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187 NEW ITEMS
ON SALE THIS
WEDNESDAY
MARCH 2nd, 2011

WULF #1

(W) Steve Niles (A) Nat Jones
The Atlas Resurrection Starts Here! Join superstars Steve Niles and Nat Jones as they bring Wulf the Barbarian into the 21st Century - literally! A fearsome and legendary warrior, Wulf finds himself fighting a powerful enemy who has tapped into a deadly new magical energy force. Meanwhile, in present-day New York City, grizzled cop Sam Lomax is having a rough day. What he doesn't realize is that it's about to get a lot rougher. How are Wulf and Lomax's fates tied together? Find out in this incredible new series!

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!

CHECKLIST

Click n'print checklist of every new comic shipping this week!

SHIPSHAPE ARCHIVES

View what's shipped out every week over the last year.
THIS WEEKS HIGHLIGHTS

TOP 10 COMICS FOR THIS WEEK
BASED ON OUR ORDERING

  1) GREEN LANTERN #63 (WAR OF GL)
  2) BRIGHTEST DAY #21
  3) DAKEN DARK WOLVERINE #6
  4) AVENGERS ACADEMY #10
  5) WOLVERINE BEST THERE IS #4
  6) WOLVERINE HERCULES MYTHS MONSTERS & MUTANTS #1
  7) CAPTAIN AMERICA AND FALCON #1
  8) DC UNIVERSE ONLINE LEGENDS #3
  9) ASTONISHING THOR #3 (OF 5)
10) DEADPOOL #33.1

BONUS! HERE'S 11 thru 15

11) SECRET WARRIORS #25
12) MARVEL ZOMBIES SUPREME #1 (OF 5)
13) THUNDERBOLTS #154
14) ULTIMATE COMICS CAPTAIN AMERICA #3 (OF 4)
15) X-FACTOR #216
16) BATMAN BEYOND #3
17) HEROES FOR HIRE #4
18) SECRET SIX #31
19) BATMAN STREETS OF GOTHAM #20
20) BOYS #52 (MR)

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THIS WEEK CHECK OUT ANY OF THESE NEW TITLES BELOW

5 RONIN #1 (OF 5)
ANNIHILATORS #1 (OF 4)
ASTONISHING X-MEN MGC #1
AXE COP BAD GUY EARTH #1 (OF 3)
BODYSNATCHERS #1 (OF 6)
CAPTAIN AMERICA AND FALCON #1
CARBON GREY #1 (MR)
DC COMICS PRESENTS SUPERMAN DOOMSDAY #1
EMMA #1 (OF 5)
GI JOE INFESTATION #1 (OF 2)
GIANT SIZE ATOM #1
HERCULIAN #1
INTREPIDS #1
LENORE VOLUME II #1 REISSUE
MARVEL ZOMBIES SUPREME #1 (OF 5)
OVERSTREET COMIC BOOK MARKETPLACE #1
OZ PRIMER
ULTIMATES MGC #1
WOLVERINE HERCULES MYTHS MONSTERS AND MUTANTS #1 (OF 4)
WULF #1
VIDEO OUTHOUSE
YOUR "TEACHABLE VIDEO MOMENT" FOR THIS WEEKS SHIPPING
Thumbnail WEDNESDAY, 030211 SHIP-SHAPE UPDATE
Book of the Week is Wulf #1, Marvel's in 1st place, Kids Corner features Darkwing Duck Annual Basket Case is Batman Europa and Infestation month is wrapping up!
1st DAY SALE TITLES FOR THIS WEEK
40% OFF ALL THESE BRAND NEW TITLES ON THIS WEDNESDAY ONLY!
SAVE 40% ($27.17) ON THESE 7 TITLES 0N-030211!

TITLE/DESCRIPTION

MSRP YOU  PAY
COMICS (4)
CARBON GREY #1 $2.99 $1.79
GI JOE INFESTATION #1 (OF 2) $3.99 $2.39
WOLVERINE HERCULES MYTHS MONSTERS MUTANTS #1 $2.99 $1.79
WULF #1 $2.99 $1.79
MAGAZINES (1)
DOCTOR WHO MONTHLY #430 $9.99 $5.99
TRADES (2)
JOHN CARTER OF MARS WARLORD OF MARS TP $29.99 $17.99
SPIDER-MAN GRIM HUNT TP $14.99 $8.99
TOTAL $67.93 $40.75

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.

DOLLAR DAYS HERO OF THE WEEK: INFESTATION
  INFESTATION event is currently raging through the IDW Universes of GI JOE, STAR TREK, TRANSFORMERS and more and we're "DOLLAR DAYING" a bunch of titles from those worlds  for a BUCK EACH ALL WEEK LONG!  
123 TOTAL NEW COMICS ARRIVING THIS WEEK
15% OFF ALL THESE NEW COMICS, EVERYDAY THIS WEEK FOR EVERYONE!
27 MARVEL COMICS THIS WEEK
$94.22 is what you'll pay ANYWHERE ELSE
$80.08 is what you'll pay only at Alternate Reality!
$14.13 is what you'll save ALL WEEK LONG!
5 RONIN #1 (OF 5) AJA VAR
5 RONIN #1 (OF 5) CASSADAY VAR
ANNIHILATORS #1 (OF 4) GARNER VAR
ANNIHILATORS #1 (OF 4) MIGNOLA VAR
ASTONISHING THOR #3 (OF 5)
ASTONISHING X-MEN MGC #1
AVENGERS ACADEMY #10
AVENGERS THOR CAPTAIN AMERICA OFF INDEX MU #11
CAPTAIN AMERICA AND FALCON #1
DAKEN DARK WOLVERINE #6
DEADPOOL #33.1
EMMA #1 (OF 5)
FORMIC WARS BURNING EARTH #2 (OF 7)
HEROES FOR HIRE #4
INCOGNITO BAD INFLUENCES #4 (MR)
MARVEL ZOMBIES SUPREME #1 (OF 5)
OZ PRIMER
POWERS #7 (MR)
SECRET WARRIORS #25
STAND NO MANS LAND #2 (OF 5)
THOR SPOTLIGHT
THUNDERBOLTS #154
ULTIMATE COMICS CAPTAIN AMERICA #3 (OF 4)
ULTIMATES MGC #1
WOLVERINE BEST THERE IS #4
WOLVERINE HERCULES MYTHS MONSTERS AND MUTANTS #1 (OF 4)
X-FACTOR #216
PLUS THESE 5 "CRAP FACTOR" TITLES THIS WEEK
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #651 2ND PTG RAMOS VAR
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #652 2ND PTG CASELLI VAR
HEROES FOR HIRE #4 TOLIBAO VAR
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #500 2ND PTG LARROCA VAR
MARVEL ZOMBIES SUPREME #1 (OF 5) SUYDAM VAR
19 DC COMICS THIS WEEK
$65.81 is what you'll pay ANYWHERE ELSE
$55.93 is what you'll pay only at Alternate Reality!
$9.87 is what you'll save ALL WEEK LONG!
AZRAEL #18
BATMAN BEYOND #3
BATMAN CONFIDENTIAL #54
BATMAN STREETS OF GOTHAM #20
BRIGHTEST DAY #21
DC COMICS PRESENTS SUPERMAN DOOMSDAY #1
DC UNIVERSE ONLINE LEGENDS #3
FIRST WAVE #6 (OF 6)
FREEDOM FIGHTERS #7
GIANT SIZE ATOM #1
GREEN LANTERN #63 (WAR OF GL)
HOUSE OF MYSTERY #35 (MR)
JOE THE BARBARIAN #8 (OF 8) (RES) (MR)
JONAH HEX #65
LOONEY TUNES #196
SCOOBY DOO WHERE ARE YOU #7
SECRET SIX #31
SWEET TOOTH #19 (MR)
WORLD OF WARCRAFT CURSE OF THE WORGEN #4 (OF 5)
PLUS THESE 3 "CRAP FACTOR" TITLES THIS WEEK
BRIGHTEST DAY #21 VAR ED
FIRST WAVE #6 (OF 6) VAR ED
GREEN LANTERN #63 VAR ED (WAR OF GL)
10 IMAGE COMICS THIS WEEK
$25.92 is what you'll pay ANYWHERE ELSE
$22.03 is what you'll pay only at Alternate Reality!
$3.88 is what you'll save ALL WEEK LONG!  
CARBON GREY #1 (MR)
CARBON GREY #1 CVR B (MR)
CHEW #17 (MR)
DAOMU #2 (MR)
DARKNESS #90 (MR)
HERCULIAN #1
INTREPIDS #1
WALKING DEAD WEEKLY #9 (MR)
PLUS THIS 1 "CRAP FACTOR" TITLE THIS WEEK
MEMOIR #1 (OF 6) 2ND PTG
7 IDW COMICS THIS WEEK
$27.93 is what you'll pay ANYWHERE ELSE
$23.74  is what you'll pay only at Alternate Reality!
$4.18 is what you'll save ALL WEEK LONG!  
ANGEL ILLYRIA #4 (OF 4)
DOCTOR WHO CLASSICS SERIES 4 #2 SEVENTH DOCTOR
GEORGE RR MARTINS DOORWAYS #4 (OF 4)
GI JOE INFESTATION #1 (OF 2)
JOHN BYRNE NEXT MEN #4
LOCKE & KEY KEYS TO THE KINGDOM #5 (OF 6)
LOVE AND CAPES EVER AFTER #2
PLUS THEDE 6 "CRAP FACTOR" TITLES THIS WEEK
ANGEL ILLYRIA #4 (OF 4) 10 COPY INCV
GI JOE INFESTATION #1 (OF 2) 10 COPY INCV (NET)
JOHN BYRNE NEXT MEN #3 10 COPY INCV
JOHN BYRNE NEXT MEN #4 10 COPY INCV
KILLING THE COBRA CHINATOWN TROLLOP #1 10 COPY SGN INCV
LOCKE & KEY KEYS TO THE KINGDOM #5 (OF 6) 10 COPY INCV
5 BOOM! COMICS THIS WEEK
$20.95 is what you'll pay ANYWHERE ELSE
$17.80 is what you'll pay only at Alternate Reality!
$3.14 is what you'll save ALL WEEK LONG!  
CHIP N DALE RESCUE RANGERS #4
DARKWING DUCK ANNUAL #1
DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP #20 (OF 24)
IRREDEEMABLE #23
UNCLE SCROOGE #401
PLUS THESE 1 "CRAP FACTOR" TITLES THIS WEEK
IRREDEEMABLE #23 10 COPY INCV
35 OTHER INDEPENDENT TITLES THIS WEEK
$121.57 is what you'll pay ANYWHERE ELSE.
$103.33
is what you'll pay only at Alternate Reality!
$18.23 is what you'll save ALL WEEK LONG!
ABATTOIR #3 (OF 6) (MR)
ARCHIE #618
AXE COP BAD GUY EARTH #1 (OF 3)
BETTY & VERONICA #252
BODYSNATCHERS #1 (OF 6)
BOYS #52 (MR)
BRING THE THUNDER #3
CHARMED #7 A CVR SEIDMAN
CHARMED #7 B CVR ESQUEJO
COMIC BOOK COMICS #5 (RES)
DAYS MISSING KESTUS #4 (OF 5)
DEAN KOONTZ FRANKENSTEIN PRODIGAL SON VOL 2 #4
EARP SAINTS FOR SINNERS #2 (OF 5) (MR)
ETHAN #2
FEMALE FORCE SARAH PALIN PT 2
GFT MYTHS & LEGENDS #2 A CVR MEDINA
GFT MYTHS & LEGENDS #2 B CVR DEBALFO
GRIMM FAIRY TALES #56 A CVR QUALANO
GRIMM FAIRY TALES #56 B CVR
LENORE VOLUME II #1 REISSUE
LENORE VOLUME II #2
LUCID #4 (OF 4)
ONE #3 (OF 5)
OVERSTREET COMIC BOOK MARKETPLACE #1
OZ WONDERLAND CHRONICLES JACK & CAT TALES #2 (OF 3)
PENNY FOR YOUR SOUL #5 (OF 7) CVR A (MR)
PENNY FOR YOUR SOUL #5 (OF 7) CVR B (MR)
RED SONJA #55
ROUTE DES MAISONS ROUGES #3 (OF 4) (MR)
SKELETON STORY #3 (OF 5)
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #222
TICK NEW SERIES #8
USAGI YOJIMBO #135
WITCHFINDER LOST & GONE FOREVER #2 (OF 5)
WULF #1
PLUS THESE 4 "CRAP FACTOR" TITLES  THIS WEEK
CROSSED FAMILY VALUES #3 (OF 7) SHOPPING CVR (MR)
CROSSED FAMILY VALUES #4 (OF 7) NEW YORK CON ED (MR)
LADY DEATH (ONGOING) #0 REPOSE ED
WULF #1 10 COPY SKETCH INCV
NO ADULT COMIC SHIPPING THIS WEEK
64 NEW NON-COMIC ITEMS ARRIVING THIS WEEK
APPAREL (4)
WONDER WOMAN RAMA BY HUGHES T/S LG
BOBBLE HEADS (5)
HIT GIRL BOBBLE HEAD
KICK ASS BOBBLE HEAD
POP HEROES BATGIRL VINYL FIGURE
RED MIST BOBBLE HEAD
SW CLONE WARS DENAL BOBBLE HEAD
MAGAZINES (27)
ARCHIE & FRIENDS DOUBLE DIGEST #3
ARCHIE DOUBLE DIGEST #216
AVENGER DOUBLE NOVEL VOL 05
BASEBALL AMERICA #1105
CHICAGO MAGAZINE 0311
DISNRY'S FAMILY FUN 0311
DOC SAVAGE DOUBLE NOVEL VOL 45
DOCTOR WHO MONTHLY #430
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY #1147
FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND RETRO #70
GAME TRADE MAGAZINE #133
HIGHLIGHTS FOR CHILDREN #713
HIGHLIGHTS FOR CHILDREN SPECIAL SPRING 2011
HIGHLIGHTS HIGH FIVE #51
LIFE WITH ARCHIE MARRIED LIFE #8
MAD MAGAZINE #508
MARVEL PREVIEWS MARCH 2011
MARVEL SUPER STARS MAGAZINE #1
PLAYBOY 0311
PREVIEWS #270 MARCH 2011
SHADOW DOUBLE NOVEL VOL 46
SHONEN JUMP APRIL 2011
SPORTS ILLUSTRATED SWIMSUIT ISSUE 2011
SUPERNATURAL #23-NEWSTAND EDITION
TABU TATTOO #44
THOR POSTER BOOK
WWE KIDS #27
NO ADULT MAGAZINE SHIPPING THIS WEEK
STATUES (1)
WTWTA MAX & ALEXANDER VCD
TRADES (26)
BATMAN BEYOND HUSH BEYOND TP
BATMAN TIME AND THE BATMAN HC
BILLY BATSON MAGIC SHAZAM MR MIND OVER MATTER TP
BLEACH TP VOL 34
DARK TOWER TREACHERY TP
DUNGEONS & DRAGONS FORGOTTEN REALMS TP VOL 01
HOUSEWIVES AT PLAY GN DO AS YOU'RE TOLD #0 (A)
ICONS DC & WILDSTORM ART OF JIM LEE HC PX ED
INCREDIBLE HULKS TP DARK SON ENIGMA FORCE
JOHN CARTER OF MARS WARLORD OF MARS TP
MMW MIGHTY THOR TP VOL 02
MMW MIGHTY THOR TP VOL 02 DM VAR ED 26
POKEMON ADVENTURES PLATINUM VOL 01
SMURFS GN VOL 05 THE SMURFS AND THE EGG
SPIDER-MAN GRIM HUNT TP
STAR TREK CAPTAINS LOG TP VOL 01
SUPERPATRIOT AMERICAS FIGHTING FORCE TP
TAKIO GN HC
THANOS IMPERATIVE HC
THOR AND LOKI HC BLOOD BROTHERS
THOR FIRST THUNDER TP
THOR TALES OF ASGARD TP COIPEL CVR
VENOM BY DANIEL WAY ULTIMATE COLLECTION TP
WILDCATS VERSION 3.0 YEAR TWO (MR)
WOLVERINE WOLVERINE GOES TO HELL PREM HC
X-MEN FOREVER 2 TP VOL 02 SCREAM A LITTLE SCREAM
WALL ART (1)
FEAR ITSELF BY STUART IMMONEN POSTER
FUN FACT:
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
AF=Action Figure(s)
ANNIV=Anniversary
ASST=Assortment
AUXILIARY ED=The designation Avatar Comics assigns to it's 2nd Prints
BIG=Spiderman "Big" storyline
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
DM=Direct Market (Comic Book Stores only)
ED=Edition
DCU=DC Universe
DLX=Deluxe
FRGTN 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.
O/A=Order Again
PKT=Pocket
PTG=Printing
PX=Previews Exclusive
Reg./Var.=Regular Cover/Variant Cover
(RES)=Re-solicited Item
SC=Soft Cover
SER=Series
TBA=To Be Announced
TKP=Tokyopop
TNG=Referencing Star Trek "THE NEXT GENERATION"
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
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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