Weekly Pull List: 10/29/2014

All the comics available this week can be found on Comixology, and any comics news is on Comic Book Resources.

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Saga #24
Sex #17

Titan
Doctor Who: The Eleventh Doctor #4

DC
Batman Eternal #30
Harley Quinn Annual #1

Marvel
All-New X-Men #33
Axis: Carnage #1
Axis: Revolutions #1
Death of Wolverine: Deadpool & Captain America #1
Death of Wolverine: The Logan Legacy #3
Fantastic Four #12
Guardians of the Galaxy #20
Inhuman #7
Marvel 75th Anniversary Special #1
Nova #22
Wolverine and the X-Men #11

Be sure to pick up...

Death of Wolverine: Deadpool and Captain America #1
Remember that amazing storyline from Deadpool earlier this year when Deadpool found all those cloned X-Men made with his DNA?  And remember when he teamed up with Captain America and Wolverine for it?  Well, Wolverine is dead, and he has some pretty precious DNA.  That dude that steals X-Men DNA might want some.  Guess who won't let them have it?

Marvel 75th Anniversary Special #1
This issue celebrate Marvel's past!  Featuring Captain America's first ever story written by Stan Lee, a new story from Spider-Man, a Jessica Jones story written by Brian Michael Bendis and an encounter featuring Wolverine and Sabretooth.  Any Marvel fan should pick this up to celebrate Marvel's anniversary.

Thanks for reading!  Leave a comment below with the comics you're picking up this week!

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Wins at Martinsville

Originally written for CLNS Radio.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. won his fourth race of the season on Sunday at Martinsville Speedway.

Earnhardt’s victory was his first victory at Martinsville.  Earnhardt said he was excited to take home his first grandfather clock, the unique trophy given out at Martinsville.

Photo courtesy Robert Laberge/Getty Images

“I’ve wanted that grandfather clock since I was a boy, and I finally got one today,” Earnhardt said.

Earnhardt’s victory came one weekend after being eliminated from Chase contention.  Earnhardt said he was relieved to not have to worry about points for the rest of the season.

“Don’t have to worry about points anymore; it’s about trophies.  My team, we all came together and made it happen.”

The victory was also special for Hendrick Motorsports.  This weekend marked 10 years since a Hendrick Motorsports team plane crashed en route to Martinsville, killing Rick Hendrick’s son and brother, among others.  Earnhardt said he was glad he could get his team the victory.

“I can’t imagine losing the magnitude of people Rick lost,” Earnhardt said.  “My heart goes out to him this weekend, and I’m glad his cars are god here; this honors them.”

Unofficial results:

1. Dale Earnhardt Jr.

2. Jeff Gordon

3. Ryan Newman

4. Tony Stewart

5. Joey Logano

6. Matt Kenseth

7. Clint Bowyer

8. Denny Hamlin

9. AJ Allmendinger

10. David Ragan

11. Kyle Busch

12. Austin Dillon

13. Greg Biffle

14. Paul Menard

15. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

16. Jamie McMurray

17. Justin Allgaier

18. Cole Whitt

19. Landon Cassill

20. Carl Edwards

21. Aric Almirola

22. David Gilliland

23. Marcos Ambrose

24. Michael Annett

25. Josh Wise

26. Mike Wallace

27. Brian Vickers

28. Kyle Fowler

29. Alex Bowman

30. Kyle Larson

31. Brad Keselowski

32. Jimmie Johnson

33. Kevin Harvick

34. Danica Patrick

35. Reed Sorenson

36. Kurt Busch

37. Casey Mears

38. Martin Truex Jr.

39. J.J. Yeley

40. Kasey Kahne

41. Travis Kvapil

42. Timmy Hill

43. Clay Rogers

Photo courtesy Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images

Weekly Pull List: 10/22/2014

All the comics available this week can be found on Comixology, and any comics news is on Comic Book Resources.

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The Walking Dead #133

DC
Batman Eternal #29
The Flash #35
Harley Quinn #11

Marvel
Amazing Spider-Man #8
Amazing X-Men #12
Avengers & X-Men: Axis #3
Axis: Hobgoblin #1
Cyclops #6
Deadpool #36
Death of Wolverine: The Logan Legacy #2
New Warriors #11
She-Hulk #9

Thanks for reading!  I should have my "Be sure to pick up" feature back next week...school's been pretty rough this week!

Keselowski Wins at Talladega, Eliminator 8 Set

Originally written for CLNS Radio.

Brad Keselowski won the GEICO 500 from Talladega Superspeedway to move on the Eliminator round of the Chase on Sunday afternoon.

 

Photo courtesy Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images

Talladega was a do-or-die race for Keselowski, who needed to win the race to move on to the next round of the Chase.  Keselowski said he had a great car that he had faith in to get the job done.

“I knew it was fast the last time we were here, and then we got caught up in wrecks,” Keselowski said.  “I thought that if we could just get through one of these superspeedway races we could win.  We were fortunate enough to do that today.”

Keselowski’s victory comes one week after getting into numerous on- and off-track altercations with Denny Hamlin, Tony Stewart and Matt Kenseth.  Keselowski said they only had one job this weekend.

“We had one job to do, and that was to come to Talladega and win.  I think it was very easy to write ourselves off after the last two weeks.  I know there’s probably some people out there who aren’t happy I won…we went through a lot of adversity, and that makes this week a little more special.”

Jimmie Johnson and Dale Earnhardt Jr. also came into Talladega needing a victory to move on to the Eliminator Round.  Johnson seemed to be the odds-on favorite throughout the day, leading a race-high 84 laps before fading late without drafting help to finish 24th.

Earnhardt led 31 laps, and seemed poised to return to victory lane at Talladega.  But his Championship hopes ended when he was spun by Greg Biffle during the first green-white-checkered finish.  He wound up finishing 31st.

Kyle Busch may have taken the biggest hit when his Chase abruptly came to an end.  Busch seemed like a sure participant in the Eliminator Round, but he was spun by Austin Dillon as drivers scattered to avoid a wreck on lap 103.  Busch hit the wall hard, and his team worked feverishly in the garage to repair his car.  Busch ended up finishing in 40th place, which ended his 2014 Championship hopes.

Unofficial results:

1. Brad Keselowski

2. Matt Kenseth

3. Clint Bowyer

4. Landon Cassill

5. Ryan Newman

6. Travis Kvapil

7. Kurt Busch

8. Marcos Ambrose

9. Kevin Harvick

10. Casey Mears

11. Joey Logano

12. Kasey Kahne

13. Austin Dillon

14. Reed Sorenson

15. Cole Whitt

16. Michael Waltrip

17. Kyle Larson

18. Denny Hamlin

19. Danica Patrick

20. Brian Vickers

21. Carl Edwards

22. Ryan Blaney

23. AJ Allmendinger

24. Jimmie Johnson

25. Greg Biffle

26. Jeff Gordon

27. Martin Truex Jr.

28. Josh Wise

29. David Gilliland

30. David Ragan

31. Dale Earnhardt Jr.

32. Trevor Bayne

33. Terry Labonte

34. Tony Stewart

35. Jamie McMurray

36. Paul Menard

37. Michael Annett

38. Mike Wallace

39. Aric Almirola

40. Kyle Busch

41. Michael McDowell

42. J.J. Yeley

43. Alex Bowman

The top eight drivers now move on to the Eliminator Round of the Chase.  The next three races at Martinsville, Texas and Phoenix will decide the final four drivers who will race for the Sprint Cup Championship at Homestead in the final weekend of the season.  Below are the “Eliminator 8.”

1. Joey Logano

2. Kevin Harvick

3. Brad Keselowski

4. Jeff Gordon

5. Carl Edwards

6. Denny Hamlin

7. Ryan Newman

8. Matt Kenseth

Photo courtesy Brian Lawdermilk/Getty Images