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162 NEW ITEMS
ON SALE THIS
WEDNESDAY
AUGUST 25th, 2010

NAMOR FIRST MUTANT #1

Written by STUART MOORE
Penciled by ARIEL OLIVETTI
Cover by JAE LEE
Variant Cover by JOE QUESADA
Spinning out of the pages of X-MEN #1, comes an all-new series starring the world's first mutant, NAMOR THE SUB-MARINER. When the X-Men are confronted with a deadly vampire threat, Namor takes matters into his own hands on a mission that might bring down the entire might of the vampires on their heads...and in the process, destroy Atlantis! What lurks down below the ocean where the sun can't reach? What he thought was a fable to scare the children of Atlantis comes to terrifying life in the form of a newly-discovered race of Atlantean Vampires. Namor's choice, to stand with Atlantis or the X-Men, will define a new chapter in his life...or death.
40 PGS./Rated T+ ...$3.99

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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) AVENGERS #4
  2) JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #48
  3) BATMAN #702
  4) X-MEN LEGACY #239
  5) NAMOR FIRST MUTANT #1
  6) CAPTAIN AMERICA #609
  7) THOR #613
  8) SUPERMAN SECRET ORIGIN #6 (OF 6)
  9) X-MEN CURSE OF MUTANTS BLADE #1
10) X-MEN CURSE OF MUTANTS STORM & GAMBIT #1

BONUS! HERE'S 11-14

11) ASTONISHING X-MEN #35
12) DARK WOLVERINE #90
13) FANTASTIC FOUR #582
14) ACTION COMICS #892

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10TH MUSE LOST ISSUE #1
ANI-MAX ONE SHOT
DARKNESS FOUR HORSEMEN #1 (OF 4)
GUARDING THE GLOBE #1 (OF 6)
NAMOR FIRST MUTANT #1
PRIEST PURGATORY #1 (OF 4) (RES)
PUNISHER MAX HAPPY ENDING #1 (MR)
ROCK N ROLL COMICS #1 JOAN JETT & RUNAWAYS
SHADOWLAND MOON KNIGHT #1 (OF 3) SL
SPIDER-GIRL END #1
TONY & CLEO #1
X-MEN CURSE OF MUTANTS BLADE #1
X-MEN CURSE OF MUTANTS STORM & GAMBIT #1
ZEROIDS #1
VIDEO OUTHOUSE
YOUR "TEACHABLE VIDEO MOMENT" FOR THIS WEEKS SHIPPING
WEDNESDAY, 081810 SHIP-SHAPE UPDATE
Book of the Week is Last Phantom #1, Marvels in 1st place, Kids Corner features kids Infinity Gauntlet, BASKET CASE is American Vampire!
1st DAY SALE TITLES FOR THIS WEEK
40% OFF ALL THESE BRAND NEW TITLES ON THIS WEDNESDAY ONLY!
SAVE 40% ($52.58) ON THESE 7 TITLES 0N-081810!

TITLE/DESCRIPTION

MSRP YOU  PAY
COMICS (3)
NAMOR FIRST MUTANT #1 $3.99 $2.39
SPIDER-GIRL END #1 $3.99 $2.39
ZEROIDS #1 $3.99 $2.39
MAGAZINES (1)
PREVIEWS #264 SEPTEMBER 2010 $4.50 $2.70
TRADES (3)
SUPERMAN BATMAN NIGHT AND DAY HC $19.99 $11.97
THOR WARRIORS THREE PREM HC $19.99 $11.97
X-MEN INFERNO CROSSOVERS HC $75.00 $45.00
TOTAL $131.45 $78.87

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.

HERO OF THE WEEK: SUPERMAN
  SUPERMAN SECRET ORIGIN ENDS and AS DOES SUPERMAN AS THE AUGUST HERO OF THE MONTH. We're sending the Man of Steel out by DOLLAR DAYING" a total 21+ recent /related titles and blowing them out for only a BUCK EACH ALL WEEK LONG!  
107 TOTAL NEW COMICS ARRIVING THIS WEEK
15% OFF ALL THESE NEW COMICS, EVERYDAY THIS WEEK FOR EVERYONE!
26 MARVEL COMICS THIS WEEK
$97.74 is what you'll pay ANYWHERE ELSE for ALL of this weeks Marvels.
$83.07 is what you'll pay only at Alternate Reality!
$14.66 is what you'll save ALL WEEK LONG!
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN PRESENTS AMERICAN SON #4 (OF 4)
ASTONISHING X-MEN #35
AVENGERS #4
BLACK WIDOW #5
CAPTAIN AMERICA #609
CAPTAIN AMERICA 1940S NEWSPAPER STRIP #3 (OF 3)
DARK WOLVERINE #90
DEADPOOL TEAM-UP #890
DREAM LOGIC #2 (MR)
FANTASTIC FOUR #582
HEROIC AGE PRINCE OF POWER #4 (OF 4)
NAMOR FIRST MUTANT #1
PUNISHER MAX HAPPY ENDING #1 (MR)
SECRET WARRIORS #19
SENSE & SENSIBILITY #4 (OF 5)
SHADOWLAND MOON KNIGHT #1 (OF 3) SL
SPIDER-GIRL END #1
SPIDER-MAN #5
THOR #613
ULTIMATE COMICS MYSTERY #2 (OF 4)
X-CAMPUS #3 (OF 4)
X-FACTOR #208
X-MEN CURSE OF MUTANTS BLADE #1
X-MEN CURSE OF MUTANTS STORM & GAMBIT #1
X-MEN FOREVER 2 #6
X-MEN LEGACY #239
PLUS THESE 11 "CRAP FACTOR" TITLES THIS WEEK
AVENGERS #4 JRJR VAR
AVENGERS #4 WOMEN OF MARVEL FRAME VAR
AVENGERS ACADEMY #3 MCKONE VAR
CAPTAIN AMERICA #609 WOMEN OF MARVEL FRAME VAR
NAMOR FIRST MUTANT #1 QUESADA SKETCH VAR
NAMOR FIRST MUTANT #1 QUESADA VAR
SCARLET #1 2ND PTG MALEEV VAR (MR)
THANOS IMPERATIVE #2 (OF 6) 2ND PTG SEPULVEDA VAR
WONDER WOMAN #602 VAR ED
X-MEN CURSE OF MUTANTS STORM & GAMBIT #1 BACHALO VAR
X-MEN LEGACY #239 WOMEN OF MARVEL FRAME VAR
22 DC COMICS THIS WEEK
$75.78 is what you'll pay ANYWHERE ELSE for ALL of this weeks DC's.
$64.41 is what you'll pay only at Alternate Reality!
$11.36 is what you'll save ALL WEEK LONG!
ACTION COMICS #892
BATMAN #702
BATMAN THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #20
BILLY BATSON AND THE MAGIC OF SHAZAM #19
DETECTIVE COMICS #868
FRINGE TALES FROM THE FRINGE #3 (OF 6)
GARRISON #5 (OF 6)
GOTHAM CITY SIRENS #15
GREEN ARROW #3 (BRIGHTEST DAY)
JUSTICE LEAGUE GENERATION LOST #8 (BRIGHTEST DAY)
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #48 (BRIGHTEST DAY)
LEGION OF SUPER HEROES #4
MADAME XANADU #26 (MR)
OUTSIDERS #32
SCALPED #40 (MR)
SUPERMAN BATMAN #75 (NOTE PRICE)
SUPERMAN SECRET ORIGIN #6 (OF 6)
TEEN TITANS #86
TIME MASTERS VANISHING POINT #2 (OF 6)
UNKNOWN SOLDIER #23 (MR)
WILDCATS #26
WONDER WOMAN #602
PLUS THESE 7 "CRAP FACTOR" TITLES FROM DC THIS WEEK
ACTION COMICS #892 75TH ANNIV VAR ED
GREEN ARROW #3 WHITE LANTERN VAR ED (BRIGHTEST DAY)
JUSTICE LEAGUE GENERATION LOST #8 WL VAR ED (BD)
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #48 WL VAR ED (BRIGHTEST)
LEGION OF SUPER HEROES #4 VAR ED
SUPERMAN SECRET ORIGIN #6 (OF 6) VAR ED
TEEN TITANS #86 75TH ANNIVERSARY VAR ED
7 BLUE WATER COMICS THIS WEEK
$27.93is what you'll pay ANYWHERE ELSE for ALL of this weeks BOOM's.
$23.74 is what you'll pay only at Alternate Reality!
$4.18 is what you'll save ALL WEEK LONG!
 
10TH MUSE LOST ISSUE #1
FAME #4 TAYLOR SWIFT
FEMALE FORCE #16 ANNE RICE
POLITICAL POWER #12 ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER
ROCK N ROLL COMICS #1 JOAN JETT & RUNAWAYS (MR)
TONY & CLEO #1
VINCENT PRICE PRESENTS #19 (MR)
5 IMAGE COMICS THIS WEEK
$17.48 is what you'll pay ANYWHERE ELSE for ALL of this weeks BOOM's.
$14.85 is what you'll pay only at Alternate Reality!
$2.62 is what you'll save ALL WEEK LONG!
 
DARKNESS FOUR HORSEMEN #1 (OF 4)
GUARDING THE GLOBE #1 (OF 6)
INVINCIBLE #74 (MR)
LADY ROBOTIKA #2
SAVAGE DRAGON #163
PLUS THESE 2 "CRAP FACTOR" TITLES FROM DC THIS WEEK
DARKNESS FOUR HORSEMEN #1 (OF 4) 10 COPY INCV
GUARDING THE GLOBE #1 (OF 6) VAR ED
4 DYNAMITE COMICS THIS WEEK
$15.98  is what you'll pay ANYWHERE ELSE for ALL of this weeks Dark Horse's.
$13.58 is what you'll pay only at Alternate Reality!
$2.39 is what you'll save ALL WEEK LONG!
ANI-MAX ONE SHOT
BULLET TO THE HEAD #3 (MR)
GARTH ENNIS BATTLEFIELDS #9 (OF 9) (MR)
ROBOCOP #6 (MR)
21 OTHER INDEPENDENT TITLES THIS WEEK
$78.75 is what you'll pay at ANY OTHER STORE.
$66.93 is what you'll pay only at Alternate Reality!
$11.81 is what you'll save ALL WEEK LONG!
AVATAR OF THE FUTURIANS #2 (OF 4)
BART SIMPSON COMICS #55
BETTY & VERONICA #249
FEVRE DREAM #5 (OF 10) (MR)
FEVRE DREAM #5 (OF 10) WRAP CVR (MR)
GRAVEL #20 (MR)
GRAVEL #20 WRAP CVR (MR)
HOT MOMS #14 (A)
MINDFIELD #2 CVR B PHIL NOTO
PRIEST PURGATORY #1 (OF 4) (RES)
SALEMS DAUGHTER #5 CVR A LIEFELD (RES)
SALEMS DAUGHTER #5 CVR B SEIDMAN (RES)
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #216
WOLFSKIN HUNDREDTH DREAM #4 (OF 6) (MR)
WOLFSKIN HUNDREDTH DREAM #4 (OF 6) BLOOD THIRST CVR (MR)
WOLFSKIN HUNDREDTH DREAM #4 (OF 6) PAINTED CVR (MR)
WOLFSKIN HUNDREDTH DREAM #4 (OF 6) WRAP CVR (MR)
ZEROIDS #1 CLOSE UP SHORT CVR D
ZEROIDS #1 SHORT CVR A
ZEROIDS #1 SPACE CVR C
ZEROIDS #1 SPARACIO CVR B
PLUS THESE 2 "CRAP FACTOR" TITLES  THIS WEEK
FEVRE DREAM #5 (OF 10) NIGHTMARE VAR 3-COPY INCV (MR)
WOLFSKIN HUNDREDTH DREAM #4 (OF 6) 3-COPY INCV (MR)
NO ADULT COMICS SHIPPING THIS WEEK
55 NEW NON-COMIC ITEMS ARRIVING THIS WEEK
ACTION FIGURES (4)
BLACKEST NIGHT SERIES 5 BLACK LANTERN BATMAN AF
BLACKEST NIGHT SERIES 5 BLACK LANTERN DEADMAN AF
BLACKEST NIGHT SERIES 5 BLACK LANTERN HAWKMAN AF
BLACKEST NIGHT SERIES 5 BLACK LANTERN NEKRON AF
APPAREL (9)
GREEN LANTERN II T/S XL
IRON MAN 2 THEE TRIANGLE CHARCOAL T/S XL
IRON MAN IRON ROCKETS NAVY T/S XL
JLA II T/S XL
PUNISHER TARGET PRACTICE WHITE T/S XL
RED LANTERN II SYMBOL T/S XL
SW EMPIRE LOGO BLK T/S XL
SW REBELLIOUS ONE BLK T/S XL
X-MEN AOA EARTH 616 CHOCOLATE T/S XL
BOOKS (1)
OUR HERO SUPERMAN ON EARTH HC
MAGAZINES (18)
2000 AD #1692
2001 AD #1692
2001 AD #1693
2002 AD #1693
BASEBALL AMERICA #1018
GAME TRADE MAGAZINE #127
HIGHLIGHTS HALLOWEEN SPECIAL
JUGHEADS DOUBLE DIGEST #163
JUXTAPOZ #116
MARVEL PREVIEWS SEPTEMBER 2010 EXTRAS
NICKELODEON DORA THE EXPLORER AND FRIENDS #1
PREVIEWS #264 SEPTEMBER 2010 (NET)
SUPERNATURAL MAGAZINE #19 SPECIAL NEWSTAND ED
SUPERNATURAL MAGAZINE #19 SPECIAL PX ED
TIGER BEAT 1010
TOMARTS ACTION FIGURE DIGEST #191
WIZARD MAGAZINE #230 SPIDER MAN SD
WWE KIDS #22
NO ADULT MAGAZINES SHIPPING THIS WEEK
TRADES (23)
ARCHIE CLASSIC NEWSPAPER COMICS HC VOL 01
BATMAN THE BAT AND THE BEAST TP
BUCK ROGERS TP VOL 01 FUTURE SHOCK
CHRONICLES OF KING CONAN TP VOL 01
CRUSADES HC VOL 01 KNIGHT (MR)
DARK ENTRIES TP (MR)
DC LIBRARY BATMAN THE ANNUALS HC VOL 02
ESSENTIAL HULK TP VOL 06
FILTHY RICH TP (MR)
HAUNTED TANK TP (MR)
IRON SAINT TP VOL 01
LITTLE LULU PAL TUBBY VOL 01 CASTAWAY OTHER STORIES
MIGHTY TP VOL 02
MOON KNIGHT COUNTDOWN TO DARK PREM HC
MS MARVEL TP VOL 09 BEST YOU CAN BE
RUNAWAYS TP VOL 11 HOMESCHOOLING DIGEST
SECRET INVASION HC
SIEGE THUNDERBOLTS PREM HC
SUPERMAN BATMAN NIGHT AND DAY HC
THOR WARRIORS THREE PREM HC
THOR WARRIORS THREE PREM HC DM VAR ED 49
WOLVERINE ORIGINS TP SEVEN HARD WAY
X-MEN INFERNO CROSSOVERS HC
NO ADULT TRADES SHIPPING THIS WEEK
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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 VAR=Second Printing Variant
ANNIV=Anniversary
ASST=Assortment
AUXILIARY ED=The designation Avatar Comics assigns to it's 2nd Prints
BK=Book
BLK=Black
CCG=Collectable Card Game
COLL ED=Collected Edition
CRAP FACTOR=The variant covers (new or reprint) that a company ships out as new product for the week. These are new SKU items but they are not new material (except for the covers) .
CURR PRTG=Current Printing
CVR=Cover
ED=Edition
DKR=Dark Reign
DLX=Deluxe
FOH="Fall of the Hulks" storyline
FRGTN RLMS=Forgotten Realms
GN=Graphic Novel
GNTLT="Gauntlet" storyline in Amazing Spiderman
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.
O/A=Order Again
OSW=Dark Hore Comics "One Shot Wonders" event
PKT=Pocket
PTG=Printing
PX=Previews Exclusive
(RES)=Re-solicited
SC=Soft Cover
SER=Series
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
VAR ED=Variant Edition
VOL or V.=Volume
WRAP CVR=Wraparound cover
WWHS="World War Hulks" storyline
XL=Extra Large
XSC="X-Men Second Coming" storyline

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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