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174 NEW ITEMS
ON SALE THIS
WEDNESDAY
OCTOBER 12th, 2011

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X-MEN REGENESIS #1

MARVEL COMICS
Written by KIERON GILLEN
Penciled by BILLY TAN
Cover by CHRIS BACHALO
Variant Cover by MORRY HOLLOWELL
When the dust settles from the X-Men's Schism, a line has been drawn, and every mutant must choose. Who will they follow - XXXXXX or Wolverine? Either way, with mutantkind cut in two, things will never be the same. Setting the stage for this month's WOLVERINE & THE X-MEN #1 and November's all-new UNCANNY X-MEN #1, Kieron Gillen (UNCANNY X-MEN, JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY) and Billy Tan (UNCANNY X-FORCE, NEW AVENGERS) take us through the ranks of the X-Men as they choose their destiny.
40 PGS./One-Shot/Rated T+

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  THIS WEEKS HIGHLIGHTS

TOP 10 COMICS FOR THIS WEEK
BASED ON OUR ORDERING

  1) BATMAN AND ROBIN #2
  2) GREEN LANTERN #2
  3) X-MEN REGENESIS #1
  4) ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #3
  5) AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #671 SPI
  6) NEW AVENGERS #17
  7) ULTIMATE COMICS X-MEN #2
  8) BATGIRL #2
  9) BATWOMAN #2
10) FF #10

BONUS! HERE'S 11 thru 20
11) UNCANNY X-FORCE #16
12) SUPERBOY #2
13) DEATHSTROKE #2
14) SUICIDE SQUAD #2
15)  X-MEN LEGACY #257

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DC COMICS PRESENTS BATMAN BLINK #1
DC COMICS PRESENTS JLA AGE OF WONDER #1
DEAD RISING ROAD TO FORTUNE #1 (OF 4)
DREAM REAVERS #1 (OF 4)
ESCAPE FROM PLANET O/T DEAD
HAUNTED CITY #1
JOHN CARTER OF MARS WORLD OF MARS #1 (OF 5)
KULL THAT CAT & THE SKULL #1 (OF 4) CHEN CVR
LEGION OF MONSTERS #1 (OF 4)
MY GREATEST ADVENTURE #1 (OF 6)
ORCHID #1
PILOT SEASON CITY OF REFUGE #1
SHADE #1 (OF 12)
UNEXPECTED #1 (MR)
X-MEN EVOLUTIONS #1
X-MEN REGENESIS #1
  REGULARLY SCHEDULED STORE SALES
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TITLE/DESCRIPTION

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COMICS (4)
JOHN CARTER OF MARS WORLD OF MARS #1 (OF 5) $3.99 $2.39
LEGION OF MONSTERS #1 (OF 4) $3.99 $2.39
SHADE #1 (OF 12) $2.99 $1.79
X-MEN REGENESIS #1 (40% OFF ALL WEEK!) $3.99 $2.39
TRADES (3)
100 BULLETS HC BOOK 01 $49.99 $29.99
DOCTOR STRANGE TP STRANGE TALES $29.99 $17.99
ULTIMATE COMICS AVENGERS BLADE VS AVENGERS TP $19.99 $11.99
TOTAL $114.93 $68.95

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HEROES OF THE MONTH: HALLOWEEN HEROES
    SWAMP THING, HELLBLAZER, GHOST RIDER, MARVEL ZOMBIES & HELLBOY  all of these 5 "Halloween Heroes" Trade Paperbacks are 25% OFF ALL MONTH LONG!  
125 TOTAL NEW COMICS ARRIVING THIS WEEK
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23 MARVEL COMICS THIS WEEK
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$67.80 is what you'll pay only at Alternate Reality!
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ALL WINNERS SQUAD BAND OF HEROES #5 (OF 8)
ALPHA FLIGHT #5
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #671 SPI
BLACK PANTHER MOST DANGEROUS MAN ALIVE #524 SPI
DAKEN DARK WOLVERINE #15
FEAR ITSELF HULK VS DRACULA #3 (OF 3) FEAR
FF #10
GENERATION HOPE #12
GHOST RIDER #4 FEAR
JOHN CARTER OF MARS WORLD OF MARS #1 (OF 5)
LEGION OF MONSTERS #1 (OF 4)
NEW AVENGERS #17
PUNISHER #4
PUNISHERMAX #18 (MR)
SHIELD #3 (OF 6)
STAND NIGHT HAS COME #3 (OF 6)
SUPER HEROES #19
ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #3
ULTIMATE COMICS X-MEN #2
UNCANNY X-FORCE #16
X-MEN EVOLUTIONS #1
X-MEN LEGACY #257
X-MEN REGENESIS #1
PLUS THESE 4 "CRAP FACTOR" TITLES THIS WEEK
NEW AVENGERS #17 MARVEL COMICS 50TH ANNIV VAR
SHIELD #3 HISTORICAL WEAVER VAR (OF 6)
UNCANNY X-FORCE #16 MARVEL COMICS 50TH ANNIV VAR
X-MEN REGENESIS #1 HOLLOWELL VAR
22 DC COMICS THIS WEEK
$81.78 is what you'll pay ANYWHERE ELSE
$69.51 is what you'll pay only at Alternate Reality!
$12.26 is what you'll save ALL WEEK LONG!  
ALL NEW BATMAN THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #12
AMERICAN VAMPIRE SURVIVAL OT FITTEST #5 (OF 5) (MR)
BATGIRL #2
BATMAN AND ROBIN #2
BATWOMAN #2
DC COMICS PRESENTS BATMAN BLINK #1
DC COMICS PRESENTS JLA AGE OF WONDER #1
DEATHSTROKE #2
DEMON KNIGHTS #2
FRANKENSTEIN AGENT OF SHADE #2
GREEN LANTERN #2
GRIFTER #2
LEGION LOST #2
MISTER TERRIFIC #2
MY GREATEST ADVENTURE #1 (OF 6)
NORTHLANDERS #45 (MR)
RESURRECTION MAN #2
SHADE #1 (OF 12)
SUICIDE SQUAD #2
SUPERBOY #2
UNEXPECTED #1 (MR)
UNWRITTEN #30 (MR)
PLUS THESE 17 "CRAP FACTOR" TITLES THIS WEEK
ACTION COMICS #1 3RD PTG
BATGIRL #1 3RD PTG
BATMAN AND ROBIN #1 2ND PTG
BATWOMAN #1 2ND PTG
DEATHSTROKE #1 2ND PTG
DEMON KNIGHTS #1 2ND PTG
FRANKENSTEIN AGENT OF SHADE #1 2ND PTG
GREEN LANTERN #1 2ND PTG
GREEN LANTERN #2 VAR ED
GRIFTER #1 2ND PTG
LEGION LOST #1 2ND PTG
MISTER TERRIFIC #1 2ND PTG
RESURRECTION MAN #1 2ND PTG
SHADE #1 (OF 12) VAR ED
SUICIDE SQUAD #1 2ND PTG
SUPERBOY #1 2ND PTG
UNEXPECTED #1 VAR ED (MR)
9 IMAGE COMICS THIS WEEK
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BLUE ESTATE #6 (MR)
CBLDF LIBERTY ANNUAL 2011 #4 CVR A CASSADAY
CBLDF LIBERTY ANNUAL 2011 #4 CVR B WAGNER
MORNING GLORIES #13 (MR)
PIGS #2
PILOT SEASON CITY OF REFUGE #1
SUPER DINOSAUR #5
WALKING DEAD WEEKLY #41 (MR)
WHO IS JAKE ELLIS #5 (MR)
9 DARK HORSE COMICS THIS WEEK
$27.98 is what you'll pay ANYWHERE ELSE
$23.78 is what you'll pay only at Alternate Reality!
$4.19 is what you'll save ALL WEEK LONG!  
BALTIMORE CURSE BELLS #3
BTVS SEASON 9 FREEFALL #2 JEANTY VAR CVR
BTVS SEASON 9 FREEFALL #2 MORRIS CVR
DOLLHOUSE EPITAPHS #4 (OF 5) PHIL NOTO CVR
KULL THAT CAT & THE SKULL #1 (OF 4) CHEN CVR
ORCHID #1 CARNEVALE CVR
ORCHID #1 FAIREY VAR CVR
STAR WARS INVASION REVELATIONS #4 (OF 5)
STAR WARS OLD REPUBLIC #5 (OF 5) LOST SUNS
PLUS THIS 2 "CRAP FACTOR" TITLE THIS WEEK
DOLLHOUSE EPITAPHS #4 (OF 5) HANS VAR CVR INCV
KULL THAT CAT & THE SKULL #1 (OF 4) HANS VAR CVR
6 DYNAMITE COMICS THIS WEEK
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$20.34 is what you'll pay only at Alternate Reality!
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GARTH ENNIS JENNIFER BLOOD #5 (MR)
LIVING CORPSE EXHUMED #3 (OF 6)
ROBERT JORDAN WHEEL OF TIME EYE O/T WORLD #14
VAMPIRELLA #10
WAREHOUSE 13 #2
WARLORD OF MARS FALL OF BARSOOM #3
PLUS THESE 5 "CRAP FACTOR" TITLES THIS WEEK
GARTH ENNIS JENNIFER BLOOD #5 10 COPY BRADSTREET VIRGIN INCV
GARTH ENNIS JENNIFER BLOOD #5 15 COPY BRADSTREET NEG INCV (N
KIRBY GENESIS #3 20 COPY ROSS ACETATE INCV
VAMPIRELLA #10 15 COPY NEVES B&W INCV (NET)
WARLORD OF MARS FALL OF BARSOOM #3 15 COPY JUSKO B&W INCV (N
24 OTHER INDY TITLES THIS WEEK
$91.27 is what you'll pay ANYWHERE ELSE.
$77.57 is what you'll pay only at Alternate Reality!
$13.69 is what you'll save ALL WEEK LONG!
BLACK POWDER #1 (OF 6) (MR)
CRITTER #3 (OF 4)
DEAD RISING ROAD TO FORTUNE #1 (OF 4)
DREAM REAVERS #1 (OF 4)
DUCKTALES #5
ELRIC THE BALANCE LOST #4
ESCAPE FROM PLANET O/T DEAD
GHOSTBUSTERS ONGOING #2
GLAMOURPUSS #21
GOLD DIGGER SWIMSUIT SPECIAL #21
HAUNTED CITY #1 CVR A RYAN
HAUNTED CITY #1 CVR B BENITEZ
HELLRAISER #6 (MR)
INDIE COMICS MAGAZINE #3 (MR)
INFESTATION OUTBREAK #4 (OF 4)
IRREDEEMABLE #30
JOE HILL THE CAPE #2 (OF 4)
JURASSIC PARK DANGEROUS GAMES #2 (OF 5)
MEGA MAN #6
RICHELLE MEAD DARK SWAN #3 (OF 4) STORM BORN (MR)
STAN LEE STARBORN #11
VERONICA #209 (VERONICA PRESENTS KEVIN KELLER #3)
VERONICA #209 (VERONICA PRESENTS KEVIN KELLER #3) VAR CVR
VIC BOONE #2 (MR)
PLUS THESE 4 "CRAP FACTOR" TITLES  THIS WEEK
CDEAD RISING ROAD TO FORTUNE #1 (OF 4) 10 COPY INCV
ELRIC THE BALANCE LOST #4 10 COPY INCV
JOE HILL THE CAPE #2 (OF 4) 10 COPY INCV
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES ONGOING #2 2ND
  49 NEW NON-COMIC ITEMS ARRIVING THIS WEEK
APPAREL (1)
BATMAN WHITEOUT WHITE T/S XL
BOOKS (1)
VAMPIRE HUNTER D NOVEL VOL 17 TYRANTS STARS 3 & 4
MAGAZINES (20)
AMERICAN ARTIST FALL 2011
ATLANTIS RISING #90
COIN WORLD #2686
COOK'S ILLUSTRATED #113
DRAW #21
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY #1175
FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND #258
FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND RETRO #71
FILMFAX #128
GIRASOL PULP DOUBLES THE SPIDER VOL 21
LOCUS #609
OPRAH #12.11
REVOLVER 1211
RUE MORGUE #116
SUPERNATURAL #28 NEWSTAND EDITION
TABU TATTOO #46
THE LAB MAGAZINE #4
WORLD OF ARCHIE DOUBLE DIGEST #11
WRESTLER #44.63
WRITER #124.11
STATUES (1)
INDIGO LANTERN 1/4 SCALE POWER BATTERY & RING PROP
TRADES (25)
100 BULLETS HC BOOK 01 (MR)
BATMAN ARKHAM CITY HC
BATMAN LIFE AFTER DEATH TP
BIRDS OF PREY HC VOL 02 DEATH OF ORACLE
CHIP N DALE RESCUE RANGERS TP SLIPPIN THROUGH THE CRACKS
DOCTOR STRANGE TP STRANGE TALES
DRACULA COMPANY OF MONSTERS TP VOL 03
GI JOE V2 ONGOING TP VOL 01 COBRA CIVIL WAR
HAPPINESS IS A WARM BLANKET CHARLIE BROWN TP
JUSTICE LEAGUE GENERATION LOST HC VOL 02
MARVEL FIRSTS 1960S TP
NEW MUTANTS PREM HC UNFINISHED BUSINESS
NEW X-MEN BY GRANT MORRISON GN TP BOOK 06
PHINEAS & FERB EARLY COMIC READER #6 BEAK STRIKES
PUNISHERMAX PREM HC FRANK
STAN LEE SOLDIER ZERO TP VOL 02
STAR WARS THE CLONE WARS STRANGE ALLIES TP
SUPERMAN MON EL TP VOL 02 MAN OF VALOR
SUPERMAN NIGHTWING AND FLAMEBIRD TP VOL 02
TWILIGHT MANGA GN VOL 02 (OF 2)
ULTIMATE COMICS AVENGERS BLADE VS AVENGERS TP
VICTORIAN UNDEAD II TP SHERLOCK HOLMES VS DRACULA
WARLORD OF MARS TP
WARRIORS THREE TP DOG DAY AFTERNOON
X-MEN LEGACY LOST LEGIONS PREM HC
WALL ART (1)
WOLVERINE AND X-MEN BY NICK BRADSHAW OVERSIZED POSTER
COMICBOOKMAN FUN FACT:
ALTERNATE REALITY receives more New Sale Items than any other store in Chicago! Each week anywhere between 175-250 brand new and re-order 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 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)
DOSM=Marvel's "Death of Spider Man" Event
ED=Edition
DCU=DC Universe
DLX=Deluxe
FEAR=Marvel's "Fear Itself" Event
FRGTN RLMS=Forgotten Realms
GN=Graphic Novel
GORE=Gory cover image
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
SPI=Marvel's "Spider Island" storyline
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=Wraparound cover
XL=Extra Large

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