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NEW COMIC WEDNESDAY #1256
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31 TOTAL ITEMS GO ON SALE 7:00AM WEDNESDAY

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25% OFF OUR KIDS BOOK OF THE WEEK

BARTMAN`S SPECTACULARY SUPER SECRET SAGA

BONGO COMICS
(W) Max Davison (A) Rex Lindsey (CA) Jason Ho, Nathan Kane

In a sweeping, superhero saga spanning decades (and dozens of pages!), Bartman faces the most mysterious criminal mastermind of his career! Fates will be revealed! Loyalties will be tested! Identities will be mistaken! It's, first and foremost, the latest and greatest Bartman story ever told!

COVER PRICE:

 $7.99

ALL WEEK LONG YOU PAY:

 $5.99

SAVE  $2.00 ON THESE BOOKS THIS WEEK!

 25% OFF ALL WEEK LONG  COVER PRICE  YOU SAVE  YOU PAY 
BARTMAN`S SPECTACULARY SUPER SECRET SAGA  $                       7.99  $           2.00  $             5.99
     

"1st DAY SALE" BOOK OF THE WEEK Titles are 25% OFF only on the FIRST FULL week of their release.
"1st DAY SALE" FIRST ISSUE Titles are 25% OFF only on the first day of their release.
All discounts apply only for one copy of each individual item and only while supplies last.

HERO OF THE MONTH SALE AUGUST 2018: FANTASTIC 4
  FANTASTIC FOUR MONTH at Alternate Reality is going on now and our entire stock of FF Trade Paperbacks are all discounted...
25% OFF ALL MONTH LONG!
 

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-THIS WEEKS SHIPPING-

31 NEW/RETURNING ALL AGES ITEMS ARRIVE THIS WEEK

15% OFF ALL OF THE NEW KIDS COMICS BELOW,
EVERYDAY THIS WEEK
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 NEW ALL AGES COMICS-19  
BARTMAN`S SPECTACULARY SUPER SECRET SAGA  $     7.99
BY NIGHT #3 (OF 12)  $     3.99
CODA #4 (OF 12) MAIN & MIX  $     3.99
DISNEY PIXAR INCREDIBLES 2 #2 CRISIS MIDLIFE & OTHER STORIES  $     3.99
DISNEY PIXAR INCREDIBLES 2 #2 CRISIS MIDLIFE & STORIES JACKS  $     3.99
JIM HENSON BENEATH DARK CRYSTAL #2 (OF 12) MAIN CVR DEWEY  $     3.99
JIM HENSON BENEATH DARK CRYSTAL #2 (OF 12) SUBSCRIP PETERSON  $     3.99
MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS #30 MAIN SG   $     3.99
MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS #30 SUBSCRIPTION GIBSON VAR SG  $     3.99
SCOOBY DOO WHERE ARE YOU #94 (RES)  $     2.99
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #8 CVR A STANLEY   $     3.99
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #8 CVR B DUTREIX   $     3.99
STEVEN UNIVERSE ONGOING #19   $     3.99
STEVEN UNIVERSE ONGOING #19 SUBSCRIPTION LEE VAR   $     3.99
TEEN TITANS GO #29  $     2.99
WALT DISNEY SHOWCASE #6 PHANTOM BLOT CVR A CAVAZZANO  $     3.99
WALT DISNEY SHOWCASE #6 PHANTOM BLOT CVR B FRECCERO   $     3.99
WRAPPED UP #10 CVR A MCMAHON  $     3.99
WRAPPED UP #10 CVR B AURELIANI  $     3.99
 
 REORDER KIDS COMICS-7  
DISNEY FROZEN BREAKING BOUNDARIES #1  $     3.99
DUCKTALES #9 CVR B GHIGLIONE   $     3.99
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #6 CVR B GRAY   $     3.99
STAR TREK DISCOVERY SUCCESSION #4 CVR B PHOTO  $     3.99
STEVEN UNIVERSE ONGOING #13   $     3.99
WRAPPED UP #6 MAIN MCMAHON CVR  $     3.99
WRAPPED UP #7 MAIN MCMAHON CVR  $     3.99
 
 NEW KIDS TRADES-3  
BEST OF ARCHIE AMERICANA TP VOL 03 BRONZE AGE  $     9.99
STAR WARS REBEL RISING SC NOVEL   $     9.99
X-MEN ADVENTURES DIGEST TP  $     9.99
 
 NEW KIDS MAGAZINES-2  
MARVEL COMICS DIGEST #8 SPIDER-MAN & VENOM  $     6.99
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC KIDS 0918  $     4.99
 

COMICBOOKMAN FUN FACT:
ALTERNATE REALITY receives more New Sale Items than any other store in Chicago! Each week anywhere between 225-350 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 Comic/Genre related STUFF every week right here in SHIP-SHAPE!

 

THIS WEEKS LATE LIST

(The following have been pushed back from their original release dates to these new dates)

 VENDOR/TITLE-20 OLD DATE NEW DATE
 ACTION FIGURES, STATUES, MODELS    
CW Gallery: Flash PVC Figure 8/22/2018 8/15/2018
DC Gallery: Superman Comic PVC Figure  8/1/2018 8/29/2018
Ghostbusters 2 Select AF Series 8 Asst. 8/8/2018 8/15/2018
GoT: Daenerys, Mother of Dragons Bust  8/15/2018 8/22/2018
Joseph Linsner Dawn Statue 6/27/2018 8/29/2018
Marvel Gallery: Avengers 3 Thanos PVC Figure 8/8/2018 9/12/2018
Marvel Gallery: Rogue Savage Land Comic PVC Figure 8/1/2018 9/12/2018
Marvel Gallery: Taco Truck Deadpool PVC Figure 8/1/2018 8/29/2018
One:12 Collective: Marvel PX Defenders Doctor Strange AF 5/30/2018 8/15/2018
     
 BOOKS & TRADES    
He Man & the Masters of the Universe Omnibus HC 2/6/2019 2/20/2019
Hunt for Wolverine HC 10/10/2018 10/17/2018
Impulse by Mark Waid & Humberto Ramos Omnibus HC 10/17/2018 11/7/2018
Mister Miracle TP (MR) 1/16/2019 11/14/2018
Powers TP Book 1 New Ed. (MR) 10/10/2018 10/24/2018
Sex Criminals TP Vol. 5: Five-Fingered Discount (MR) 8/8/2018 8/22/2018
United States of Murder Inc. TP Vol. 1: Truth (MR) 9/26/2018 10/10/2018
     
 COMICS    
Batgirl #26 Std./Var. 8/22/2018 8/29/2018
Justice League Odyssey #1 Std./Vars. 8/29/2018 9/26/2018
Mister Miracle #11 (MR) Std./Var. 8/22/2018 8/29/2018
Punisher #4 Reg./Vars. 10/31/2018 11/21/2018
   
 

ABBREVIATIONS KEY TO THIS PAGE

"What does it mean above when it sez...."

2ND PTG VAR=Second Printing Variant
AF=Action Figure(s)
ANMN=All New Marvel Now
ANNIV=Anniversary
AOD=Army Of Darkness
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
COLL MAG=Collector's Magazine
CURR PRTG=Current Printing
CVR=Cover
DM=Direct Market (Comic Book Stores only)
DCU=DC Universe
DLX=Deluxe
ED=Edition
EXE=Exclusive
FIG=Figure
FRGTN RLMS=Forgotten Realms
GN=Graphic Novel
GORE=Gory cover image
HC=Hard Cover
INCV=Incentive Cover
LEG= Legacy as in Marvel Legacy
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
MTME=Transformers More Than Meets the Eye
(MR)=Mature Readers, this item is NOT intended for younger or more sensitive readers.
N52=DC's New 52
NBA=National Basketball Association

NBA=National Basketball Association
NFL=National Football League
NHL=National Hockey League
NOTE PRICE=Price differs from this titles regular price.
NOW=Marvel NOW!
O/A=Order Again
PKT=Pocket
PTG=Printing
PX=Previews Exclusive
Reg./Var.=Regular Cover/Variant Cover
(RES)=Re-solicited Item
RI VARIANT=a Retailer Incentive Variant cover
RID=Transformers Robots In Disguise
SC=Soft Cover
SE=Secret Empire
SGN=Signed
SER=Series
STD ED=Standard Edition
SUB=Subscription as is variant Subscription Cover
SUB VAR=Subscription Variant
TBA=To Be Announced
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

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: "0309" means March, 2009. "1211" means December, 2011...

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