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NEW COMIC WEDNESDAY #1283
ALTERING YOUR REALITY  EVERYDAY SINCE 1994!
26 TOTAL ITEMS GO ON SALE 7:00AM WEDNESDAY

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-THIS WEEKS STORE SALES-

25% OFF OUR KIDS BOOK OF THE WEEK

CASPERS GHOSTLAND #2

AMERICAN MYTHOLOGY PRODUCTIONS
(W) Pat Shand, Mike Wolfer (A/CA) Eric Shanower

Everyone's favorite friendly ghost is back and trying to keep his pals on the straight and narrow. But when your best friends are a mischievous witch and a little devil, you've got your ghostly hands full with the task! Get your giggles on with Todd Clark and Rodolfo Mutuverria in the hilarious story, "What Goes Up!"

COVER PRICE:

 $3.99

ALL WEEK LONG YOU PAY:

 $2.99

SAVE  $1.00 0N THIS BOOK THIS WEEK!

 25% OFF ALL WEEK LONG  COVER PRICE  YOU SAVE  YOU PAY 
CASPERS GHOSTLAND #2 MAIN CVR  $                       3.99  $           1.00  $             2.99
 $                      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 FEBRUARY 2019: WALKING DEAD
  WALKING DEAD MONTH at Alternate Reality is going on now and our entire stock of WALKING DEAD Trade Paperbacks are all discounted...
25% OFF ALL MONTH LONG!
 

Also save this month on...

-THIS WEEKS SHIPPING-

26 NEW/RETURNING ALL AGES ITEMS ARRIVE THIS WEEK

15% OFF ALL OF THE NEW KIDS COMICS BELOW,
EVERYDAY THIS WEEK
(022019-022619) FOR EVERYONE!

 NEW ALL AGES COMICS-16  
ADVENTURE TIME MARCY & SIMON #2 (OF 6) MAIN   $     3.99
ADVENTURE TIME MARCY & SIMON #2 (OF 6) PREORDER MARCY   $     3.99
ADVENTURE TIME MARCY & SIMON #2 (OF 6) PREORDER SIMON  $     3.99
CASPERS GHOSTLAND #2 MAIN CVR  $     3.99
CASPERS GHOSTLAND #2 MOUNT GHOSTMORE CVR  $     3.99
DUCKTALES #18 CVR A GHIGLIONE STELLA  $     3.99
JIM HENSON BENEATH DARK CRYSTAL #7 (OF 12) MAIN CVR DEWEY  $     3.99
JIM HENSON BENEATH DARK CRYSTAL #7 (OF 12) PREORDER PETERSEN  $     3.99
LUMBERJANES #59 MAIN  $     3.99
LUMBERJANES #59 PREORDER PEER VAR  $     3.99
RAINBOW BRITE #4 CVR A GANUCHEAU  $     3.99
RAINBOW BRITE #4 CVR B CLASSIC  $     3.99
SCOOBY DOO WHERE ARE YOU #97  $     2.99
STAR WARS ADVENTURES #18 CVR A CHARM   $     3.99
STAR WARS ADVENTURES #18 CVR B FLOREAN   $     3.99
UNCLE SCROOGE #42 MAZZARELLO   $     3.99
 
 NEW ALL AGES MAGAZINES-3  
ARCHIE AND ME JUMBO COMICS DIGEST #15  $     6.99
ARCHIE MILESTONES DIGEST #1  $     6.99
MAD MAGAZINE #6  $     5.99
 
 REORDER ALL AGES BOOKS & TRADES-1  
KINGDOM HEARTS II TP VOL 02 NEW PTG   $   20.00
 
 NEW ALL AGES TRADES-6  
DISNEY PIXARS INCREDIBLES 2 TP VOL 01 CRISIS MIDLIFE & OTHER  $   10.99
KIM POSSIBLE ADVENTURES MOZZARELLO   $     9.99
MARVEL POWERS OF A GIRL HC  $   16.99
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG TP VOL 02 FATE DR EGGMAN   $   15.99
UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL 2 FUZZY 2 FURIOUS SC   $     7.99
WORLD OF READING THIS IS CAPT MARVEL YR SC   $     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-25 OLD DATE NEW DATE
ACTION FIGURES, STATUES, MODELS    
DC Essentials: Harley Quinn AF 3/27/2019 2/27/2019
DC Essentials: Nightwing AF 3/27/2019 2/27/2019
John Wick 2 Gallery PVC Figure 2/20/2019 3/27/2019
Kingdom Hearts 3 Select: Maleficent & Sora AF  4/24/2019 3/27/2019
X-Men EAA-066SP: Wolverine PX AF Special Edition Ver.  2/27/2019 3/20/2019
X-Men EAA-067: Cyclops PX AF 2/27/2019 3/20/2019
     
BOOKS & TRADES    
Deadly Class TP Vol. 2: Kids of the Black Hole (New Ptg.) (MR) 2/20/2019 3/6/2019
Deadly Class TP Vol. 4: Die for Me (New Ptg.) 2/20/2019 3/6/2019
Batman: Damned HC 6/12/2019 9/4/2019
Batman: Death of the Family Saga DC Essential Ed. TP (RES) 3/27/2019 4/10/2019
Dear Justice League TP 6/26/2019 7/31/2019
Iceman and His Amazing Friends TP 3/27/2019 4/3/2019
Justice League of America: The Bronze Age TP Vol. 1 3/27/2019 4/10/2019
Marvel Universe Super Heroes TP Museum Exhibit Guide 3/13/2019 3/27/2019
Ninja-K TP Vol. 3: Fallout 2/20/2019 2/27/2019
No Game No Life Light Novel SC Vol. 8 2/13/2019 3/20/2019
X-O Manowar (2017) Matt Kindt Dlx. HC Vol. 1 4/10/2019 3/20/2019
     
COMICS    
Cover #6 (MR) Std./Var. 2/27/2019 3/13/2019
Doctor Strange #12 Reg./Vars. 3/6/2019 3/27/2019
Doctor Strange #13 Reg./Vars. 4/3/2019 4/24/2019
Doomsday Clock #9 Std./Var. 2/20/2019 2/27/2019
Marvel Action: Spider-Man #2 2/20/2019 2/27/2019
Sideways #13 2/20/2019 2/27/2019
Uncanny X-Men: Winter's End #1 Reg./Vars. 2/27/2019 3/6/2019
Ziggy Pig/Silly Seal Comics #1 Reg./Vars. 2/27/2019 3/6/2019
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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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