Alternate Reality, Inc

Specialties

Alternate Reality first opened its doors in Chicago’s Mt. Greenwood neighborhood on August 20^th, 1994 in our original 800 square foot 107^th and Pulaski location. In December of 1996 we doubled our size when we moved to our current 3149 West 111^th Street location in the «Heart of beautiful Downtown Mt. Greenwood». Then in August 2001 we doubled our size again to 3200 square feet when we tore down the walls and expanded next door into 3147.

From the start we have always strived to give our customers the best service, selection and savings of any other comic/​pop culture store in Chicago. Our signature discount of «15% Off All New Comics Everyday for Everyone» has been the cornerstone of savings at the store from the start. Dozens of other sales and discounts happen on daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly all year long covering all our product lines. More than just comics; we also carry: posters, games, t-​shirts, action figures, statues, collecting supplies and much more. Open over 60 hours a week we cater to all ages and all tastes in comics, sci-​fi/​fantasy and much, much more.

Alternate Reality has been a proud Mt. Greenwood business partner and community member for almost two decades and we invite you to join us the week of August the 18^th when we hold our next weeklong Sale-​A-​Bration marking our 19^th Anniversary. From Sunday the 18^th through Saturday the 24^th everything in the store will be 20% Off and all our boxed Back Issue comic will all be half off!

History

Established in 1994.

«Alternate Reality» first set up shop in our original 800 square foot store at 10 643 South Pulaski Road on Chicago’s south-​side in August 1994. We outgrew that space in a little over two years and in December of 1996 we moved into the heart of Chicago’s «Mt.Greenwwod business district. Our current location: 3149 West 111^th Street, was double the size of the Pulaski store (1600 sq. ft) and is situated at the intersection of 111^th Street and Kedzie Avenue (one of Chicago’s busiest!) Once again we outgrew this space and in the summer of 2000 we knocked down our east wall and expanded into adjacent storefront, doubling our size again to our current 3200 square feet!

In the summer of 2003 we were ready to expand again, however this time expansion consisted of not of growth to the existing store but instead division into new entity. In August of that year we opened our second store at 1517 West Taylor Street in Chicago’s historic «Little Italy» neighborhood. Our Taylor Street s

Meet the Business Owner

Comicbookman P.

Business Owner

Guardian to the Nexus of Realities and Chief Cook and Bottle Washer