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NEW COMIC WEDNESDAY #1257
ALTERING YOUR REALITY  EVERYDAY SINCE 1994!
61 TOTAL ITEMS GO ON SALE 7:00AM WEDNESDAY

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25% OFF OUR KIDS BOOK OF THE WEEK

PINK PANTHER PRESENTS ANT & AARDVARK #1

AMERICAN MYTHOLOGY PRODUCTIONS
(W) Mike Wolfer (A/CA) Jeff Scherer

Everyone's favorite odd couple of cartoons step into the limelight for the first time! Join us for the crazy escapades of Ant and the relentless Aardvark in Pink Panther Presents: The Ant & The Aardvark #1 comes with three covers - Main Ant Flavored & Blue Hippy Covers by Jeff Scherer, and a Flashback Animation Limited Edition Cover!

COVER PRICE:

 $3.99

ALL WEEK LONG YOU PAY:

 $2.99

SAVE  $1.00 ON THIS BOOK THIS WEEK!

 25% OFF ALL WEEK LONG  COVER PRICE  YOU SAVE  YOU PAY 
PINK PANTHER PRESENTS THE ANT & THE AARDVARK #1   $                       3.99  $           1.00  $             2.99
     

"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!
 

Also save this month on...

-THIS WEEKS SHIPPING-

61 NEW/RETURNING ALL AGES ITEMS ARRIVE THIS WEEK

15% OFF ALL OF THE NEW KIDS COMICS BELOW,
EVERYDAY THIS WEEK
(082218-082818) FOR EVERYONE!

AMAZING WORLD OF GUMBALL GRAB BAG 2018  $     7.99
BY NIGHT #3 (OF 12)  $     3.99
CODA #4 (OF 12) MAIN & MIX  $     3.99
DUCKTALES #11 CVR A GHIGLIONE   $     3.99
DUCKTALES #11 CVR B GHIGLIONE  $     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
JIM HENSON LABYRINTH CORONATION #6 (OF 12)  $     3.99
JIM HENSON LABYRINTH CORONATION #6 (OF 12) SUBSCRIPTION TAKE  $     3.99
LUMBERJANES #53  $     3.99
LUMBERJANES #53 SUBSCRIPTION DOZERDRAWS VAR  $     3.99
MARVEL SUPER HERO ADVENTURES INFERNO #1  $     3.99
MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS #30 MAIN SG   $     3.99
MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS #30 SUBSCRIPTION GIBSON VAR SG  $     3.99
PINK PANTHER PRESENTS THE ANT & THE AARDVARK #1 BLUE HIPPY C  $     3.99
PINK PANTHER PRESENTS THE ANT & THE AARDVARK #1 SCHERER ANT  $     3.99
REGULAR SHOW 25 YEARS LATER #3  $     3.99
REGULAR SHOW 25 YEARS LATER #3 SUBSCRIPTION BECK VAR   $     3.99
SCOOBY DOO TEAM UP #41  $     2.99
STEVEN UNIVERSE ONGOING #19   $     3.99
STEVEN UNIVERSE ONGOING #19 SUBSCRIPTION LEE VAR   $     3.99
 
 REORDER KIDS COMICS-2  
GO GO POWER RANGERS #12 MAIN & MIX SG  $     3.99
LUMBERJANES MIDSUMMER NIGHTS SCHEME #1 SUB WILLIAMS VAR  $     7.99
 
 NEW KIDS TRADES-6  
DC SUPER HEROES ORIGIN YR SC BATMAN  $     4.95
DINOSAUR EXPLORERS GN VOL 01 PREHISTORIC PIONEERS  $   12.99
GEEKY FAB FIVE GN VOL 01 ITS NOT ROCKET SCIENCE   $   12.99
MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS LOST CHRONICLES TP VOL 01   $   16.99
MY FIRST 100 BATMAN WORDS BOARD BOOK   $     7.99
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG VOL 01 FALLOUT TP   $   15.99
 
 REORDER KIDS BOOKS & TRADES-31  
CODENAME SAILOR V TP VOL 01   $   10.99
DRAGON BALL 3IN1 TP VOL 01   $   14.99
DRAGON BALL SHONEN J ED GN VOL 10 (CURR PTG)   $     9.99
HELLO KITTY GN ITS ABOUT TIME  $     7.99
KINGDOM HEARTS II TP VOL 01 NEW PTG   $   20.00
LEGEND OF ZELDA GN VOL 01 (OF 10) OCARINA TIME PT 1  $     9.99
LEGEND OF ZELDA GN VOL 03 (OF 10) MAJORAS MASK  $     9.99
LEGEND OF ZELDA GN VOL 05 (OF 10) ORACLE OF AGES  $     9.99
POKEMON ADV BLACK & WHITE GN VOL 04   $     9.99
POKEMON ADV BLACK & WHITE GN VOL 05   $     9.99
POKEMON ADV BLACK & WHITE GN VOL 06   $     9.99
POKEMON ADV BLACK & WHITE GN VOL 09   $     9.99
POKEMON ADV PLATINUM GN VOL 05 (CURR PTG)  $     9.99
POKEMON ADV PLATINUM GN VOL 06 (CURR PTG)  $     9.99
POKEMON ADV PLATINUM GN VOL 08   $     9.99
POKEMON ADV PLATINUM GN VOL 11   $     9.99
POKEMON ADVENTURES GN VOL 17 RUBY SAPPHIRE  $     9.99
POKEMON ADVENTURES GN VOL 21 RUBY SAPPHIRE   $     9.99
POKEMON ADVENTURES GN VOL 25 FIRERED LEAFGREEN  $     9.99
POKEMON BLACK & WHITE GN VOL 04  $     4.99
POKEMON BLACK & WHITE GN VOL 05  $     4.99
POKEMON BLACK & WHITE GN VOL 15  $     4.99
POKEMON BLACK & WHITE GN VOL 17   $     4.99
POKEMON BLACK & WHITE GN VOL 20   $     4.99
POKEMON DIAMOND & PEARL ADVENTURE GN VOL 05  $     9.99
POKEMON POCKET COMICS LEGENDARY POKEMON GN   $     9.99
POKEMON XY GN VOL 03   $     4.99
POKEMON XY GN VOL 04   $     4.99
SAILOR MOON SHORT STORIES VOL 01  $   10.99
SAILOR MOON TP KODANSHA ED VOL 04   $   10.99
SAILOR MOON TP KODANSHA ED VOL 09   $   10.99
 
 NEW KIDS MAGAZINES-1  
WORLD OF ARCHIE JUMBO COMICS DIGEST #81  $     6.99
 

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-13 OLD DATE NEW DATE
ACTION FIGURES, STATUES, MODELS    
Marvel Gallery: Avengers 3 Thanos PVC Figure 9/12/2018 9/19/2018
Yuri on Ice: Yuri Plisetsky Nendoroid AF Casual Ver. 8/29/2018 9/19/2018
     
BOOKS & TRADES    
Doctor Who: Women Who Lived Goodnight Stories HC  12/26/2018 10/31/2018
Femme Magnifique TP 9/5/2018 8/29/2018
Suicide Squad Unwrapped by Jim Lee HC 10/3/2018 10/17/2018
     
COMICS    
Catwoman #3 Std./Var. 9/5/2018 9/12/2018
Catwoman #4 Foil/Var. 10/3/2018 10/10/2018
Lady Mechanika: Dame Sans Merci #2  8/15/2018 8/29/2018
Mister Miracle #11 Std./Var. (MR) 8/29/2018 9/12/2018
Mister Miracle #12 Std./Var. (MR) 10/10/2018 10/24/2018
Peter Parker: Spectacular Spider-Man #309 9/5/2018 9/12/2018
Peter Parker: Spectacular Spider-Man #310 9/19/2018 9/26/2018
Rick & Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons #1 Cvrs. A/B 8/22/2018 8/29/2018
   
 

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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