$1.75	DC	30,000
90	Azrael	35	$1.95	DC	29,900
91	Kents	4	$2.50	DC	29,700
92	Teen Titans	14	$1.95	DC	29,400
93	What If?	102	$1.99	Marvel	28,300
94	Wetworks	33	$2.50	Image	28,100
95	Hitman	20	$2.25	DC	27,800
96	Maxx	33	$1.95	Image	27,700
97	Green Arrow	126	$2.50	DC	27,600
98	Superboy	45	$1.95	DC	27,300
99	Impulse	31	$1.75	DC	27,200
100	Starman Annual	2	$3.95	DC	27,000
101	Star Wars: The Protocol Offensive	1	$4.95	Dark Horse	26,700
102	Divine Right Voyager Pack	1	$3.50	Image	26,400
103	Dreaming	18	$2.50	DC	26,300
104	Evil Ernie: Destroyer (resolicitation)	1	$2.95	Chaos	26,000
105	Legion of Super-Heroes	98	$2.25	DC	25,800
106	WildC.A.T.S/X-Men: The Golden Age 3-D Edition	1	$6.50	Image	25,600
107	Legionnaires	54	$2.25	DC	25,200
108	Bone (resolicitation)	29	$2.95	Cartoon	25,000
109	Nine Volt	4	$2.50	Image	25,000
110	Savage Dragon	41	$2.50	Image	25,000
111	Hawk & Dove	1	$2.50	DC	24,700
112	Kaboom	1	$2.50	Awesome	24,500
113	Books of Magic	42	$2.50	DC	24,400
114	Aliens: Alchemy	1	$2.95	Dark Horse	23,700
115	Strangers in Paradise Vol. 3	9	$2.75	Abstract	23,000
116	Impulse Annual	2	$3.95	DC	23,000
117	Inferno	2	$2.50	DC	22,900
118	Star Trek: Telepathy War	1	$2.99	Marvel	22,100
119	Batman and Robin Adventures	24	$1.75	DC	22,000
120	Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror	3	$2.50	Bongo	21,900
121	Jack Kirby's Fourth World	9	$1.95	DC	21,700
122	Coven	2	$2.50	Awesome	21,500
123	Batman and Robin Adventures Annual	2	$3.95	DC	21,300
124	Michael Moorcock's Multiverse	1	$2.50	DC	21,100
125	Resurrection Man	7	$2.50	DC	20,900
126	Star Trek Unlimited	6	$2.99	Marvel	20,700
127	Star Trek: Deep Space Nine	12	$1.99	Marvel	20,500
128	Star Trek: Starfleet Academy	12	$1.99	Marvel	20,100
129	Ghost Rider	90	$1.99	Marvel	20,000
130	Star Trek: Voyager	11	$1.99	Marvel	19,900
131	Invisibles Vol. 2	10	$2.50	DC	19,900
132	Power of Shazam!	32	$1.95	DC	19,700
133	Star Trek: The Early Voyages	10	$1.99	Marvel	19,500
134	Superman Adventures Annual	1	$3.95	DC	19,300
135	Zombieworld: Champion of the Worms	1	$2.95	Dark Horse	19,000
136	Superman Adventures	13	$1.75	DC	19,000
137	House of Secrets	14	$2.50	DC	19,000
138	Vampirella Crossover Gallery	1	$2.95	Harris	18,800
139	Adventures in the DC Universe	8	$1.75	DC	18,700
140	Spectre	59	$2.50	DC	18,500
141	Hellblazer	119	$2.25	DC	18,300
142	Superboy & the Ravers	15	$1.95	DC	18,300
143	Lobo	45	$2.25	DC	17,900
144	More than Mortal	2	$2.95	Liar	17,700
145	Young Heroes in Love	6	$1.75	DC	17,600
146	Terminal City: Aerial Graffiti	1	$2.50	DC	17,600
147	Grendel Tales: The Devil's Apprentice	1	$2.95	Dark Horse	17,500
148	Supreme	53	$2.99	Awesome	17,400
149	Sandman Mystery Theatre	56	$2.50	DC	17,300
150	Adventures in the DC Universe Annual	1	$3.95	DC	17,000
151	Sovereign Seven	28	$2.25	DC	16,800
152	Transmetropolitan	3	$2.50	DC	15,300
153	Steel	44	$1.95	DC	15,100
154	Warrior Nun Areala	2	$2.95	Antarctic	15,000
155	Tick: Big Blue Destiny Keen Edition	1	$2.95	New England	15,000
156	Major Bummer	4	$2.50	DC	14,900
157	Bloody Mary: Lady Liberty	3	$2.50	DC	14,900
158	Ghost	29	$2.95	Dark Horse	14,800
159	X-Files Special Edition	5	$4.95	Topps	14,600
160	Savant Garde	7	$2.50	Image	14,500
161	2020 Visions	7	$2.25	DC	14,300
162	Warrior Nun Areala/Glory		$2.95	Antarctic	14,300
163	Solar: Hell on Earth	1	$2.50	Acclaim	14,100
164	Dead King: Burnt	1	$2.95	Chaos	13,500
165	Red Rocket 7	2	$3.95	Dark Horse	13,400
166	Gunsmith Cats: Shades of Gray	5	$2.95	Dark Horse	13,400
167	X-O Manowar	12	$2.50	Acclaim	13,400
168	Monster Matinee	1	$2.50	Chaos	13,400
169	Oh My Goddess! Special: The Forgotten Promise		$2.95	Dark Horse	13,300
170	Ash: Cinder/Smoke (Quesada/Palmiotti cover)	5	$2.95	Event	12,600
171	Sergio Aragonés Louder than Words	3	$2.95	Dark Horse	12,500
172	Desperadoes	1	$2.50	Image	12,500
173	Starship Troopers: Brute Creations		$2.95	Dark Horse	12,400
174	Wildstorm Sketchbook		$2.95	Image	12,200
175	Nexus: Nightmare in Blue	3	$2.95	Dark Horse	12,100
176	Elric: Stormbringer	7	$2.95	Dark Horse	12,100
177	Poison Elves	27	$2.50	Sirius	11,800
178	Painkiller Jane (Quesada/Palmiotti cover)	4	$2.95	Event	11,800
179	Satanika (resolicitation)	8	$2.95	Verotik	11,600
180	Blade of the Immortal: Dreamsong	3	$2.95	Dark Horse	11,400
181	Ranma 1/2 Part 6	10	$2.95	Viz	11,200
182	Trinity Angels	7	$2.50	Acclaim	11,200
183	Man Called A•X	2	$2.50	DC	11,100
184	Monster Matinee	2	$2.50	Chaos	11,100
185	Elfquest	16	$4.95	Warp	11,000
186	Monster Matinee	3	$2.50	Chaos	10,900
187	Damned	4	$2.50	Image	10,900
188	Turok: Child of Blood		$3.95	Acclaim	10,900
189	Cerebus	222	$2.25	Aardvark-Vanaheim	10,800
190	Challengers of the Unknown	10	$2.25	DC	10,800
191	Marvel Adventures	8	$1.50	Marvel	10,800
192	Arkaga	1	$2.95	Image	10,700
193	Essential Vertig The Sandman	16	$1.95	DC	10,400
194	Quantum & Woody	8	$2.50	Acclaim	10,200
195	Shadowman	11	$2.50	Acclaim	10,100
196	Magnus Robot Fighter	9	$2.50	Acclaim	10,000
197	Ash Cinder/Smoke (Ramos/Palmiotti cover)	5	$2.95	Event	9,500
198	ERB's Tarzan: Modern Prometheus	2	$2.95	Dark Horse	9,300
199	Dr. Tomorrow	5	$2.50	Acclaim	9,300
200	Usagi Yojimbo	14	$2.95	Dark Horse	9,100
201	Drakuun: The Revenge of Gustav	2	$2.95	Dark Horse	9,100
202	Painkiller Jane (Leonardi/Palmiotti cover)	4	$2.95	Event	9,000
203	Robotech	4	$2.95	Antarctic	8,900
204	Bloodshot	7	$2.50	Acclaim	8,900
205	Sonic the Hedgehog	53	$1.50	Archie	8,900
206	Neon Genesis Evangelion	1	$3.25	Viz	8,600
207	Jackie Chan's Spartan X	4	$2.95	Topps	8,600
208	Book of Fate	10	$2.50	DC	8,600
209	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	12	$2.95	Image	8,500
210	Troublemakers	10	$2.50	Acclaim	8,500
211	Pinky and the Brain	17	$1.75	DC	8,400
212	Inu Yasha	6	$3.25	Viz	8,200
213	Battle Angel Alita Part 8	4	$2.95	Viz	8,100
214	Foot Soldiers	1	$2.95	Image	8,000
215	Ninjak	11	$2.50	Acclaim	7,900
216	Sirius Gallery Pin-Up Collection		$2.85	Sirius	7,800
217	Two Faces of Tomorrow	2	$3.95	Dark Horse	7,700
218	Xero	7	$1.75	DC	7,700
219	A Touch of Silver	5	$2.95	Image	7,300
220	Uncle Scrooge	307	$1.95	Gladstone	7,300
221	Badger	5	$2.95	Image	7,200
222	New Bondage Fairies	11	$2.95	Fantagraphics/Eros	7,200
223	Starchild: Mythopolis	1	$2.95	Image	7,200
224	Deity	1	$2.95	Hyperwerks	7,100
225	Scooby-Doo	4	$1.75	DC	7,100
226	Crimson Nun	3	$2.95	Antarctic	7,100
227	Gross Point	4	$2.50	DC	6,900
228	Sabrina the Teenage Witch	8	$1.50	Archie	6,800
229	Animaniacs	31	$1.75	DC	6,800
230	Tzu the Reaper	1	$2.95	Murim	6,800
231	Essential Vertig Swamp Thing	13	$2.25	DC	6,800
232	Uncle Scrooge Adventures	53	$1.95	Gladstone	6,700
233	No Need for Tenchi Part 3	4	$2.95	Viz	6,600
234	Donald Duck Adventures	47	$1.95	Gladstone	6,600
235	Tick Big Blue Destiy Wicked Keen Edition	1	$4.95	New England	6,500
236	Myst: Book of the Black Ships	2	$2.95	Dark Horse	6,400
237	Knuckles	7	$1.50	Archie	6,400
238	Cavewoman: Rain	8	$2.95	Caliber	6,400
239	Mixxzine	2	$4.99	Mixxzine	6,300
240	Night Force	12	$2.50	DC	6,200
241	Neon Genesis Evangelion Deluxe	1	$3.25	Viz	6,100
242	Cavewoman: Missing Link	1	$2.95	Basement	6,000
243	Here Come Big People (Conner/Palmiotti cover)	1	$2.95	Event	6,000
244	Razor Uncut	40	$3.00	London Night	5,900
245	Here Come Big People (Geof Darrow cover)	1	$2.95	Event	5,800
246	Maison Ikkoku Part 7	3	$3.25	Viz	5,700
247	Ragmop Vol. 2	1	$2.95	Image	5,600
248	Enchanted	2	$2.95	Sirius	5,500
249	Cartoon Network Presents	4	$1.75	DC	5,500
250	Plastic Little	2	$2.95	CPM	5,400
251	Wingding Orgy Hot Tails Extreme	3	$3.95	Fantagraphics/Eros	5,400
252	Archie	466	$1.50	Archie	5,400
253	Mobile Police Patlabor	3	$2.95	Viz	5,400
254	Eat Man	2	$2.95	Viz	5,300
255	Looney Tunes	34	$1.75	DC	5,300
256	Small Press Expo 97		$2.95	Small Press Expo	5,200
257	Countdown Sex Bombs Special		$2.95	Fantagraphics/Eros	5,200
258	New Vampire Miyu	1	$2.95	Ironcat	5,200
259	Replacement God and Other Stories	2	$2.95	Image	5,100
260	Big Bang Comics	14	$2.95	Image	5,100
261	Strangers in Paradise Vol. 2 Gold Reprint	2	$2.75	Abstract	5,100
262	Betty & Veronica	118	$1.50	Archie	5,100
263	Haunt of Fear	21	$2.50	Gemstone	5,000
264	Flintstones and the Jetsons	4	$1.75	DC	5,000
265	Morrigan	2	$2.95	Sirius	4,900
266	Betty	56	$1.50	Archie	4,800
267	Star Wars: Empire's End TPB		$5.95	Dark Horse	4,800
268	Monsterman	1	$2.95	Image	4,700
269	Megahurtz	2	$2.95	Image	4,700
270	Adventures of Aaron	4	$2.95	Image	4,700
271	Bliss Alley	2	$2.95	Image	4,600
272	Return of Lum Part 4	2	$2.95	Viz	4,600
273	More than Mortal (O/A)	1	$2.95	Liar	4,600
274	Veronica	70	$1.50	Archie	4,600
275	Hari Kari: Manga Adventures	1	$2.95	Blackout	4,600
276	Bone Encore Edition	23	$2.95	Cartoon	4,500
277	Real Adventures of Jonny Quest	12	$2.95	Dark Horse	4,500
278	Milk	1	$2.95	Radio	4,400
279	Lust	6	$2.95	Fantagraphics/Eros	4,400
280	Frontline Combat	10	$2.50	Gemstone	4,400
281	Nameless	5	$2.95	Image	4,400
282	Crime Suspenstories	21	$2.50	Gemstone	4,300
283	Freak Brothers	13	$3.25	Rip Off	4,300
284	Walt Disney's Comics & Stories	618	$6.95	Gladstone	4,300
285	La Cosa Nostroid	5	$2.95	Fireman	4,300
286	Ultimate Strike	10	$3.00	London Night	4,200
287	Archie's Double Digest	96	$2.79	Archie	4,200
288	Gold Digger	37	$2.95	Antarctic	4,100
289	Archie & Friends	26	$1.50	Archie	4,000
290	Snowman: 1944 Special	1	$3.95	Avatar	4,000
291	Chirality	7	$2.95	CPM	4,000
292	Elflord Cuts Loose	1	$2.95	Warp	4,000
293	Coven 13	2	$2.50	No Mercy	3,900
294	Goblin Lord	6	$2.50	Goblin	3,800
295	Midnight Panther	6	$2.95	CPM	3,800
296	Flag Fighters	1	$2.95	Ironcat	3,800
297	Kaos Moon (resolicitation)	4	$2.95	Caliber	3,700
298	Ogenki Clinic	1	$2.95	Ironcat	3,700
299	Jughead	99	$1.50	Archie	3,700
300	Betty & Veronica Digest	92	$1.79	Archie	3,700
301	Double Impact: Raising Hell	1	$2.95	High Impact	3,700