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NEW COMIC WEDNESDAY: 030718
IT'S OUR 1233RD WEEK OF ALTERING YOUR REALITY!
270 TOTAL ITEMS GO ON SALE 7:00AM WEDNESDAY

SHIPPING FOR THIS WEEK►

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-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

SKYLANDERS QUARTERLY SPYRO & FRIENDS BITING BACK

IDW PUBLISHING
(W) Ron Marz, David Rodriguez (A) Jack Lawrence, Various

Spyro and Rollerball skirmish with a Drow battalion and encounter a strange new team of armored enemies with incredible powers! Plus, the madness reaches a conclusion in "Mirror, Mirror" Part 3, as Spyro and Kaos try to reverse their mind-swap!

COVER PRICE:

 $4.99

ALL WEEK LONG YOU PAY:

 $3.75

SAVE  $1.25 ON THIS BOOK THIS WEEK!

 25% OFF ALL WEEK LONG  COVER PRICE  YOU SAVE  YOU PAY 
 SKYLANDERS QUARTERLY SPYRO & FRIENDS BITING BACK  $                 4.99  $          1.25  $          3.74
 $               4.99  $          1.25  $         3.74
HERO OF THE MONTH SALE MARCH 2018: SUPERMAN
  SUPERMAN MONTH is here and Alternate Reality and we're celebrating the arrival of Brian Bendis and the TV series Krypton by taking our entire stock of Trade Paperbacks featuring the MAN OF STEEL and discounting them...
25% OFF ALL MONTH LONG!
 

Also save this month on...

-THIS WEEKS KIDS SHIPPING-

18 NEW & RETURNING ITEMS FOR ALL AGES ARRIVE THIS WEEK

15% OFF ALL OF THE NEW KIDS COMICS BELOW,
EVERYDAY THIS WEEK
(030718-031318) FOR EVERYONE!

TITLE/DESCRIPTION  MSRP 
 NEW ALL AGES COMICS-14  
ADVENTURE TIME #74   $     3.99
ADVENTURE TIME #74 SUBSCRIPTION BURRELL VAR  $     3.99
HERO CATS #21  $     3.99
JEM & THE HOLOGRAMS DIMENSIONS #4 CVR A BOEH  $     3.99
MECH CADET YU #7  $     3.99
MECH CADET YU #7 SUBSCRIPTION TO VAR  $     3.99
SCALES & SCOUNDRELS #7  $     3.99
SKYLANDERS QUARTERLY SPYRO & FRIENDS BITING BACK CVR A  $     4.99
SKYLANDERS QUARTERLY SYPRO & FRIENDS BITING BACK CVR B  $     4.99
STAR WARS ADVENTURES #7 CVR A GALLOWAY  $     3.99
STAR WARS ADVENTURES #7 CVR B PEPPERS  $     3.99
STRETCH ARMSTRONG & FLEX FIGHTERS #2 (OF 3) CVR A AMANCIO  $     3.99
STRETCH ARMSTRONG & FLEX FIGHTERS #2 (OF 3) CVR B KOUTSIS  $     3.99
TICK 2018 #3  $     3.99
 
 NEW KIDS TRADES-2  
BART SIMPSON BUST UP GN  $   16.99
YOUR PAL ARCHIE TP VOL 01  $   17.99
 
 NEW KIDS MAGAZINES-2  
ARCHIE AND ME COMICS DIGEST #5  $     6.99
BETTY & VERONICA JUMBO COMICS DIGEST #261  $     6.99
 

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!

 

THIS WEEKS LATE LIST

(The following have been pushed back from their original release dates to these new dates)

 VENDOR/TITLE-11 OLD DATE NEW DATE
ACTION FIGURES, STATUES, MODELS    
Batman Animated Joker Expressions Pack 3/28/2018 3/21/2018
   
TRADES    
Tick 2017 #3 6/27/2018 3/7/2018
Captain Canuck TP Vol. 1 Aleph (New Ed.) (RES) 2/14/2018 3/7/2018
Centipede TP Vol. 1: Game Over N/A 4/11/2018
Heroin Diaries GN (MR) (C: 0-1-1) 3/14/2018 5/23/2018
Battle Angel Alita Deluxe Ed. HC Vol. 2  2/28/2018 3/7/2018
War Mother TP Vol. 1 2/28/2018 3/7/2018
   
COMICS    
Strangers in Paradise XXV #2 3/28/2018 3/7/2018
Legenderry Red Sonja #2 (OF 5) Cvr. A Benitez 3/7/2018 3/14/2018
Iron Maiden: Legacy of the Beast #4 Cvr. A Casas (MR)  3/28/2018 4/4/2018
Iron Maiden: Legacy of the Beast #5 Cvr. A Casas (MR)  4/25/2018 5/2/2018

 

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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