Article by comic book historian Terry Hoknes of www.HoknesComics.com – hoknes@hotmail.com
This article is immensely useful in determining what retailers have under ordered and what is going to sell out fast.
This column is here to help promote every new comic book series debuting this week.
Pictured are the 3 new series that are selling out the fastest at Diamond !
This weekly article shows how popular the titles are and how close they are to selling out at Diamond.
This will give retailers and collectors a heads up with a reminder of books you want to make sure you get immediately!!
Sometimes books don’t sell out immediately so its worth taking a look back at series that came out in the past few months !
Comics can sell out very quickly so some titles on this list will be more valuable instantly the day of release !
Keep in mind that with 1500 comic stores if even just 20% of stores re-ordered just 1 copy each that would be 300 more copies sold instantly so a book can easily sell out within minutes if the book gets some buzz and/or good response from readers!
So many comics on the list that still have copies left are going to eventually all sell out.
Diamond data of copies still available listed below compiled the week BEFORE release date!
NEW COMICS RELEASES
PUBLISHER
TITLE, ISSUE NUMBER, PRICE IN U.S. DOLLARS (“AR” means “ask your retailer for the price” as its a limited variant)
ALTERNATIVE COMICS
True Stories #1, $5.99 – 86 COPIES
AMIGO COMICS
Beast Commandos #1 (Of 4), $3.99 – 27 COPIES
Rogues The Burning Heart #1 (Of 5), $3.99 – 56 COPIES
Roman Ritual #1 (Of 4), $3.99 – 8 COPIES
ANTARCTIC PRESS
Dr Frankensteam’s Monster (One Shot), $3.99 – 113 COPIES
ARCHIE COMIC PUBLICATIONS
Sonic Boom #1 (Here Comes The Boom Part 1 Variant Cover), $3.99 – 167 COPIES
Sonic Boom #1 (Patrick Spaziante Regular Cover), $3.99 – 320 COPIES
AUTISM AT FACE VALUE
Face Value #2, $3.99 – 68 COPIES
AVATAR PRESS
Dark Gods #1 (German Erramouspe Regular Cover), $3.99 – 654 COPIES
Dark Gods #1 (Michael DiPascale Deity Cover), $3.99 – 160 COPIES
Dark Gods #1 (Christian Zanier Siren Cover), $3.99 – 146 COPIES
Dark Gods #1 (German Erramouspe Wraparound Cover), $3.99 – 112 COPIES
BANANA TALE PRESS
Boonana Halloween Special (One Shot), $3.99 – 71 COPIES
BLACK MASK COMICS
Critical Hit #2, $3.99 – 66 COPIES
Godkiller Walk Among Us #1, $3.99 – 165 COPIES
Last Born #2, $3.99 – 29 COPIES
BLISS ON TAP
I Play The Bad Guy #1 (Of 6), $3.99 – 68 COPIES
BONGO COMICS
Simpsons Comics Explosion #1, $9.99 – 355 COPIES
CARTOON BOOKS
Tuki Save The Humans #1 (Tom Gaadt 2nd Printing Variant Cover), $3.99 – 39 COPIES
Tuki Save The Humans #2, $3.99 – 484 COPIES
COMIXTRIBE
And Then Emily Was Gone #4 (Of 5), $3.50 – 47 COPIES
CRYPTOZOIC ENTERTAINMENT
Hugh Howey’s Wool #5 (of 6), $3.99 – 45 COPIES
DARK HORSE COMICS
Baltimore The Wolf And The Apostle #1 (Of 2), $3.50 – 897 COPIES
DARRYL MAKES COMICS
DMC Volume 1 GN, $19.99 – 2,424 COPIES
DC COMICS
Batman Eternal #30, $2.99 – 6,295 COPIES
Harley Quinn Annual #1 (International Edition)(Amanda Conner Regular Cover), $5.99 – 7,097 COPIES
Harley Quinn Annual #1 (International Edition)(Ant Lucia DC Collectibles Bombshells Variant Cover), $5.99 – 2,532 COPIES
Harley Quinn Annual #1 (United States Edition)(Amanda Conner Regular Cover), $5.99 – SOLD OUT
Harley Quinn Annual #1 (United States Edition)(Ant Lucia DC Collectibles Bombshells Variant Cover), $5.99 – COPIES AVAILABLE ONLY IN USA
DEVILS DUE PUBLISHING
Tales Of Mr Rhee Karmageddon #2 (Of 4), $3.99 – 11 COPIES
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT
Bob’s Burgers #3 (Steve Umbleby Regular Cover), $3.99 – 1,278 COPIES
HERMES PRESS
Phantom #1 (Of 6)(Alex Saviuk Variant Cover), $3.99 – 187 COPIES
Phantom #1 (Of 6)(Graham Nolan Variant Cover), $3.99 – 153 COPIES
Phantom #1 (Of 6)(Sal Velluto Regular Cover), $3.99 – 326 COPIES
Phantom #1 (Of 6)(Sal Velluto Variant Cover), $3.99 – 180 COPIES
IDW PUBLISHING
Little Nemo Return To Slumberland #2 (Cover A Gabriel Rodriguez), $3.99 – 1,124 COPIES
Little Nemo Return To Slumberland #2 (Cover SUB Eric Shanower), $3.99 – 496 COPIES
IMAGE COMICS
Rasputin #1 (Cover A Riley Rossmo), $3.50 – 21 COPIES
Rasputin #1 (Cover B Ryan Stegman), $3.50 – SOLD OUT
Roche Limit #2, $3.50 – 200 COPIES
Wayward #3 (Cover A Steve Cummings & Ross A. Campbell), $3.50 – 10 COPIES
Wayward #3(Cover B Jorge Molina), $3.50 – 10 COPIES
MARVEL COMICS
Axis Carnage #1 (Of 3), $3.99 – 10 COPIES
Axis Revolutions #1 (Of 4), $3.99 – 32 COPIES
Death Of Wolverine Deadpool And Captain America #1 (McGuinness Regular Cover), $3.99 – 44 COPIES
Deathlok #1 (Mike Perkins Regular Cover), $3.99 – 85 COPIES
Edge Of Spider-Verse #2 (Of 5)(Robbie Rodriguez 2nd Printing Variant Cover), $3.99 – SOLD OUT
Marvel 75th Anniversary Celebration #1, $5.99 – 16 COPIES
Thanos A God Up There Listening #4 (Of 4), $3.99 – SOLD OUT
Wolverine And The X-Men #11, $3.99 – 18 COPIES
REBELLION
Brass Sun #6 (Of 6), $3.99 – 258 COPIES
Dredd Underbelly Movie Sequel One Shot (Hairsine Black & White Variant Cover), $3.99 – SOLD OUT
Dredd Uprise #1 (Of 2), $3.99 – 62 COPIES