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NEW COMIC WEDNESDAY: 070517
IT'S OUR 1198TH WEEK OF ALTERING YOUR REALITY!
401 NEW/RETURNING ITEMS GO ON SALE 3:00PM WEDNESDAY
THIS WEEKS SHIPPING►
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-THIS WEEKS STORE SALES-

40% OFF 0UR KIDS BOOK OF THE WEEK
GUMBY #1
PAPERCUTZ
(W) Ray Fawkes, Kyle Baker (A) Jolyon Yates & Various
Gumby, Pokey and the gang are back with new adventures for the first time in over ten years! Newly reimagined stories bring the magic of the classic clay boy to a new generation. First, moon creatures invade the toy store where Gumby lives! Gumby and his friends must muster up the courage to contain these triangular foes.
COVER PRICE:  $3.99
ALL WEEK LONG YOU PAY:  $2.39

SAVE OVER $5.00 ON THESE BOOKS THIS WEEK!

 40% OFF ALL WEEK LONG  COVER PRICE  YOU SAVE  YOU PAY 
 GUMBY #1  $                     3.99  $          1.60  $            2.39
     
 25% OFF these 3 1st Issues on 070517  COVER PRICE  YOU SAVE  YOU PAY 
 CASPER THE FRIENDLY GHOST #1  $                     3.00  $          0.75  $            2.25
 HANAZUKI FULL OF TREASURES #1  $                     3.99  $          1.00  $            2.99
 JEM & THE HOLOGRAMS MISFITS INFINITE #1 (OF 3)   $                     3.99  $          1.00  $            2.99
 $                 14.97  $          4.34  $         10.63
HERO OF THE MONTH SALE JULY 2017: SPIDERMAN FAMILY
  SPIDERMAN FAMILY MONTH at Alternate Reality is going on now and our entire stock of the WEB HEAD AND HIS EXTENDED FAMILIES Trade Paperbacks are all discounted...
25% OFF ALL MONTH LONG!
 

Also save this month on...

-THIS WEEKS KIDS SHIPPING-

22 NEW & RETURNING ITEMS FOR ALL AGES ARRIVE THIS WEEK
15% OFF ALL OF THE NEW KIDS COMICS BELOW,
EVERYDAY THIS WEEK
(070517-071117) FOR EVERYONE!
 NEW ALL AGES COMICS-9  MSRP 
ADVENTURE TIME #66  $                     3.99
CASPER THE FRIENDLY GHOST #1  $                     3.00
GUMBY #1  $                     3.99
HANAZUKI FULL OF TREASURES #1  $                     3.99
HERO CATS MIDNIGHT OVER STELLAR CITY VOL 2 #2  $                     3.99
JEM & THE HOLOGRAMS MISFITS INFINITE #1 (OF 3)   $                     3.99
LUMBERJANES #39   $                     3.99
MARVEL UNIVERSE ULT SPIDER-MAN VS SINISTER SIX #11  $                     2.99
MY LITTLE PONY LEGENDS OF MAGIC #4 CVR A HICKEY  $                     3.99
 
 REORDER KIDS COMICS-3  MSRP 
GROO FRAY OF THE GODS #3  $                     3.99
MY LITTLE PONY FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC #52  $                     3.99
UNCLE SCROOGE #25 SUBSCRIPTION VAR  $                     3.99
 
 NEW KIDS MAGAZINES-4  MSRP 
ARCHIE 75TH ANNIV DIGEST #11  $                     6.99
ARCHIE SUMMER ANNUAL DIGEST #280  $                     5.99
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC KIDS 0817  $                     4.99
WORLD OF ARCHIE SUMMER ANNUAL DIGEST #70  $                     5.99
 
 NEW KIDS BOOKS & TRADES-4  MSRP 
ARCHIE CROSSOVER COLLECTION TP  $                   14.99
BE A STAR WONDER WOMAN YR PICTURE BOOK   $                   15.95
DC SUPER HERO GIRLS A KIDS COLORING BOOK TP  $                     7.99
NIGHT NIGHT GROOT YR PICTURE BOOK  $                   12.99
 
 REORDER COMICS-2  MSRP
MARVEL UNIVERSE DEADPOOL AND WOLVERINE DIGEST TP  $                     9.99
MARVEL UNIVERSE GUARDIANS OF GALAXY DIGEST TP VOL 04  $                     9.99
 
COMICBOOKMAN FUN FACT:
ALTERNATE REALITY receives more New Sale Items than any other store in Chicago! Each week anywhere between 225-350 brand new and re-order 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 Comic/Genre related STUFF every week right here in SHIP-SHAPE!
 
ABBREVIATIONS KEY TO THIS PAGE

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

2ND PTG VAR=Second Printing Variant
AF=Action Figure(s)
ANMN=All New Marvel Now
ANNIV=Anniversary
ASST=Assortment
AUXILIARY ED=The designation Avatar Comics assigns to it's 2nd Prints
BK=Book
BLK=Black
CCG=Collectable Card Game
COLL ED=Collected Edition
COLL MAG=Collector's Magazine
CURR PRTG=Current Printing
CVR=Cover
DM=Direct Market (Comic Book Stores only)
ED=Edition
DCU=DC Universe
DLX=Deluxe
FRGTN RLMS=Forgotten Realms
GN=Graphic Novel
GORE=Gory cover image
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
MTME=Transformers More Than Meets the Eye
(MR)=Mature Readers, this item is NOT intended for younger or more sensitive readers.
N52=DC's New 52
NBA=National Basketball Association
NBA=National Basketball Association
NFL=National Football League
NHL=National Hockey League
NOTE PRICE=Price differs from this titles regular price.
NOW=Marvel NOW!
O/A=Order Again
PKT=Pocket
PTG=Printing
PX=Previews Exclusive
Reg./Var.=Regular Cover/Variant Cover
(RES)=Re-solicited Item
RI VARIANT=a Retailer Incentive Variant cover
RID=Transformers Robots In Disguise
SC=Soft Cover
SGN=Signed
SER=Series
STD ED=Standard Edition
SUB=Subscription as is variant Subscription Cover
SUB VAR=Subscription Variant
TBA=To Be Announced
TNG=Referencing Star Trek "THE NEXT GENERATION"
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=Wraparound cover

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: "0309" means March, 2009. "1211" means December, 2011...

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