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172 NEW ITEMS
ON SALE THIS
WEDNESDAY
JANUARY 16th, 2008

INCREDIBLE HERCULES #113

Written by GREG PAK & FRED VAN LENTE
Penciled by KHOI PHAM
Cover by ART ADAMS
Contents classified. However if you want to take a look at the issue, the SNEAK PEEK copy is in and on the rack for your perusal at the store!

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!

SHIPSHAPE ARCHIVES

View what's shipped out every week over the last year.
1st DAY SALE TITLES FOR THIS WEEK ONLY
40% OFF ALL THESE BRAND NEW TITLES ON THIS WEDNESDAY ONLY!

SAVE $33.55 ON THESE 7 TITLES THIS WEDNESDAY ONLY!

TITLE/DESCRIPTION

MSRP 1ST DAY PRICE
76 #1 $2.99 $1.79
CATWOMAN #75 $2.99 $1.79
EC ARCHIVES CRIME SUSPENSTORIES HC VOL 1 $49.95 $29.97
ESSENTIAL MARVEL SAGA TP VOL 01 $16.99 $10.19
INCREDIBLE HERCULES #113 $2.99 $1.79
NEW EXILES #1 $2.99 $1.79
WIZARD ANIME INSIDER #53 $4.99 $2.99

TOTAL

$83.85 $50.33

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.

82 NEW COMICS ARRIVING THIS WEEK
15% OFF ALL THESE NEW COMICS, EVERYDAY THIS WEEK FOR EVERYONE!
22 MARVEL COMICS THIS WEEK
$68.78 is what you'll pay at ANY OTHER store.
$58.46 is what you'll pay only at Alternate Reality!
$
10.31 what you'll save ALL WEEK LONG!
AMAZING SPIDER-GIRL #16
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #547 BND
AVENGERS CLASSIC #8
CABLE DEADPOOL #49
IMMORTAL IRON FIST #12
INCREDIBLE HERCULES #113
IRON MAN POWER PACK #3 (OF 4)
MARVEL ADVENTURES AVENGERS #20
MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN #35
MARVEL ADVENTURES TWO-IN-ONE #7
MARVEL COMICS PRESENTS #5
MARVEL ILLUSTRATED ILIAD #2 (OF 8)
NEW EXILES #1
NEW EXILES #1 GOLDEN VAR
NEW WARRIORS #8
NEW X-MEN #46 MC
PENANCE RELENTLESS #4 (OF 5)
ULTIMATES 3 #1 (OF 5) 2ND PTG WRAPAROUND VAR
UNCANNY X-MEN #493 2ND PTG VAR
WOLVERINE ORIGINS #21
WORLD WAR HULK AFTERSMASH WARBOUND #2 (OF 5)
X-MEN #205 2ND PTG VAR
20 DC COMICS THIS WEEK
$60.32 is what you'll pay at ANY OTHER store.
$51.27
is what you'll pay
only at Alternate Reality!
$9.04 what you'll save ALL WEEK LONG!
100 BULLETS #87 (MR)
AMERICAN VIRGIN #22 (MR)
BIRDS OF PREY #114
BOOSTER GOLD #6
CATWOMAN #75
CHECKMATE #22
COUNTDOWN SPECIAL THE NEW GODS
COUNTDOWN TO FINAL CRISIS 15
DMZ #27 (MR)
FLASH #236
FREDDY VS JASON VS ASH #1 (OF 6) 2ND PTG
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #17
LEGION OF SUPER HEROES IN THE 31ST CENTURY #10
PROGRAMME #7 (OF 12)
ROBIN #170
SCOOBY DOO #128
SHADOWPACT #21
WILDSTORM REVELATIONS #2 (OF 6)
WORLD OF WARCRAFT #1 2ND PTG
WORLD OF WARCRAFT #3
5 DARK HORSE COMICS THIS WEEK
$14.79 is what you'll pay at ANY OTHER store.
$12.57 is what you'll pay only at Alternate Reality!
$2.21 what you'll save ALL WEEK LONG!
FEAR AGENT #18 HATCHET JOB (PT 2 OF 5)
GRENDEL BEHOLD THE DEVIL #3 (OF 8)
GROO HELL ON EARTH #3 (OF 4)
STEVE NILES STRANGE CASES #3
UMBRELLA ACADEMY APOCALYPSE SUITE #5 (OF 6)
10 IMAGE COMICS THIS WEEK
$29.88 is what you'll pay at ANY OTHER store.
$25.39 is what you'll pay only at Alternate Reality!
$4.48 what you'll save ALL WEEK LONG!
76 #1 (OF 8)
AMORY WARS #5 (OF 5)
FELL #9
GRAVESLINGER #3 (OF 4)
HAWAIIAN DICK #2
SPAWN #174
STRANGE EMBRACE #8 (OF 8) (MR)
SWORD #4 (MR)
WITCHBLADE BASRI CVR B #113
WITCHBLADE CHOI & OBACK CVR A #113
25 INDEPENDENT TITLES THIS WEEK
$98.05 is what you'll pay at ANY OTHER store.
$83.34 is what you'll pay only at Alternate Reality!
$14.70 what you'll save ALL WEEK LONG!
ANGEL AFTER THE FALL #3
ATOMIC ROBO #4 (OF 6)
BETTY #171
BLOODRAYNE AUTOMATON CVR A
BLOODRAYNE AUTOMATON CVR B
BONEYARD #27
CEMETERY BLUES #1
DOMINION #4 (OF 5) (RES)
FALLEN ANGEL IDW #23 (MR)
FEMFORCE #142
FURRLOUGH #178
INSOMNIA #3
KNOWLEDGE IS POWER THE WORLD ASKEW #4 (OF 4)
NINJA HIGH SCHOOL #156
RESURRECTION #2 (MR)
SIMPSONS COMICS #138
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #184
ST TNG INTELLIGENCE GATHERING #1 (OF 5)
STRANDED #1
STRANGE DETECTIVE TALES DEAD LOVE #3 (OF 3) (MR)
TALL TALES OF VISHNU SHARMA PANCHATANTRA #1 (OF 5) (MR)
TRANSFORMERS DEVASTATION #4
TWO GUNS #5 (RES)
ZOMBIES VS ROBOTS VS AMAZONS #2 (OF 3)
1 ADULT COMIC SHIPPING THIS WEEK

90 NEW NON-COMIC ITEMS ARRIVING THIS WEEK

ACTION FIGURES (1):
MARVEL MINIMATES TASKMASTER & US AGENT PX 2-PK
BOBBLE HEADS (1):
SIMPSONS BART 7 INCH BOBBLE HEAD
BOOKS (1):
MODERN MASTERS SC VOL 15 MARK SCHULTZ
MAGAZINES (33):
ALTER EGO #75
ALTERNATIVE PRESS #235
AMERICAN CURVES 0208
AMERICA'S CIVIL WAR 0308
ART SCENE INTERNATIONAL #77
BACK ISSUE #26
COOKIE 0208
ELECTRONIC GAMING MONTHLY #225
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY #973
ESPN MAGAZINE #11.1
FLY RC #52
GIRASOL PULP DOUBLES SPIDER VOL 6 MASTER OF MEN
GLADIATOR #5
GUNS & AMMO 0208
HEAVY METAL 0308
HEROES MAGAZINE #2 PX ED
HIGHLIGHTS 0208
HIGHLIGHTS HIGH FIVE 0208
JUGHEAD AND FRIENDS DIGEST #26
LOCUS #564 JANUARY 2008
MODEL MILITARY INTERNATIONAL #21
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC KIDS 0208
NEW WITCH #16
PALS N GALS DOUBLE DIGEST #118
POPULAR SCIENCE 0208
SCARY MONSTERS MAGAZINE #65
SHOJO BEAT FEB 08
STAR WARS INSIDER #99 NEWSTAND ED
STAR WARS INSIDER #99 PX ED
STARLOG #363
VIDEO WATCHDOG #136
WINDOWS VISTA UK #12
WIZARD ANIME INSIDER #53-1ST DAY SALE
TRADES (53):
BONE COLOR ED HC VOL 07 GHOST CIRCLES
BONE COLOR ED SC VOL 07 GHOST CIRCLES
CANTARELLA VOL 9 GN (MR)
CASE CLOSED GN VOL 21
CHUMBLE SPUZZ GN VOL 01 KILL THE DEVIL
CIPHER VOL 10
CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED DELUXE HC VOL 01 WIND IN THE WILLOWS
CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED DELUXE SC VOL 01 WIND IN THE WILLOWS
CRUSHING LOVE GN
DARK HORSE HEROES OMNIBUS TP
DISNEYS DUCKTALES BY MARV WOLFMAN SCROOGES QUEST TP
DOCTOR GRORDBORTS CONTRAPULATRONIC DINGUS DIRECTORY HC
DOOM PATROL TP VOL 06 PLANET LOVE
EC ARCHIVES CRIME SUSPENSTORIES HC VOL 1-1ST DAY SALE
ESCAPE O/T LIVING DEAD RESURRECTED TP (MR)
ESSENTIAL MARVEL SAGA TP VOL 01-1ST DAY SALE
FANTASTIC FOUR AND POWER PACK DIGEST TP
FIGHT FOR TOMORROW TP (MR)
FINAL GIRL POCKET MANGA VOL 01
HARLEY QUINN PRELUDES AND KNOCK KNOCK JOKES HC
HEROES ARE EXTINCT GN VOL 03
HEROES FOR HIRE TP VOL 03 WORLD WAR HULK
HIKKATSU VOL 2 GN
HONEY SENIOR DARLING JUNIOR VOL 1 GN (MR)
HOUSE OF M HC
HULK PREM HC THE END
HULK PREM HC THE END DM ED VOL 8
I HATE YOU MORE THAN ANYONE VOL 03
ILL BE YOUR SLAVE GN (MR)
KABUKI REFLECTIONS #9 (MR)
KAMIKAZE GIRLS NOVEL
KING OF THE LAMP GN (MR)
LAST MUSKETEER SC
LIFELIKE HC
LOVE SHARE GN (MR)
MANGA BIBLE SC FROM GENESIS TO REVELATION
MIKI FALLS GN VOL 04 WINTER
MOME GN VOL 10
NANCY DREW HC VOL 12 DRESS REHEARSAL
NANCY DREW SC VOL 12 DRESS REHEARSAL
OPERATION LIBERATE MEN GN VOL 02
PARTY GN (MR)
PASTEL GN VOL 09 (MR)
PINUP ART OF DAN DECARLO SC VOL 02 (MR)
ROD ESPINOSAS ALICE IN WONDERLAND MASTERPIECE EDITION SC
SCHOOL RUMBLE GN VOL 08 (MR)
STRAWBERRY PANIC MANGA (MR)
THUNDERBOLTS BY ELLIS VOL 1 FAITH IN MONSTERS TP
WALKIN BUTTERFLY GN VOL 2 (MR)
WEDNESDAY CONSPIRACY VOL 3 RESTLESS PEOPLE GN (MR)
X-FACTOR PREM HC MADROX MULTIPLE CHOICE
2 ADULT TRADES SHIPPING THIS WEEK
WALL ART (1):
CAPITOL HELL POSTCARD BOOK
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...."

2ND PTG= Second Printing
ANNIV=Anniversary
ASST=Assortment
BK=Book
BLK=Black
BND="Brand New Day" storyline
CCG=Collectable Card Game
CD="Countdown" stoeyline
COLL ED=Collected Edition
CURR PRTG=Current Printing
CVR=Cover
CWI="Civil War Initiative" storyline
ED=Edition
DLX=Deluxe
GHUL="Resurrection of Ra's al Ghul" storyline
GN=Graphic Novel
HC=Hard Cover
INCV=Incentive Cover
LTD ED=Limited Edition
MC="Messiah Complex" storyline
MED=Medium (as in a "Medium Sized Statue")
MLB=Major League Baseball
MMPB=Mass Media Paper Back
MMW=Marvel Master Works
(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" storyline
PTG=Printing
PX=Previews Exclusive
(RES)=Re-solicited
SC=Soft Cover
SER=Series
SII="Silent Invasion Infiltration" storyline
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" storyline
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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