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218 NEW ITEMS
ON SALE THIS
WEDNESDAY
JANUARY 6th, 2010 

SIEGE #1 (OF 4)

Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Pencils & Cover by OLIVIER COIPEL
Beginning with the ravaging affects of Avengers Disassembled and following the aftermaths of House of M, Civil War and Secret Invasion, culminating with the evil Reign of Norman Osborn, the Marvel Universe has been left with its greatest villains holding more power and control than ever before. On the brink of madness, Osborn, in his final bid to take total control, targets the final obstacle in his mission...Asgard. Events are set in motion forcing our heroes to put aside the deep rifts that have grown over the past seven years. Opposing them stand a horde of evil that has begun to take down the gods of the Golden Realm! SIEGE will rock the foundations of every super hero, villain and team in the Marvel Universe. As an era ends, one word will ring above all others..."SIEGE."
40 PGS./Cardstock Cover/Rated T+ ...$3.99

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5 ITEMS SHIPPED THIS WEEK
BLACKEST NIGHT #6
BLACKEST NIGHT #6 (OF 8) VAR ED
FALL OF HULKS ALPHA NYEE MCGUINNESS VAR
NEW YEARS EVE EVE PROMO CALENDAR (free)
ORIGINS OF SIEGE (free)
THIS WEEKS HIGHLIGHTS

TOP 10 COMICS FOR THIS WEEK
BASED ON OUR ORDERING

  1) SIEGE #1 (OF 4)
  2) SIEGE EMBEDDED #1 (OF 4)
  3) JSA ALL STARS #2
  4) ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #6
  5) RED ROBIN #8
  6) BLACKEST NIGHT WONDER WOMAN #2 (OF 3)
  7) CABLE #22
  8) SUPERMAN WORLD OF NEW KRYPTON #11
  9) NATION X X-FACTOR
10) NEW MUTANTS #9 XN

BONUS! HERE'S 11 thru 14

11) MARVEL BOY URANIAN #1 (OF 3)
12) SUICIDE SQUAD #67 (BLACKEST NIGHT)
13) WEIRD WESTERN TALES #71 (BLACKEST NIGHT)
14) DEADPOOL TEAM-UP #897

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ABSOLUTION #1 (OF 6) BIG APPLE ED (MR)
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN PRESENTS JACKPOT #1 (OF
BPRD KING OF FEAR #1 (OF 5)
CHRONICLES OF WORMWOOD LB #1 (OF 6) BIG APPLE ED (MR)
DAFFODIL #1 (OF 3) (MR)
DAFFODIL #1 (OF 3) VAR (MR)
MARVEL BOY URANIAN #1 (OF 3)
MASS EFFECT REDEMPTION #1 (OF 4)
NATION X X-FACTOR
ORC STAIN #1 (MR)
PHANTOM DOUBLE SHOT #1 (OF 6) KGB NOIR
PUNISHER MAX GET CASTLE #1 (MR)
SIEGE #1 (OF 4)
SIEGE EMBEDDED #1 (OF 4)
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shipshape update 1.6.10.mp4 WEDNESDAY, 010610 SHIP-SHAPE UPDATE
Book of the Week is SIEGE #1, DC is in first place this week, Kids Corner features CARTOON NETWORK ACTION PACK #45, and no BASKET CASE this week!
1st DAY SALE TITLES FOR THIS WEEK
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COMICS (4)
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN PRESENTS JACKPOT #1 (OF 3) $3.99 $2.39
MASS EFFECT REDEMPTION #1 (OF 4) $3.50 $2.10
SIEGE #1 (OF 4) $3.99 $2.39
SIEGE EMBEDDED #1 (OF 4) $3.99 $2.39
TRADES (3)
LIST HC $29.99 $17.99
TIMELY ANNUALS 70TH ANNIV COLLECTION HC $39.99 $23.99
TITANS OLD FRIENDS TP $19.99 $16.99
TOTAL $105.44 $63.26

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.

94 TOTAL NEW COMICS ARRIVING THIS WEEK
15% OFF ALL THESE NEW COMICS, EVERYDAY THIS WEEK FOR EVERYONE!
20 DC COMICS THIS WEEK
$6O.82 is what you'll pay ANYWHERE ELSE for ALL of this weeks DC's.
$51.69 is what you'll pay only at Alternate Reality!
$9.12 is what you'll save ALL WEEK LONG!
AUTHORITY #18
BATMAN CONFIDENTIAL #40
BLACKEST NIGHT WONDER WOMAN #2 (OF 3)
CARTOON NETWORK ACTION PACK #45
CINDERELLA FROM FABLETOWN WITH LOVE #3 (OF 6) (MR)
DOOM PATROL #6
GREAT TEN #3 (OF 10)
GREEK STREET #7 (MR)
HOUSE OF MYSTERY #21 (MR)
JONAH HEX #51
JSA ALL STARS #2
LOONEY TUNES #182
MIGHTY #12
RED ROBIN #8
RED TORNADO #5 (OF 6)
SUICIDE SQUAD #67 (BLACKEST NIGHT)
SUPERMAN WORLD OF NEW KRYPTON #11 (OF 12)
SWEET TOOTH #5 (MR)
WARLORD #10
WEIRD WESTERN TALES #71 (BLACKEST NIGHT)
16 MARVEL COMICS THIS WEEK
$65.84 is what you'll pay ANYWHERE ELSE for ALL of this weeks Marvels.
$55.96 is what you'll pay only at Alternate Reality!
$9.87
is what you'll save ALL WEEK LONG!
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN PRESENTS JACKPOT #1 (OF 3)
CABLE #22
DAFFODIL #1 (OF 3) (MR)
DAFFODIL #1 (OF 3) VAR (MR)
DEADPOOL TEAM-UP #897
MARVEL BOY URANIAN #1 (OF 3)
NATION X X-FACTOR
NEW MUTANTS #9 XN
PUNISHER MAX GET CASTLE #1 (MR)
SIEGE #1 (OF 4)
SIEGE EMBEDDED #1 (OF 4)
SPIDER-MAN NOIR EYES WITHOUT A FACE #2 (OF 4)
SPIDER-MAN NOIR EYES WITHOUT A FACE #2 (OF 4) CALERO VAR
ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #6
X-MEN NOIR MARK OF CAIN #2 (OF 4)
X-MEN NOIR MARK OF CAIN #2 (OF 4) CALERO VAR
PLUS THIS 1 "CRAP FACTOR" TITLE FROM MARVEL THIS WEEK
SIEGE #1 (OF 4) DELL'OTTO VAR
8 IMAGE COMICS THIS WEEK
$32.92 is what you'll pay ANYWHERE ELSE for ALL of this weeks BOOM's.
$27.89 is what you'll pay only at Alternate Reality!
$4.93 is what you'll save ALL WEEK LONG!
DARKNESS #82 (MR)
DEAD AT 17 SOURCE BOOK
FORGETLESS #2 (OF 5) (MR)
GOD COMPLEX #2
HAUNT #4
KING CITY #4 (MR)
ORC STAIN #1 (MR)
PROOF #25 (MR) (NOTE PRICE)
SAVAGE DRAGON #156
SKY PIRATES OF NEO TERRA #4
PLUS THIS 3 "CRAP FACTOR" TITLE FROM IMAGE THIS WEEK
HAUNT #4  CAPULLO VAR
IMAGE UNITED #2 (OF 6) CAPULLO CVR G
SIEGE CABAL 2ND PTG LARK VAR
5 BOOM! COMICS THIS WEEK
$17.95 is what you'll pay ANYWHERE ELSE for ALL of this weeks IDW's.
$15.25 is what you'll pay only at Alternate Reality!
$2.69 is what you'll save ALL WEEK LONG!
28 DAYS LATER #5
DINGO #2
DONALD DUCK AND FRIENDS #349
KILL AUDIO #4 (OF 6)
MICKEY MOUSE & FRIENDS #299
PLUS THIS 3 "CRAP FACTOR" TITLE FROM IMAGE THIS WEEK
ANCHOR #2 2ND PTG
WALL-E #0 2ND PTG
5 DARK HORSE COMICS THIS WEEK
$15.97 is what you'll pay ANYWHERE ELSE for ALL of this weeks IDW's.
$13.57 is what you'll pay only at Alternate Reality!
$2.39 is what you'll save ALL WEEK LONG!
BPRD KING OF FEAR #1 (OF 5)
CONAN THE CIMMERIAN #17
GIGANTIC #5 (OF 5)
MASS EFFECT REDEMPTION #1 (OF 4)
STAR WARS CLONE WARS #12 HERO CONFEDERACY PT 3
34 OTHER INDEPENDENT TITLES THIS WEEK
$135.17is what you'll pay at ANY OTHER STORE.
$114.89 is what you'll pay only at Alternate Reality!
$20.27 is what you'll save ALL WEEK LONG!
ABSOLUTION #1 (OF 6) BIG APPLE ED (MR)
ABSOLUTION #2 (OF 6) BIG APPLE ED (MR)
ANNA MERCURY 2 #2 (OF 5) BIG APPLE ED (MR)
ATHENA #4
BIG QUESTIONS #13 (MR)
BOYS #38 (MR)
BUCK ROGERS #7
CHRONICLES OF WORMWOOD LB #1 (OF 6) BIG APPLE ED (MR)
CROSSED #7 (OF 9) BIG APPLE ED (MR)
DRONE #2 (OF 4)
FVZA #2 (OF 3) A CVR LANGLEY (MR)
FVZA #2 (OF 3) B CVR XUEGUO (MR)
GRAVEL #14 BIG APPLE ED (MR)
HACK SLASH SERIES #29 A CVR SEELEY (MR)
HACK SLASH SERIES #29 B CVR FOX (MR)
HERCULES KNIVES OF KUSH #5 (OF 5) A CVR WRAPAROUND
HERCULES KNIVES OF KUSH #5 (OF 5) B CVR
KNIGHTS OF THE DINNER TABLE #157
MORELLA PRESENTS VEROTIKA RETURNS SPECIAL (MR)
PHANTOM DOUBLE SHOT #1 (OF 6) KGB NOIR
PHANTOM GENERATIONS #7
PHANTOM GHOST WHO WALKS #7
PHANTOM JULIE WALKER RACE AGAINST DEATH
QUEEN SONJA #3
RESURRECTION VOL 2 #6
ROTTEN #6
SIMPSONS SUPER SPECTACULAR #10
STAR TREK TNG GHOSTS #2
STUMPTOWN #2 (MR)
TANK GIRL SKIDMARKS #2 (OF 4)
TRANSFORMERS TALES O/T FALLEN #5 (OF 5)
VERONICA #198
WASTELAND #27 (MR)
WE KILL MONSTERS #6 (OF 6)
NO ADULT COMICS SHIPPING THIS WEEK
124 NEW NON-COMIC ITEMS ARRIVING THIS WEEK
ACTION FIGURES (4)
RESISTANCE SERIES 1 CHIMERA ADVANCED HYBRID ACTION FIGURE
RESISTANCE SERIES 1 RAVAGER ACTION FIGURE
RESISTANCE SERIES 1 NATHAN HALE WITH SWARMER ACTION FIGURE
RESISTANCE SERIES 1 STEELHEAD ACTION FIGURE
APPAREL (4)
ARKHAM ASYLUM INMATE T/S XL
GREEN LANTERN SYMBOL WILL T/S XL
JUSTICE LEAGUE GROUP PORTRAIT BLK T/S XL
WILL GREEN LANTERN T/S XL
BOOKS (4)
DEMON DAYS NOVEL (MR)
DRAGON BALL CHAPTER BOOK VOL 06
NARUTO CHAPTER BOOK VOL 11 TENTH QUESTION
WIND NAMED AMNESIA & INVADER SUMMER NOVEL
CARDS (1)
BOWMAN 2009 DRAFT PICKS & PROSPECTS MLB T/C BOX
MAGAZINES (32)
ALFRED HITCHCOCK 0310
AMERICAN GIRL 0210
ARCHIE DIGEST #260
CINEFEX #120
CLASSIC MARVEL FIG COLL MAG SPECIAL DESTROYER
CLASSIC MARVEL FIGURINE COLL MAG #108 MANWOLF
CLASSIC MARVEL FIGURINE COLL MAG #109 IKARIS
DC SUPERHERO FIG COLL MAG #42 CYBORG SUPERMAN
DC SUPERHERO FIG COLL MAG SPEC SOLOMON GRUNDY
DC SUPERHERO FIGURINE COLL MAG #43 POISON IVY
DC SUPERHERO FIGURINE COLL MAG #44 DR LIGHT
DOC SAVAGE DOUBLE NOVEL VOL 32
EATING WELL 0210
ELLERY QUEEN 0210
EMMY #6
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY #1082/1083
FUNNY TIMES 0110
GAME TRADE MAGAZINE #119
MARVEL PREVIEWS JANUARY 2010
MENTAL FLOSS #9.1
PARANORMAL #43
PETERSEN'S PHOTOGRAPHIC VOL.05
POETS & WRITERS 0210
PREVIEWS #256 JANUARY 2010
SHADOW DOUBLE NOVEL VOL 33
SHONEN JUMP FEBRUARY 2010
SPIDER-MAN MAGAZINE #9
SUSIE 0110
TIPS & TRICKS 0310
WIZARD MAGAZINE #221 IRON MAN 2 CVR
WIZARD MAGAZINE #221 MADUREIRA DARKSIDERS CVR
1 ADULT MAGAZINE SHIPPING THIS WEEK
MODELS (1)
INTERPLANETARY UFO MYSTERY SHIP MODEL KIT
TRADES (77)
ARCHIE & FRIENDS TP VOL 02 BETTYS DIARY
BILL WARDS TORCHY TP VOL 02
CHILL HC (MR)
CHOCO MIMI GN VOL 03
CRIMINAL MACABRE CELL BLOCK 666 TP
CRIMSON HERO TP VOL 12
DAREDEVIL TP BORN AGAIN
ESSENTIAL AVENGERS TP VOL 07
FATE STAY NIGHT GN VOL 06 (OF 7)
FRUITS BASKET ULTIMATE ED GN VOL 04 (OF 4)
FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST TP VOL 20
FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST TP VOL 21
GIN TAMA TP VOL 16
GRAVITATION COLLECTION GN VOL 04 (OF 6) (MR)
HAPPY CAFE GN VOL 01
HARUKA BEYOND THE STREAM OF TIME GN VOL 06
HUNTER X HUNTER TP VOL 26 (NOTE PRICE)
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN PREM HC VOL 03 MOST WANTED BK 02
KAZU KIBUISHI COPPER GN
KIMIKISS GN VOL 03 (OF 3) (MR)
KYO KARA MAOH GN VOL 05
LEAVE IT TO PET GN VOL 04
LIST HC
LOVE COM TP VOL 16
LOVE HURTS AISHIATTERU FUTARI GN (RES) (MR)
MAD ABOUT SUPER HEROES TP VOL 02
MAD LOVE CHASE GN VOL 02 (OF 5) (MR)
MAID SAMA GN VOL 03 (OF 6)
MARVEL DIVAS TP
MOMOGUMI PLUS SENKI GN VOL 02 (OF 3)
MTG PATH OF THE PLANESWALKER GN
MUPPET SHOW TREASURE OF PEG LEG WILSON TP
NANA TP VOL 20 (MR)
NATSUMES BOOK OF FRIENDS TP VOL 01
NEXUS ARCHIVES HC VOL 10
NIGHT OF THE BEDBUGS HC
ONE PIECE TP VOL 24
ONE PIECE TP VOL 25
ONE PIECE TP VOL 26
ONE PIECE TP VOL 27
ONE PIECE TP VOL 28
POSEFILE PKT MANGA TP VOL 01
PRINCE OF TENNIS GN VOL 35
PRINCESS VALENTINE
REBORN GN VOL 14
REPLAY GN VOL 03 (OF 3) (RES) (MR)
SA GN VOL 14
SAMURAI HAREM ASU NO YOICHI GN VOL 03 (OF 7) (MR)
SAND CHRONICLES GN VOL 07 (NOTE PRICE)
SGT FROG GN VOL 18
SHAMAN KING TP VOL 26
SIEGE PRELUDE TP
SPIRIT TP VOL 05
STARCRAFT GHOST ACADEMY GN VOL 01
STRAWBERRY 100 % TP VOL 11
TACTICS GN VOL 08 (OF 9) (RES)
TERU TERU X SHONEN VOL 06
TIMELY ANNUALS 70TH ANNIV COLLECTION HC
TITANS OLD FRIENDS TP
TOWN OF EVENING CALM COUNTRY OF CHERRY BLOSSOMS HC
TROUBLEMAKERS HC
UNWRITTEN TP VOL 01 TOMMY TAYLOR BOGUS IDENTITY TP (MR)
VB ROSE GN VOL 07 (OF 12)
WALKING DEAD TP VOL 11 FEAR THE HUNTERS (MR)
WE WERE THERE GN VOL 08
WHISTLE TP VOL 24 (NOTE PRICE)
WILDSTORM AFTER THE FALL TP
WORLD I CREATE VOL 01
X-MEN MUTANT MASSACRE HC
X-MEN VS AVENGERS PREM HC
X-MEN VS AVENGERS PREM HC DM VAR ED 35
X-MEN VS FANTASTIC FOUR PREM HC
X-MEN VS FANTASTIC FOUR PREM HC DM VAR ED 36
YOUNGBLOOD TP VOL 02 VOTED OFF THE ISLAND (RES)
YU GI OH GX GN VOL 04
 2 ADULT TRADES SHIPPING THIS WEEK
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"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
FOH="Fall of the Hulks" storyline
FRGTN RLMS=Forgotten Realms
GN=Graphic Novel
GNTLT="Gauntlet" storyline in Amazing Spiderman
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
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=Variant
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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