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NEW COMIC WEDNESDAY: 101817
IT'S OUR 1213RD WEEK OF ALTERING YOUR REALITY!
337 TOTAL ITEMS GO ON SALE 7:00AM WEDNESDAY

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40% OFF 0UR KIDS BOOK OF THE WEEK

RUGRATS #1

BOOM! STUDIOS
(W) Box Brown (A) Lisa DuBois (CA) Jorge Corona

Hang on to your diapies, babies! We're teaming up with Nickelodeon for all-new Rugrats adventures with the most intrepid toddlers to ever bust out of a playpen! Tommy, Chucky, Phil and Lil have noticed something-they are being watched. They're going to have to find a way to have fun while avoiding the electronic eyes of the babycam!

COVER PRICE:

 $3.99

ALL WEEK LONG YOU PAY:

 $2.39

SAVE OVER $1.60 ON THESE BOOKS THIS WEEK!

 40% OFF ALL WEEK LONG  COVER PRICE  YOU SAVE  YOU PAY 
 RUGRATS #1  $                  3.99  $          1.60  $            2.39
     
HERO OF THE MONTH: THOR
    THOR MONTH at Alternate Reality starts on 100117 and our entire stock of THOR Trade Paperbacks will all be discounted...
25% OFF ALL MONTH LONG!
 

Also save this month on...

-THIS WEEKS KIDS SHIPPING-

41 NEW & RETURNING ITEMS FOR ALL AGES ARRIVE THIS WEEK

15% OFF ALL OF THE NEW KIDS COMICS BELOW,
EVERYDAY THIS WEEK
(101817-102417) FOR EVERYONE!

TITLE/DESCRIPTION  MSRP 
 NEW ALL AGES COMICS-30  
ACTIONVERSE ONGOING #2 STRAY CVR A IZAAKSE  $     3.99
ACTIONVERSE ONGOING #2 STRAY CVR B GOLDING  $     3.99
ADVENTURE TIME COMICS #16  $     3.99
ADVENTURE TIME COMICS #16 SUBSCRIPTION CHANG VAR   $     3.99
GO GO POWER RANGERS #4 MAIN & MIX   $     3.99
GO GO POWER RANGERS #4 UNLOCKABLE MOK VAR   $     3.99
GRUMPY CAT GARFIELD #3 (OF 3) CVR A HIRSCH  $     3.99
GRUMPY CAT GARFIELD #3 (OF 3) CVR B UY  $     3.99
GRUMPY CAT GARFIELD #3 (OF 3) CVR C RUIZ  $     3.99
GRUMPY CAT GARFIELD #3 (OF 3) CVR D FLEECS  $     3.99
JEM & THE HOLOGRAMS MISFITS INFINITE #3 (OF 3) CVR A ST ONGE  $     3.99
JEM & THE HOLOGRAMS MISFITS INFINITE #3 (OF 3) CVR B FISH  $     3.99
LUMBERJANES #43  $     3.99
LUMBERJANES #43 SUBSCRIPTION SOTUYO VAR  $     3.99
MIGHTY MOUSE #5 (OF 5) CVR A LIMA  $     3.99
MIGHTY MOUSE #5 (OF 5) CVR B MARQUES  $     3.99
MY LITTLE PONY LEGENDS OF MAGIC #7 CVR A FLEECS  $     3.99
MY LITTLE PONY LEGENDS OF MAGIC #7 CVR B HICKEY  $     3.99
RUGRATS #1  $     3.99
RUGRATS #1 FOC INCV CONNECTING COLORING BOOK VAR  $     3.99
RUGRATS #1 SUBSCRIPTION PAROLINE & LAMB VAR  $     3.99
STAN LEE CHAKRA MYSTERY OF MIGHTY GIRL #5 (OF 6)  $     2.99
STAR WARS ADVENTURES #3 CVR A JONES  $     3.99
STAR WARS ADVENTURES #3 CVR B TARR  $     3.99
TEEN TITANS GO #24  $     2.99
UNCLE SCROOGE #31 CVR A JIPPES & SCHROEDER  $     3.99
UNCLE SCROOGE #31 CVR B MASTANTUONO  $     3.99
UNDERDOG #2 GALLAGHER MAIN CVR  $     3.99
UNDERDOG #2 GIANT GALVAN CVR  $     3.99
UNDERDOG #2 RIFF RAFF ROPP CVR  $     3.99
 
 REORDER ALL AGES COMICS-5  
DISNEY PRINCESS #10  $     3.99
DISNEY PRINCESS #4  $     2.99
DISNEY PRINCESS #6  $     2.99
DISNEY PRINCESS #7  $     2.99
DISNEY PRINCESS #8  $     2.99
 
 NEW KIDS MAGAZINES-4  
ARCHIE AND ME COMICS DIGEST #1  $     6.99
MARVEL SUPER HEROES MAGAZINE   $     4.99
SCOOBY DOO MAGAZINE #42  $     4.99
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN MAGAZINE #18   $     4.99
 
 NEW KIDS BOOKS & TRADES-2  
AWESOME ACTIVITIES FOR SUPER HEROES SC (RES)  $   14.99
STAR WARS ADVENTURES TP VOL 01   $     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
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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