The Diamond Comics Advance Reorder List is a great speculator tool. It shows what books retailers are going back to get more of, in advance of their release. They are actually putting their money up betting these books get big. These are the books people are talking about in shops, message boards, and websites. Here is the Diamond Comics Advance for 8/20/17:
Pretty jam packed list this week. A ton of Star Wars issues, lenticular covers, some Venomized covers, and the Mattina Jean Grey cover, you can see the image below.
WALKING DEAD #171 CVR B LORENZO DE FELICI VAR
JOURNEY SW LAST JEDI CAPT PHASMA #1
STAR WARS ADVENTURES #1 CVR A CHARM
VENOMVERSE #1 CRAIN CONNECTING VAR
STAR WARS DARTH VADER #5
ASTONISHING X-MEN #3
MARVEL LEGACY #1 QUESADA LENTICULAR VAR
GENERATIONS PHOENIX & JEAN GREY #1 2ND PTG MATTINA VAR
STAR WARS ADVENTURES #2 CVR A CHARM
BATMAN #30
GENERATIONS IRON MAN & IRONHEART #1 COIPEL VAR
VENOMVERSE WAR STORIES #1
STAR WARS ADVENTURES #1 CVR B CHARRETIER
SCALES & SCOUNDRELS #1
MISTER MIRACLE #2
X-MEN GOLD #11
STAR WARS ADVENTURES #2 CVR B CHARRETIER
BATMAN DETECTIVE TP VOL 03 LEAGUE
SUPERGIRL #13 VAR ED
ALL NEW GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #9
HARLEY QUINN 25TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL #1 LEE VAR ED
X-MEN GOLD #11 VENOMIZED OMEGA RED VAR
SPIDER-MAN #20 VENOMIZED BLACK CAT VAR