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159 NEW ITEMS
 ON SALE THIS
WEDNESDAY
SEPTEMBER 26th, 2007

AVENGERS DEFENDERS WAR PREMIERE HC
Written by STEVE ENGLEHART
Penciled by BOB BROWN & SAL BUSCEMA
Covers by SAL BUSCEMA & JOHN ROMITA SR.
Captain America. Iron Man. Thor. Doctor Strange. Namor. The Sub-Mariner. The Hulk. The world's greatest heroes at the forefront of its two most titanic teams! But when the dread Dormammu and the lying Loki manipulate the Defenders and Avengers in an effort to obtain the awesome Evil Eye, the groups' first team-up is almost their last! Hero vs. Hero across the world, with world-destroying power as the stake! Guest-starring Sunfire and Prester John, later of Cable and Deadpool fame! Collecting AVENGERS #115-118 and DEFENDERS #8-11.

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 $15.17 ON THESE 6 TITLES THIS WEDNESDAY ONLY!
TITLE/DESCRIPTION MSRP 1ST DAY PRICE
AVENGERS DEFENDERS WAR PREMIERE HC $19.99 $11.99
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #13 $2.99 $1.79
SUPERMAN CONFIDENTIAL #6 $2.99 $1.79
TEEN TITANS #51 $2.99 $1.79
UNCLE SAM AND THE FREEDOM FIGHTERS #1 $2.99 $1.79
WIZARD MAGAZINE #193 $5.99 $3.59

TOTAL

 $37.94 $22.76

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.
77 NEW COMICS ARRIVING THIS WEEK
15% OFF ALL THESE NEW COMICS, EVERYDAY THIS WEEK FOR EVERYONE!
24 DC COMICS THIS WEEK
 $72.28 is what you'll pay at ANY OTHER store.
 $61.43 is what you'll pay only at Alternate Reality!
 $10.84 what you'll save ALL WEEK LONG!
52 AFTERMATH THE FOUR HORSEMEN #2 (OF 6)
ALL STAR BATMAN AND ROBIN THE BOY WONDER #7
AMERICAN VIRGIN #19 (MR)
ASTRO CITY THE DARK AGE BOOK TWO #4
BATMAN #669
BLUE BEETLE #19
CARTOON NETWORK BLOCK PARTY #37
COUNTDOWN 31
COUNTDOWN TO ADVENTURE #2 (OF 8)
CROSSING MIDNIGHT #11 (MR)
DEATHBLOW #7
GREEN ARROW YEAR ONE #5 (OF 6)
JLA CLASSIFIED #43
JSA CLASSIFIED #30
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #13 CVR A
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #13 CVR B
SUPERGIRL AND THE LEGION OF SUPER HEROES #34
SUPERMAN CONFIDENTIAL #6
SUPERNATURAL ORIGINS #5
TEEN TITANS #51
TEEN TITANS GO #47
UNCLE SAM AND THE FREEDOM FIGHTERS #1 (OF 8)
WETWORKS #13
WONDER WOMAN ANNUAL #1
21 MARVEL COMICS THIS WEEK
 $66.97 is what you'll pay at ANY OTHER store.
 $56.92 is what you'll pay only at Alternate Reality!
 $10.04 what you'll save ALL WEEK LONG!
ANNIHILATION CONQUEST STAR LORD #3 (OF 4)
AVENGERS INITIATIVE #6 CWI
CABLE DEADPOOL #45
CAPTAIN AMERICA CHOSEN #2 (OF 6)
CRIMINAL #9 (MR)
FRANKLIN RICHARDS MONSTER MASH
IMMORTAL IRON FIST #9
IMMORTAL IRON FIST ANNUAL #1
IRON MAN #22
MARVEL ADVENTURES IRON MAN #5
MARVEL ILLUSTRATED LAST OF THE MOHICANS #5 (OF 6)
MARVEL SPOTLIGHT THOR
MARVEL ZOMBIES BOOK ANGELS DEMONS & MONSTROSITIES
PUNISHER MAX ANNUAL #1 (MR)
SPIRIT #10
SUB-MARINER #4 (OF 6) CWI
THE ORDER #3 CWI
ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR #46
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #114
X-MEN #203
X-MEN FIRST CLASS VOL 2 #4
5 IMAGE COMICS THIS WEEK
$25.96 is what you'll pay at ANY OTHER store.
 $22.06 is what you'll pay only at Alternate Reality!
 $3.89 what you'll save ALL WEEK LONG!
ASTOUNDING WOLF-MAN #3
BRIT #2
KILLING GIRL #2 (OF 5) (MR)
KISS 4K LTD ED PREVIEW BOOK
SAVAGE DRAGON #132 (NOTE PRICE)
2 DARK HORSE COMIC THIS WEEK
$6.49 is what you'll pay at ANY OTHER store.
 $5.51 is what you'll pay only at Alternate Reality!
 .97¢ what you'll save ALL WEEK LONG!
SPEAK O/T DEVIL #2 (OF 6)
USAGI YOJIMBO #106
25 INDEPENDENT TITLES THIS WEEK
 $99.20 is what you'll pay at ANY OTHER store.
 $84.32 is what you'll pay only at Alternate Reality!
 $14.88 what you'll save ALL WEEK LONG!
ARMY OF DARKNESS FROM ASHES #2
BART SIMPSONS TREEHOUSE OF HORROR #13
BETTY & VERONICA #230
BONEYARD #26
FALL OF CTHULHU MAVILLAIN CVR A #6
FALL OF CTHULHU WALPOLE CVR B #6
GOLD DIGGER TANGENT #3
HIGHLANDER #11
HONOR BRIGADE #5 (OF 6)
INDIA AUTHENTIC SHIVA #5
LEFT ON MISSION #4 (OF 5)
MESS ONE SHOT (MR)
MONSTER UNIVERSITY CHEERBOOK (RES)
PHANTOM CVR A #19
PHANTOM CVR B #19
SAVAGE PLANET SECRETS O/T EMPIRE
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #180
TAROT WITCH OF THE BLACK ROSE #46 (MR)
TERMINATOR 2 INFINITY #3
UNCLE SCROOGE #370
WALT DISNEY'S COMICS & STORIES #685
XOMBIE FARR CVR B #4 (OF 5) (MR)
XOMBIE SEELEY CVR A #4 (OF 5) (MR)
2 ADULT COMICS SCHEDULED FOR THIS WEEK

82 NEW NON-COMIC ITEMS ARRIVING THIS WEEK
ACTION FIGURES (5):
MARVEL SELECT ZOMBIES COL AMERICA AF
SUPERMAN VS DOOMSDAY-SUPERMAN ACTION FIGURE
SUPERMAN VS DOOMSDAY-DOOMSDAY ACTION FIGURE
SUPERMAN VS DOOMSDAY-SOLAR SUPERMAN ACTION FIGURE
SUPERMAN VS DOOMSDAY-LEX LUTHOR & ROBOT 2 PACK ACTION FIGURE
CARDS (1):
TOPPS TURKEY RED 2007 MLB
GAMES (1):
FR THE ORC KING TRANSITIONS BK I HC
MAGAZINES (34):
ADBUSTERS #74
ALTER EGO #72
ARCHIE DIGEST #238
ART & ANTIQUES 1007
CHARMED MAGAZINE #19
CINEFEX #111 SEP 2007
CLASSIC MARVEL FIGURINE COLL MAG #17 ELEKTRA #17
CLASSIC MARVEL FIGURINE COLL MAG #18 HUMAN TORCH
CLASSIC MARVEL FIGURINE COLL MAG #47 EMMA FROST
CLASSIC MARVEL FIGURINE COLL MAG #48 VISION
CLASSIC MARVEL FIGURINE COLL MAG THANOS SPECIAL
COMICS REVUE #257
COOKIE 1007
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY #955
EYE SPY #7.50
GIRASOL PULP DOUBLES THE SPIDER VOL 1 #1
GIRASOL PULP DOUBLES THE SPIDER VOL 2 #2
HIGHLIGHTS HIGH FIVE 1007
HORRORHOUND #8
HORRORSHOW MAGAZINE #7
JUXTAPOZ #81
MAN'S VOGUE 1007
MARVEL FREE PREVIEWS #50 OCTOBER 2007
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC KIDS 1007
PC MAGAZINE#26.9
PREVIEWS VOL XVII #10
PREVIEWS ADULT VOL XVII #10
RC DRIVER #47
RING 1207
SLAP #185
WIRED #15.10
WIZARD MAGAZINE BATMAN DARK KNIGHT PHOTO CVR #193
WIZARD MAGAZINE X-MEN MESSIAH COMPLEX CVR #193
WRESTLER SERIES VOL18 2007
STATUES (6):
BANSHEE MINI BUST
HERCULES MINI BUST
MARVEL ICONS ELEKTRA BUST
MARVEL ORIGINS WOLVERINE STATUE
MARVEL UNIVERSE CIVIL WAR NITRO BUST
NEW AVENGERS SPIDER-MAN STATUE
TRADES (35):
ALAN MOORES YUGGOTH CULTURES TP (MR)
AVENGERS DEFENDERS WAR PREMIERE DM ED HC
AVENGERS DEFENDERS WAR PREMIERE HC
BERSERK VOL 19 TP (MR)
BYRON GN
CAPTAIN AMERICA RED WHITE & BLUE TP
DAREDEVIL DEVIL HELL TO PAY VOL 1 TP
DARK HUNGER GN
DONALD DUCK CASE OF THE MISSING MUMMY TP
ELFWORLD VOL 1 TP (MR)
FREEFALL ROMANCE GN
FRIDAY THE 13TH TP (MR)
FUTURAMA VOL 4 CONQUERS THE UNIVERSE TP
GHOST RIDER TRAIL OF TEARS PREMIERE HC
INVISIBLE BOY VOL 1 GN
IRON MAN HYPERVELOCITY TP
LILY AND THE ROSE VOL 1 GN (MR)
LOKI TP
MADMAN VOL 1 TP
MANIC LOVE GN
MELTED LOVE GN
PUNISHER PRESENTS BARRACUDA MAX TP (MR)
SANDMAN MYSTERY THEATRE SLEEP OF REASON TP (MR)
SHOWCASE PRESENTS METAL MEN VOL 1 TP
STAR GN
STAR TREK MANGA VOL 2 GN
SWAN VOL 11
TEEN TITANS VOL 7 TITANS EAST TP
TOWER OF THE FUTURE VOL 8
VOWELS GN
WALKING DEAD VOL 7 THE CALM BEFORE TP (MR)
WHITE TIGER HEROES COMPULSION TP
ZESTY VOL 2 GN
2 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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