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187 NEW ITEMS
ON SALE THIS
WEDNESDAY
JANUARY 28th, 2009

FINAL CRISIS #7

Written by Grant Morrison
Art by Doug Mahnke
& Christian Alamy
Covers by J.G. Jones and Doug Mahnke
The dramatic finale to the epic, seven-part saga of the DC multiverse concludes with an apocalyptic battle for the soul of humanity that must be seen to be believed! Can the heroes of 52 Earths save the multiverse? And is the only way to save it, to change it forever?

REORDERS

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OUT OF PRINT

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KIDS CORNER

Over a dozen new comics, magazines & books for ALL ages this week!

CHECKLIST

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SHIPSHAPE ARCHIVES

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THIS WEEKS HIGHLIGHTS

TOP 10 COMICS FOR THIS WEEK
BASED ON OUR ORDERING

   1) FINAL CRISIS #7 (OF 7)
   2) NEW AVENGERS #49 DKR
   3) CAPTAIN AMERICA #46
   4) AVENGERS INITIATIVE #21 DKR
   5) AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #583 3RD PTG VAR
   6) BATMAN #685 (FOE)
   7) JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #23 (FOE)
   8) FANTASTIC FOUR #563
   9) SUPERMAN #684 (FOE)
 10) DAREDEVIL #115

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3 ART OF PAUL DUFFIELD #1 (MR)
ASPEN SHOWCASE EMBER
BATMAN THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #1
BUCKAROO BANZAI BIG SIZE #1
FACES OF EVIL KOBRA #1 (FOE)
GARTH ENNIS BATTLEFIELDS DEAR BILLY #1
HERO SQUARED LOVE & DEATH #1 (OF 3)
SCOURGE OF GODS #1 (OF 3) (MR)
WIND RAIDER #1 (OF 3)
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COMICS (3)
BATMAN THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #1 $2.50 $2.12
FACES OF EVIL KOBRA #1 (FOE) $2.99 $1.79
WIND RAIDER #1 $3.50 $2.97
MAGAZINES (1)
PREVIEWS #245 FEBRUARY 2009 $4.50 $2.70
TRADES (1)
MARVEL 1985 PREM HC $24.99 $14.99
NEW AVENGERS HC VOL 03 $34.99 $20.99
X-MEN PREM HC ORIGINAL SIN $24.99 $14.99
TOTAL $98.46 $59.07

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95 NEW COMICS ARRIVING THIS WEEK
15% OFF ALL THESE NEW COMICS, EVERYDAY THIS WEEK FOR EVERYONE!
27 MARVEL COMICS THIS WEEK
$91.73 is what you'll pay at ANY OTHER STORE.
$77.97 is what you'll pay only at Alternate Reality!
$13.75 is what you'll save on your MARVEL COMICS ALL WEEK LONG!
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #583 OBAMA 3RD PTG VAR
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN EXTRA #2
AVENGERS INITIATIVE #21 DKR
CAPTAIN AMERICA #46
DAREDEVIL #115
DARK TOWER TREACHERY #5 (OF 6)
ENDERS SHADOW BATTLE SCHOOL #2 (OF 5)
FANTASTIC FOUR #563
GHOST RIDER DANNY KETCH #4 (OF 5)
INCREDIBLE HERCULES #125
MARVEL ADVENTURES FANTASTIC FOUR #44
MARVELS EYE OF CAMERA #3 (OF 6)
MARVELS EYE OF CAMERA #3 (OF 6) B & W VAR
MS MARVEL #35 DKR
NEW AVENGERS #49 DKR
NOVA #21
PUNISHER WAR ZONE #6 (OF 6)
RUNAWAYS 3 #6
SHE-HULK 2 #37
SKAAR SON OF HULK #7
STAND CAPTAIN TRIPS #5 (OF 5)
TRINITY #35
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #130
WOLVERINE FIRST CLASS #11
X-FORCE #11
X-MEN WORLDS APART #4 (OF 4)
YOUNG X-MEN #10
25 DC COMICS THIS WEEK
$78.30 is what you'll pay at ANY OTHER STORE.
$66.55is what you'll pay only at Alternate Reality!
$11.74 is what you'll save on your DC COMICS ALL WEEK LONG!
BATMAN #685 (FOE)
BATMAN GOTHAM AFTER MIDNIGHT #9 (OF 12)
BATMAN THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #1
BLUE BEETLE #35
CARTOON NETWORK BLOCK PARTY #53
FACES OF EVIL KOBRA #1 (FOE)
FERRYMAN #5 (OF 5)
FINAL CRISIS #7 (OF 7)
FINAL CRISIS REVELATIONS #5 (OF 5)
FRINGE #2 (OF 6) (RES)
GREATEST HITS #5 (OF 6) (MR)
JACK OF FABLES #30 (MR)
JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #23 (FOE)
LEGION OF SUPER HEROES #50
NORTHLANDERS #14 (MR)
PUSH #5 (OF 6)
REIGN IN HELL #7 (OF 8)
RESISTANCE #2 (OF 6) (MR)
SUPERMAN #684 (FOE)
TEEN TITANS #67 (FOE)
UNKNOWN SOLDIER #4 (MR)
WAR THAT TIME FORGOT #9 (OF 12)
WILDCATS #7
WONDER WOMAN #28 (FOE)
WONDER WOMAN #28 VAR ED
9 IMAGE COMICS THIS WEEK
$35.44  is what you'll pay at ANY OTHER STORE.
$30.12 is what you'll pay only at Alternate Reality!
$5.31 is what you'll save  ALL WEEK LONG!
ASTOUNDING WOLF-MAN #12 (RES)
DEAD AHEAD #2 (OF 3)
DRAGON PRINCE #4 JOHNSON CVR A
DRAGON PRINCE #4 SOOK CVR B
PROOF #16
SAVAGE #4 (OF 4)
SAVAGE DRAGON #144
SCOURGE OF GODS #1 (OF 3) (MR)
SCOURGE OF GODS #1 (OF 3) US VAR (MR)
4 DARK HORSE COMICS THIS WEEK
$12.98 is what you'll pay at ANY OTHER STORE.
$11.3 is what you'll pay only at Alternate Reality!
$1.94 is what you'll save ALL WEEK LONG!
MISTER X CONDEMNED #2 (OF 4)
STAR WARS LEGACY #32 FIGHT ANOTHER DAY PART 1 OF 2
UMBRELLA ACADEMY DALLAS #3 (OF 6)
USAGI YOJIMBO #117
30 INDEPENDENT TITLES THIS WEEK
$128.56 is what you'll pay at ANY OTHER STORE.
$109.27 is what you'll pay only at Alternate Reality!
$19.28 is what you'll save ALL WEEK LONG!
ARCHIE #593
ART OF PAUL DUFFIELD #1 (MR)
ASPEN SHOWCASE EMBER GREEN CVR
ASPEN SHOWCASE EMBER GUNNELL CVR
BETTY & VERONICA DIGEST #191
BUCKAROO BANZAI BIG SIZE #1
BUCKAROO BANZAI BIG SIZE #1 HANLEY VAR CVR
CAPTAIN ACTION COMICS #2 SPARACIO CVR
CAPTAIN ACTION COMICS #2 YEATES CVR
CAPTAIN ACTION COMICS #2 SPARACIO INVERSE FREE VAR INCEN CVR
CITY OF DUST #4 A CVR LANGLEY
CITY OF DUST #4 B CVR REILLY
CITY OF DUST #4 C CVR TARGETE
CREATURE FEATURE #2 (OF 2) (MR)
FIST OF JUSTICE #4
GALVESTON #3 CVR A
GALVESTON #3 CVR B
GARTH ENNIS BATTLEFIELDS DEAR BILLY #1
GLAMOURPUSS #5
HERO SQUARED LOVE & DEATH #1 (OF 3) CVR A
HERO SQUARED LOVE & DEATH #1 (OF 3) CVR B
NO HERO #2 (OF 7) AUXILIARY ED (MR)
SHEENA DARK RISING #3 ANDRASOFSKY CVR C
SHEENA DARK RISING #3 FURGUSON CVR A
SHEENA DARK RISING #3 MCMANUS CVR B
TERMINATOR REVOLUTION #2
WIND RAIDER #1 (OF 3) CVR A HARDMAN & KELLY
WIND RAIDER #1 (OF 3) CVR B SUITOR
XENA VS ARMY OF DARKNESS WHAT AGAIN #4
ZOMBIE TALES #10 CVR A
ZOMBIE TALES #10 CVR B
2 ADULT COMICS SHIPPING THIS WEEK

92 NEW NON-COMIC ITEMS ARRIVING THIS WEEK

ACTION FIGURES (6):
MARVEL SELECT CAPTAIN MARVEL AF
SINESTRO 1/6 SCALE DELUXE COLLECTOR FIGURE
WATCHMEN MOVIE ASST #1-NITE OWL (Modern) ACTION FIGURE
WATCHMEN MOVIE ASST #1-OZYMANDIAS ACTION FIGURE
WATCHMEN MOVIE ASST #1-RORSCHACH ACTION FIGURE
WATCHMEN MOVIE ASST #1-SILK SPECTRE (Modern) ACTION FIGURE
BOOKS (2):
DOT HACK SIGN GU NOVEL VOL 01 (OF 4) TERROR OF DEATH
TWELVE KINGDOMS NOVEL VOL 02 (OF 7) SEA OF WIND
CARDS (2):
BIBLE OLD TESTAMENT SERIES A TRADING CARD BOX
TOPPS 2008/09 NBA HARD COURT TRADING CARD BOX
MAGAZINES (29):
ANTIQUES AND FINE ART #9.2
BASEBALL AMERICA #903
BETTY & VERONICA DIGEST #191
COMICS BUYER'S GUIDE #1651
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY #1031
FAMILY FUN 0209
FANGORIA #280
GAME TRADE MAGAZINE #108
HIGH ADVENTURE #104
JUGHEAD'S DOUBLE DIGEST #147
JUXTAPOZ #97
MARVEL PREVIEWS FEBRUARY 2009
MOTHER EARTH NEWS 0309
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 0209
PASTE #50
PREVIEWS #245 FEBRUARY 2009
PREVIEWS ADULT #245 FEBRUARY 2009
READY MADE #39
SFX #178
SIMPSON'S CLASSICS #19
SIRENS OF THE CINEMA #2.14
SKETCH MAGAZINE #38
SPIN 0209
STAR WARS INSIDER #107-NEWSTAND EDITION
TOMART'S ACTION FIGURE DIGEST #174
VIDEOSCOPE #69
WEIRD DETECTIVE ADV OF WADE HAMMOND #3
WIZARD MAGAZINE #209 DARK AVENGERS CVR
WIZARD MAGAZINE #209 WATCHMAN MOVIE CVR
NO ADULT MAGAZINES SHIPPING THIS WEEK
TRADES (53):
ADVENTURES OF CHARLZ FROM MARZ BOOK 01 GOING HOME
BASTARD TP VOL 18 (MR)
BATMAN THE MAN WHO LAUGHS TP
BATTLE VIXENS GN VOL 14 (OF 14) (MR)
BERSERK TP VOL 27 (MR)
CRIMINAL TP VOL 04 BAD NIGHT (MR)
DC LIBRARY SUPERMAN KRYPTONITE NEVERMORE HC
ELEMENT LINE GN VOL 04 (OF 5) (MR)
FIRE INVESTIGATOR NANASE VOL 01
GAKUEN ALICE GN VOL 06 (OF 15)
GHOST SLAYERS AYASHI GN VOL 02
GREEN ARROW BLACK CANARY FAMILY BUSINESS TP
GTO EARLY YEARS SHONAN JUNAI GUMI GN VOL 10 (OF 15) (MR)
HEATHENTOWN GN
HOW TO DRAW CHIBI PKT MANGA TP
HUNTRESS YEAR ONE TP
INU YASHA TP VOL 36
KING OF HELL GN VOL 22 (OF 28)
MARVEL 1985 PREM HC
MISSILE HAPPY GN VOL 05 (OF 5)
MMW GOLDEN AGE CAPTAIN AMERICA HC VOL 03
MMW GOLDEN AGE CAPTAIN AMERICA HC VOL 03 VAR ED VOL 111
NANCY DREW GN SC VOL 16 WHAT GOES UP
NEW AVENGERS HC VOL 03
NEW AVENGERS HC VOL 03 DM ED
ORANGE GN (MR)
PHANTOM DETECTIVE SEP 1934 REPLICA ED
PIXIE GN VOL 01 (OF 4)
PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES GN
PROJECT ARMS TP VOL 21
RAVE MASTER GN VOL 32 (OF 35)
REBIRTH GN VOL 22 (OF 22)
RECORD OF A FALLEN VAMPIRE GN VOL 04
RED RIVER GN VOL 24
ROSE HIP ROSE GN VOL 04 (OF 4) (MR)
SECRET INVASION TP FANTASTIC FOUR
SHOWCASE PRESENTS HOUSE OF MYSTERY VOL 03
SKATE FARM GN VOL 01 (IDW)
SPIRIT TP VOL 03
STAR TREK ARCHIVES TP VOL 03 GARY SEVEN COLLECTION
STAR WARS VECTOR TP VOL 01 CHAPTERS 1 & 2
SWITCH GN VOL 06
TANTRIC STRIPFIGHTER TRINA GN (MR)
TOKKO GN VOL 03 (MR)
TRANSHUMAN TP VOL 01
TRINITY BLOOD GN VOL 09 (OF 10) (MR)
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN TP VOL 21 WAR OF THE SYMBIOTES
ULTIMATUM PREM HC MARCH ON ULTIMATUM
X-MEN PREM HC ORIGINAL SIN
X-MEN PREM HC ORIGINAL SIN
YAKITATE JAPAN TP VOL 15
YOUR AND MY SECRET GN VOL 04 (OF 5)
1 ADULT TRADE PAPERBACK SHIPPING THIS WEEK
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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
DKR=Dark Reign
DLX=Deluxe
DWS="Divided We Stand" storyline
FOE= "Faces of Evil" DC event
FRGTN RLMS=Forgotten Realms
GN=Graphic Novel
HC=Hard Cover
INCV=Incentive Cover
LTD ED=Limited Edition
MD="Manifest Destiny" X-Men 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.
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
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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