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NEW COMIC WEDNESDAY: 101117
IT'S OUR 1212TH WEEK OF ALTERING YOUR REALITY!
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ARCHIE HALLOWEEN SPECTACULAR #1

ARCHIE COMIC PUBLICATIONS
(W/A/CA) Various

Get ready for a Halloween SCARETACULAR featuring some of Archie's most frighteningly fun stories!

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 ADVENTURE TIME 2017 SPOOOKTACULAR #1  $                  7.99  $          2.00  $            5.99
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 NEW ALL AGES COMICS-21  
ADVENTURE TIME 2017 SPOOOKTACULAR #1  $     7.99
ADVENTURE TIME REGULAR SHOW #3 MAIN & MIX   $     3.99
ADVENTURE TIME REGULAR SHOW #3 SUBSCRIPTION NGUYEN VAR   $     3.99
ALL NEW CLASSIC ARCHIE YOUR PAL ARCHIE #3 CVR A REG PARENT  $     3.99
ALL NEW CLASSIC ARCHIE YOUR PAL ARCHIE #3 CVR B MCCLAINE  $     3.99
ARCHIE HALLOWEEN SPECTACULAR #1  $     2.99
FRUIT NINJA #2  $     3.99
GROO PLAY OF GODS #4  $     3.99
HANAZUKI FULL OF TREASURES #3 CVR A PENA  $     3.99
HANAZUKI FULL OF TREASURES #3 CVR B SHEIKH  $     3.99
MARVEL UNIVERSE GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #23  $     2.99
MECH CADET YU #3  $     3.99
MECH CADET YU #3 SUBSCRIPTION TO VAR  $     3.99
SCALES & SCOUNDRELS #2  $     3.99
SCOOBY DOO WHERE ARE YOU #86  $     2.99
SHINOBI NINJA PRINCESS LIGHTNING ONI #2  $     3.99
SPONGEBOB COMICS #73  $     3.99
WALT DISNEY COMICS & STORIES #740 CVR A FRECCERO  $     5.99
WALT DISNEY COMICS & STORIES #740 CVR B SCHROEDER  $     5.99
WRAPPED UP #1 BALTAZAR WRAPAROUND CVR  $     3.99
WRAPPED UP #1 MAIN MCMAHON CVR  $     3.99
 
 REORDER ALL AGES COMICS-7  
ADVENTURE TIME COMICS #3  $     3.99
ADVENTURE TIME COMICS #4  $     3.99
ADVENTURE TIME COMICS #7  $     3.99
ADVENTURE TIME COMICS #8  $     3.99
MARVEL UNIVERSE GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #20  $     2.99
TEEN TITANS GO #23  $     2.99
UNDERDOG #1 OVERCAT ROPP CVR  $     3.99
 
 NEW KIDS MAGAZINES-4  
BETTY & VERONICA HALLOWEEN ANNUAL DIGEST #257  $     6.99
MAD MAGAZINE #548  $     5.99
MARVEL COMICS DIGEST #3 THOR  $     6.99
WORLD OF ARCHIE COMIC DOUBLE DIGEST #72  $     5.99
 
 NEW KIDS BOOKS & TRADES-5  
BLACK WIDOW YA NOVEL TPB RED VENGEANCE   $     9.99
FLASH YA NOVEL HOCUS POCUS   $   13.99
PLANTS VS ZOMBIES LAWN OF DOOM HC   $     9.99
SUPERMAN & MISERABLE ROTTEN NO FUN REALLY BAD DAY HC  $   14.99
WORLD OF READING THIS IS THOR SC  $     4.99
 
REORDER KIDS BOOKS & TRADES-2  
DC SUPER HERO GIRLS TP VOL 03 SUMMER OLYMPUS  $     9.99
PLANTS VS ZOMBIES BATTLE EXTRAVAGONZO HC   $     9.99
 

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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
FIG=Figure
FRGTN RLMS=Forgotten Realms
GN=Graphic Novel
GORE=Gory cover image
HC=Hard Cover
INCV=Incentive Cover
IVX=Inhumans Vs X-Men
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
SE=Secret Empire
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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