ALTERNATE REALITY, serving Chicago comic fandom since 1978  That's over 40 years of service!                                                                                                    We started at the Comicbook Emporium in February of 1978, Five & Dime Comics from 1983 to 1994 and Alternate Reality ever since, thats over 40 years of serving Chicago South Side Comic Fandom                                                                   SAVINGS! SERVICE! SELECTION! HISTORY! We have it all!

170 NEW ITEMS
 ON SALE THIS WEDNESDAY
JUNE 6th, 2007

MYSTIC ARCANA BOOK OF MARVEL MAGIC

Written by DAVID SEXTON, MADISON CARTER, MICHAEL HOSKIN, JEFF CHRISTIANSEN, ERIC J. MOREELS, RONALD BYRD, CHAD ANDERSON & STUART VANDAL
 Cover by MARKO DJURDJEVIC
Gaze into a crystal ball...consult the stars...or obsess over leftover tea leaves. All signs point to the imminent arrival of the latest and most mesmerizing addition to the OFFICIAL HANDBOOK series! This volume includes in-depth bios on the miraculous mixture of mighty mystics (Zhered Na, the Shadow Queen) and mysterious misfits (Papa Shorty and Pro-Rata!) that make up the magnificent menagerie of marvel magic!
 64 PGS./Rated T+

CRYSTAL BALLING

WHAT IF we looked into the crystal ball and JUST IMAGINED next week's shipping!

REORDERS

Get the full list  of what SOLD OUT items are coming back in this week!

OUT OF PRINT

Eventually everything sells out, find out what's expired this week!

KIDS CORNER

Over a dozen new comics, magazines & books for ALL ages this week!
1st DAY SALE TITLES FOR THIS WEEK ONLY
(40% OFF ALL THESE BRAND NEW TITLES ON THIS WEDNESDAY ONLY!)

SAVE $11.57 ON THESE 6 TITLES THIS WEDNESDAY ONLY!

TITLE/DESCRIPTION MSRP 1ST DAY PRICE
CIVIL WAR MARVEL UNIVERSE TP $11.99 $7.19
DAREDEVIL BATTLIN JACK MURDOCK #1 $3.99 $2.39
INQUEST GAMER #147 $1.99 $1.19
MYSTIC ARCANA BOOK OF MARVEL MAGIC $3.99 $2.39
NEW WARRIORS #1 CWI $2.99 $1.79
WITCHBLADE PUNISHER $3.99 $2.39

TOTAL

$28.94 $17.34

Minimum $5.00 purchase of ANYTHING in the store is required to receive your "1st DAY DALE" discount on any/all of these items. "1st DAY SALE" prices are good only for the date listed, only for one copy of each item and only while supplies last.

96 NEW COMICS ARRIVING THIS WEEK
15% OFF ALL THESE NEW COMICS, EVERYDAY THIS WEEK FOR EVERYONE!
20 MARVEL COMICS THIS WEEK
$68.80 is what you'll pay at ANY OTHER store.
$58.48
is what you'll pay only at Alternate Reality!
$10.32 is what you'll save ALL WEEK LONG!
AVENGERS INITIATIVE #3 CWI
DAREDEVIL BATTLIN JACK MURDOCK #1 (OF 4)
DARK TOWER GUNSLINGER BORN #5 (OF 7)
GHOST RIDER TRAIL OF TEARS #5 (OF 6)
HULK AND POWER PACK #4 (OF 4)
IRON MAN #18 CWI
IRREDEEMABLE ANT-MAN #9
LONERS #3 (OF 6)
MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN #28
MARVEL ZOMBIES ARMY OF DARKNESS #4 (OF 5)
MS MARVEL #16 CWI
MYSTIC ARCANA BOOK OF MARVEL MAGIC
NEW WARRIORS #1 CWI
OMEGA FLIGHT #3 CWI (OF 5)
PUNISHER #48 (MR)
SPIDER-MAN FAMILY #3
SPIDER-MAN LOVES MARY JANE #19
ULTIMATE MARVEL FLIP MAGAZINE #26
ULTIMATE TALES FLIP MAGAZINE #26
UNCANNY X-MEN #487
18 DC COMICS THIS WEEK
$52.34 is what you'll pay at ANY OTHER store.
$44.48 is what you'll pay only at Alternate Reality!
$7.85 is what you'll save ALL WEEK LONG!
ALL NEW ATOM #12
BIRDS OF PREY #107
COUNTDOWN 47
DANGER GIRL BODY SHOTS #3 (OF 4)
DETECTIVE COMICS #833
EXTERMINATORS #18 (MR)
JACK OF FABLES #11 (MR)
JONAH HEX #20
JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED #34
LOONEY TUNES #151
MIDNIGHTER #8
NIGHTWING #133
OUTSIDERS #48
SCALPED #6 (MR)
SUPERGIRL #18
SUPERMAN #663
SUPERNATURAL ORIGINS #2
WELCOME TO TRANQUILITY #7
14 IMAGE COMICS THIS WEEK
$43.35 is what you'll pay at ANY OTHER store.
$36.84 is what you'll pay only at Alternate Reality!
$6.50 is what you'll save ALL WEEK LONG!
ALIEN PIG FARM #2 (OF 4) (MR)
DARKNESS LEVEL 4 DALE KEOWN CVR A
DARKNESS LEVEL 4 STJEPAN SEJIC CVR B
DYNAMO 5 #4
FEAR AGENT LAST GOODBYE #1
INVINCIBLE #42 (NOTE PRICE)
PS238 #23
SPAWN #168
STRANGE EMBRACE #1 (OF 8) (MR)
STRANGE GIRL #17
SUPERPATRIOT WAR ON TERROR #4 (OF 4) (RES)
WARD O/T STATE #2 (OF 3)
WITCHBLADE PUNISHER
WITCHBLADE TAKERU MANGA #4
3 DARK HORSE COMICS THIS WEEK
$8.97 is what you'll pay at ANY OTHER store.
$7.62 is what you'll pay only at Alternate Reality!
$1.34 is what you'll save ALL WEEK LONG!
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #4
GHOST IN THE SHELL 1.5 HUMAN ERROR PROCESSOR #8 (OF 8)
SOCK MONKEY THE INCHES INCIDENT #4 (OF 4)
41 INDEPENDENT TITLES THIS WEEK
$136.92 is what you'll pay at ANY OTHER store.
$116.38
is what you'll pay only at Alternate Reality!
$20.53 is what you'll save ALL WEEK LONG!
30 DAYS OF NIGHT EBEN & STELLA #2
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA #10
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA CYLON APOCALYPSE #4
BETTY & VERONICA #227
BLACK SUMMER #0 (OF 7) (MR)
BLACK SUMMER WRAP CVR #0 (OF 7) (MR)
BREATHE CVR A #2 (OF 4)
BREATHE CVR B #2 (OF 4)
DEATH AND THE MAN WHO WOULD NOT DIE #1 (OF 4)
DRAFTED PREVIEW
FLARE ADVENTURES COVER A #19 (NOTE PRICE)
FLARE ADVENTURES COVER B #19 (NOTE PRICE)
GI JOE AMERICAS ELITE #24
HARD BULLIED COMICS #4 (MR)
HELIOS UNDER THE GUN #4 (OF 4)
HONOR BRIGADE #3 (OF 6)
LADY DEATH ART OF JUAN JOSE RYP
LADY DEATH ART OF JUAN JOSE RYP INCV CVR
LADY DEATH ART OF JUAN JOSE RYP SULTRY CVR
LADY DEATH ART OF JUAN JOSE RYP WRAPAROUND CVR
LADY DEATH QUEEN O/T DEAD
LADY DEATH QUEEN O/T DEAD BATTLE BABES CVR
LADY DEATH QUEEN O/T DEAD LOPEZ CVR
LADY DEATH QUEEN O/T DEAD MARTIN CVR
LADY DEATH QUEEN O/T DEAD WRAP CVR
LONE RANGER #6
OMEN NEGATIVE ISSUE (RES)
RAISE THE DEAD #3
SABRINA VOL 2 #85
SADHU #8
SIMPSONS SUMMER SHINDIG #1
STARSHIP TROOPERS DAMAGED JUSTICE BROXTON CVR C #4 (OF 4)
STARSHIP TROOPERS DAMAGED JUSTICE ENJETI CVR A #4 (OF 4) (MR
STARSHIP TROOPERS DAMAGED JUSTICE REYES CVR B #4 (OF 4) (MR)
STARSHIP TROOPERS ONGOING CVR A #1
STARSHIP TROOPERS ONGOING CVR B #1
STARSHIP TROOPERS ONGOING CVR C #1
SUPERIOR SHOWCASE #2 (MR)
TEMPLAR CHRONICLES THE HERETIC #2 (OF 6)
TRANSFORMERS MOVIE ADAPTATION #1 (OF 4)
1 ADULT COMIC SCHEDULED FOR THIS WEEK

74 NEW NON-COMICS ARRIVING THIS WEEK

APPAREL (2):
COUNTDOWN JIMMY OLSEN T/S XL
JUSTICE GREEN ARROW & BLK CANARY BY ROSS T/S XL
BOOKS (4):
ART OF AL RIO VOL 1 TP (O/A) (MR)
BEST NEW ROMANTIC FANTASY VOL 2 SC
BRUSH STROKES WITH GREATNESS LIFE & ART OF JOE SINNOTT SC
EURYALE SC
CARDS (2):
BOWMAN 2007 MLB TRADING CARD BOX
TOPPS 2007 OPENING DAY TRADING CARD PACKS
MAGAZINES (25):
2000 AD #1535
2000 AD #1536
2000 AD #1537
2000 AD #1538
ALTER EGO #69
BETTY & VERONICA DIGEST #175
CULT TIMES MAY 07 #140
DARK SIDE JUNE JULY 2007 #127
DR WHO MAGAZINE #382
FORTEAN TIMES #223
FORTEAN TIMES #224
INQUEST GAMER #147
JUDGE DREDD MEGAZINE #258
JUGHEADS DOUBLE DIGEST #131
NEO MAGAZINE #33
OTAKU USA MAGAZINE AUG 2007
PRISM COMICS LGBT GUIDE TO COMICS MAG 2007 (MR)
SFX #157
SHAUN THE SHEEP COMIC #3
SHONEN JUMP JULY 07 #55
STARBURST #350
TV FILM MEMORABILIA MAGAZINE JUNE 2007
TV ZONE JUNE 2007 #215
TV ZONE SPECIAL #76 DOCTOR WHO
VIDEO WATCHDOG #131
1 ADULT MAGAZINE SCHEDULED FOR THIS WEEK
TRADES (37):
ALIENS VS PREDATOR OMNIBUS VOL 1 TP
ANGEL SANCTUARY VOL 20 GN
ARANZI MACHINE GUN VOL 1 TP
ARCHIES CAMP TALES VOL 1 TP
ARCHIES CAMP TALES VOL 1 TP
BATMAN TURNING POINTS TP
BLACK DIAMOND DETECTIVE AGENCY SC
BOYS OVER FLOWERS VOL 24 TP
BULLET POINTS TP
CATWOMAN WHEN IN ROME TP
CIVIL WAR IRON MAN TP
CIVIL WAR MARVEL UNIVERSE TP
COMPLETELY DOOMED TP
DEADBEATS VOL 3 GOTHIC TOWERS TP
DOCTOR WHO THE FLOOD TP
EUREKA SEVEN VOL 5 GN
EXIT WOUNDS HC (MR)
FANTASTIC FOUR INHUMANS TP
GO GO HEAVEN VOL 2
HOUSEWIVES AT PLAY FRIENDS & NEIGHBORS TP (A)
I SHALL DESTROY ALL THE CIVILIZED PLANETS SC
INU YASHA ANI MANGA VOL 21 GN
KEEPERS OF THE MASER VOL 7 YOUNG QUEEN HC (MR)
LIGHTNING LADY VOL 1 GN
LUCKY LUKE MA DALTON TP
MAN CALLED KEV TP (MR)
MPD PSYCHO VOL 1 TP (MR)
O PARTS HUNTER VOL 4 TP
OLD BOY VOL 6 TP (MR)
SEVENTH SHRINE TP
THREE PARADOXES GN (RES)
TRANSFORMERS GRTST BATTLES OPTIMUS PRIME MEGATRON TP
TRANSFORMERS MOVIE PREQUEL TP
TRANSFORMERS MOVIE TP
TRANSFORMERS SPOTLIGHT TP
WALLACE AND GROMIT PLOTS IN SPACE SC
XS HYBRID TP
1 ADULT TRADE SCHEDULED FOR THIS WEEK
STATUES (4):
MARVEL ICONS THING BUST
NEW AVENGERS IRON MAN STATUE
SPIDER-MAN SINISTER 6 ELECTRO MED STATUE
WONDER WOMAN VS SUPERMAN STATUE
FUN FACT: ALTERNATE REALITY receives more New Sale Items than any other store in Chicago! Each week anywhere between175-250 brand new 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 NEW STUFF every week here in SHIP-SHAPE!
 ABBREVIATIONS KEY TO THIS PAGE

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

ASST=Assortment
BK=Book
CCG= Collectable Card Game
COLL ED=Collected Edition
CURR PRTG=Current Printing
CVR=Cover
CW=Civil War
ED=Edition
DLX=Deluxe
GN=Graphic Novel
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
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
PTG=Printing
PX=Previews Exclusive
RES=Re-solicited
SER= Series
TBA=To Be Announced
TP=Trade Paperback
T/S=Tee-Shirt
VAR=Variant
VOL or V.=Volume
WRAP CVR = Wraparound cover
XL=Extra Large

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: "0306" means March, 2006. "1205" means December, 2005.

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