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AVENGERS #35 TRO
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Jonathan Hickman (A) Jim Cheung & Various
(CA) Jim Cheung
Extra-sized issue! This month, it all comes crashing down as Earth’s Mightest Heroes face judgment day in the oversized AVENGERS #35! Fast forward 8 months into the future to the battle worn Marvel Universe of tomorrow – and the bleak future facing our heroes. Peer into May 2015, heroes and villains of the Marvel Universe stand at the precipice, and utter decimation looms.
IN 8 MONTHS...TIME RUNS OUT!
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BASED THIS WEEKS ORDERING

  1) JUSTICE LEAGUE FUTURES END
     #1
  2) BATMAN SUPERMAN FUTURES
     END #1
  3) TEEN TITANS FUTURES END #1
  4) ORIGINAL SIN #5.5
  5) GL NEW  GUARDIANS FUTURES
     END #1
  6) MULTIVERSITY THE SOCIETY OF
     SUPER-HEROES #1
  7) BATMAN &  ROBIN FUTURES END
     #1
  8) HULK ANNUAL #1
  9) SUPERMAN/WW FUTURES END
     #1
10) RED HOOD & OUTLAWS
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GEORGE PEREZ SIRENS #1
GOTHAM CENTRAL SPECIAL ED #1
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JIM HENSONS STORYTELLER WITCHES #1
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ARMOR HUNTERS BLOODSHOT #3
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LITTLEST PET SHOP #5 (OF 5)
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  THIS WEEKS HIGHLIGHTS
Depressingly consistent...
COMICBOOKMAN SEZ: For those of you who were reading this spot last week you may remember I was explaining how I chose titles for the 1st DAY SALE each week. How all four issues of the DEATH OF WOLVERINE series would be 40% OFF because it was shipping weekly and occasionally I pick month long events (like DOW) for the 1st DAY SALE. Well, the good news is the weekly DOW series has been and will be 40% OFF each issue on the day of its release only at Alternate Reality. The bad news is the series isn't weekly anymore. Marvel has hit a snag (slow artist? editorial tinkering?) and #3 is currently scheduled to ship on 10/01/14 and issue #4 now has a 10/15/14 ship date. That's right, the month long event is currently the month and a half long event. Big events like this one have a history of shipping delays going back at least as far as the mid-80's with CAMELOT 3000 & Frank Miller's DARK KNIGHT (both Strikes and Returns for the latter) so I guess no one should be surprised. And to be fair recent history has seen the DREADED DEADLINE DOOM knocking at DC's door much more often than Marvel (Justice League is still an issue or two behind the rest of the line due to the FOREVER EVIL delay). Still when you create an event like DOW with a month-by-month countdown leading up to the event (I'm looking at you Avengers) you would think editorial would have it's act together enough to actually get the thing out the door on time. That folks, is a depressingly consistent aspect of the comic book industry.

 

NOW DEAD EVEN LONGER!

THIS WEEK'S STANDINGS: Fewer new titles again this week (156) compared to last week (168), but once again DC remains on top with 31 titles, thanks to the lenticular/motion covers of the New 52 Future's End month long event. Second Place Marvel (at 23) leapfrogs over third place Image (at 22) but once again only one book separates the two. IDW remains firmly entrenched in 4th PLACE again with 17 titles and Dynamite tumbles to 5th Place this week with 12 titles (7 fewer titles than last week). INDY COMICS remain at a collective 50+ units again this week with 51 titles - down just a bit from last weeks 54 titles. Parsing through the Indies a bit: Dark Horse and Boom both tie for 6th place with 7 titles apiece as Avatar & Zenescope ship out a collective 5 books but are responsible for 17 total slots in this week's shipping list. Finally, there's only one second print shipping this week (Rocket Raccoon #2) which is something we haven's seen on the schedule since before this newsletter started keeping track of them!
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THIS WEEK'S HIGHLIGHTS:  We're over the hump this week with DC's 3D MOTION/Lenticular cover month and entering the final lap next week. DC ships out eleven Future's End tie in books (22 if you count the standard covers). Lost in the DC 3D shuffle is Grant Morrison's second foray into the DC Multiverse with Earth Two-esque MULTIVERSITY THE SOCIETY OF SUPER-HEROES #1. Meanwhile, over at Marvel, they kick off their eight month long TIME RUNS OUT countdown with our Book of the Week-AVENGERS #35.  As mentioned above Logan's demise has hit a shipping delay and issue #3 won't be appearing for while. Thor however won't be so lucky as his book ends this week with the tri-covered 25th issue. In it he deals with the shocking fall-out from ORIGINAL SIN. The next time you see the wielder of the Uru hammer it'll be a girl. Over at Dynamite the BIONIC WOMAN returns with the first issue of SEASON FOUR and the Chaos bad girl who is second only to Lady Death, Purgatori returns with PURGATORI #1. The latter comes with six (count'em SIX covers) for your buying pleasure. In the INDIES there are two books coming from two different publishes, each occupying the far ends of the non-traditional spectrum. ITTY BITTY BUNNIES RAINBOW PIXIE LAND XMAS #1 ships from ACTION LAB'S DANGER ZONE imprint and features the return of the "down under", meth fueled, kids comic ADULT PARODY critters. Over at BOOM! you'll find on the racks this Wednesday JIM HENSON'S STORYTELLER WITCHES #1 which is a celebration of fairy tales and folklore by the award winning Shane-Michael Viduarri who writes and watercolor paints the entire issue. From what I've seen of the art it looks absolutely gorgeous!
JIM HENSON'S STORYTELLER WITCHES #1
 

    

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GFT WONDERLAND #27 B CVR QUALANO (MR)  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
GFT WONDERLAND #27 C CVR KROME (MR)  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
GOD IS DEAD #20 (MR)  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
GOD IS DEAD #20 CARNAGE WRAP CVR (MR)  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
GOD IS DEAD #20 END OF DAYS CVR (MR)  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
GOD IS DEAD #20 ICONIC CVR (MR)  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
HELLRAISER BESTIARY #2 (MR)  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
ITTY BITTY BUNNIES RAINBOW PIXIE LAND XMAS #1 (MR)  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
ITTY BITTY BUNNIES RAINBOW PIXIE LAND XMAS #1 TYRONE VAR  $     4.99  $    0.75  $       4.24
JIM HENSONS STORYTELLER WITCHES #1  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
KEVIN KELLER #15 DAYS OF FUTURE PAST VAR CVR (NOTE PRICE)  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
KEVIN KELLER #15 JIMENEZ VAR CVR  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
KEVIN KELLER #15 REG CVR  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
LAST BROADCAST #5 (MR)  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
LIFE AFTER #3 CVR A PITARRA (MR)  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
LIFE AFTER #3 CVR B GABO (MR)  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
PEANUTS VOL 2 #21  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
RUSH CLOCKWORK ANGELS #5  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
SIXTH GUN DAYS OF THE DEAD #2 (OF 5)  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #264 REG CVR (NOTE PRICE)  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #264 UNLEASHED VAR CVR (NOTE PRICE)  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
SONS OF ANARCHY #13 (MR)  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
STRAIN NIGHT ETERNAL #2  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
TALES OF MR RHEE KARMAGEDDON #1 (OF 4) (MR)  $     1.99  $    0.30  $       1.69
TRANSLUCID #6 (OF 6)  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
UNITY #11 REG ALLEN (AH)  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
WWE SUPERSTARS ONGOING #8   $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
NEW INDY COMICS TOTALS:  $ 196.02  $  29.40  $  166.62
     
 NEW  VARIANT COMICS-24  MSRP 
AVENGERS #35 ALESSIO VAR TRO  TBA 
BIONIC WOMAN SEASON FOUR #1 PHOTO VAR  TBA 
BIONIC WOMAN SEASON FOUR #1 CHEN B&W VAR  TBA 
CALIBAN #6 DARK MATTER CVR  TBA 
CROSSED BADLANDS #61 RED CROSSED VAR  TBA 
RISE OF INCARNATES #4 (OF 15) CUSTOM VAR  TBA 
DAREDEVIL #8 CUSTOM SK ENERGY VAR  TBA 
DELINQUENTS #2 (OF 4) CRYSTAL VAR  TBA 
EDGE OF SPIDER-VERSE #2 LAND VAR  TBA 
GEORGE PEREZ SIRENS #1 PEREZ WRAP LEFT VAR  TBA 
GEORGE PEREZ SIRENS #1 PENCILS RIGHT INCV VAR  TBA 
GOD IS DEAD #20 GILDED VAR  TBA 
HULK #6 ROSS VAR  TBA 
JIM HENSONS STORYTELLER WITCHES #1 PENA VAR  TBA 
MULTIVERSITY SOCIETY OF SUPER-HEROES #1 BLACK & WHITE VAR  TBA 
MULTIVERSITY SOCIETY OF SUPER-HEROES #1 IRVING VAR ED  TBA 
MULTIVERSITY SOCIETY OF SUPER-HEROES #1 MARCH VAR ED  TBA 
PURGATORI #1 RUFFINO VAR  TBA 
PURGATORI #1 BLANK AUTHENTIX CVR  TBA 
SAVAGE HULK #4 KEOWN VAR  TBA 
SOLAR MAN OF ATOM #5 DOE VIRGIN VAR  TBA 
SSCW FOSTERS HOME FOR IMAGINARY FRIENDS #1 VAR  TBA 
SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #33 DEL MUNDO VAR  TBA 
TRANSFORMERS MORE THAN MEETS EYE #33 VAR  TBA 
 
 REORDER COMICS-5  MSRP 
EXTINCTION PARADE WAR #3 WRAP CVR (MR)  $     3.99
GOD IS DEAD #19 END OF DAYS CVR (MR)  $     3.99
GOLD DIGGER #213  $     3.99
GRAYSON FUTURES END #1 STANDARD ED  $     2.99
RED CITY #1  $     2.99
 
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MARVEL COMICS AVENGERS NOW CAPT AMERICA ARTFX+ STATUE   $   54.99
UNIVERSAL MONSTERS SELECT CREATURE AF NEW SCULPT   $   24.99
UNIVERSAL MONSTERS SELECT SON OF FRANKENSTEIN AF  $   24.99
UNIVERSAL MONSTERS SELECT VAN HELSING AF   $   24.99
 
 REORDER ACTION FIGURES-16  MSRP 
DC COMICS NEW 52 AQUAMAN ACTION FIGURE  $   24.95
DC COMICS NEW 52 ARSENAL AF  $   24.95
DC COMICS NEW 52 CYBORG ACTION FIGURE  $   24.95
DC COMICS NEW 52 GREEN LANTERN SIMON BAZ AF  $   24.95
DC COMICS NEW 52 RED HOOD AF  $   24.95
DC COMICS NEW 52 SUPERMAN ACTION FIGURE  $   24.95
DC COMICS SUPER VILLAINS JOHNNY QUICK & ATOMICA AF  $   24.95
DC COMICS SUPER VILLAINS ULTRAMAN AF  $   24.95
POP ADVENTURE TIME JAKE VINYL FIG   $   10.99
POP ADVENTURE TIME LEMONGRAB VINYL FIG  $   10.99
POP ADVENTURE TIME MARCELINE VINYL FIG   $   10.99
POP AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 ELECTRO VINYL FIG  $   10.99
POP CAPT AMERICA 2 BLACK WIDOW VINYL FIG   $   10.99
POP MOVIES CAPTAIN SPAULDING VINYL FIG  $   10.99
POP MOVIES CHUCKY VINYL FIG  $   10.99
POP REGULAR SHOW MORDECAI VINYL FIG   $   10.99
 
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A VOICE IN THE DARK TP VOL 01 (MR)  $   19.99
ASTRO CITY THROUGH OPEN DOORS TP  $   16.99
AVENGERS TP VOL 04 INFINITY  $   19.99
BATMAN UNWRAPPED THE COURT OF OWLS HC  $   39.99
COMPLETE SILENCERS TP   $   19.99
DC SUPER HEROES MY FIRST DICTIONARY HC   $   15.99
FOREVER EVIL ARKHAM WAR TP (N52)  $   16.99
GFT ROBYN HOOD LEGEND TP VOL 01  $   15.99
GODZILLA AWAKENING TP  $   12.99
GRAVEL TP VOL 04 COMBAT MAGICIAN (MR)  $   19.99
GRIMM FAIRY TALES DIFFERENT SEASONS TP VOL 04  $   15.99
INDESTRUCTIBLE HULK TP VOL 03 SMASH TIME  $   19.99
LEAVING MEGALOPOLIS HC   $   14.99
MEGA MAN TP VOL 07 BLACKOUT CURSE OF RA MOON  $   11.99
NEW TEEN TITANS TP VOL 01  $   19.99
OVERSTREET COMIC BK MARKETPLACE YBK 2014 BATMAN CVR  $   12.95
OVERSTREET COMIC BK MARKETPLACE YBK 2014 LUNA CVR  $   12.95
OVERSTREET COMIC BK MARKETPLACE YBK 2014 SHI CVR  $   12.95
OVERSTREET COMIC BK MARKETPLACE YBK 2014 X-O CVR  $   12.95
PETER PANZERFAUST TP VOL 04 THE HUNT  $   14.99
QUANTUM & WOODY TP VOL 03 CROOKED PASTS PRESENT TENSE  $   14.99
SONS OF ANARCHY TP VOL 01 (MR)  $   19.99
SUB MARINER AND ORIGINAL HUMAN TORCH TP  $   39.99
SUPERMAN WONDER WOMAN HC VOL 01 POWER COUPLE (N52)  $   24.99
TOE TAGS FEATURING GEORGE ROMERO TP (MR)  $   14.99
ULT COMICS SPIDER-MAN BY BENDIS TP VOL 05  $   19.99
UNCANNY AVENGERS TP VOL 03 RAGNAROK NOW  $   19.99
UNCANNY X-MEN PREM HC VOL 04 VS SHIELD  $   29.99
UNDERTOW TP VOL 01 BOATMANS CALL (MR)  $   14.99
UNWRITTEN TOMMY TAYLOR & THE SHIP THAT SANK TWICE TP (MR)  $   14.99
WARHAMMER 40K GREATER GOOD MMPB   $     9.99
WARHAMMER 40K GREY KNIGHTS OMNIBUS SC   $   17.50
WARHAMMER 40K HORUS HERESY SCARS TP   $   16.00
WARHAMMER HONOUR IMPERIALIS SC   $   17.50
WARREN COMMISSION REPORT SC   $   17.95
X-MEN TP ADVENTURES OF CYCLOPS AND PHOENIX  $   34.99
 
 REORDER BOOKS & TRADES-8  MSRP 
ADVENTURE TIME ENCYCLOPEDIA HC  $   19.95
EARTH 2 TP VOL 02 THE TOWER OF FATE (N52)  $   16.99
FLASH TP VOL 01 MOVE FORWARD (N52)  $   16.99
GREEN LANTERN BRIGHTEST DAY TP  $   19.99
I VAMPIRE TP VOL 02 RISE OF THE VAMPIRES (N52)  $   16.99
JLA TP VOL 04  $   24.99
SEX CRIMINALS TP VOL 01 (MR)  $     9.99
WALKING DEAD COMPENDIUM TP VOL 01 (MR)  $   59.99
 
 NEW GAMES-1  MSRP 
MTG DUEL DECKS: SPEED VS CUNNING  $   19.99
 
 NEW MAGAZINES-22  MSRP 
2000 AD #1893  $     5.99
2000 AD #1894  $     5.99
2000 AD #1895  $     5.99
2000 AD #1896  $     5.99
ARCHIE COMICS DIGEST #254 (NOTE PRICE)  $     4.99
DC BATMAN AUTO MAG #40 DK RISES MOVIE BANE TUMB  $   20.00
DC SUPERHERO CHESS FIG MAG #65 ULTRAMAN BLACK KING   $   16.00
DC SUPERHERO CHESS FIG MAG #66 STARFIRE BLACK PAWN   $   16.00
DISNEY PRINCESSES #21  $     4.99
DOCTOR WHO SPECIAL #38   $   13.99
DR.WHO MONTHLY MAGAZINE #476  $     9.99
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY #1327  $     4.99
ESQUIRE 0914  $     7.99
LOCUS #644  $     7.50
MAKE UP ARTIST MAGAZINE #110  $     6.99
MARVEL CHESS FIG COLL MAG #14 CAPTAIN MARVEL WHITE QUEEN   $   16.00
METAL HAMMER #45  $   11.99
PLAYBOY PRESENTS 90'S PLAYMATES  $   12.99
SCALE AUTO 1014  $     5.99
STAR TREK STARSHIPS FIG MAG #23 NEBULA CLASS   $   20.00
STAR TREK STARSHIPS FIG MAG #24 XINDI INSECTOID STARSHIP  $   20.00
UNCUT 0914  $     9.99
 
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 ACTION FIGURES/STATUES/MODELS    
Aliens Minimates: Aliens vs. Marines Army Dump  12/31/2014 10/1/2014
Arkham Origins 3-pack: Deathstroke / Joker / Copperhead 12/31/2014 9/17/2014
Batman Black & White: Harley Quinn 2nd Ed. Statue 12/31/2014 10/1/2014
Batman: Arkham City Clayface Dlx. AF 12/31/2014 10/8/2014
DC Comics Icons: Superman 1/6 Scale Statue 12/31/2014 9/17/2014
DC Comics-New 52: Earth 2 Hawkgirl AF 12/31/2014 9/17/2014
Justice League Chess Set 12/31/2014 10/1/2014
Marvel Select: Zombie Magneto AF  12/31/2014 10/8/2014
TMNT: Donatello Bust Bank  12/31/2014 9/17/2014
Universal Monsters: Select Son of Frankenstein AF  9/10/2014 9/17/2014
Wonder Woman: Art of War Statue by Adam Hughes 12/31/2014 9/17/2014
   
 BOOKS & TRADES    
American Comic Book Chronicles HC: 1970s 12/31/2014 9/24/2014
Breath of Fire: Off. Comp. Works SC 9/10/2014 9/17/2014
Hulk TP Vol. 1: Banner DOA 10/15/2014 10/22/2014
Marvel Covers Artist Ed. HC 9/10/2014 9/17/2014
Punk Rock Jesus Deluxe Edition HC (MR) 10/8/2014 11/5/2014
Resident Evil 6 Artworks SC 9/10/2014 9/17/2014
Teen Titans: A Celebration of 50 Years HC 11/5/2014 11/12/2014
Trinity of Sin: Pandora TP Vol. 2 (N52) 10/22/2014 11/5/2014
   
 COMICS    
All New Ghost Rider #9 11/12/2014 11/26/2014
Fantastic Four Annual #1 9/24/2014 10/1/2014
Kitchen #1 (MR) Reg./Var. 11/12/2014 11/5/2014
Miles Morales: Ultimate Spider-Man #6 10/1/2014 10/15/2014
Miles Morales: Ultimate Spider-Man #7 11/5/2014 11/12/2014
Silver Surfer #7 10/8/2014 11/12/2014
Silver Surfer #8 11/12/2014 12/10/2014
   
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TP=Trade Paperback
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