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193 NEW ITEMS
ON SALE THIS
ALIGNMENT DAY
WEDNESDAY
AUGUST 20th, 2008

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #568

story PHIL HESTER, art BROOK TURNER, cover ANDY BRASE
The end times have been canceled, but some pockets of Hell didn't get the memo. Heaven chooses a dimwitted, kindhearted, foul-mouthed carnival ride repairman to wage war on any demonic forces still bent on starting something come Judgment Day. Southern fried horror for fans of Preacher and The Goon.
32 PAGES, FC, $2.99

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THIS WEEKS HIGHLIGHTS

TOP 10 COMICS FOR THIS WEEK
BASED ON OUR ORDERING

  1) AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #568 NWD
  2) UNCANNY X-MEN #501 MD
  3) JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #24
  4) CAPTAIN AMERICA #41
  5) TRINITY #12
  6) SUPERMAN BATMAN #51
  7) FINAL CRISIS LEGION OF THREE WORLDS #1
  8) INCREDIBLE HERCULES #120 SI
  9) X-FACTOR #34 SI
10) YOUNG X-MEN #5 DWS

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AIR #1 (MR)
DOCTOR WHO FORGOTTEN #1
FEAR AGENT #23 1 AGAINST 1 (PT 2 OF 6)
FINAL CRISIS LEGION OF THREE WORLDS #1 (OF 5)
IRON FIST ORIGIN OF DANNY RAND
MARLOW SOUL OF DARKNESS #1 (MR)
RET ROMANNE #1 (OF 4)
TRANSFORMERS SPOTLIGHT DOUBLEDEALER
WARHAMMER 40K FIRE & HONOR #1
X-FACTOR SPECIAL LAYLA MILLER
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TITLE/DESCRIPTION

MSRP YOU PAY
AIR #1 $2.99 $1.79
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #568 $3.99 $2.39
HERBIE ARCHIVES HC VOL 01 $49.99 $29.99
INDIANA JONES MAGAZINE #3 $6.99 $4.19
IRON FIST ORIGIN OF DANNY RAND $3.99 $2.39
VIDEO WATCHDOG #142 $8.95 $5.37
X-MEN TP DIVIDED WE STAND $12.99 $7.79
TOTAL $89.89 $53.93

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103 NEW COMICS ARRIVING THIS WEEK
15% OFF ALL THESE NEW COMICS, EVERYDAY THIS WEEK FOR EVERYONE!
28 MARVEL COMICS THIS WEEK
$92.72 is what you'll pay at ANY OTHER STORE.
$78.81 is what you'll pay only at Alternate Reality!
$13.90 is what you'll save on your MARVEL COMICS ALL WEEK LONG!
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #568 NWD
CAPTAIN AMERICA #41
FOOLKILLER WHITE ANGELS #2 (OF 5) (MR)
GHOST RIDER #26
GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #3 2ND PTG PELLETIER VAR
GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #4 SI
INCREDIBLE HERCULES #120 SI
IRON FIST ORIGIN OF DANNY RAND
IRON MAN DIRECTOR OF SHIELD #32
MARVEL 1985 #4 (OF 6)
MARVEL ADVENTURES TWO-IN-ONE #14
MARVEL SPOTLIGHT SPIDER-MAN BRAND NEW DAY
MOON KNIGHT #21
PUNISHER #61 (MR)
SECRET INVASION #2 (OF 8) 3RD PTG YU VAR
SECRET INVASION #3 (OF 8) 2ND PTG YU VAR
SKAAR SON OF HULK #1 3RD PTG GARNEY SKETCH VAR
SKRULLS VS POWER PACK #2 (OF 4)
SQUADRON SUPREME 2 #2
TRUE BELIEVERS #2 (OF 5)
ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR #57
ULTIMATE ORIGINS #2 (OF 5) 2ND PTG GUICE WRAPAROUND VARIANT
ULTIMATES 3 #4 (OF 5) 2ND PTG MADUREIRA VAR
UNCANNY X-MEN #501 MD
X-FACTOR #34 SI
X-FACTOR SPECIAL LAYLA MILLER
X-MEN FIRST CLASS VOL 2 #15
YOUNG X-MEN #5 DWS
23 DC COMICS THIS WEEK
$68.06 is what you'll pay at ANY OTHER STORE.
$57.85 is what you'll pay only at Alternate Reality!
$10.20 is what you'll save on your DC COMICS ALL WEEK LONG!
AIR #1 (MR)
BATGIRL #2 (OF 6)
BATMAN AND THE OUTSIDERS #10
BIRDS OF PREY #121
BRAVE AND THE BOLD #16
CARTOON NETWORK ACTION PACK #28
CASEY BLUE BEYOND TOMORROW #4 (OF 6)
DC SPECIAL CYBORG #4 (OF 5)
DC WILDSTORM DREAMWAR #5 (OF 6)
FINAL CRISIS LEGION OF THREE WORLDS #1 (OF 5)
FLASH #243
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #24
RANN THANAGAR HOLY WAR #4 (OF 8)
ROBIN #177
SCALPED #20 (MR)
SCOOBY DOO #135
SPIRIT #20
STORMWATCH PHD WORLDS END #13
SUPER FRIENDS #6
SUPERMAN BATMAN #51
TANGENT SUPERMANS REIGN #6 (OF 12)
TRINITY #12
WORLD OF WARCRAFT #10
5 DARK HORSE 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 is what you'll save ALL WEEK LONG!
CONAN THE CIMMERIAN #2
FEAR AGENT #23 1 AGAINST 1 (PT 2 OF 6)
HELM #2 (OF 4)
REX MUNDI DH ED #13
STAR WARS KNIGHTS OF OLD REPUBLIC #32 TURNABOUT
4 IMAGE COMICS THIS WEEK
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$9.74 is what you'll pay only at Alternate Reality!
$1.72 is what you'll save  ALL WEEK LONG!
CHARLATAN BALL #3
DARK IVORY #3 (OF 4)
MADMAN ATOMIC COMICS #10
WALKING DEAD #50 2ND PTG (MR)
43 INDEPENDENT TITLES THIS WEEK
$166.09 is what you'll pay at ANY OTHER STORE.
$141.17 is what you'll pay only at Alternate Reality!
$24.91 is what you'll save ALL WEEK LONG!
ANNA MERCURY #3 (OF 5) (MR)
ANNA MERCURY #3 (OF 5) DESIGN SKETCH INCV  (MR)
ANNA MERCURY #3 (OF 5) PAINTED CVR (MR)
ANNA MERCURY #3 (OF 5) WRAP CVR (MR)
ARCHIE #588
BLOODRAYNE TOKYO ROGUE #2 (OF 3) CVR A
BLOODRAYNE TOKYO ROGUE #2 (OF 3) CVR B
BLUEWATER PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS #2 (RES)
CTHULHU TALES #4 CVR B
DOCTOR WHO FORGOTTEN #1
DRAFTED #10
FALL OF CTHULHU COVER GALLERY CVR A
GARGOYLES BAD GUYS #4
GEARZ #3
HACK SLASH SERIES #15 JUSKO CVR A (MR)
HACK SLASH SERIES #15 SEELEY CVR B (MR)
HYBRID #2 (OF 4) (MR) (NOTE PRICE)
JASON & THE ARGONAUTS KINGDOM OF HADES #5
KILLER #8 (OF 10) (MR)
MARLOW SOUL OF DARKNESS #1 (MR)
NINJATOWN #1 ADVENTURES OF WEE NINJA
OKKO CYCLE OF EARTH #2 (OF 4) (MR)
PISTOLFIST #2 (OF 4)
PROJECT KALKI #4 (OF 4) (MR)
PS238 #33
RAY HARRYHAUSEN PRESENTS BACK MYSTERIOUS ISLE #2
RED STAR SWORD OF LIES #3 (OF 3)(RES)
RET ROMANNE #1 (OF 4)
REX LIBRIS #12
SIMPSONS COMICS #145
TALES OF TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES #49
TIGER & CRANE #3 (OF 4)
TRANSFORMERS ALL HAIL MEGATRON #2
TRANSFORMERS SPOTLIGHT DOUBLEDEALER
VICTORIAN HORRORS OF OLD MAUCH CHUNK #1
VIOLET ROSE #2
VOLTRON A LEGEND FORGED #2
WARHAMMER 40K EXTERMINATUS #2 (OF 5) CVR A
WARHAMMER 40K EXTERMINATUS #2 (OF 5) CVR B
WARHAMMER 40K FIRE & HONOR #1 (OF 4) CVR A
WARHAMMER 40K FIRE & HONOR #1 (OF 4) CVR B
WHEN ZOMBIES ATTACK #3 (MR)
1 ADULT TITLE SHIPPING THIS WEEK

90 NEW NON-COMIC ITEMS ARRIVING THIS WEEK

ACTION FIGURES (5):
JUSTICE SERIES 8 BATGIRL AF
JUSTICE SERIES 8 CAPTAIN COLD AF
JUSTICE SERIES 8 SUPERGIRL AF
JUSTICE SERIES 8 TOYMAN AF
MCFARLANE MLB MARIANO RIVERA BOX SET
APPAREL (1):
JOKER LAST LAUGH BY BAKER BLK T/S XL
BOOKS (3):
HULK THE INCREDIBLE GUIDE HC REVISED ED
STAR WARS FORCE UNLEASHED HC NOVEL
TRIPWIRE 2008 ANNUAL
CARDS (4):
BENCHWARMER'S 2008 SIGNATURE SERIES TRADING CARD BOX
BOWMAN 2008 MLB CHROME TRADING CARD BOX
ELVIS BY THE NUMBERS TRADING CARD BOX
UPPER DECK 2008 ROOKIE PREMIERE NFL SET
MAGAZINES (40):
2000 AD #1596
AMAZING FIGURE MODELER #42
AUTOGRAPH COLLECTOR #0908
BLENDER 0908
COOKIE 0908
DR WHO MAGAZINE #398
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY #1006
FANGORIA #276
FORTEAN TIMES #239
GOTHIC BEAUTY MAGAZINE #26
HAUTE DOLL #5.5
HIGHLIGHTS FOR CHILDREN 0908
HIGHLIGHTS HIGH FIVE 0908
ILLINOIS GAME AND FISH 32008.9
INDIANA JONES #3-NEWSTAND EDITION
INDIANA JONES MAGAZINE #3 PX ED
JUDGE DREDD MEGAZINE #274
KONO #11
LIVING CRAFTS FALL 2008
LOCUS #571
MAD #493
MAD KIDS #12
MEN'S VOGUE SUMMER 2008
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC KIDS 0908
NICKELODEON MAGAZINE
PALS N GALS DOUBLE DIGEST #124
PASTE #46
PC MAGAZINE #27.10
PREHISTORIC TIMES #86
PRO WRESTLING ILLUSTRATED: PWI 500 SPECIAL
SCALE MODEL AVIATION #14.7
SCIENCE ILLUSTRATED 1008
SHOJO BEAT #4.9PHIL STEELE'S 2008 FANTASY FOOTBALL
TOMARTS ACTION FIGURE DIGEST #168
U.S.NEWS & WORLD REPORT 0818-2508
UFO #23.5
VIDEO WATCHDOG #142
WIRED #16.9
WIZARD ANIME INSIDER #60
WRITER'S JOURNAL #29.5
NO ADULT MAGAZINES SHIPPING THIS WEEK
TRADES (35):
ATHENA VOLTAIRE TP VOL 02 FLIGHT O/T FALCON
BEST OF ROY OF THE ROVERS TP THE 1980S
BIONICLE GN VOL 02
BIONICLE HC VOL 02
CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED CALL O/T WILD
CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED JOURNEY TO THE CENTER O/T EARTH
CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED ROMEO & JULIET
CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED ROUGHRIDER
CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED TIME MACHINE
DOCTOR WHO AGENT PROVACATEUR TP
DONALD DUCK FAMILY DAAN JIPPES COLLECTION TP VOL 01
DRAGON BALL Z VIZBIG ED GN VOL 02
DRAGONLANCE THE LEGEND OF HUMA HC VOL 01
HERBIE ARCHIVES HC VOL 01
INUBAKA CRAZY FOR DOGS TP VOL 10
KATY KEENE SPECIAL TP VOL 01
KEKKAISHI GN VOL 14
MIDNIGHTER TP VOL 02 ANTHEM
MIGHTY AVENGERS TP VOL 01
MMW AMAZING SPIDER-MAN HC VOL 10
MMW AMAZING SPIDER-MAN HC VOL 10 VAR ED VOL 101
NAOKI URASAWAS MONSTER TP VOL 16
PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL CLASSIC TP VOL 01
SANDMAN PRESENTS DEAD BOY DETECTIVES TP (MR)
SHOWCASE PRESENTS THE ATOM TP VOL 02
SPIDER-MAN LOVES MARY JANE HC VOL 02
STAR WARS FORCE UNLEASHED GN
SUPERMAN CHRONICLES TP VOL 05
TALES FROM THE CRYPT COLL ED HC VOL 04 CRYPT KEEPING IT REAL
TALES FROM THE CRYPT GN VOL 04 CRYPT KEEPING IT REAL
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN TP VOL 20 AND HIS AMAZING FRIENDS
WITCHBLADE TP VOL 05
WOLVERINE LOGAN BLACK & WHITE PREMIERE HC
X-MEN TP DIVIDED WE STAND
YOUNGBLOOD TP VOL 01 FOCUS TESTED
NO ADULT TRADES SHIPPING THIS WEEK
WALL ART (2):
STEPHEN KING DARK TOWER TREACHERY POSTER
STEPHEN KING THE STAND POSTER
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ALTERNATE REALITY receives more New Sale Items than any other store in Chicago! Each week anywhere between 175-250 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"
Spiderman storyline
CCG=Collectable Card Game
COLL ED=Collected Edition
CURR PRTG=Current Printing
CVR=Cover
ED=Edition
DLX=Deluxe
DWS="Divided We Stand" storyline
FRGTTN RLMS=Forgotten Realms
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
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.
NWD="New Ways to Die" Spiderman storyline
O/A=Order Again
OMD="One More Day" storyline
PKT=Pocket
PTG=Printing
PX=Previews Exclusive
(RES)=Re-solicited
RIP="Batman R.I.P." storyline
SC=Soft Cover
SER=Series
SI="Silent Invasion" storyline
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
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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