Top Five Articles

Galactus is Coming
YMB's crack investigative team has unearthed the long rumored, but never confirmed, collaboration from 1983 between Marvel's Chairman Emeritus Stan Lee and religious comic tract creator Jack Chick.

Super Love
Your questions about love, sex, and relationships are answered by some of your favorite superheroes.

The Geek's Guide to Valentine's Day
We are sure that you are hating this day of days, Valentine's Day. The day of the pity valentine. "Make sure everybody gets a valentine, we don't want anybody feeling left out!" Or those lonely nights in your college lounge where you and the guys watched couples leave and return from their dates, as you fellows played one long, lonely game of Magic The Gathering. We here in the Basement can help you out. It's not too late! We cover all the bases you will need help with to break that Valentine's Day dry spell.

Top 15 Comic Book Catchphrases
YMB counts down the top fifteen comic book catchphrases of all time!

Lost Season Three Spoilers
YMB's crack reporters were able to get LOST executive produce Damon Lindeloff talking by plying him with beers at a recent ABC television event. We learned to things. First, one cheap domestic beer buys you lot of time with Mr. Lindeloff. And second, we now know MAJOR SPOILERS for LOST's third season. Which we are happy to provide you with now (don't say we never got you nothin').

Features and Columns

20-Odd Questions: Civil War #2
Is Wolverine in this issue?

20-Odd Questions: WildCATS #1
Why did they deviate so far from the movie's continuity, and did they ever get notes from the studio about it? Did Wildstorm fail to get the likeness rights for Goldie Hawn?

The Comics Outsider: Civil War Delays
It's what you're all talking about. Even you. No, the other guy to the right picking his nose. Yeah, you. Civil War delays. And while all of the other Internet sites, blogs, podcasts and other bastions of journalistic integrity have discussed this topic to death, you know you haven't heard it all until The Comics Outsider has weighed in with the facts.

The Comics Outsider: More Seven Soldiers
Seven Soldiers X 2? 14 Soldiers? More Civil War returnenings? Cancelled Star Wars spin-off? Re-animated Spawn? It's all in the Outsider...

Tricks of Turning Pro: Writing an Action Scene with Impact
This month, aspiring comic writer Gary Walters teaches you Writing an Action Scene with Impact "The action that propells the plot forward is always very important. Combine it with pictures in the comic format and it is quite exciting... Now, there are two schools of thought that pertain to action in comics. The first is the Chuck Dixon school of thought. ...The second... is the Brian Michael Bendis School of Thought"

Tricks of Turning Pro: Fight Back! An Ode Against the Cyber-bullies
This month, aspiring comic writer Gary Walters writes about a very serious topic in FIGHT BACK: An Ode Against the Cyber-bullies "I just knew at that moment that this guy ... was just there for one reason only. He's one of those Internet vultures and predators who wait for blood and then strike, attacking anyone... So, I fought back that night after consulting my attorney, who advised me on stopping cyberbullies."

Gone, But Not Forgotten: Legion of Superheroes Volume 4 Part 1
For a long time, the ‘Standard of LSH Excellence’ for me has been the long-ago Legion of Super-Heroes Volume 4. The first 38 issues of this series are amongst the best revisionist super-hero/sci comics I have known, and so few people remember them now. I've never seen anything like it since.

Gone, But Not Forgotten: Legion of Superheroes Volume 4 Part 3
Pete Goodrich re-continues his look back at this fan favorite (yet still uncollected) comic book series.

Look Back in Anger: 1996
YMB was cleaning up the basement last week and found something... Wizard issue number 65. Their "year-end spectacular" for 1996. As we begin 2007, YMB thought a look back to the state of the industry a decade ago might be worthwhile.

Look Back in Anger: Highlander
In possibly YMB's most controversial article ever, Pete takes a "Look Back In Anger" at 1986's "Highlander". What he finds... well... "My friends, our memories are wrong. This movie is bullsh*t, and does not deserve the warm place in our memories that it has... I watched it again last night, for the first time in years and years. And I tell you this: IT SUCKED. A lot."

Halloweek: Draculas vs. Frankensteins
Two learned ten year olds debate the age old question...

Halloweek: 11 Great Ghouls
Theres no actual ghouls covered in this, but we will address who are the top ten Best movie monsters that have blessed the silver screen? Well, I have ten categories here and lets get started!