Weekly Pull List: 3/28/2018

All the comics available this week can be found on ComicList, and any comic book news is on CBR.

BOOM! Studios
Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers #25

Marvel
Ben Reilly The Scarlet Spider #16
Despicable Deadpool #297
Peter Parker the Spectacular Spider-Man #302
Spider-Man Deadpool #30
Star Wars Doctor Aphra #18

Bowyer Snaps Winless Streak with Martinsville Victory

Originally written for CLNS Media.

Clint Bowyer won the STP 500 on Monday afternoon from the Martinsville Speedway.

The race, originally scheduled for Sunday afternoon, was postponed due to a snow storm in the Virginia area.  That forced NASCAR to run most of the Truck Series race and the entire Cup Series race on Monday.

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Bowyer’s victory snapped a 190-race winless streak that dated back to his victory at Charlotte in October 2012. 

Since Bowyer moved to Stewart-Haas Racing in 2017, he has seen his teammate Kevin Harvick run up front every week while Bowyer ran mid-pack.  Bowyer said watching his teammates succeed helped light a fire within him and his team.

“It’s hard to watch your teammates…have all that success,” Bowyer said.  “It still fuels that fire, and it can either be a detriment or a positive attraction, and for us, it just made us want to get to Victory Lane.”

Bowyer dominated on Monday, and led a race-high 215 laps.  Bowyer said he knew his car was fast from the beginning of the weekend.

“Something just felt right about today,” Bowyer said.  “Our weekend, all four cars were fast.”

Kyle Busch had a strong car and ran up front throughout the race, but he couldn’t get to Bowyer to make a move for the win.  Instead, he collected his third second-place finish of the season.

Busch said he was starting to get frustrated with running so well without a victory.

“We’ve been that close each and every week, so we’re right there, we’re knocking on the door,” Busch said.  “We’ve been the closest thing to everybody each and every week.”

Unofficial results:

1. Clint Bowyer

2. Kyle Busch

3. Ryan Blaney

4. Martin Truex Jr.

5. Kevin Harvick

6. Joey Logano

7. Alex Bowman

8. AJ Allmendinger

9. Chase Elliott

10. Brad Keselowski

11. Kurt Busch

12. Denny Hamlin

13. Paul Menard

14. Aric Almirola

15. Jimmie Johnson

16. Kyle Larson

17. Erik Jones

18. Daniel Suarez

19. Ryan Newman

20. William Byron

21. Michael McDowell

22. Ty Dillon

23. Chris Buescher

24. Kasey Kahne

25. David Ragan

26. Jamie McMurray

27. Cole Whitt

28. DJ Kennington

29. Ross Chastain

30. Austin Dillon

31. JJ Yeley

32. Matt DiBenedetto

33. Trevor Bayne

34. Darrell Wallace Jr.

35. Harrison Rhodes

36. Gray Gaulding

37. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

38. Landon Cassill

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Weekly Pull List: 3/21/2018

All the comics available this week can be found on ComicList, and any comic book news is on CBR.

BOOM! Studios
Go Go Power Rangers #8

Marvel
Amazing Spider-Man Renew Your Vows #17
Spider-Gwen #30
Star Wars #45
Star Wars Poe Dameron #25
Thanos #17

Truex Cruises to Victory in California

Originally written for CLNS Media.

Martin Truex Jr. dominated the Auto Club 400 from Auto Club Speedway to pick up his first victory of the season.

Truex and his team dominated from the very beginning of the weekend.  Truex won the pole for Sunday’s race, and won both stages on his way to victory lane.  Truex led 125 laps on Sunday, returning to the dominant form of his 2017 Championship run.

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Truex said he knew they would have a shot at the victory after the team’s first pit stop.

“I knew we had a really good racecar after the first adjustment of the race; the car came alive,” Truex said.  “From there it was just about managing my tires and being smart.”

Truex and his team struggled on pit road throughout the day, and lost spots on most of the team’s pit stops.

Truex said his team was never worried because their car was so strong.

“We had a little trouble getting beat out of the pits and that was tough,” Truex said.  “Once we got some clean air, this thing was unbelievable.  We just had a good enough car to make it happen.”

Kyle Larson finished second on Sunday, but early contact with Kevin Harvick put that in jeopardy.  Harvick, who had won the past three races, made contact with Larson and spun coming off of Turn 2, ending his day.

Harvick said the accident was his fault, and Larson said he didn’t know what really happened.

“We were racing really hard,” Larson said.  “I don’t know if he was coming down to side-draft me or what, but we made contact and it spun his car to the right.”

Larson said he didn’t have anything for Truex.

“We could always get to third or fourth and then stall out…still a really good day,” Larson said.

Unofficial results:

1. Martin Truex Jr.

2. Kyle Larson

3. Kyle Busch

4. Brad Keselowski

5. Joey Logano

6. Denny Hamlin

7. Erik Jones

8. Ryan Blaney

9. Jimmie Johnson

10. Austin Dillon

11. Clint Bowyer

12. Aric Almirola

13. Alex Bowman

14. Kurt Busch

15. William Byron

16. Chase Elliott

17. Jamie McMurray

18. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

19. Paul Menard

20. Darrell Wallace Jr.

21. Ryan Newman

22. AJ Allmendinger

23. Daniel Suarez

24. Kasey Kahne

25. David Ragan

26. Michael McDowell

27. Ty Dillon

28. Cole Whitt

29. Ross Chastain

30. Chris Buescher

31. Matt DiBenedetto

32. Gray Gaulding

33. Timmy Hill

34. Reed Sorenson

35. Kevin Harvick

36. Jeffrey Earnhardt

37. Trevor Bayne

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Weekly Pull List: 3/14/2018

All the comics available this week can be found on ComicList, and any comic book news is on CBR.

IDW
Back to the Future Tales from the Time Train #3

Marvel
Astonishing X-Men #9
Ben Reilly The Scarlet Spider #15
Despicable Deadpool #296
Peter Parker the Spectacular Spider-Man #301
Punisher #222
Spider-Man Deadpool #29
Star Wars Darth Vader #13
Thanos #14

Harvick Wins Third Straight with Phoenix Victory

Originally written for CLNS Media.

Kevin Harvick won the TicketGuardian 500 from ISM Raceway on Sunday afternoon.

Harvick won his third race in a row on Sunday, and the victory was his ninth at the Phoenix raceway.  The win also tied his with Hall of Fame driver Mark Martin with 40 Cup Series victories.

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Harvick didn’t dominate the race like he had in the previous two races and he only led 38 laps on his way to victory lane.

Harvick said he and his team came into the weekend knowing they had a shot at the victory.

“Everyone was really determined this week,” Harvick said.  “We just wanted to go and stomp them; we didn’t stomp them, but we won.”

Following last weekend’s victory, Harvick’s car was found to be illegal.  The team was penalized and lost the seven playoff points the team had earned throughout the race.

Harvick said the penalty lit a fire in his team and motivated them to win on Sunday.

“I’ve been mad as all get out because this team does a great job,” Harvick said.  “And to take that away from those guys really [ticked] me off last week.”

Kyle Busch finished second to Harvick for the second week in a row.  Busch said he knew they wouldn’t have anything for Harvick’s team during the race.

“Before the race, I knew [Harvick] had the car to beat,” Busch said.  “We actually had a shot to race him and outrace him and try to beat him, but it just didn’t quite work out.”

“Proud to come home second, but now it’s starting to get frustrating.”

Unofficial results:

1. Kevin Harvick

2. Kyle Busch

3. Chase Elliott

4. Denny Hamlin

5. Martin Truex Jr.

6. Clint Bowyer

7. Aric Almirola

8. Daniel Suarez

9. Erik Jones

10. Kurt Busch

11. Ryan Newman

12. William Byron

13. Alex Bowman

14. Jimmie Johnson

15. Brad Keselowski

16. Ryan Blaney

17. Austin Dillon

18. Kyle Larson

19. Joey Logano

20. Trevor Bayne

21. AJ Allmendinger

22. David Ragan

23. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

24. Kasey Kahne

25. Matt DiBenedetto

26. Jamie McMurray

27. Ross Chastain

28. Darrell Wallace Jr.

29. Chris Buescher

30. Ty Dillon

31. DJ Kennington

32. Michael McDowell

33. Timmy Hill

34. Gray Gaulding

35. Jeffrey Earnhardt

36. Paul Menard

37. Corey LaJoie

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Weekly Pull List: 3/5/2018

All the comics available this week can be found on ComicList, and any comic book news is on CBR.

Marvel
Amazing Spider-Man #797
Infinity Countdown #1
Spider-Man #238
Star Wars #44
Venom #163

Harvick Doubles Down With Victory in Las Vegas

Originally written for CLNS Media.

Kevin Harvick won the Pennzoil 400 from Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Sunday.

Harvick dominated the race for the second week in a row, and led a race-high 214 laps.  After winning both stages on Sunday, Harvick already has 13 playoff points to use when NASCAR’s playoffs begin in September.

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Harvick said his team’s strong start actually began last season.

“These last two weeks we’ve just hit on what we needed to,” Harvick said.  “This stems back to when our 1.5 mile program got so much better at the end of the year.”

“They’ve done their homework when it comes to a number of things.”

The victory was also Harvick’s 100th across NASCAR’s three national touring series.  Harvick now joins Richard Petty, Kyle Busch and David Pearson as the only drivers with 100 NASCAR wins.

Harvick said the victories were a testament to the teams he’s been with throughout his NASCAR career.

“Winning 100 races is something I never thought I’d be able to do,” Harvick said.  “They’re hard to win…I’ve been fortunate to sit in a lot of good racecars.”

Busch finished second on Sunday, but he was never able to get close enough to Harvick to challenge for the victory.

Busch said no one could compete with Harvick throughout the weekend.

“Our M&M’s Camry was really strong the last 100 laps of the race,” Busch said.  “No catching that 4 [of Harvick]; they were just on rails today and lights out.”

“I don’t know what we have to do better to catch up to those guys, but obviously we’ve got some work to do to get a little bit better.”

Unofficial results:

1. Kevin Harvick

2. Kyle Busch

3. Kyle Larson

4. Martin Truex Jr.

5. Ryan Blaney

6. Brad Keselowski

7. Joey Logano

8. Erik Jones

9. Paul Menard

10. Aric Almirola

11. Ryan Newman

12. Jimmie Johnson

13. Austin Dillon

14. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

15. Chris Buescher

16. Alex Bowman

17. Denny Hamlin

18. Clint Bowyer

19. Kasey Kahne

20. Trevor Bayne

21. Darrell Wallace Jr.

22. Matt DiBenedetto

23. David Ragan

24. Ty Dillon

25. Cole Custer

26. Daniel Suarez

27. William Byron

28. Cole Whitt

29. Ross Chastain

30. AJ Allmendinger

31. Jeffrey Earnhardt

32. Joey Gase

33. Gray Gaulding

34. Chase Elliott

35. Kurt Busch

36. Jamie McMurray

37. Michael McDowell

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