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NEW COMIC WEDNESDAY: 012418
IT'S OUR 1227TH WEEK OF ALTERING YOUR REALITY!
20 TOTAL ALL AGES ITEMS GO ON SALE 7:00AM WEDNESDAY

THIS WEEKS SHIPPING►

THIS WEEKS CHECKLIST►

LAST WEEKS KIDS►

-LETS TALK THIS WEEKS SHIPPING-

To much to read? Drop your mind down into a lower gear and sit back and watch Comicbookman give you this weeks shipping highlights. All live on tape from the Alternate Reality Studios via the fine folks at YOU TUBE!

-THIS WEEKS STORE SALES-

25% OFF OUR KIDS BOOK OF THE WEEK

STAR WARS ADV FORCES OF DESTINY AHSOKA & PADME 

IDW PUBLISHING
(W) Beth Revis (A/CA) Valentina Pinto

Star Wars Adventures has joined the festivities with an exciting weekly series of comic books that explores all corners of the Star Wars universe, showing how choices both big and small ultimately shape the destinies of beloved characters, such as Princess Leia, Rey, Padme, Ahsoka, and Hera along with your soon-to-be favorites from The Last Jedi, Rose and Paige!

COVER PRICE:

 $3.99

ALL WEEK LONG YOU PAY:

 $2.99

SAVE  $9.78 ON THESE BOOKS THIS WEEK!

 25% OFF ALL WEEK LONG  COVER PRICE  YOU SAVE  YOU PAY 
 STAR WARS ADV FORCES OF DESTINY AHSOKA & PADME $3.99  $               1.00  $            2.99
     
 25% OFF these 2 other 1st Issues on 012418  COVER PRICE  YOU SAVE  YOU PAY 
MEGA MAN MASTERMIX #1 CVR A ARIGA $7.99 $4.39 $8.79
MEGA MAN MASTERMIX #1 CVR B CRUZ $7.99 $4.39 $8.79
$19.97  $               9.78  $        20.57
HERO OF THE MONTH SALE JANUARY 2018: AVENGERS
  AVENGERS at Alternate Reality is going on now and our entire stock of AVENGERS Trade Paperbacks are all discounted...
25% OFF ALL MONTH LONG!
 

Also save this month on...

-THIS WEEKS KIDS SHIPPING-

20 NEW & RETURNING ITEMS FOR ALL AGES ARRIVE THIS WEEK

15% OFF ALL OF THE NEW KIDS COMICS BELOW,
EVERYDAY THIS WEEK
(012418-013118) FOR EVERYONE!

 NEW ALL AGES COMICS-18  
BEST OF ROCKETEER ADVENTURES FUNKO ED $4.99
DUCKTALES #5 CVR A GHIGLIONE  $3.99
DUCKTALES #5 CVR B GHIGLIONE  $3.99
GO GO POWER RANGERS #6 MAIN & MIX  $3.99
GO GO POWER RANGERS #6 UNLOCKABLE MOK VAR  $3.99
INVADER ZIM #27 $3.99
INVADER ZIM #27 INCV VAR RAUSCH  $3.99
LOONEY TUNES #241 $2.99
LUMBERJANES #46 $3.99
LUMBERJANES #46 SUBSCRIPTION WONG VAR $3.99
MEGA MAN MASTERMIX #1 CVR A ARIGA $7.99
MEGA MAN MASTERMIX #1 CVR B CRUZ $7.99
MY LITTLE PONY LEGENDS OF MAGIC #10 CVR A FLEECS $3.99
MY LITTLE PONY LEGENDS OF MAGIC #10 CVR B HICKEY $3.99
SCOOBY DOO TEAM UP #34 $2.99
STAR WARS ADV FORCES OF DESTINY AHSOKA & PADME CVR A $3.99
STAR WARS ADV FORCES OF DESTINY AHSOKA & PADME CVR B $3.99
STEVEN UNIVERSE ONGOING #12 $3.99
 
 NEW KIDS BOOKS & TRADES-2  
ARCHIE GIANT COMICS ROLL TP $7.99
ARCHIES BIG BOOK TP VOL 02 FANTASY $19.99
 

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
AOD=Army Of Darkness
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)
DCU=DC Universe
DLX=Deluxe
ED=Edition
EXE=Exclusive
FIG=Figure
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
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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