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NEW COMIC WEDNESDAY #1291
ALTERING YOUR REALITY  EVERYDAY SINCE 1994!
22 TOTAL ITEMS GO ON SALE 7:00AM WEDNESDAY

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25% OFF OUR KIDS BOOK OF THE WEEK

TANGLED THE SERIES HAIR & NOW #1

IDW PUBLISHING
(W) Katie Cook (A) Eduard Petrovich & Various (CA) Eduard Petrovich, Rosa La Barbera

It's another series of brand-new Tangled stories! Join Rapunzel, Eugene, and all their friends in "The Corona Caper" and "Curtain Call." The final series of Tangled: The Series comics begins this month! All stories are written by fan-favorite Katie Cook! Three more stunning RI covers by Disney artist Gabby Zapata!

COVER PRICE:

 $3.99

ALL WEEK LONG YOU PAY:

 $2.99

SAVE  $2.00 0N THESE BOOKS THIS WEEK!

 25% OFF ALL WEEK LONG  COVER PRICE  YOU SAVE  YOU PAY 
TANGLED THE SERIES HAIR & NOW #1 $3.99  $           1.00  $             2.99
 $                      3.99  $           1.00  $           2.99
     
 25% OFF this other 1st Issue on 041719  COVER PRICE  YOU SAVE  YOU PAY 
PINK PANTHER SURFSIDE SPECIAL #1  $3.99  $           1.00  $             2.99
 $                      7.98  $           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 APRIL 2019: AVENGERS
  AVENGERS at Alternate Reality is going on now and our entire stock of AVENGERS Trade Paperbacks are all discounted...
25% OFF ALL MONTH LONG!
 

Also save this month on...

-THIS WEEKS SHIPPING-

22 NEW/RETURNING ALL AGES ITEMS ARRIVE THIS WEEK

15% OFF ALL OF THE NEW KIDS COMICS BELOW,
EVERYDAY THIS WEEK
(041719-042419) FOR EVERYONE!

TITLE/DESCRIPTION  MSRP 
 NEW ALL AGES COMICS-9  
ADVENTURE TIME MARCY & SIMON #4 (OF 6) MAIN  $3.99
ADVENTURE TIME MARCY & SIMON #4 (OF 6) PREORDER MARCY  $3.99
DISNEY AFTERNOON GIANT #4 $5.99
LUMBERJANES #61 MAIN $3.99
PINK PANTHER SURFSIDE SPECIAL #1 GREENAWALT MISTERJAW CVR $3.99
SCOOBY DOO WHERE ARE YOU #98 $2.99
STAR WARS ADVENTURES #20 CVR A CHARM  $3.99
STAR WARS ADVENTURES #20 CVR B TBD $3.99
TANGLED THE SERIES HAIR & NOW #1 PETROVICH  $3.99
 
 NEW ALL AGES MAGAZINES-3  
ARCHIE JUMBO COMICS DIGEST #298 $6.99
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC KIDS 0419 $4.99
MAD MAGAZINE #7 $5.99
 
 REORDER ALL AGES BOOKS & TRADES-8  
CLASSIC ILLUS REPLICA ED HC ALL QUIET ON WESTERN FRONT   $   12.95
CLASSIC ILLUS REPLICA ED HC LES MISERABLES   $   12.95
CLASSIC ILLUSTRATED REPLICA ED HC JOURNEY TO CENTER OF EARTH  $   12.95
CLASSIC ILLUSTRATED REPLICA ED HC TIME MACHINE   $   12.95
CLASSIC ILLUSTRATED TP ADV TOM SAWYER   $     9.95
CLASSIC ILLUSTRATED TP PRISONER OF ZENDA   $     9.95
CLASSIC ILLUSTRATED TP THROUGH LOOKING GLASS   $     9.95
CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED TP AENEID  $     9.95
 
 NEW ALL AGES TRADES-2  
STAR WARS ADVENTURES TALES FROM VADERS CASTLE TP  $12.99
GO GO POWER RANGERS TP VOL 03  $16.99
   

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)

 
 

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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