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!

150 NEW ITEMS
ON SALE THIS
WEDNESDAY
JANUARY 30th, 2008

CAPTAIN AMERICA #34

Written by ED BRUBAKER
Art by Butch Guice, Steve Epting.
Pencils & 50/50 Cover by STEVE EPTING and ALEX ROSS
Is this the NEW Captain America or a hood ornament for a '57 Buick?!

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 $37.38 ON THESE 7 TITLES THIS WEDNESDAY ONLY!

TITLE/DESCRIPTION

MSRP 1ST DAY PRICE
BATMAN THE MAN WHO LAUGHS HC $19.99 $11.99
CAPTAIN AMERICA #34 $2.99 $1.79
COMICS BUYERS GUIDE #1639 $5.99 $3.59
MMW SILVER SURFER HC VOL 01 VAR ED 15 $54.99 $32.99
PREVIEWS VOL XVIII #2 $4.50 $2.70
PROJECT SUPERPOWERS #0 $1.00 .60¢
SPIDER-MAN WITH GREAT POWER #1 (OF 5) $3.99 $2.39

TOTAL

$93.45 $56.07

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.

88 NEW COMICS ARRIVING THIS WEEK
15% OFF ALL THESE NEW COMICS, EVERYDAY THIS WEEK FOR EVERYONE!
20 MARVEL COMICS THIS WEEK
$66.80 is what you'll pay at ANY OTHER store.
$56.78 is what you'll pay only at Alternate Reality!
$
10.02 what you'll save ALL WEEK LONG!
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #546 BND 2ND PTG VAR
AVENGERS INITIATIVE #9
CAPTAIN AMERICA #34
CAPTAIN AMERICA CHOSEN #6 (OF 6)
DAREDEVIL #104
FANTASTIC FOUR #553
HOUSE OF M AVENGERS #4 (OF 5)
MARVEL ADVENTURES FANTASTIC FOUR #32
MARVEL SPOTLIGHT ULTIMATES 3
MIGHTY AVENGERS #8
NEW AVENGERS ANNUAL #2
RED PROPHET TALES OF ALVIN MAKER #12 (OF 12)
SPIDER MAN SWING SHIFT DIRECTORS CUT ONE SHOT
SPIDER-MAN WITH GREAT POWER #1 (OF 5)
ULTIMATE SECRETS
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #118
ULTIMATE X-MEN #90
WHAT IF SPIDER-MAN VS WOLVERINE
X-MEN EMPEROR VULCAN #5 (OF 5)
ZOMBIE SIMON GARTH #3 (OF 4) (MR)
14 DC COMICS THIS WEEK
$44.63 is what you'll pay at ANY OTHER store.
$37.93
is what you'll pay
only at Alternate Reality!
$6.69 what you'll save ALL WEEK LONG!
ACTION COMICS #861
BATMAN #673
BLACK ADAM THE DARK AGE #6 (OF 6)
CARTOON NETWORK BLOCK PARTY #41
COUNTDOWN TO ADVENTURE #6 (OF 8)
COUNTDOWN TO FINAL CRISIS 13
CROSSING MIDNIGHT #15 (MR)
DEATH OF THE NEW GODS #5 (OF 8)
GREEN LANTERN #27
JACK OF FABLES #19 (MR)
JSA CLASSIFIED #34
SPIRIT #13
TRIALS OF SHAZAM #11 (OF 12)
Y THE LAST MAN #60 (MR) (NOTE PRICE)
5 IMAGE COMICS THIS WEEK
$15.46 is what you'll pay at ANY OTHER store.
$13.14 is what you'll pay only at Alternate Reality!
$2.31 what you'll save ALL WEEK LONG!
MADMAN ATOMIC COMICS #6
PROOF #4 (MR)
SUBURBAN GLAMOUR #3 (OF 4)
WITCHBLADE CVR A CHOI & OBACK #114
WITCHBLADE CVR B BASRI #114
3 DARK HORSE COMICS THIS WEEK
$8.97 is what you'll pay at ANY OTHER store.
$7.62 is what you'll pay only at Alternate Reality!
$1.34 what you'll save ALL WEEK LONG!
CONAN #48 (MR)
STAR WARS DARK TIMES #8
STAR WARS KNIGHTS OF THE OLD REPUBLIC #25
46 INDEPENDENT TITLES THIS WEEK
$104.96 is what you'll pay at ANY OTHER store.
$89.21 is what you'll pay only at Alternate Reality!
$15.74 what you'll save ALL WEEK LONG!
ADOLESCENT RADIOACTIVE BLACK BELT HAMSTERS #1
ANDREA D #1 (OF 3) (MR)
BADGER SAVES THE WORLD #2 (OF 5)
BETTY & VERONICA #233
BLACK SUMMER #5 (OF 7) (MR)
BLACK SUMMER AUXILIARY #2 (OF 7) (MR)
BLACK SUMMER WRAP CVR #5 (OF 7) (MR)
DARK 48 #1
DEVI #17
DOKTOR SLEEPLESS AUXILIARY #2 (MR)
DRAGON CROSS #3 (MR)
FIST OF JUSTICE #1
FUTURAMA COMICS #35
GENE SIMMONS ZIPPER #3
INDIA AUTHENTIC #9 KARTIKKEYA
JUGHEAD #187
KNIGHTS OF THE DINNER TABLE #135
LOOKING FOR GROUP #2
MERCENARIES #3 (MR)
NARCOPOLIS #1 (OF 4) (MR)
NARCOPOLIS #1 (OF 4) WRAP CVR (MR)
PROJECT SUPERPOWERS #0
SALEM #0 (OF 4)
SONIC X #29
SUCKULINA VAMPIRE TEMP
TAROT WITCH OF THE BLACK ROSE #48 (MR)
TEMPEST #3 (MR)
TERMINATOR 2 INFINITY #6 (MR)
VIOLET ROSE #1
WORMWOOD CALAMARI RISING #1
1 ADULT COMIC SHIPPING THIS WEEK

62 NEW NON-COMIC ITEMS ARRIVING THIS WEEK

ACTION FIGURES (4):
DC ARMORY SERIES 1 AQUAMAN ARMORED ACTION FIGURE
DC ARMORY SERIES 1 BATMAN ARMORED ACTION FIGURE
DC ARMORY SERIES 1 FLAMEBIRD ACTION FIGURE
DC ARMORY SERIES 1 NIGHTWING ACTION FIGURE
APPAREL (3):
30 DAYS OF NIGHT XL ADULT SS COMIC T/S
30 DAYS OF NIGHT XL ADULT SS MOVIE T/S
BATMAN LIGHTNING STRIKES RED T/S XL
BOBBLE HEADS (1):
BLUE RAT FINK BOBBLE HEAD
BOOKS (1):
GOOD GIRL ART SC
CARDS (2):
HEROES TELEVISION SERIES TRADING CARD BOX
TOPPS CHROME 2007/08 NBA TRADING CARD BOX
GAMING (1):
NARUTO BATTLE DESTINY CCG BOOSTER DISPLAY BOX
MAGAZINES (23):
ARCHIE DIGEST #241
COMICS BUYERS GUIDE #1639-1ST DAY SALE
DOC SAVAGE DOUBLE NOVEL VOL 13
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY #975
ESPN MAGAZINE 11.02
FAERIE MAGAZINE WINTER 2007
FEMME FATALES VOL 17 #1
GAME TRADE MAGAZINE #96
MARVEL PREVIEWS FEBRUARY 2008 EXTRAS
NEWTYPE ENG ED FEB 2008
POLYMANCER VOL 2 #5
PREVIEWS ADULT VOL XVIII #2
PREVIEWS VOL XVIII #2-1ST DAY SALE
RING 0408
SCRYE #118 APRIL 2008
SHADOW DOUBLE NOVEL VOL 14
SHOCK CINEMA #34
TOMARTS ACTION FIGURE DIGEST #162
WIZARD MAGAZINE #197 DARK SECTOR CVR
WIZARD MAGAZINE #197 FINAL CRISIS JG JONES CVR
WIZARD MAGAZINE #197 HEROES TV CVR
2 ADULT MAGAZINE SHIPPING THIS WEEK
TRADES (26):
ALBERT & THE OTHERS GN
BATMAN THE MAN WHO LAUGHS HC-1ST DAY SALE
CAPTAIN BILLYS WHIZ BANG
CASANOVA TP VOL 01 LUXURIA (MR)
EL DIABLO TP (MR)
FIRE AWAY GN
FROZEN WASTELAND GN
GI JOE STORM SHADOW TP VOL 01 SOLO
HELL GIRL GN VOL 01
MANHUNTER TP VOL 04 UNLEASHED
MARVEL ZOMBIES ARMY OF DARKNESS HC 2ND PTG DM VAR
MMW SILVER SURFER HC VOL 01 VAR ED 15-1ST DAY SALE
NEGIMA GN VOL 16 (MR)
NEW AVENGERS PREM HC ILLUMINATI
NEW AVENGERS TRANSFORMERS TP
OH MY GODDESS VOL 28 RTL TP
OUTSIDERS CHECKMATE CHECKOUT TP
PENGUIN REVOLUTION VOL 05
PREDATOR OMNIBUS TP VOL 02
SULLENGREY TP VOL 01 CEMETERY THINGS (MR)
UNCANNY X-MEN TP RISE & FALL OF THE SHIAR EMPIRE
WARRIORS GN VOL 02 WARRIORS REFUGE (OF 3)
WHAT WERE THEY THINKING TP VOL 01 (RES)
X-MEN HC ENDANGERED SPECIES
XOMBIE TP VOL 01 REANIMATED
YOUNG AVENGERS HC
STATUES (1):
MARVEL ICONS BLACK ELEKTRA BUST
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
DWF="Divided We Fall" storyline
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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