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217 NEW ITEMS
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WEDNESDAY
OCTOBER 28th, 2009

X-FORCE NEW MUTANTS NECROSHA

Written by CRAIG KYLE & CHRISTOPHER YOST, ZEB WELLS, and MIKE CAREY
Pencils by CLAYTON CRAIN & IBRAIM ROBERSON
Cover by CLAYTON CRAIN
Variant Cover by CLAYTON CRAIN
Death has come to the X-Men. The one true Black Queen has returned, and she wants nothing less than every soul of mutantkind...dead or alive. And everyone that's ever crossed Selene is going to pay. The dead rise, familiar faces haunt mutants across the world, and Selene takes her final steps into becoming a god. It all begins here in a full-length X-FORCE extravaganza, and continues in the pages of next month's issue of X-FORCE...but the shockwaves of this terrifying event will be felt in NEW MUTANTS and X-MEN: LEGACY as well, and those reverberations begin here in two all-new bonus tales.
48 PGS./One-Shot/Parental Advisory ...$3.99

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OUT OF PRINT

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KIDS CORNER

Over a dozen new comics, magazines & books for ALL ages this week!

CHECKLIST

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SHIPSHAPE ARCHIVES

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THIS WEEKS HIGHLIGHTS

TOP 10 COMICS FOR THIS WEEK
BASED ON OUR ORDERING

  1) NEW AVENGERS #58
  2) BLACKEST NIGHT #4 (OF 8)
  3) GREEN LANTERN #47 (BLACKEST NIGHT)
  4) ULTIMATE COMICS AVENGERS #3
  5) HULK #16
  6) X NECROSHA
  7) BATMAN #692
  8) AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #609
  9) DARK REIGN LIST WOLVERINE ONE SHOT
10) WOLVERINE WEAPON X #6

BONUS! HERE'S 11-24

 11) X-FORCE #20
 12) FANTASTIC FOUR #572
 13) SUPERMAN SECRET ORIGIN #2 (OF 6)
 14) BLACKEST NIGHT TITANS #3 (OF 3)
 15) DETECTIVE COMICS #858
 16) NEW MUTANTS #6
 17) JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #32
 18) SUPERMAN #693
 19) WORLDS FINEST #1 (OF 4) CVR A
 20) DARK REIGN LIST PUNISHER ONE SHOT
 21) AVENGERS INITIATIVE #29
 22) DARK REIGN YOUNG AVENGERS #5 (OF 5)
 23) ULTIMATE COMICS ARMOR WARS #2 (OF 4)
 24) SECRET WARRIORS #9

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ABE SAPIEN ONE SHOT (OSW)
ANITA BLAKE LC EXECUTIONER #1 (OF 5) (MR)
ARKHAM REBORN #1 (OF 3)
ASPEN SHOWCASE KIANI
BOYS #1 DYNAMITE ED (MR)
COWBOY NINJA VIKING #1
DARK AVENGERS ARES #1 (OF 3)
DARK REIGN LIST PUNISHER ONE SHOT
DARK REIGN LIST WOLVERINE ONE SHOT
FIRST FAMILY OBAMAS
FVZA #1 (OF 3)
GFT HALLOWEEN SPECIAL 2009
GIANT-SIZE GRIMM FAIRY TALES #1 (O/A)
GROO HOGS OF HORDER #1 (OF 4)
HUNTERS FORTUNE #1 (OF 4)
INVINCIBLE PRESENTS ATOM EVE & REX SPLODE #1 (OF 3)
JENNIFER LOVE HEWITTS MUSIC BOX #1
QUEEN SONJA #1
SPARTACUS BLOOD AND SAND #1 (OF 4) (MR)
TOM CORBETT SPACE CADET #1 (MR)
TRIBUTE MICHAEL JACKSON KING OF POP
WOLVERINE ART APPRECIATION ONE-SHOT
WORLDS FINEST #1 (OF 4)
X NECROSHA
VIDEO OUTHOUSE
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Shipshape Update for 10.28.09 WEDNESDAY, 102809 SHIP-SHAPE UPDATE
SHOUT OUT for our Halloween in-store for INSTANT PRESS, book of the week: NECROSHA, Marvels in 1st place, Kids Corner: Bart Simpson #50, BASKET CASE: Dark Reign Hawkeye #5
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COMICS (4)
ARKHAM REBORN #1 (OF 3) $2.99 $1.79
BOYS #1 DYNAMITE ED (MR) $1.00 .60¢
WORLDS FINEST #1 $2.99 $1.79
X NECROSHA $3.99 $2.39
TRADES (3)
KABUKI TP ALCHEMY $24.99 $14.99
MMW ATLAS ERA MENACE HC VOL 01 $59.99 $35.99
SANDMAN THE DREAM HUNTERS HC $24.99 $14.99
TOTAL $120.94 $72.56

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131 NEW COMICS ARRIVING THIS WEEK
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40 MARVEL COMICS THIS WEEK
$158.60 is what you'll pay ANYWHERE ELSE for ALL of this weeks Marvels.
$134.81 is what you'll pay only at Alternate Reality!
$23.79
is what you'll save ALL WEEK LONG!
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #609
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN PRESENTS ANTI VENOM #2 (OF 3)
ANITA BLAKE LC EXECUTIONER #1 (OF 5) (MR)
AVENGERS INITIATIVE #29
DARK AVENGERS ARES #1 (OF 3)
DARK REIGN LIST PUNISHER ONE SHOT
DARK REIGN LIST WOLVERINE ONE SHOT
DARK REIGN YOUNG AVENGERS #5 (OF 5)
ENDERS SHADOW COMMAND SCHOOL #2 (OF 5)
FANTASTIC FOUR #572
GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #19
HALO HELLJUMPER #4 (OF 5) (MR)
HULK #16
INCREDIBLE HERCULES #137
MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN #56
MARVEL DIVAS #4 (OF 4)
MARVEL HOLIDAY SPECTACULAR
MARVEL HOLIDAY SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN BALLOON VAR
MODELS INC #3 (OF 4)
MODELS INC #3 (OF 4) ZOMBIE VAR
MS MARVEL #46
NEW AVENGERS #58
NEW MUTANTS #6
NOVA #30
PUNISHER #10
RIFTWAR #5 (OF 5)
SECRET WARRIORS #9
SON OF HULK #16
SPIDER-MAN CLONE SAGA #2 (OF 6)
SPIN ANGELS #3 (OF 4) (MR)
ULTIMATE COMICS ARMOR WARS #2 (OF 4)
ULTIMATE COMICS AVENGERS #3
WAR MACHINE #10
WOLVERINE ART APPRECIATION ONE-SHOT
WOLVERINE FIRST CLASS #20
WOLVERINE WEAPON X #6
X NECROSHA
X-FACTOR #50
X-FORCE #20
X-MEN FOREVER #10
PLUS THESE 9 "CRAP FACTOR" TITLES FROM MARVEL THIS WEEK
DARK REIGN LIST DAREDEVIL ONE SHOT 2ND PTG VAR
FANTASTIC FOUR #572 EAGLESHAM HUMAN TORCH VAR
FANTASTIC FOUR #572 SUPER HERO SQUAD VAR (PP #888)
HULK #16 MCGUINNESS VAR
MS MARVEL #46 ZOMBIE VAR
NEW MUTANTS #6 ZOMBIE VAR
SECRET WARRIORS #9 ZOMBIE VAR
VENGEANCE OF MOON KNIGHT #1 2ND PTG FINCH SKETCH VAR
X NECROSHA CRAIN VAR
31 DC COMICS THIS WEEK
$99.71 is what you'll pay ANYWHERE ELSE for ALL of this weeks DC's.
$84.73 is what you'll pay only at Alternate Reality!
$14.95 is what you'll save ALL WEEK LONG!
AMBUSH BUG YEAR NONE #7 (OF 6)
ARKHAM REBORN #1 (OF 3)
ASTRO CITY ASTRA SPECIAL #2 (OF 2)
BATMAN #692
BATMAN STREETS OF GOTHAM #5
BATMAN THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #10
BILLY BATSON AND THE MAGIC OF SHAZAM #9
BLACKEST NIGHT #4 (OF 8)
BLACKEST NIGHT TITANS #3 (OF 3)
DETECTIVE COMICS #858
FINAL CRISIS AFTERMATH INK #6 (OF 6)
FREDDY JASON ASH NIGHTMARE WARRIORS #5 (OF 6) (MR)
GEN 13 #32
GOTHAM CITY SIRENS #5
GREEN LANTERN #47 (BLACKEST NIGHT)
JACK OF FABLES #39 (MR)
JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #32
KILLAPALOOZA #6 (OF 6)
LAST DAYS OF ANIMAL MAN #6 (OF 6)
MADAME XANADU #16 (MR)
NORTHLANDERS #21 (MR)
STARCRAFT #5
SUPERMAN #693
SUPERMAN SECRET ORIGIN #2 (OF 6)
TEEN TITANS #76
UNKNOWN SOLDIER #13 (MR)
WEB #2
WILDCATS #16
WONDER WOMAN #37
WORLDS FINEST #1 (OF 4) CVR A
WORLDS FINEST #1 (OF 4) CVR B
PLUS THESE 5 "CRAP FACTOR" TITLES FROM DC THIS WEEK
BLACKEST NIGHT #4 (OF 8) VAR ED
BLACKEST NIGHT TITANS #3 (OF 3) VAR ED
DETECTIVE COMICS #858 VAR ED
GREEN LANTERN #47 VAR ED (BLACKEST NIGHT)
SUPERMAN SECRET ORIGIN #2 (OF 6) VAR ED
4 BLUE WATER COMICS THIS WEEK
$18.96 is what you'll pay ANYWHERE ELSE for ALL of this weeks IDW's.
$16.11 is what you'll pay only at Alternate Reality!
$2.84 is what you'll save ALL WEEK LONG!
FIRST FAMILY OBAMAS
LEGEND OF ISIS (BLUEWATER) #5
TOM CORBETT SPACE CADET #1 (MR)
TRIBUTE MICHAEL JACKSON KING OF POP
4 BOOM COMICS THIS WEEK
$14.96 is what you'll pay ANYWHERE ELSE for ALL of this weeks IDW's.
$12.71 is what you'll pay only at Alternate Reality!
$2.44 is what you'll save ALL WEEK LONG!
DIE HARD YEAR ONE #2
DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP #5 (OF 24)
HUNTERS FORTUNE #1 (OF 4)
MUPPET PETER PAN #2
4 DARK HORSE COMICS THIS WEEK
$13.98 is what you'll pay ANYWHERE ELSE for ALL of this weeks BOOM's.
$11.88 is what you'll pay only at Alternate Reality!
$2.09 is what you'll save ALL WEEK LONG!
ABE SAPIEN ONE SHOT (OSW)
GROO HOGS OF HORDER #1 (OF 4)
PREDATOR #3 (OF 4)
STAR WARS LEGACY #41 ROGUES END
34 OTHER INDEPENDENT TITLES THIS WEEK
$127.87 is what you'll pay at ANY OTHER STORE.
$108.68 is what you'll pay only at Alternate Reality!
$19.18 is what you'll save ALL WEEK LONG!
ASPEN SHOWCASE KIANI CALDWELL CVR
ASPEN SHOWCASE KIANI CLARK CVR
BART SIMPSON COMICS #50
BETTY & VERONICA #244
BOYS #1 DYNAMITE ED (MR)
BUCK ROGERS #5
COWBOY NINJA VIKING #1
DAYS MISSING #3 (OF 5)
DONATELLO BRAIN THIEF #2 (OF 4)
DYNAMO 5 #25 (NOTE PRICE)
FVZA #1 (OF 3) A CVR BOLTON (MR)
FVZA #1 (OF 3) B CVR LANGLEY (MR)
GFT HALLOWEEN SPECIAL 2009 A CVR NAVARRO
GFT HALLOWEEN SPECIAL 2009 B CVR DEBALFO
GIANT-SIZE GRIMM FAIRY TALES #1 (O/A)
GOLD DIGGER #111
GOLD DIGGER PEEBO TALES SPECIAL #6
GOLD DIGGER TECH MANUAL #8
HACK SLASH SERIES #27 A CVR SEELEY (MR)
HACK SLASH SERIES #27 B CVR ISAACS (MR)
IGNITION CITY #5 (OF 5) (MR)
IGNITION CITY #5 (OF 5) 4-COPY INCV (NET) (MR)
IGNITION CITY #5 (OF 5) PAINTED CVR (MR)
IGNITION CITY #5 (OF 5) WRAP CVR (MR)
INVINCIBLE #60 2ND PTG
INVINCIBLE PRESENTS ATOM EVE & REX SPLODE #1 (OF 3)
JENNIFER LOVE HEWITTS MUSIC BOX #1
PILOT SEASON DECLASSIFIED
QUEEN SONJA #1
SAVAGE DRAGON #149 2ND PTG
SPARTACUS BLOOD AND SAND #1 (OF 4) (MR)
TALES FROM WONDERLAND MAD HATTER #2 (OF 2) CVR A EBAS
TALES FROM WONDERLAND MAD HATTER #2 (OF 2) CVR B SEIDMAN
TALES OF TMNT #63
NO ADULT COMICS SHIPPING THIS WEEK
86 NEW NON-COMIC ITEMS ARRIVING THIS WEEK
ACTION FIGURES (5)
MARVEL UNIVERSE ACTION FIGURE-HOUSE OF M SPIDERMAN
MARVEL UNIVERSE ACTION FIGURE-JEAN GRAY
MARVEL UNIVERSE ACTION FIGURE-SUB MARINER
MARVEL UNIVERSE ACTION FIGURE-SUNFIRE
MARVEL UNIVERSE ACTION FIGURE-VISION
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YELLOW LANTERN SYMBOL FEAR T/S XL
BOOKS (6)
KEY MOMENTS FROM THE HISTORY OF COMICS SC (MR)
TRINITY BLOOD REBORN ON THE MARS NOVEL SC VOL 03 (OF 6)
TWELVE KINGDOMS NOVEL VOL 03 (OF 7)
WARHAMMER 40K GAUNTS GHOSTS BLOOD PACT HC
WARHAMMER 40K INNOCENCE PROVES NOTHING MMPB (RES)
WARHAMMER IRON COMPANY MMPB
CARDS (1)
SPIDER MAN ARCHIVES T/C BOX
MAGAZINES (17)
2000 AD #1651
2001 AD #1652
2001 AD #1653
2002 AD #1654
2002 AD #1655
ARCHIE DOUBLE DIGEST #203
CLASSIC MARVEL FIGURINE COLL MAG #105 DOC SAMSON
PREVIEWS #254 NOVEMBER 2009
MARVEL PREVIEWS NOVEMBER 2009
CLASSIC MARVEL FIGURINE COLL MAG SPECIAL KAZAR
DC SUPERHERO FIGURINE COLL MAG #38 GUY GARDNER
DOCTOR WHO SPECIAL #23
GIRASOL PULP DOUBLES THE SPIDER VOL 13
SIMPSONS CLASSICS #22
STARGATE MAGAZINE #31
WIZARD MAGAZINE #218 50 DVDS FANS SHOULD CVR
WIZARD MAGAZINE #218 AVENGERS MARTIN CVR
NO  ADULT MAGAZINES SHIPPING THIS WEEK
STATUES (2)
BATMAN BLACK & WHITE STATUE ED MCGUINNESS
HULKBUSTER IRON MAN STATUE
TRADES (52)
ANITA BLAKE VH LC TP BOOK 01 ANIMATOR (MR)
APOTHECARIUS ARGENTUM VOL 08
ARIA GN VOL 05 (OF 12) (RES) (MR)
ARTEMIS FOWL GN VOL 02 ARCTIC INCIDENT
BARACK OBAMA COMIC BOOK BIOGRAPHY HC
BATMAN MONSTERS TP
BLOODY KISS GN VOL 02 (OF 2)
BPRD TP VOL 11 BLACK GODDESS
FANTASTIC FOUR VISIONARIES JOHN BYRNE TP VOL 01 NEW PTG
FREAKANGELS HC VOL 03 (MR)
FREAKANGELS TP VOL 03 (MR)
GAME X RUSH GN #2 (OF 2) (MR)
GEN 13 WORLDS END TP
GI JOE COBRA TP
HACK SLASH TP VOL 06 IN REVENGE & IN LOVE (MR)
HULK PREM HC VOL 03 HULK NO MORE
I HATE YOU MORE THAN ANYONE VOL 08
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN TP VOL 02 WORLDS MOST WANTED
INVU GN VOL 05
KABUKI TP ALCHEMY
KONG KING OF SKULL ISLAND TP
KYO KARA MAOH GN VOL 04 (OF 4)
LEGION OF SUPER HEROES ENEMY RISING TP
LIBERTY LIBERTY GN (MR)
MERCY SPARX TP VOL 01
MIKANSEI NO 1 GN VOL 01
MMW AMAZING SPIDER-MAN TP VOL 03
MMW AMAZING SPIDER-MAN TP VOL 03 VAR ED 10
MMW ATLAS ERA MENACE HC VOL 01
MMW ATLAS ERA MENACE HC VOL 01 VAR ED 126
NEW AVENGERS TP VOL 10 POWER
NG LIFE GN VOL 03 (OF 6)
OBAMA STORY GN
PET SHOP OF HORRORS TOKYO GN VOL 06 (MR)
PHANTOM DREAM GN VOL 04 (OF 5) (MR)
PINOCCHIO VAMPIRE SLAYER GN
POP WONDERLAND HC VOL 02 LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD
ROCKPOOL FILES GN
SANDMAN THE DREAM HUNTERS HC (MR)
SHINOBI LIFE GN VOL 03 (OF 5)
SPIDER-MAN AMERICAN SON PREM HC
SPIDER-MAN HC NEWSPAPER STRIPS
STAR WARS KNIGHTS O/T OLD REPUBLIC TP VOL 07
SUPERMAN IN WORLDS FINEST ARCHIVES HC VOL 02
SWORD TP VOL 03 EARTH (MR)
TOGAINU NO CHI GN VOL 04 (OF 5) (MR)
TRANSFORMERS ALL HAIL MEGATRON TP VOL 03
TRANSMETROPOLITAN TP VOL 04 THE NEW SCUM NEW PTG (MR)
TSUBASA GN VOL 03 (OF 3) THOSE WITH WINGS (TKP) (MR)
WOLVERINE HC OLD MAN LOGAN
WOLVERINE HC OLD MAN LOGAN TURNER VAR
ZONE 00 GN VOL 02 (OF 5) (MR)
NO ADULT TRADE SHIPPING THIS WEEK
WALL ART (2)
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #1 WALL POSTER
DEADPOOL 900 POSTER
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ALTERNATE REALITY receives more New Sale Items than any other store in Chicago! Each week anywhere between 175-250 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...."

2ND PTG VAR=Second Printing Variant
ANNIV=Anniversary
ASST=Assortment
BK=Book
BLK=Black
CCG=Collectable Card Game
COLL ED=Collected Edition
CRAP FACTOR=The variant covers (new or reprint) that a company ships out as new product for a week. While these are new SKU items they are not new material (except for the covers) and so we do not count them towards the weeks total creative output for that company.
CURR PRTG=Current Printing
CVR=Cover
ED=Edition
DKR=Dark Reign
DLX=Deluxe
FRGTN RLMS=Forgotten Realms
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
MMW=Marvel Master Works
(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
OSW=Dark Hore Comics "One Shot Wonders" event
PKT=Pocket
PTG=Printing
PX=Previews Exclusive
(RES)=Re-solicited
SC=Soft Cover
SER=Series
SI="Silent Invasion" storyline
TBA=To Be Announced
TKP=Tokyopop
TOS=Referencing Star Trek "THE ORIGINAL SERIES"
TP=Trade Paperback
T/C=Trading Card
T/S=Tee-Shirt
VAR ED=Variant Edition
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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