Weekly Pull List: 11/11/2015

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

DC
Batman #46
Batman and Robin Eternal #6

IDW
Back to the Future #2
D4VE2 #3

Image
The Walking Dead #148

Marvel
All-New Hawkeye #1
Carnage #1
Chewbacca #3
Darth Vader #12
Secret Wars #7
Spider-Gwen #2
Spider-Man 2099 #3
Web Warriors #1

Jimmie Johnson Wins at Texas

Originally written for CLNS Radio.

Jimmie Johnson won the AAA Texas 500 from Texas Motor Speedway on Sunday.

Johnson raced hard with Brad Keselowski over the final 20 laps, and finally took the lead with six laps to go.  Johnson said the handling of his car came in at the right time.

Photo courtesy Matt Sullivan/Getty Images

“I could see [Keselowski] was tight and his car wasn’t ideal and then he moved up and had the high lane covered,” Johnson said.  “I just kept working on him and working on him…and he got real loose off of [Turn] 2 and I had a big run off the top.”

Keselowski led 312 laps on Sunday, the most of any driver.  Keselowski’s runner-up finish leaves him 22 points behind the final cutoff spot for the championship finale at Homestead heading into Phoenix next weekend.  Keselowski said his team will have to win next weekend at Phoenix.

“Still a lot to be proud of,” Keselowski said.  “My team did a hell of a job…we’ll have a great shot of winning next week as well.”

Tire troubles almost ruined Kevin Harvick’s day as he looked to make the championship round.  Harvick had numerous tires go down throughout the race, but he was able to bounce back to finish third and put himself in good position to make the finale at Homestead.

Joey Logano, another Chase driver, came into Texas needing a victory to make the championship finale.  Logano cut down a tire early on in the race, and that ruined his team’s chances to pick up the victory.  Unlike Harvick, Logano was unable to bounce back from the early adversity and finished 40th, putting himself in a large hole heading into Phoenix where he must win to advance.

Unofficial results:

1. Jimmie Johnson

2. Brad Keselowski

3. Kevin Harvick

4. Kyle Busch

5. Carl Edwards

6. Dale Earnhardt Jr.

7. Kurt Busch

8. Martin Truex Jr.

9. Jeff Gordon

10. Jamie McMurray

11. Austin Dillon

12. Erik Jones

13. Paul Menard

14. Brian Scott

15. Clint Bowyer

16. Danica Patrick

17. AJ Allmendinger

18. Aric Almirola

19. Greg Biffle

20. Kasey Kahne

21. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

22. Ryan Newman

23. David Ragan

24. Sam Hornish Jr.

25. Landon Cassill

26. Casey Mears

27. Cole Whitt

28. Justin Allgaier

29. David Gilliland

30. Brett Moffitt

31. Michael Annett

32. Jeb Burton

33. J.J. Yeley

34. Michael McDowell

35. Matt DiBenedetto

36. Ryan Preece

37. Kyle Larson

38. Denny Hamlin

39. Trevor Bayne

40. Joey Logano

41. Alex Bowman

42. Tony Stewart

43. Ryan Blaney

Photo courtesy Tim Bradbury/Getty Images

Weekly Pull List: 11/4/2015

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

Boom! Studios
Klaus #1

DC
Batman and Robin Eternal #5
Detective Comics #46
Green Arrow #46

Dynamite
James Bond #1

Image
Sex #25

Marvel
Amazing Spider-Man #3
Deadpool #1
Doctor Strange #2
Drax #1
Extraordinary X-Men #1
Howard the Duck #1
Invincible Iron Man #3
Nova #1
Spider-Gwen #0
Star Wars #11
Star Wars Lando #3
Uncanny X-Men #600
Vision #1

Titan
Doctor Who: The Eighth Doctor #1
Doctor Who: The Eleventh Doctor Year 2 #2

Jeff Gordon Wins at Martinsville, Clinches Spot in Championship Round

Originally written for CLNS Radio.

Jeff Gordon won the Goody’s Headache Relief Shot 500 from Martinsville Speedway on Sunday afternoon.

Gordon clinched a spot into the championship finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway by winning on Sunday.  Gordon was emotional in victory lane after picking up his first victory of the season.

Photo courtesy Todd Warshaw/Getty Images

“Wow, we’re going to Homestead and I can’t believe it,” Gordon said.  “This is the sweetest, most amazing feeling.”

Gordon’s team came through under pressure late in the race after a late-race pit stop.  Gordon said a lot of this victory is due to his team.

“I am so proud of this team,” Gordon said.  “People don’t give this team enough credit and we seized this opportunity right there.”

The race did finish with some controversy for the second week in a row.  While leading, Joey Logano was spun by Matt Kenseth, ending the race for both drivers.  

Many people, including Logano, thought Kenseth’s actions were payback for a spin two weeks ago at Kansas that put Kenseth in a difficult spot heading into last weekend’s race in Talladega.

“It’s just a complete coward move, especially for a championship racecar driver,” Logano said.  “Just a chicken-you-know-what move to completely take out the leader when your race is over.  We just got to win.” 

Kenseth said his car was damaged from an earlier incident and he blew a tire down going into the corner.

“We had so much damage on the right front, I should have probably just put it in the garage,” Kenseth said.  “Just got into [Turn} 1 and couldn’t get it to turn and ran Joey over.”

Kenseth didn’t want to focus on the possibility that the wreck was payback for Kansas when he was asked following the race.

“I don’t have any comments for that.”

Unofficial results

1. Jeff Gordon

2. Jamie McMurray

3. Denny Hamlin

4. Dale Earnhardt Jr.

5. Kyle Busch

6. Martin Truex Jr.

7. Ryan Newman

8. Kevin Harvick

9. Kasey Kahne

10. Tony Stewart

11. AJ Allmendinger

12. Jimmie Johnson

13. Justin Allgaier

14. Carl Edwards

15. Paul Menard

16. Aric Almirola

17. Casey Mears

18. Austin Dillon

19. Kyle Larson

20. Cole Whitt

21. Landon Cassill

22. Alex Bowman

23. Michael Annett

24. David Gilliland

25. David Ragan

26. Greg Biffle

27. Jeb Burton

28. Sam Hornish Jr.

29. J.J. Yeley

30. Matt DiBenedetto

31. Trevor Bayne

32. Brad Keselowski

33. Alex Kennedy

34. Kurt Busch

35. Brett Moffitt

36. Timmy Hill

37. Joey Logano

38. Matt Kenseth

39. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

40. Danica Patrick

41. Kyle Fowler

42. Ryan Preece

43. Clint Bowyer

Photo courtesy Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Images

Weekly Pull List: 10/28/2015

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

Dark Horse
Fight Club 2 #6

DC
Batman and Robin Eternal #4
Flash #45
Gotham by Midnight #10
Grayson #13

Image
Chew #51

Marvel
Chewbacca #2
Deadpool vs. Thanos #4
Spider-Man 2099 #2

Joey Logano Wins Following Wild Talladega Finish

Originally written for CLNS Radio.

Joey Logano won the CampingWorld.com 500 from Talladega Superspeedway on Sunday afternoon.

The victory was Logano’s third straight victory, giving him a three-race sweep of the Contender round of the Chase.  Logano said the victory is a reflection of his team’s hard work this season.

Photo courtesy Chris Graythen/Getty Images

“This team is unbelievable, three in a row,” Logano said.  “What an amazing team we’ve got.  We came to play this year.”

After running without a caution for the first half of the race, the ending of the race was marred by controversy.  Earlier in the week, NASCAR announced that instead of the customary three green-white-checkered attempts, they would instead go with just one attempt at a GWC finish at Talladega. 

 

After a late-race caution, the field was set to have a GWC attempt.  Before the field could make it to the start/finish line, a wreck mid-pack caused the caution to come back out, and NASCAR said that attempt did not count because the leaders had not taken the green flag.  Logano said the call confused him.

“Well I was confused after the first one…I thought the green flag flew and it was an attempt but NASCAR said no,” Logano said.  “We play by NASCAR’s rules in their sandbox, so we’ll play by those and thankfully it worked out for us.”

On the final restart, Kevin Harvick made contact with Trevor Bayne, which started the “Big One” at the front of the pack.  Harvick, who’s engine had been down on power, said he was trying to get out of the way when he made contact with Bayne.  

NASCAR threw the caution just before Dale Earnhardt Jr. could take the lead, which allowed Logano to pick up the victory.  Earnhardt said regardless of the outcome, he supported NASCAR’s call.

“Another 100 yards and I’d have been in the lead, but NASCAR makes the calls,” Earnhardt said.  “I have 100 percent faith in the choices that they make.  I’m not going to be too upset about it, I did everything I could.”

Following the race, four drivers were eliminated from the Chase: Earnhardt, Ryan Newman, Matt Kenseth and Denny Hamlin.  

The eight drivers who advance to the Eliminator Round starting next weekend in Martinsville:

1. Joey Logano

2. Carl Edwards

3. Brad Keselowski

4. Jeff Gordon

5. Kurt Busch

6. Martin Truex Jr.

7. Kevin Harvick

8. Kyle Busch

Unofficial results:

1. Joey Logano

2. Dale Earnhardt Jr.

3. Jeff Gordon

4. Brad Keselowski

5. Carl Edwards

6. Paul Menard

7. Martin Truex Jr.

8. Clint Bowyer

9. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

10. Kurt Busch

11. Kyle Busch

12. Ryan Newman

13. Michael Waltrip

14. Austin Dillon

15. Kevin Harvick

16. Aric Almirola

17. Sam Hornish Jr.

18. Jimmie Johnson

19. Kasey Kahne

20. Greg Biffle

21. Trevor Bayne

22. Cole Whitt

23. Bobby Labonte

24. Kyle Larson

25. Tony Stewart

26. Matt Kenseth

27. Danica Patrick

28. Michael McDowell

29. Josh Wise

30. David Ragan

31. Casey Mears

32. David Gilliland

33. Alex Bowman

34. Landon Cassill

35. Travis Kvapil

36. AJ Allmendinger

37. Denny Hamlin

38. J.J. Yeley

39. Jamie McMurray

40. Matt DiBenedetto

41. Timmy Hill

42. Justin Allgaier

43. Ryan Blaney

Photo courtesy Jonathan Ferrey/Getty Images