ALTERNATE REALITY, serving Chicago comic fandom since 1978  That's over 40 years of service!                                                                                                    We started at the Comicbook Emporium in February of 1978, Five & Dime Comics from 1983 to 1994 and Alternate Reality ever since, thats over 40 years of serving Chicago South Side Comic Fandom                                                                   SAVINGS! SERVICE! SELECTION! HISTORY! We have it all!

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NOVEMBER 2010
ALL MONTH

HERO OF THE MONTH
7th-13th

WAR COMIC
SALE
20th

FOUNDER'S DAY SALE

24th-28th

THANKSGIVING
SALE-A-BRATION

THIS MONTH, ALL MONTH...BATMAN!
Our HERO this MONTH is the BATMAN and to celebrate Bruce Wayne's return we're knocking 25% OFF all our Bat trades & back issues!
NOVEMBER 2nd-ELECTION DAY!
“Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, you can always cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.”
-John Quincy Adams
NOVEMBER 3rd-NEW COMIC WEDNESDAY!
15% OFF ALL NEW COMICS ALL WEEK LONG FOR EVERYONE!
"1st DAY SALE PLUS" 40% OFF 7 SELECTED TITLES TODAY ONLY!

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NOVEMBER 7th-NOVEMBER 13th:
WAR TRADES SPOTLIGHT SALE!
BUY 2/GET 1 FREE ON ALL WAR THEMED TRADES!*
Veteran's Day's this week and we're honoring service personnel with a trade paperback sale on titles like Sgt.Rock, Haunted Tank, Battlefields and many more!
*WHILE SUPPLIES LAST, SALE PRICE MAY NOT BE COMBINED WITH OTHER OFFERS, DOES NOT INCLUDE THIS WEEKS SHIPPING
NOVEMBER 7th-DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME ENDS
DON'T FORGET TO "FALL BEHIND" ONE HOUR TONIGHT!
NOVEMBER 10th-NEW COMIC WEDNESDAY!
15% OFF ALL NEW COMICS ALL WEEK LONG FOR EVERYONE!
"1st DAY SALE PLUS" 40% OFF 7 SELECTED TITLES TODAY ONLY!

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NOVEMBER 11th-VETERAN'S DAY!
In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man; brave and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for
then it costs nothing to be a patriot." ~Mark Twain's Notebook, 1935
NOVEMBER 17th-NEW COMIC WEDNESDAY!
15% OFF ALL NEW COMICS ALL WEEK LONG FOR EVERYONE!
"1st DAY SALE PLUS" 40% OFF 7 SELECTED TITLES TODAY ONLY!

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NOVEMBER 20th-FOUNDER'S DAY SALE
20% OFF EVERYTHING IN THE STORE ALL DAY LONG!*
In honor of our founders Dietz & Geoff we have a one day only 20% off everything in the store sale on the 20th of each month! 
*Sale DOES NOT include our FLIP FRAME back-issues or BULK SUPPLIES!

EXTRA SPECIAL HOLIDAY HOURS/EVENTS!

NOVEMBER 21st-27th:
GOBBLEDY GOOKER SALE-A-BRATION!
OUR BIG WEEK LONG STOREWIDE SALE
50% OFF all BACK ISSUE COMICS/MAGAZINES!*
25% OFF all STATUES & ACTION FIGURES!
20% OFF EVERYTHING ELSE! (Founder's Day Rules Apply)
*WHILE SUPPLIES LAST, NO LIMITS ON QUANTITIES, SALE PRICE MAY NOT BE COMBINED WITH OTHER OFFERS, SALE DOES NOT INCLUDE OUR FLIP FRAME BACK ISSUES OR BULK SUPPLIES!
PLUS THE GOBBLEDY GOOKER "RAFFLE-MANIA"!
Every month during our Sale-A-Rama/Sale-A-Bration's we hold a Raffle-mania. Starting on the 1st day of the sale every customer get's a FREE raffle ticket and at the end of the last day we'll have our drawing!
NOVEMBER 24th-NEW COMIC WEDNESDAY!
15% OFF ALL NEW COMICS ALL WEEK LONG FOR EVERYONE!
"1st DAY SALE PLUS" 40% OFF 7 SELECTED TITLES TODAY ONLY!

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NOVEMBER 25th-THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
STORE CLOSED, ENJOY THE HOLIDAY!
"The unthankful heart...discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!"
-Henry Ward Beecher
NOVEMBER 26th-BLACK FRIDAY SALE!
FROM 6AM TO 2PM all of the GOBBLEDY GOOKER GOODNESS plus a special in store only sale you won't want to miss!
NOVEMBER 30th-PREVIEWS DEADLINE
Last Day to order from this month's catalog and save on all the SALE-O-RAMA items in ADVANCE ORDERING!
LATER THIS YEAR/EARLY NEXT YEAR
DECEMBER

MIDNIGHT MADNESS SALE
OPEN UNTIL MIDNIGHT

JANUARY

THE ESSENTIAL SALE
DEEP DISCOUNT TRADES!

FEBRUARY

WINTER SALE-A-BRATION
Save BIG for 3 Days!

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