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NEW & RETURNING ITEMS GO ON SALE AT 7:00AM THIS
WEDNESDAY
November 19th 2014
(IT'S OUR 1061st WEEK!)

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40% OFF ALL WEEK LONG!

SPIDER-WOMAN #1
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Dennis Hopeless (A/CA) Greg Land
COVER PRICE: $3.99
YOU PAY: $2.39
111914-112514
 While supplies last
 
New Ongoing Series/Spider-Verse Tie-In!
Jessica Drew has been an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., and agent of S.W.O.R.D., an Avenger and so much more. But nothing could prepare her for the multidimensional insanity that is Spider-Verse! A war is brewing, and every spider-character in the multiverse is a target! But being a target is something Jessica Drew just won't abide. She's a woman with a mission and with Silk, the newest spider-character on the block at her side, she'll have to put all her training to the test if she wants to make it out of Spider-Verse alive!
SPIDER-VERSE KICKS OFF A NEW ONGOING SERIES!

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BASED THIS WEEKS ORDERING

  1) AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #10 SV
  2) AVENGERS & X-MEN AXIS #6
  3) JUSTICE LEAGUE #36
  4) UNCANNY X-MEN #28
  5) EARTH 2 WORLDS END #7
  6) AXIS CARNAGE #2 (OF 3)
  7) GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #21
  8) NEW AVENGERS #26 TRO
  9) AVENGERS #38 TRO
10) SPIDER-WOMAN #1 SV

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EPOCHALYPSE #1
GFT 2014 HOLIDAY SPECIAL
GOTHAM ACADEMY #1 2ND PTG
GRAYSON #1 3RD PTG
ICE CRITICAL MASS #1 (OF 4)
IMAGE FIRSTS PRETTY DEADLY #1
IMAGE FIRSTS VELVET #1
IMAGE FIRSTS ZERO #1
INTERSECT #1
MULTIVERSITY PAX AMERICANA #1
PUNK MAMBO #0
SINERGY #1
SPIDER-WOMAN #1 SV
VICTORIAN SECRET STEAM QUEENS #1

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THE FINAL LAP FOR THESE TITLES
BATMAN 66 MEETS GREEN HORNET
   #6 (OF 6)
CARTOON NETWORK SUPER
   SECRET CRISIS WAR #6 (OF 6)
DREAM MERCHANT #6 (OF 6) (MR)
LUMBERJANES #8 (OF 8)

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COMIC SHOP NEWS #1431

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  THIS WEEKS HIGHLIGHTS
Everything In It's Place...
COMICBOOKMAN SEZ: Last week I made a little noise (and I do mean little) over the content in Image Comics Humans #1. Unknown to me right up to last Wednesday morning (110514) was the fact that there's adult material in the issue. I found out about it when one of my customers pointed it out (thank you Ryan Wessel). The problem for me wasn't the content, but that the content in question was never flagged to the retailer's who ordered the book. Diamond who distributed it, Image who printed it and the creators who produced it never told folks like me at the tail end of the chain that there was material in the book that could potentially get us in trouble if sold or distributed to a minor. I take artistic freedom and First Amendment Free Speech rights very seriously but as a retailer I am also aware of my responsibility to ALL of my customers as well as the Mount Greenwood neighborhood. That's why there is an Adult Room in the store that is separated away from the main traffic area and geographically on the opposite side of the store from our much larger Kidz Corner. The Adult Room (a room because it is physically walled off) is not only where the adult comics, trade paperbacks and magazines are on display but is also the place for "Hard R" rated mainstream material like Tarot, Dicks and Cavewoman. I am easily capable of keeping an eye on the Adult Room from behind the counter and any kids who "wander" in there get shooed out of the store immediately. As a parent I would never knowingly sell questionable material to a minor and as a retailer doing so would badly damage our reputation (or worse) in the neighborhood. Which brings me back to Humans #1 and why it's contents flying "under the radar" bothered me enough to write about it last week. So if you're over 18 and looking for Humans, you'll find it in our Adult Room. If you're interested in reading a little more about what's actually in the issue, my letter to the Industry website ICV2 can be found HERE.
  At Alternate Reality we order 99.9% of the comics Previews solicits every month. Keep that in mind as you read the numbers below, they not only break down our week but it's also a pretty accurate representation of the week in comics nationwide.

Bigger and therefore a more expensive week with four of the Top 5 shifting positions for the Week of 111914. DC reclaims the top spot  by shipping eleven more titles than last week. Marvel moves up into 2nd Place with twenty seven titles. Image moves up to 3rd Place and IDW tumbles down to 4th Place with 40% fewer titles on the rack this week. Dynamite maintains it's 5th Place position again with one fewer title than last week. As has been the case for the last few weeks, the Indy numbers surge and recede like the tides from week to week. This week is a surge as  50% more Indy Comics show up on the rack this week over last. Extending out the Indy numbers the 6th Place shipper for the week is Avatar with thirteen books (only four actual titles) and BOOM! in 7th Place with ten titles. Next week will be the Thanksgiving/Black Friday shipping which is usually a large week so as they say: Brace Yourself.

 TOP 5 FOR 111914 SHIPPED   COST  15% OFF  YOU PAY 
 DC COMICS 36  $ 131.64  $     19.75  $  111.89
 MARVEL COMICS 27  $ 107.69  $     16.15  $    91.54
 IMAGE COMICS 21  $    63.90  $       9.59  $    54.32
 IDW COMICS 19  $    75.81  $     11.37  $    64.44
 DYNAMITE COMICS 15  $    58.85  $       8.83  $    50.02
 INDY COMICS 65  $ 262.40  $     39.36  $  223.04
TOTALS: 183  $700.29  $ 105.04  $595.25
 TOP 5 FOR 111214 SHIPPED   COST  15% OFF  YOU PAY 
 IDW COMICS 35  $ 139.65  $     20.95  $  118.70
 DC COMICS 25  $    85.75  $     12.86  $    72.89
 MARVEL COMICS 24  $    96.76  $     14.51  $    82.25
 IMAGE COMICS 20  $    62.37  $       9.36  $    53.01
 DYNAMITE COMICS 16  $    70.84  $     10.63  $    60.21
 INDY COMICS 44  $ 172.58  $     25.89  $  146.69
TOTALS: 164  $627.95  $   94.19  $533.76
COMICS COST HOW MUCH?!?: Here's the price point breakdown for the Week of 11/19/14. Of the 183 New Comics that are shipping there are nine price points ranging from $1.00 to $9.99 with the largest concentration of books again falling into the $3.99 price point with the $2.99 price point trailing a very distant second. Remember you save 15% OFF of ALL of this weeks New Comics all week long only at Alternate Reality!

THIS WEEK'S HIGHLIGHTS: If last week was the week of Captain America this week BATMAN takes center stage. It's mostly because seven Batman Family titles are shipping but the jewel in that crown has to be BATMAN 66 THE LOST EPISODE #1, one of our First Day Sale 40% Off titles it comes with a hefty 9:99 price point ($5.99 on Wednesday) but it's a gem. Harlan Ellison wrote an unproduced episode that would have introduced Two Face into the TV Series rogues gallery. It's written by Len Wein form Ellisons script with art by José Luis García-López and Joe Prado. Also from DC is MULTIVERSITY PAX AMERICANA #1 with Grant Morrison's take on the parallel earth that houses the old Charleton heroes. You may also want to check out WONDER WOMAN #36 which debuts the new creative team of husband and wife Meredith & David Finch. Our BOOK OF THE WEEK is from Marvel and it's another re-launching of SPIDERWOMAN, she's been an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., and agent of S.W.O.R.D., an Avenger, a loner but always a member of the Spiderman Family and this series starts off with her deep in the SPIDER-VERSE storyline. Image ships a trio of IMAGE FIRST one dollar reprint books this week (Velvet, Zero, Pretty Deadly) and two new titles: SINERGY #1 and INTERSECT #1. Sinergy is by Power's artist Michael Avon Oeming and tells the story of a college girls first sexual experience which enables her to see inter-dimensional monsters who live secretly among us. Intersect is a terrifying monthly odyssey of madness and warped flesh by writer/artist Ray Fawkes. Plunging into the swollen INDY PIT this week we have PUNK MAMBO #0 from Valiant Comics which has one time Hellblazer writer Peter Milligan introduce a different kind of magic into the back alleys of the Valiant Universe. Legendary Comics collapses 600 years of history into a single era in EPOCHALYPSE #1 by writer Jonathan Hennessey and artist Shane Davis. As mentioned before the holidays are coming and what better way to spend them than with a big slice of cheesecake like the GRIMM FAIRY TALES 2014 HOLIDAY SPECIAL, complete with three parallel variant covers and an in depth exploration of the Krampus legend. We wrap things up with the "I forgot all about that book" winner for the week. Solicited back in February of this year Antarctic Press' VICTORIAN SECRET STEAM QUEENS #1 finally arrives this Wednesday and along the way it managed to totally miss the Spring, Summer and half of the Fall of 2014. With that much lead time you know this tale of "proud, plucky damsels, garbed in their most elegant brass and leather finery, who dare to defy danger and stoke the steampunk engines" has to be good!

  NOVEMBER 16th thru NOVEMBER 22nd  

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  KIDZ CORNER BOOK OF THE WEEK
 
BRAVEST WARRIORS PARALYZED HORSE GIANT #1
BOOM! STUDIOS
(W) James TynionIV & Various (A) Erica Henderson & Various
Do you like quirky, leftthings, things that are just so unusual, you're drawn to it? That's pretty much Paralyzed Horse - a horse that can't move but has farknowledge of the present and future. Plus, we've assembled an amazing team of diverse creators to tell stories of a girl named Beth and her um, unusual horse.
MSRP: $4.99   YOU PAY: $4.24  

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 SPIDERWOMAN  #1
 

SAVE 40% ($13.78) ON THESE 7 TITLES 0N 111914!     
 40% OFF these "MAGNIFICENT 7" titles on 111914  MSRP  -40%  YOU PAY 
 BATMAN 66 THE LOST EPISODE #1  $     9.99  $          4.00  $       5.99
 DUNGEONS & DRAGONS LEGENDS OF BALDURS GATE #2  $     3.99  $          1.60  $       2.39
 INHUMAN #8  $     3.99  $          1.60  $       2.39
 INTERSECT #1  $     3.50  $          1.40  $       2.10 
 MULTIVERSITY PAX AMERICANA #1  $     4.99  $          2.00  $       2.99
 PUNK MAMBO #0  $     3.99  $          1.60  $       2.39
 SPIDER-WOMAN #1 SV  $     3.99  $          1.60  $       2.39
1ST DAY SALE TOTALS:  $34.44  $     13.78  $   20.66

"1st DAY SALE" prices are good only for the date listed, only for one copy of each item and only while supplies last.

HERO OF THE MONTH SALE NOVEMBER 2014: CONSTANTINE & SWAMP THING
   
CONSTANTINE & SWAMP THING MONTH at Alternate Reality is going on now and our entire stock of the VERTIGO'S BEST Trade Paperbacks are all discounted...
25% OFF ALL MONTH LONG!

Also save this week on...
240 NEW & RETURNING COMICS ARRIVE THIS WEEK
15% OFF ALL OF THE NEW COMICS BELOW, EVERYDAY THIS WEEK (111914-112514) FOR EVERYONE!
 1) NEW DC COMICS-36  MSRP  DISC  YOU PAY
ASTRO CITY #17  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
BATMAN 66 MEETS GREEN HORNET #6 (OF 6)  $     2.99  $    0.45  $       2.54
BATMAN 66 THE LOST EPISODE #1  $     9.99  $    1.50  $       8.49
BATMAN AND ROBIN #36 (ROBIN RISES)  $     2.99  $    0.45  $       2.54
BATMAN AND ROBIN #36 LEGO VAR ED (ROBIN RISES)  $     2.99  $    0.45  $       2.54
BATMAN ETERNAL #33  $     2.99  $    0.45  $       2.54
BATMAN SUPERMAN #16  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
BATMAN SUPERMAN #16 COMBO PACK  $     4.99  $    0.75  $       4.24
BATMAN SUPERMAN #16 LEGO VAR ED  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
BATWOMAN #36  $     2.99  $    0.45  $       2.54
EARTH 2 WORLDS END #7  $     2.99  $    0.45  $       2.54
FABLES #146 (MR)  $     2.99  $    0.45  $       2.54
GOTHAM ACADEMY #1 2ND PTG  $     2.99  $    0.45  $       2.54
GRAYSON #1 3RD PTG  $     2.99  $    0.45  $       2.54
GREEN LANTERN NEW GUARDIANS #36 (GODHEAD)  $     2.99  $    0.45  $       2.54
HARLEY QUINN #12  $     2.99  $    0.45  $       2.54
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INFINITE CRISIS FIGHT FOR THE MULTIVERSE #5  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
INJUSTICE GODS AMONG US YEAR THREE #4  $     2.99  $    0.45  $       2.54
JUSTICE LEAGUE #36  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
JUSTICE LEAGUE #36 COMBO PACK  $     4.99  $    0.75  $       4.24
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MULTIVERSITY PAX AMERICANA #1  $     4.99  $    0.75  $       4.24
NEW 52 FUTURES END #29 (WEEKLY)  $     2.99  $    0.45  $       2.54
RED HOOD AND THE OUTLAWS #36  $     2.99  $    0.45  $       2.54
SENSATION COMICS FEATURING WONDER WOMAN #4  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
SUPERGIRL #36  $     2.99  $    0.45  $       2.54
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SUPERMAN WONDER WOMAN #13  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
SUPERMAN WONDER WOMAN #13 COMBO PACK  $     4.99  $    0.75  $       4.24
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TEEN TITANS #4  $     2.99  $    0.45  $       2.54
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TRINITY OF SIN #2  $     2.99  $    0.45  $       2.54
WONDER WOMAN #36  $     2.99  $    0.45  $       2.54
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NEW DC COMICS TOTALS:  $ 131.64  $  19.75  $  111.89
     
 2) NEW MARVEL COMICS-27  MSRP  DISC  YOU PAY
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #10 SV  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
AVENGERS #38 TRO  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
AVENGERS AND X-MEN AXIS #6 (OF 9)  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
AVENGERS WORLD #15 AXIS  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
AXIS CARNAGE #2 (OF 3)  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
AXIS REVOLUTIONS #2 (OF 4)  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
BLACK WIDOW #12  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
DAREDEVIL #10  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
DEADPOOL #37 AXIS  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
DEATH OF WOLVERINE #3 (OF 4) 2ND PTG MCNIVEN VAR  $     4.99  $    0.75  $       4.24
DEATH OF WOLVERINE WEAPON X PROGRAM #2 (OF 5)  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
ELEKTRA #8  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
FANTASTIC FOUR #13  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #21  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
INHUMAN #8  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
LEGENDARY STAR LORD #4 2ND PTG MEDINA VAR  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
LOKI AGENT OF ASGARD #8 AXIS  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
MAGNETO #12 AXIS  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
MOON KNIGHT #9  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
MS MARVEL #1 7TH PTG PICHELLI VAR ANMN  $     2.99  $    0.45  $       2.54
NEW AVENGERS #26 TRO  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
POWERS BUREAU #12 (MR)  $     3.95  $    0.59  $       3.36
PUNISHER #12  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
SPIDER-WOMAN #1 SV  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
STORM #5  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
UNCANNY X-MEN #28  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
X-FORCE #12  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
NEW MARVEL COMICS TOTALS:  $ 107.69  $  16.15  $    91.54
     
 3) NEW IMAGE COMICS-21  MSRP  DISC  YOU PAY
AMERICAN LEGENDS #3 (OF 5)  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
DEAD AT 17 BLASPHEMY THRONE #4 (OF 7)  $     3.50  $    0.53  $       2.98
DEADLY CLASS #9 (MR)  $     3.50  $    0.53  $       2.98
DREAM MERCHANT #6 (OF 6) (MR)  $     3.50  $    0.53  $       2.98
GONERS #2  $     2.99  $    0.45  $       2.54
IMAGE FIRSTS PRETTY DEADLY #1 (MR)  $     1.00  $    0.15  $       0.85
IMAGE FIRSTS VELVET #1 (MR)  $     1.00  $    0.15  $       0.85
IMAGE FIRSTS ZERO #1 (MR)  $     1.00  $    0.15  $       0.85
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INVINCIBLE #115  $     2.99  $    0.45  $       2.54
MORNING GLORIES #42 (MR)  $     3.50  $    0.53  $       2.98
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 4) NEW IDW COMICS-19  MSRP  DISC  YOU PAY
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GODZILLA CATACLYSM #4 (OF 5)  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
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THE LAST FALL #3 (OF 5)  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
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WINTERWORLD #4 SUB VAR  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
 NEW IDW COMICS TOTALS:  $   75.81  $  11.37  $    64.44
     
 5) NEW DYNAMITE COMICS-15  MSRP  DISC  YOU PAY
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VAMPIRELLA FEARY TALES #2 (OF 5) CVR C EXC SUB VAR  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
NEW DYNAMITE COMICS TOTALS:  $   58.85  $    8.83  $    50.02
     
 NEW INDEPENDENT COMICS-65  MSRP  DISC  YOU PAY
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13 COINS #2 (OF 6) (MR)  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
ANNIHILATOR #3 (OF 6)  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
BPRD HELL ON EARTH #125  $     3.50  $    0.53  $       2.98
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BTVS SEASON 10 #9 ISAACS VAR  $     3.50  $    0.53  $       2.98
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CROSSED BADLANDS #66 (MR)  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
CROSSED BADLANDS #66 FATAL FANTASY CVR (MR)  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
CROSSED BADLANDS #66 TORTURE CVR (MR)  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
CROSSED BADLANDS #66 WRAP CVR (MR)  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
DARK HORSE PRESENTS 2014 #4  $     4.99  $    0.75  $       4.24
DICKS END OF TIME #6 (MR)  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
DICKS END OF TIME #6 OFFENSIVE CVR (MR)  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
DOCTOR WHO 12TH #2 REG COAL HILL SCHOOL  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
DOCTOR WHO 12TH #2 SUBSCRIPTION PHOTO  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
EPOCHALYPSE #1  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
FUTURAMA COMICS #73  $     2.99  $    0.45  $       2.54
GEORGE RR MARTIN IN THE HOUSE O/T WORM #4 (MR)  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
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GEORGE RR MARTIN IN THE HOUSE O/T WORM #4 WRAP CVR (MR)  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
GFT 2014 HOLIDAY SPECIAL A CVR RICH (MR)  $     5.99  $    0.90  $       5.09
GFT 2014 HOLIDAY SPECIAL B CVR SPAY (MR)  $     5.99  $    0.90  $       5.09
GFT 2014 HOLIDAY SPECIAL C CVR CUCCA (MR)  $     5.99  $    0.90  $       5.09
GFT DARK SHAMAN #2 (OF 4) A CVR TOLIBAO (MR)  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
GFT DARK SHAMAN #2 (OF 4) B CVR MYCHAELS (MR)  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
GFT DARK SHAMAN #2 (OF 4) C CVR LUIS (MR)  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
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GFT GRIMM FAIRY TALES #104 B CVR SCHAFFER (AOFD) (MR)  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
GFT GRIMM FAIRY TALES #104 C CVR DAXIONG (AOFD) (MR)  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
GOD IS DEAD #24 (MR)  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
GOD IS DEAD #24 CARNAGE WRAP CVR (MR)  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
GOD IS DEAD #24 END OF DAYS CVR (MR)  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
GOD IS DEAD #24 ICONIC CVR (MR)  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
GODKILLER WALK AMONG US #2 (RES) (MR)  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
HELLRAISER BESTIARY #4 (MR)  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
ICE CRITICAL MASS #1 (OF 4)  $     1.99  $    0.30  $       1.69
JIM HENSONS STORYTELLER WITCHES #3  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
LAST BORN #3 (MR)  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
LAST BROADCAST #7 (MR)  $     4.99  $    0.75  $       4.24
LUMBERJANES #8 (OF 8)  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
MAGNUS ROBOT FIGHTER #8  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
MEGA MAN #43 CAPCOM VAR CVR  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
MEGA MAN #43 REG CVR  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
PEANUTS VOL 2 #23  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
PREDATOR FIRE AND STONE #2 (OF 4)  $     3.50  $    0.53  $       2.98
PRINCESS UGG #5  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
PUNK MAMBO #0 CVR A DAUTERMAN  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
PUNK MAMBO #0 CVR B HUGHES  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
REGULAR SHOW #17  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
REGULAR SHOW #17 SUBSCRIPTION HAZARD VAR  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
SIMPSONS WINTER WINGDING #9  $     4.99  $    0.75  $       4.24
SLEEPY HOLLOW #2 (OF 4)  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
SONIC UNIVERSE #70 REG CVR  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
SONIC UNIVERSE #70 SEGA VAR CVR  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
SONS OF ANARCHY #15 (MR)  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
STRAIN NIGHT ETERNAL #4 (MR)  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
TERMINATOR SALVATION FINAL BATTLE #11 (OF 12)  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
VICTORIAN SECRET STEAM QUEENS #1  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
WESTWARD #9  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
X-O MANOWAR #30 CVR A HENRY  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
X-O MANOWAR #30 CVR B HENRY  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
ZOMBIE TRAMP ONGOING #4 MAIN CVR (MR)  $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
ZOMBIE TRAMP ONGOING #4 RISQUE CVR (MR)  $     4.99  $    0.75  $       4.24
NEW INDY COMICS TOTALS:  $ 262.40  $  39.36  $  223.04
     
 NEW  VARIANT COMICS-41  
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #10 DELLOTTO VAR ED  TBA 
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #10 MARVEL ANIMATION VAR ED  TBA 
AVENGERS & X-MEN AXIS #6 (OF 9) SCHITI YOUNG GUNS VAR ED  TBA 
AVENGERS WORLD #15 RR & GROOT VAR ED  TBA 
BATMAN 66 THE LOST EPISODE #1 VAR ED  TBA 
BATMAN SUPERMAN #16 VAR ED  TBA 
BLACK WIDOW #12 CHRISTOPHER VAR ED  TBA 
CROSSED BADLANDS #66 RED CROSSED VAR ED  TBA 
DEADPOOL #37 RR & GROOT VAR ED  TBA 
DICKS END OF TIME #6 CLASSIC MOMENT VAR ED  TBA 
DOCTOR WHO 12TH #2 CLARA PHOTO VAR ED  TBA 
DUNGEONS & DRAGONS LEGENDS OF BALDURS GATE #2 VAR ED  TBA 
EVIL ERNIE #2 SEELEY B&W VAR ED  TBA 
EVIL ERNIE #2 RARE HAESER CUTE VAR ED  TBA 
EVIL ERNIE #2 RARE MANGUM VAR ED  TBA 
FLASH GORDON #3 RARE LAMING B&W VAR ED  TBA 
FLASH GORDON #4 RARE LAMING B&W VAR ED  TBA 
FLASH GORDON #5 RARE LAMING B&W VAR ED  TBA 
FLASH GORDON #6 RARE LAMING B&W VAR ED  TBA 
GEORGE RR MARTIN IN THE HOUSE O/T WORM #4 REGAL VAR ED  TBA 
GOD IS DEAD #24 GILDED VAR ED  TBA 
HARLEY QUINN #12 VAR ED  TBA 
JUSTICE LEAGUE #36 VAR ED  TBA 
MAGNUS ROBOT FIGHTER #8 HARDMAN B&W VAR ED  TBA 
MULTIVERSITY PAX AMERICANA #1 BLACK & WHITE VAR ED  TBA 
MULTIVERSITY PAX AMERICANA #1 SOOK VAR ED  TBA 
MY LITTLE PONY FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC #25 VAR ED  TBA 
MY LITTLE PONY FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC #25 BLANK VAR ED  TBA 
NEW AVENGERS #26 RR & GROOT VAR TRO  TBA 
REVIVAL #25 25TH CVR FRANCAVILLA VAR ED  TBA 
SOLAR MAN OF ATOM #7 DOE VIRGIN VAR ED  TBA 
SPIDER-WOMAN #1 BLANK VAR ED  TBA 
SPIDER-WOMAN #1 MANARA VAR ED  TBA 
SPIDER-WOMAN #1 OYUM VAR ED  TBA 
TRANSFORMERS PRIMACY #4 VAR ED  TBA 
TRINITY OF SIN #2 VAR ED  TBA 
UNCANNY X-MEN #28 RR & GROOT KRISTANTINA VAR ED  TBA 
VAMPIRELLA FEARY TALES #2 ANACLETO VAR ED  TBA 
WONDER WOMAN #36 BLACK & WHITE VAR ED  TBA 
WONDER WOMAN #36 BLANK VAR ED  TBA 
X-O MANOWAR #30 HENRY VAR ED  TBA 
 REORDER COMICS-16  MSRP 
ALL NEW INVADERS #10  $     3.99
BEE AND PUPPYCAT #4 MAIN CVRS  $     3.99
BRASS SUN #6 (OF 6)  $     3.99
CRITICAL HIT #2 (MR)  $     3.99
DEATH OF WOLVERINE #1 (OF 4)  $     4.99
FUSE #7 CVR B FRISON (MR)  $     3.50
HUGH HOWEYS WOOL #5 (OF 6)  $     3.99
JOHN CARTER WARLORD #1 CVR A CAMPBELL MAIN  $     3.99
JOHN CARTER WARLORD #1 CVR C JONES WRAP VAR  $     3.99
LAST BORN #2 (MR)  $     3.99
LENORE VOLUME II #11  $     3.99
MASSIVE #27  $     3.50
MY LITTLE PONY FRIENDS FOREVER #8 SUBVAR  $     3.99
PEANUTS VOL 2 #20  $     3.99
UBER #14 PROPAGANDA POSTER CVR (MR)  $     3.99
X-FILES SEASON 10 #18  $     3.99
 
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 NEW ACTION FIGURES/STATUES/MODELS-5  MSRP 
1966 BATMAN BATMOBILE 1/25 SCALE MODEL KIT   $   39.99
BATMAN ANIMATED NBA BATMAN AF  $   24.95
BATMAN LIL GOTHAM HARLEY QUINN MINI ACTION FIGURE  $   12.95
BATMAN LIL GOTHAM ROBIN MINI ACTION FIGURE  $   12.95
STAR TREK USS RELIANT 1/1000 SCALE MODEL KIT  $   34.99
 
 NEW BOOKS & TRADES-23  MSRP 
AQUAMAN HC VOL 05 SEA OF STORMS (N52)  $   24.99
AQUAMAN TP VOL 04 DEATH OF A KING (N52)  $   16.99
BATMAN DETECTIVE COMICS HC VOL 05 GOTHTOPIA (N52)  $   24.99
BATMAN DETECTIVE COMICS TP VOL 04 THE WRATH (N52)  $   17.99
BUCK ROGERS IN 25TH CENTURY TP VOL 01 GRIEVOUS ANGELS  $   17.99
CLUB FOR CROSSDRESSERS GN (A)  $   17.95
FAIREST IN ALL THE LAND TP (MR)  $   14.99
GOTG BY ABNETT AND LANNING COMPLETE COLL TP VOL 02  $   34.99
GUARDIANS GALAXY PREM HC VOL 03 GUARDIANS DISASSEMBLED  $   24.99
IRON FIST LIVING WEAPON TP VOL 01 RAGE  $   17.99
MY LITTLE PONY FRIENDS FOREVER TP VOL 02  $   17.99
REALM OF KINGS TP NEW PTG  $   34.99
RUNAWAYS COMPLETE COLLECTION TP VOL 02  $   34.99
SAGA DLX ED HC VOL 01  $   49.99
SILVER SURFER EPIC COLLECTION TP WHEN CALLS GALACTUS  $   34.99
TEEN TITANS A CELEBRATION OF 50 YEARS HC  $   39.99
TEEN TITANS EARTH ONE HC VOL 01  $   22.99
THOR GOD OF THUNDER PREM HC VOL 04 LAST DAYS MIDGARD  $   24.99
VAGINA MANIFESTO GN (A)   $   19.95
VAMPIRE DIARIES TP  $   24.99
WARHAMMER 40K DAMNATION OF PYTHOS TP   $   16.00
WOLVERINE TP BOOK 02 THREE MONTHS TO DIE  $   19.99
YOU SEE TEACHER GN VOL 01 (A)   $   17.95
 
 REORDER BOOKS & TRADES-40  MSRP 
99 DAYS HC (MR)  $   19.99
AGE OF ULTRON HC  $   75.00
AVENGERS VS X-MEN TP AVX  $   34.99
AVENGERS VS X-MEN TP ITS COMING AVX  $   19.99
AVENGERS VS X-MEN TP VS AVX  $   24.99
AZRAEL ANGEL IN THE DARK TP  $   17.99
BATMAN WAR GAMES ACT THREE TP  $   14.99
BATMAN WAR GAMES ACT TWO TP  $   14.99
BLANKETS GN  $   29.95
BOYS TP VOL 01 NAME OF THE GAME (MR)  $   16.99
BOYS TP VOL 03 GOOD FOR THE SOUL (MR)  $   19.99
CHARLIE BROWN & FRIENDS TP  $     9.99
CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS TP  $   29.99
EERIE ARCHIVES HC VOL 04  $   49.99
EXTINCTION PARADE TP VOL 01 (MR)  $   19.99
FLASHPOINT WORLD OF FLASHPOINT BATMAN TP  $   17.99
FLIGHT OF ANGELS HC (MR)  $   24.99
GREEN ARROW TP VOL 01 THE MIDAS TOUCH (N52)  $   14.99
GREEN ARROW TP VOL 04 THE KILL MACHINE (N52)  $   16.99
GREEN LANTERN GREEN ARROW TP  $   29.99
GREEN LANTERN HC VOL 02 THE SINESTRO CORPS WAR  $   24.99
GREEN LANTERN SECRET ORIGIN HC NEW ED  $   19.99
HULK WWH TP  $   24.99
HUNTRESS DARK KNIGHT DAUGHTER TP  $   19.99
INFINITE CRISIS TP  $   17.99
JUSTICE SOCIETY TP VOL 01  $   14.99
LOCKE & KEY TP VOL 01 WELCOME TO LOVECRAFT  $   19.99
LONE RANGER OMNIBUS TP VOL 01   $   39.99
MEGATOKYO VOL 05  $   10.99
MEGATOKYO VOL 06  $   10.99
NEIL GAIMAN ODD AND FROST GIANTS HC ED  $   14.99
PEANUT BUTTER GN VOL 05 (A)  $   11.99
SCOTT PILGRIM GN VOL 03 INFINITE SADNESS  $   11.99
SUPERGIRL MANY HAPPY RETURNS TP  $   14.95
SUPERMAN SHADOWS LINGER TP  $   14.99
TEEN TITANS SPOTLIGHT RAVEN TP  $   14.99
TITANS TP VOL 02 LOCKDOWN  $   14.99
TITANS TP VOL 03 FRACTURED  $   17.99
UNKNOWN SOLDIER TP VOL 04 BEAUTIFUL WORLD (MR)  $   14.99
VIMANARAMA TP (MR)  $   12.99
 
 REORDER COMICS-16  MSRP 
ALL NEW INVADERS #10  $     3.99
BEE AND PUPPYCAT #4 MAIN CVRS  $     3.99
BRASS SUN #6 (OF 6)  $     3.99
CRITICAL HIT #2 (MR)  $     3.99
DEATH OF WOLVERINE #1 (OF 4)  $     4.99
FUSE #7 CVR B FRISON (MR)  $     3.50
HUGH HOWEYS WOOL #5 (OF 6)  $     3.99
JOHN CARTER WARLORD #1 CVR A CAMPBELL MAIN  $     3.99
JOHN CARTER WARLORD #1 CVR C JONES WRAPAROUND VAR  $     3.99
LAST BORN #2 (MR)  $     3.99
LENORE VOLUME II #11  $     3.99
MASSIVE #27  $     3.50
MY LITTLE PONY FRIENDS FOREVER #8 SUBSCRIPTION VAR  $     3.99
PEANUTS VOL 2 #20  $     3.99
UBER #14 PROPAGANDA POSTER CVR (MR)  $     3.99
X-FILES SEASON 10 #18  $     3.99
 
 NEW GAMES-7  MSRP 
DC HEROCLIX FLASH 24 CT GRAVITY FEED   $     2.99
MTG COMMANDER BLACK-SWORN TO DARKNESS  $   34.99
MTG COMMANDER BLUE-PEER THROUGH TIME  $   34.99
MTG COMMANDER GREEN-GUIDED BY NATURE  $   34.99
MTG COMMANDER RED-BUILT FROM SCRATCH  $   39.99
MTG COMMANDER WHITE-FORGED IN STONE  $   34.99
POKEMON XY4 PHANTOM FORCES BOOSTER PACK  $     3.99
 
 NEW MAGAZINES-19  MSRP 
BASEBALL AMERICA #1424  $     5.99
CLASSIC ROCK #203  $   11.99
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY #1336  $     4.99
ESQUIRE 1114  $     7.99
FINE SCALE MODELER 1214  $     5.99
GAME TRADE MAGAZINE #178 (NET)  FREE 
GAMES #153  $     9.99
LITTLE SHOPPE OF HORRORS #33  $     9.95
MAKE UP ARTIST #111  $     6.99
MODEL RAILROADER 1214  $     5.99
NYLON 1114  $     4.99
OPRAH #15.12  $     4.50
PIECEWORK 1214  $     7.99
PLAYBOY SPECIAL COLLECTORS EDITION-BEST OF COLLEGE GIRLS  $   12.99
RUE MORGUE #150  $     9.95
SCALE AUTO 1214  $     5.99
STRAND MAGAZINE 0215  $     6.95
TIGER BEAT 1214  $     4.99
WORLD OF ARCHIE COMICS DIGEST #45  $     4.99
 
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THIS WEEKS LATE LIST
(The following have been pushed back form their original release dates to these new dates)
 VENDOR/TITLE-18 OLD DATE NEW DATE
 ACTION FIGURES/STATUES/MODELS    
Batman: Li'l Gotham Harley Quinn Mini Action Figure 11/12/2014 11/19/2014
Batman: Li'l Gotham Robin Mini Action Figure 11/5/2014 11/19/2014
   
 BOOKS & TRADES    
BTVS Season 10 TP Vol. 1 11/12/2014 11/19/2014
Dishonored Dunwall Archives HC 11/12/2014 11/19/2014
Mind MGMT HC Vol. 4: Magician 11/12/2014 11/19/2014
My Little Pony: Friends Forever TP Vol. 2 11/12/2014 11/19/2014
Pathfinder: Goblins HC 11/12/2014 11/19/2014
TMNT Legends: Soul's Winter Michael Zulli HC 11/12/2014 11/19/2014
Tomb Raider TP Vol. 1: Season of Witch 11/12/2014 11/19/2014
Transformers: Robots in Disguise TP Vol. 6 11/12/2014 11/19/2014
X-O Manowar Classic Omnibus HC 11/26/2014 12/3/2014
   
 COMICS    
Avengers #39 TRO 12/3/2014 12/10/2014
Avengers and X-Men AXIS #7 Reg./Vars. 12/3/2014 12/10/2014
Captain America and Mighty Avengers #3 AXIS Reg./Var. 12/17/2010 12/24/2014
Captain America and Mighty Avengers #4 1/14/2015 1/21/2015
Hawkeye #21 12/10/2014 12/24/2014
Trees #7 (MR) 11/19/2014 11/26/2014
X-Men #22 12/3/2010 12/10/2014
   
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