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190 NEW ITEMS
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WEDNESDAY
SEPTEMBER 10th, 2008

X-MEN MAGNETO TESTAMENT #1

Written by GREG PAK
Penciled by CARMINE DI GIANDOMENICO
Cover by MARKO DJURDJEVIC
Today, the whole world knows him as Magneto, the most radical champion of mutant rights that mankind has ever seen. But in 1935, he was just another schoolboy -- who happened to be Jewish in Nazi Germany. The definitive origin story of one of Marvel's greatest icons begins with a silver chain and a crush on a girl -- and quickly turns into a harrowing struggle for
survival against the inexorable machinery of Hitler's Final Solution. From "X-Men: Phoenix-Endsong" writer Greg Pak and
award-winning artist Carmine Di Giandomenico.
32 PGS./Cardstock Cover/Parental Advisory ...$3.99

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THIS WEEKS HIGHLIGHTS

TOP 10 COMICS FOR THIS WEEK
BASED ON OUR ORDERING

  1) SECRET INVASION #6 (OF 8) SI
  2) ALL STAR BATMAN & ROBIN BOY WONDER #10
  3) AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #571 NWD
  4) ULTIMATE ORIGINS #4 (OF 5)
  5) TRINITY #15
  6) DEADPOOL #1 SI
  7) SECRET INVASION X-MEN #2 (OF 4) MD
  8) FINAL CRISIS REVELATIONS #2 (OF 5)
  9) SECRET INVASION INHUMANS #2 (OF 4) SI
10) ULTIMATE X-MEN FANTASTIC FOUR ANNUAL #1

BONUS, HERE'S 11-20!

11) X-MEN MAGNETO TESTAMENT #1 (OF 5)
12) SI: RUNAWAYS YOUNG AVENGERS #3 (OF 3)
13) CIVIL WAR HOUSE OF M #1 (OF 5)
14) GREEN LANTERN CORPS #28
15) MS MARVEL #30 SI
16) STAND CAPTAIN TRIPS #1 (OF 5)
17) CABLE KING SIZE SPECTACULAR #1
18) DARK TOWER TREACHERY #1 (OF 6)
19) WOLVERINE SAUDADE (MR)
20) WONDER WOMAN #24

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BIG HERO 6 #1 (OF 5)
CABLE KING SIZE SPECTACULAR #1
CIVIL WAR HOUSE OF M #1 (OF 5)
CRIMINAL MACABRE CELL BLOCK 666 #1 (OF 4)
DARK TOWER TREACHERY #1 (OF 6)
DEADPOOL #1 SI
DRAGON PRINCE #1
EPILOGUE #1
KICK DRUM COMIX #1 (OF 2)
LOOK OUT MONSTERS (MR)
MARVEL ILLUSTRATED ODYSSEY #1 (OF 8)
ODD SQUAD #1
STAND CAPTAIN TRIPS #1 (OF 5)
STAR TREK ROMULANS HOLLOW CROWN #1 (OF 2)
STAR WARS CLONE WARS #1 (OF 6)
SUPER FRIENDS #7
ULTIMATE X-MEN FANTASTIC FOUR ANNUAL #1
WOLVERINE SAUDADE (MR)
WORLD OF WARCRAFT ASHBRINGER #1 (OF 4)
X-MEN MAGNETO TESTAMENT #1 (OF 5)
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COMICS (5)
BIG HERO 6 #1 (OF 5) $2.99 $1.79
CIVIL WAR HOUSE OF M #1 (OF 5) $2.99 $1.79
X-MEN MAGNETO TESTAMENT #1 $3.99 $2.39
X-MEN MAGNETO TESTAMENT #1 $3.99 $2.39
DARK TOWER TREACHERY #1 (from 090408) $3.99 $2.39
STAND CAPTAIN TRIPS #1( from 090408) $3.99 $2.39
MAGAZINES (2)
ELECTRONIC GAMING MONTHLY #233 $5.99 $3.59
X-BOX WORLD 360 #69 $9.99 $5.99
TRADES (2)
BATMAN THE BLACK GLOVE HC $24.99 $14.99
OMEGA THE UNKNOWN PREM HC $29.99 $17.99
TOTAL $88.91 $53.33

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101 NEW COMICS ARRIVING THIS WEEK
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34 MARVEL COMICS THIS WEEK
$120.32 is what you'll pay at ANY OTHER STORE.
$102.27 is what you'll pay only at Alternate Reality!
$18.04 is what you'll save on your MARVEL COMICS ALL WEEK LONG!
AMAZING SPIDER-GIRL #24
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #571 NWD
BIG HERO 6 #1 (OF 5)
BLACK PANTHER #39 2ND PTG PALO VAR
CABLE KING SIZE SPECTACULAR #1
CIVIL WAR HOUSE OF M #1 (OF 5)
CRIMINAL 2 #5 (MR)
DARK TOWER TREACHERY #1 (OF 6)
DEADPOOL #1 SI
GENEXT #5 (OF 5)
HULK #5 2ND PTG MCGUINNESS VAR
HULK CHRONICLES WWH #3
MARVEL ADVENTURES HULK #15
MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN #43
MARVEL ILLUSTRATED ODYSSEY #1 (OF 8)
MARVEL ILLUSTRATED THREE MUSKETEERS #4 (OF 6)
MARVEL SPOTLIGHT MARVEL KNIGHTS 10TH ANNIVERSARY
MS MARVEL #30 SI
NEW EXILES #11
NYX NO WAY HOME #2 (OF 6)
PATSY WALKER HELLCAT #3 (OF 5)
SECRET INVASION #6 (OF 8) SI
SECRET INVASION INHUMANS #2 (OF 4) SI
SECRET INVASION RUNAWAYS YOUNG AVENGERS #3 (OF 3) SI
SECRET INVASION X-MEN #2 (OF 4) MD
STAND CAPTAIN TRIPS #1 (OF 5)
ULTIMATE ORIGINS #3 (OF 5) 2ND PTG GUICE WRAPAROUND VAR (PP
ULTIMATE ORIGINS #4 (OF 5)
ULTIMATE X-MEN FANTASTIC FOUR ANNUAL #1
UNCANNY X-MEN #500 2ND PTG VAR
WOLVERINE #66 3RD PTG MCNIVEN SKETCH VAR
WOLVERINE #67 2ND PTG MCNIVEN VAR
WOLVERINE SAUDADE (MR)
X-MEN MAGNETO TESTAMENT #1 (OF 5)
17 DC COMICS THIS WEEK
$50.61 is what you'll pay at ANY OTHER STORE.
$43.01 is what you'll pay only at Alternate Reality!
$7.59 is what you'll save on your DC COMICS ALL WEEK LONG!
100 BULLETS #95 (MR)
ALL STAR BATMAN AND ROBIN THE BOY WONDER #10
BATMAN CONFIDENTIAL #21
BOOSTER GOLD #12
CARTOON NETWORK ACTION PACK #29
EX MACHINA #38 (MR)
FINAL CRISIS REVELATIONS #2 (OF 5)
GEN 13 #22
GREEN ARROW BLACK CANARY #12
GREEN LANTERN CORPS #28
LEGION OF SUPER HEROES IN THE 31ST CENTURY #18
SIMON DARK #12
SUPER FRIENDS #7
TRINITY #15
WONDER WOMAN #24
WORLD OF WARCRAFT ASHBRINGER #1 (OF 4)
YOUNG LIARS #7 (MR)
9 IMAGE COMICS THIS WEEK
$30.42 is what you'll pay at ANY OTHER STORE.
$25.85 is what you'll pay only at Alternate Reality!
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AMORY WARS II #4 (OF 5)
DARKNESS #5 KEOWN CVR A (MR)
DARKNESS #5 SEJIC CVR B (MR)
DRAGON PRINCE #1 JOHNSON CVR A
DRAGON PRINCE #1 SEJIC CVR B
DYNAMO 5 #16
I KILL GIANTS #2 (OF 7)
INVINCIBLE #52
KICK DRUM COMIX #1 (OF 2)
4 DARK HORSE COMICS THIS WEEK
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$10.16 is what you'll pay only at Alternate Reality!
$1.79 is what you'll save ALL WEEK LONG!
BPRD THE WARNING #3 (OF 5)
CRIMINAL MACABRE CELL BLOCK 666 #1 (OF 4)
GOON #28
STAR WARS CLONE WARS #1 (OF 6)
37 INDEPENDENT TITLES THIS WEEK
$148.90 is what you'll pay at ANY OTHER STORE.
$126.56 is what you'll pay only at Alternate Reality!
$22.33 is what you'll save ALL WEEK LONG!
1001 ARABIAN NIGHTS ADVENTURES OF SINBAD #3
ARCHIE & FRIENDS #123
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA ORIGINS #9
BLOOD BOWL #3 (OF 5) KILLER CONTRACT CVR A
BLOOD BOWL #3 (OF 5) KILLER CONTRACT CVR B
DAMNED PRODIGAL SONS #3 (OF 3)
DEAD SHE SAID #3
DEAN KOONTZS FRANKENSTEIN VOL 01 #3 (OF 5) PRODIGAL SON
DOCTOR WHO CLASSICS #10
EPILOGUE #1
GRIMM FAIRY TALES #30
IGOR MOVIE ADAPTATION #4 (OF 4)
INTERIORAE #3
LIVING CORPSE #5
LONE RANGER #13 (MR)
LOOK OUT MONSTERS (MR)
NEOZOIC #6
ODD SQUAD #1 BECK CVR B
ODD SQUAD #1 FRAIM CVR A
RED SONJA #37
SALEM #2 (OF 4)
SAMMY THE MOUSE #2
SIRIANUS #2 (A) (C: 1-0-0)
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #192
STAR TREK MIRROR IMAGES #3
STAR TREK ROMULANS HOLLOW CROWN #1 (OF 2)
STRAW MEN #2 (OF 12)
T BIRD AND THROTTLE #0
TRANSFORMERS ANIMATED ARRIVAL #2
TRON #6
WARHAMMER CONDEMNED BY FIRE #4 (OF 5) CVR A
WARHAMMER CONDEMNED BY FIRE #4 (OF 5) CVR B
WELCOME TO HOXFORD #2
WULF & BATSY #3 (OF 6) (MR)
3 ADULT TITLE SHIPPING THIS WEEK

89 NEW NON-COMIC ITEMS ARRIVING THIS WEEK

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ANIMATED SUPERMAN SYMBOL BLK T/S XL
FLASH SYMBOL YOUTH RED T/S LG
BOBBLE HEADS (1):
SW COMMANDER GREE PX BOBBLE HEAD
BOOKS (3):
ART OF MARC SILVESTRI SC
NIGHTWINGS NOVEL SC
NON SPORTS PROMO CARD ENCYCLOPEDIA & PRICE GUIDE 2008 ED
CARDS (3):
SCORE 2008 JUMBO NFL TRADING CARD BOX
TOPPS 2008/09 NFL KICKOFF TRADING CARD BOX
UPPER DECK 2008/09 NBA TRADING CARD BOX
GAMING (1):
YUGIOH CCG: DUELIST GENESIS BOOSTER DISPLAY BOX
MAGAZINES (25):
ALTERNATIVE PRESS #243
AMERICAN CINEMATOGRAPHER #89.9
AMERICA'S CIVIL WAR 1108
ART SCENE INTERNATIONAL #81
BASEBALL AMERICA #819
BETTY & VERONICA DOUBLE DIGEST #164
COIN WORLD'S COIN VALUES #6.11
COMICS JOURNAL #292
COMICS NOW #3
CSI MAGAZINE#6-NEWSTAND EDITION
DOGS FOR KIDS 1108
ELECTRONIC GAMING MONTHLY #233
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY #1009
FLY RC #60
GUNS & AMMO 1008
INSIDE KUNG FU #36.11
LEES TOY REVIEW #191 SEP 2008
MONSTER BASH #8
PROTOCULTURE ADDICTS #97
RC SPORT FLYER #13.10
RUE MORGUE #82
TOMARTS ACTION FIGURE DIGEST #169
TOYFARE #135
VIDEO WATCHDOG #143 (NOTE PRICE)
X-BOX WORLD 360 #69
TRADES (44):
ANGEL AFTER THE FALL HC VOL 02 FIRST NIGHT
ARMY OF DARKNESS TP VOL 06 FROM THE ASHES
BATMAN THE BLACK GLOVE HC
BRATZ SUPER BRATZ GN
BURST ANGEL MANGA VOL 01 (OF 3) (MR)
COMPLETE BADGER TP VOL 04
DAREDEVIL PREM HC GUARDIAN DEVIL 10TH ANNIV DM ED
DAREDEVIL PREM HC GUARDIAN DEVIL 10TH ANNIV ED
DAZZLE GN VOL 09 (OF 10) (MR)
ENIGMA CIPHER TP
ETERNALS BY JACK KIRBY TP BOOK 02
FREDDY VS JASON VS ASH TP (MR)
GET BACKERS INFINITY FORTRESS GN VOL 01 (OF 13) (MR)
GOTH GN (MR)
GOTHAM CENTRAL HC VOL 01 IN THE LINE OF DUTY
GYPSY JOE JEFFERSON GN (MR)
HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 1 & 2 DELUXE ED GN
HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL GN VOL 01 LASTING IMPRESSIONS
HIGHLANDER TP VOL 03 ARMAGEDDON (MR)
KEY TO THE KINGDOM VOL 05
KING OF HELL GN VOL 20 (OF 26)
KNOCKOUT MAKERS GN VOL 03 (OF 3)
LETS FIND POKEMON FIRE RED LEAF GREEN HC (RES)
LORDS OF AVALON SOD HC
LORDS OF AVALON SOD HC DM ED
LOVE & ROCKETS NEW STORIES #1
MONOCHROME FACTOR GN VOL 03 (OF 4) (MR)
OMEGA THE UNKNOWN PREM HC
OMEGA THE UNKNOWN PREM HC DM ED
PALETTE OF 12 SECRET COLORS VOL 04
RED PROPHET TALES OF ALVIN MAKER TP VOL 02
SAMURAI DEEPER KYO GN VOL 30 (OF 38) (MR)
SILENT HILL SINNERS REWARD TP
SPIDER-MAN RED SONJA TP
SWORD OF RED SONJA DOOM O/T GODS TP
TACTICS GN VOL 06 (OF 9)
ULTIMATE POWER TP
WARLASH DARK NOIR GN VOL 01
WARRIORS TIGERSTAR & SASHA GN VOL 01 INTO THE WOODS
WATCHMEN TP INTERNATIONAL EDITION
WITCHBLADE SHADES OF GRAY TP
WITCHBLADE SHADES OF GRAY TP
WOLVERINE ORIGINS VOL 05 DEADPOOL PREMIERE HC
X-MEN VS APOCALYPSE TP VOL 02 AGES OF APOCALYPSE
WALL ART (1):
COMIC BOOK COVER PORTFOLIO #2 JUSTICE COLLECTION
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  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
TOS=Referencing Star Trek "THE ORIGINAL SERIES"
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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