The Fantastic Flaw 2: The Snide of the Silver Surfer - Exiern Halloween Special 2025 (Patreon)

It's that time of year again where we have the annual tradition of a Halloween page by Marshall Reeves of the webcomic Yesterday Bound (check it out if you haven't already, it's really very good!).

A tradition running every year since 2017 (this is the 9th year of this feature). it's one I don't think we've managed for any other day of the year including Christmas or New Year's and it's all thanks to my accidentally sending our entry to a Halloween competition run by Top Webcomics in 2017 to my bank instead and then Top Webcomics saying we were too late to enter no matter what I tried!

But everything worked out for the best as I don't think we would have had nine years of this (and counting!) if I'd been able to mail my entry in correctly all those years ago.

Keeping with the theme of mistakes, I was dead certain that the previous Fantastic Four themed episode was last year and of course I only actually checked that for the first time after I received the completed artwork from Marshall. I guess I could asked Marshall to correct my mistake but it's a flaw in a flaw-themed image, so I decided to run with it and hence run it!

On the subject of the Fantastic Four movie from 2025, I wasn't going to see it originally until I learned that the actors who played the Fantastic Four in the never officially released Roger Corman movie from 1994 got to appear in this one which was a very decent thing given how badly they were treated at the time (and that's a whole story in itself!).

Finally, if you have seen the 2025 film, you might remember there was a bit of Shalla-Bal/Norrin Rad controversy in certain circles over who got to be the Silver Surfer in this film. I wonder if our hero works here as the compromise candidate? Or will Typh do what Typh does best and end up pleasing no one? You be the judge!

Once again, don't forget to consider giving Marshall's webcomic a go if you haven't already! You won't regret it!