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!

191 NEW ITEMS
ON SALE THIS
WEDNESDAY
SEPTEMBER 12th, 2007

JLA WEDDING SPECIAL #1

Dwayne McDuffie (Justice League Unlimited animated series) begins his run on the Justice League of America here!
As a wedding looms and bachelor parties are thrown, the new Injustice League forms. Find out who will be on this deadly team!

REORDERS

Get the full list  of what SOLD OUT items are coming back in this week!

OUT OF PRINT

Eventually everything sells out, find out what's expired this week!

KIDS CORNER

Over a dozen new comics, magazines & books for ALL ages this week!
1st DAY SALE TITLES FOR THIS WEEK ONLY
(40% OFF ALL THESE BRAND NEW TITLES ON THIS WEDNESDAY ONLY!)

SAVE $13.97 ON THESE 6 TITLES THIS WEDNESDAY ONLY!

TITLE/DESCRIPTION MSRP 1ST DAY PRICE
COUNTDOWN SEARCH FOR RAY PALMER WILDSTORM #1 $2.99 $1.79
JLA WEDDING SPECIAL #1 $3.99 $2.39
SHOWCASE PRESENTS BATMAN AND THE OUTSIDERS VOL 1 TP $16.99 $10.19
TOYFARE #123 $4.99 $2.99
SUICIDE SQUAD RAISE THE FLAG #1 $2.99 $1.79
X-MEN EMPEROR VULCAN #1 $2.99 $1.79

TOTAL

$34.94 $20.96

Minimum $5.00 purchase of ANYTHING in the store is required to receive your "1st DAY DALE" discount on any/all of these items. "1st DAY SALE" prices are good only for the date listed, only for one copy of each item and only while supplies last.

90  NEW COMICS ARRIVING THIS WEEK
15% OFF ALL THESE NEW COMICS, EVERYDAY THIS WEEK FOR EVERYONE!
25 DC COMICS THIS WEEK
$75.27 is what you'll pay at ANY OTHER store.
$63.97 is what you'll pay only at Alternate Reality!
$11.29 what you'll save ALL WEEK LONG!
100 BULLETS #85 (RES) (MR)
BATMAN CONFIDENTIAL #9
BATMAN STRIKES #37
BLACK ADAM THE DARK AGE #2 (OF 6)
BOOSTER GOLD #2
CARTOON NETWORK ACTION PACK #17
COUNTDOWN 33
COUNTDOWN SEARCH FOR RAY PALMER WILDSTORM #1
DMZ #23 (MR)
FABLES #65 (MR)
FOURTH HORSEMAN #2 (OF 4) (MR)
FRIDAY THE 13TH SUMMER VACATION #1 (OF 2) (MR)
GEN 13 #12
GREEN LANTERN #23
JACK OF FABLES #14 (MR)
JLA CLASSIFIED #42
JLA WEDDING SPECIAL #1
JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #9
STORMWATCH PHD #11
SUICIDE SQUAD RAISE THE FLAG #1 (OF 8)
SUPERMAN #667
TRIALS OF SHAZAM #8 (OF 12)
UN-MEN #2 (MR)
WELCOME TO TRANQUILITY #10
WONDER GIRL #1 (OF 6)
24 MARVEL COMICS THIS WEEK
$76.76 is what you'll pay at ANY OTHER store.
$
65.24 is what you'll pay only at Alternate Reality!
$11.51 what you'll save ALL WEEK LONG!
AMAZING SPIDER-GIRL #12
CIVIL WAR CHRONICLES #3
DAREDEVIL #100
DAREDEVIL WRAPAROUND #100
FANTASTIC FIVE #5 (OF 5)
GHOST RIDER #15
HEROES FOR HIRE #13
LONERS #5 (OF 6)
MARVEL ADVENTURES HULK #3
MARVEL ILLUSTRATED MAN IN THE IRON MASK #3 (OF 6)
MOON KNIGHT #12 CWI
NEW AVENGERS #34
NEW AVENGERS TRANSFORMERS #3 (OF 4)
NOVA #6
PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL #11
SPIDER-MAN FAIRY TALES #4 (OF 4)
THOR #3
THOR 2ND PTG COIPEL WRAPAROUND VAR #2
ULTIMATE POWER #7 (OF 9)
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #113
ULTIMATE X-MEN #86
WORLD WAR HULK 2ND PTG JRJR VAR #1 (OF 5)
X-FACTOR #23
X-MEN EMPEROR VULCAN #1 (OF 5)
7 IMAGE COMICS THIS WEEK
$22.46 is what you'll pay at ANY OTHER store.
$19.09 is what you'll pay only at Alternate Reality!
$3.36 what you'll save ALL WEEK LONG!
AGE OF BRONZE #26
BAD PLANET #3 (OF 6) (RES) (MR)
CASANOVA #9 (MR)
NOBLE CAUSES #31
PARADE WITH FIREWORKS #1 (OF 2)
SPAWN GODSLAYER #4
WALKING DEAD #42 (MR)
6 DARK HORSE COMIC THIS WEEK
$20.94 is what you'll pay at ANY OTHER store.
$17.79 is what you'll pay only at Alternate Reality!
$3.14 what you'll save ALL WEEK LONG!
BLADE OF THE IMMORTAL #129 (MR)
BPRD KILLING GROUND #2 (OF 5)
FEAR AGENT LAST GOODBYE #3
GROO 25TH ANNIV SPECIAL
STAR WARS LEGACY #16
STAR WARS REBELLION #10
28 INDEPENDENT TITLES THIS WEEK
$104.69 is what you'll pay at ANY OTHER store.
$
88.98 is what you'll pay only at Alternate Reality!
$15.70 what you'll save ALL WEEK LONG!
ACTION PHILOSOPHERS #9 THE LIGHTING ROUND
ARCHAIC #9 (NOTE PRICE)
BETTY #168
CASTLE WAITING VOL II #8
COVER GIRL #5 (OF 5)
CTHULHU TALES TAINTED ONE SHOT
DRAFTED #1
FALLEN ANGEL IDW #20 (MR)
FINAL DESTINATION SPRING BREAK #5 (OF 5) (RES)
FURRLOUGH #174
GI JOE AMERICAS ELITE #27
GRIMM FAIRY TALES SPECIAL PHOTO COVER COLL ED #1 (MR)
IDW FOCUS ON 30 DAYS OF NIGHT
INTERGALACTIC #3
JOHN WOOS SEVEN BROTHERS SERIES 2 #1 (MR)
LONE RANGER #8
MAINTENANCE #5 (MR)
NICOLAS CAGES VOODOO CHILD HICKMAN COVER #3 (MR)
NICOLAS CAGES VOODOO CHILD TEMPLESMITH COVER #3 (MR)
NIGHTMARES AND FAIRY TALES #20 (MR)
POTTERS FIELD #1 (OF 3)
SE7EN ENVY #6 (OF 7) (RES) (MR)
SONIC X #24
THIRTEEN STEPS #1 (MR)
TRANSFORMERS BEST OF UK DINOBOTS #1
ZOMBIE PROOF #1
2 ADULT COMICS SCHEDULED FOR THIS WEEK

101 NEW NON-COMIC ITEMS ARRIVING THIS WEEK

ACTION FIGURES (6):
JUSTICE LEAGUE SERIES 6 ARMORED BATMAN AF
JUSTICE LEAGUE SERIES 6 ARMORED GREEN LANTERN AF
JUSTICE LEAGUE SERIES 6 HAWKGIRL AF
JUSTICE LEAGUE SERIES 6 SCARECROW AF
MCFARLANE NFL BRIAN URLACHER COLLECTOR'S EDITION AF
MCFARLANE NFL PEYTON MANNING COLLECTOR'S EDITION AF
APPAREL (4):
BATMAN SPLATTER SKULL WASH BLK T/S XL
GREEN LANTERN DISTRESSED FLOCK GRN T/S XL
SPIDER MAN VENOM FOILED BLUE/BLK T/S XL
SUPERMAN HONOR & TRUTH BLK T/S XL
BOOKS (2):
ALEX UNLIMITED VOL 2 VOSARAK CODE NOVEL (OF 2)
CHIBI VAMPIRE VOL 3 NOVEL (OF 7)
FOG MOUND BOOK 2 FARADAWN GN
FULL METAL PANIC VOL 1 NOVEL (OF 12)
KARMA CLUB VOL 1 NOVEL (RES)
CARDS (3):
FLEER ULTRA 2007/08 NBA TRADING CARD BOX
FLEER ULTRA 2007/08 NBA TRADING CARD PACKS
FLEER ULTRA 2007/08 NBA BLASTER TRADING CARD BOX
MAGAZINES (17):
AIR BRUSH ACTION 1007
AMERICA'S CIVIL WAR 1107
BLACK GATE-SUMMER 2007
FLY RC 1107
GLADIATOR #3
HIGH ADVENTURE #96
HIGHLIGHTS FOR CHILDREN HALLOWEEN SPECIAL
JAMROCK 0907
JUGHEAD AND FRIENDS DIGEST #23
LEES TOY REVIEW SEPT 2007 #179
LOCUS #560
MODEL RAILROADER 1007
PALS N GALS DOUBLE DIGEST #115
PSM PRESENTS CHEATERS HANDBOOK 2007
RUE MORGUE #71
SKETCH MAGAZINE #33
TOYFARE #123-1ST DAY SALE
TRADES (69):
ADVENTURES OF RED SONJA VOL 2 SHE DEVIL WITH SWORD TP (RES)
ANGEL SKIN GN
AVATAR CINEMANGA VOL 6 GN (OF 6)
BATMAN STRIKES DUTY CALLS TP
BATTLE ANGEL ALITA LAST ORDER VOL 9 TP
BEAUTY POP VOL 5 TP
BLACK CAT VOL 10 TP
BORDERLINE VOL 2 TP
CHERRY JUICE VOL 1 GN (OF 4)
CONFESSIONS OF A BLABBERMOUTH
CRIMINAL MACABRE TWO RED EYES TP
CRIMINAL MACABRE TWO RED EYES TP
DARK MOON DIARY VOL 1 GN (OF 3)
DEMON FLOWERS VOL 1 GN (OF 4) (MR)
DESPERADOES BUFFALO DREAMS TP
DR SLUMP VOL 13 TP
EMMA VOL 5
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF COMICBOOK HEROES VOL 3 SUPERMAN
ESSENTIAL PUNISHER VOL 2 TP
EXCEL SAGA VOL 16 TP
FANTAMIR VOL 1 GN (OF 3)
FROM EROICA WITH LOVE VOL 10
FRUITS BASKET FAN BOOK NEKO CAT GN
GENTLEMENS ALLIANCE VOL 3 TP
GIN TAMA VOL 2 TP
HELLBOY VOL 7 THE TROLL WITCH & OTHERS TP
HIBIKIS MAGIC VOL 2 GN (OF 2)
HUNTER X HUNTER VOL 16 TP
I LUV HALLOWEEN VOL 3 GN (OF 3) (MR)
INVU VOL 4 GN (OF 4)
ION VOL 2 THE DYING FLAME TP
IS VOL 15 GN (C: 1-0-0)
KAMEN TANTEI VOL 4 GN (OF 4)
KILALA PRINCESS VOL 3 GN (OF 4)
KODT BUNDLE OF TROUBLE VOL 21 TP
KUROHIME VOL 1 TP
LEGEND OF GRIMJACK VOL 8 TP
LOVE COM VOL 2 TP
MARVEL ZOMBIES ARMY OF DARKNESS HC
NARUTO VOL 16 TP
NARUTO VOL 17 TP
NARUTO VOL 18 TP
NIGHTLY NEWS VOL 1 TP
NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET TP (MR)
ORDINARY CRUSH VOL 1 GN
PATH OF THE ASSASSIN VOL 7 TP (MR)
PEARL PINK VOL 3 GN (OF 4)
PHANTOM VOL 3 GN (OF 5)
POISON CANDY VOL 1 GN (MR)
PRINCE OF TENNIS VOL 21 GN
PROJECT ARMS VOL 17 TP
SAMURAI DEEPER KYO VOL 24 GN (OF 38) (MR)
SHAMAN KING VOL 13 TP
SHOWCASE PRESENTS BATMAN AND THE OUTSIDERS VOL 1 TP-1ST DAY SALE
STAR TREK MANGA VOL 2 GN
STAR TREK THE NEXT GENERATION THE SPACE BETWEEN TP
SUPERMAN DEATH AND RETURN OF SUPERMAN OMNIBUS HC
TAKUMI KUN VOL 1 JUNE PRIDE GN (MR)
THE ARRIVAL GN
TOGARI VOL 2 TP
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN VOL 18 ULTIMATE KNIGHTS TP
WEIRDLY WORLD OF STRANGE EGGS GN
WELCOME TO THE NHK VOL 4 GN (OF 6) (MR)
WHISTLE VOL 17 TP
WOLVERINE CLASSIC VOL 5 TP
YAKITATE JAPAN VOL 7 TP
YUME KIRA DREAM SHOPPE TP
YURARA VOL 2 TP
1 ADULT TRADE SCHEDULED FOR THIS WEEK
FUN FACT: ALTERNATE REALITY receives more New Sale Items than any other store in Chicago! Each week anywhere between175-250 brand new Comics, Books, Trades, Magazines, Statues, etc come through the door and go on sale. So be sure to get a look at CHICAGO'S LARGEST SELECTION of NEW STUFF every week here in SHIP-SHAPE!
 ABBREVIATIONS KEY TO THIS PAGE

"What does it mean above when it sez...."

AA=Amazon's Attack
ANNIV =Anniversary
ASST=Assortment
BK=Book
CCG=Collectable Card Game
CD=Countdown
COLL ED=Collected Edition
CURR PRTG=Current Printing
CVR=Cover
CWI=Civil War Initiative
ED=Edition
DLX=Deluxe
GN=Graphic Novel
HC=Hard Cover
INCV=Incentive Cover
LTD ED=Limited Edition
MED=Medium (as in a "Medium Sized Statue")
MLB=Major League Baseball
MMPB=Mass Media Paper Back
MR=Mature Readers, this item is NOT intended for younger or more sensitive readers.
NBA=National Basketball Association
NFL=National Football League
NHL=National Hockey League
NOTE PRICE=Price is different from this titles regular
price.
O/A=Order Again
OMD=One More Day (Spiderman titles)
PTG=Printing
PX=Previews Exclusive
RES=Re-solicited
SC=Soft Cover
SER= Series
TBA=To Be Announced
TKP=Tokyopop
TP=Trade Paperback
T/C-Trading Card
T/S=Tee-Shirt
VAR=Variant
VOL or V.=Volume
WRAP CVR=Wraparound cover
WWH=World War Hulk
XL=Extra Large

DATES: Many magazines have a numbered designation based on the month (s) and year of their release, which we list as a 4 digit number. EX: "0306" means March, 2006. "1205" means December, 2005.

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