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! Couresy of Diamond Comic Distributors.

Three of Marvel's NOW launch titles, Invincible Iron Man, Renew Your Vows and World Of Wakanda top this chart, followed by Batman Turtles and Image launch title Violent Love.

And, frankly, there's a lot of Marvel numbers being upped by retailers right now…

TOP 25 ADVANCE REORDER COMICS/GRAPHIC NOVELS/TPs

Publication Price Publisher NOW INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #1 $3.99 MAR NOW AMAZING SPIDER-MAN RENEW YOUR VOWS #1 $4.99 MAR NOW BLACK PANTHER WORLD OF WAKANDA #1 $4.99 MAR BATMAN TMNT ADVENTURES #1 (OF 6) $3.99 IDW VIOLENT LOVE #1 CVR A SANTOS (MR) $3.99 IMA CLONE CONSPIRACY #1 (OF 5) 2ND PTG DELLOTTO VAR $4.99 MAR NOW AMAZING SPIDER-MAN RENEW YOUR VOWS #1 HIP HOP VAR $4.99 MAR NOW INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #1 GRANOV HIP HOP VAR $3.99 MAR VIOLENT LOVE #1 CVR B SANTOS (MR) $3.99 IMA NOW AVENGERS #1.1 $3.99 MAR DOCTOR STRANGE TP VOL 01 WAY OF WEIRD $19.99 MAR BATMAN TMNT ADVENTURES #1 (OF 6) SUBSCRIPTION VAR B $3.99 IDW NOW INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #1 YOUNG VAR $3.99 MAR DEADPOOL BACK IN BLACK #3 (OF 5) $3.99 MAR DEADPOOL BACK IN BLACK #3 (OF 5) LIM VAR $3.99 MAR NOW INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #1 MCKONE STEAM VAR $3.99 MAR NOW AMAZING SPIDER-MAN RENEW YOUR VOWS #1 CHRISTOPHER ACTION $4.99 MAR CAPTAIN AMERICA STEVE ROGERS TP VOL 01 HAIL HYDRA $19.99 MAR BATMAN TMNT ADVENTURES #1 (OF 6) SUBSCRIPTION VAR A $3.99 IDW GREEN VALLEY #1 (OF 9) 2ND PTG $2.99 IMA FLASH BY MARK WAID TP BOOK 01 (RES) $24.99 DC KLAUS HC $34.99 BOO NOW AMAZING SPIDER-MAN RENEW YOUR VOWS #1 DIVIDED WE STAND V $4.99 MAR IVX #1 (OF 6) $5.99 MAR REBORN #1 2ND PTG $3.99 IMA

And for comics already published…

TOP 25 REORDER COMICS/GRAPHIC NOVELS/TPs

Publication Price Publisher DEATH OF X #1 (OF 4) $4.99 MAR FADE OUT DLX ED HC (MR) $49.99 IMA PAPER GIRLS TP VOL 01 $9.99 IMA BATMAN THE KILLING JOKE SPECIAL ED HC $17.99 DC UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL BEATS UP MARVEL UNIVERSE OGN HC $24.99 MAR CHAMPIONS #1 NOW $4.99 MAR SAGA TP VOL 06 (MR) $14.99 IMA AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #19 BDNM $4.99 MAR JOHNNY HOMICIDAL MANIAC DIRECTORS CUT SC $21.95 SLA 52 TP VOL 01 $34.99 DC GREEN LANTERNS #8 $2.99 DC BATMAN DARK KNIGHT RETURNS BOOK & MASK SET $39.99 DC WONDER WOMAN THE GOLDEN AGE OMNIBUS HC VOL 01 $75.00 DC HEAD LOPPER TP VOL 01 ISLAND OR A PLAGUE OF BEASTS (MR) $19.99 IMA BATMAN HUSH COMPLETE TP $24.99 DC WONDER WOMAN THE TRUE AMAZON HC $22.99 DC DOCTOR STRANGE OMNIBUS HC VOL 01 ROSS CVR $75.00 MAR RICK & MORTY TP VOL 01 (C: 1-0-0) $19.99 ONI SAGA TP VOL 01 (MR) $9.99 IMA SERENITY HC VOL 03 SHEPHERDS TALE (C: 0-1-2) $14.99 DAR WOLVERINE OLD MAN LOGAN TP $29.99 MAR WALKING DEAD TP VOL 26 CALL TO ARMS (MR) $14.99 IMA SPIDER-MAN DEADPOOL TP VOL 01 ISNT IT BROMANTIC $17.99 MAR DOCTOR STRANGE #12 NOW (RES) $3.99 MAR BATMAN THE LONG HALLOWEEN TP $24.99 DC