diff --git a/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_cad.php b/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_cad.php
index 0f5bb52fa..b2b65ee05 100644
--- a/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_cad.php
+++ b/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_cad.php
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class Af_Comics_Cad extends Af_ComicFilter {
 				if (!$res && UrlHelper::$fetch_last_error_content)
 					$res = UrlHelper::$fetch_last_error_content;
 
-				if (@$doc->loadHTML($res)) {
+				if ($res && $doc->loadHTML($res)) {
 					$xpath = new DOMXPath($doc);
 					$basenode = $xpath->query('//div[@class="comicpage"]/a/img')->item(0);
 
diff --git a/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_comicclass.php b/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_comicclass.php
index ff32375d3..5e14ea930 100644
--- a/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_comicclass.php
+++ b/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_comicclass.php
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class Af_Comics_ComicClass extends Af_ComicFilter {
 
 				$doc = new DOMDocument();
 
-				if (@$doc->loadHTML($res)) {
+				if ($res && $doc->loadHTML($res)) {
 					$xpath = new DOMXPath($doc);
 					$basenode = $xpath->query('//div[@class="comic"]')->item(0);
 
diff --git a/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_comicpress.php b/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_comicpress.php
index 29b064612..741d59672 100755
--- a/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_comicpress.php
+++ b/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_comicpress.php
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class Af_Comics_ComicPress extends Af_ComicFilter {
 
 				$doc = new DOMDocument();
 
-				if (@$doc->loadHTML($res)) {
+				if ($res && $doc->loadHTML($res)) {
 					$xpath = new DOMXPath($doc);
 					$basenode = $xpath->query('//div[@id="comic"]')->item(0);
 
diff --git a/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_darklegacy.php b/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_darklegacy.php
index 359c56443..d1f6016cb 100644
--- a/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_darklegacy.php
+++ b/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_darklegacy.php
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class Af_Comics_DarkLegacy extends Af_ComicFilter {
 
 				$doc = new DOMDocument();
 
-				if (@$doc->loadHTML($res)) {
+				if ($res && $doc->loadHTML($res)) {
 					$xpath = new DOMXPath($doc);
 					$basenode = $xpath->query('//div[@class="comic"]')->item(0);
 
diff --git a/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_dilbert.php b/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_dilbert.php
index 00aad78f2..49fa54cfa 100644
--- a/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_dilbert.php
+++ b/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_dilbert.php
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class Af_Comics_Dilbert extends Af_ComicFilter {
 
 				$doc = new DOMDocument();
 
-				if (@$doc->loadHTML($res)) {
+				if ($res && $doc->loadHTML($res)) {
 					$xpath = new DOMXPath($doc);
 
 					// Get the image container
diff --git a/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_pa.php b/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_pa.php
index 380e84596..a5a81edcb 100644
--- a/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_pa.php
+++ b/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_pa.php
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ class Af_Comics_Pa extends Af_ComicFilter {
 		if (strpos($article["link"], "penny-arcade.com") !== false && strpos($article["title"], "News Post:") !== false) {
 				$doc = new DOMDocument();
 
-				if ($doc->loadHTML(UrlHelper::fetch($article["link"]))) {
+				$res = UrlHelper::fetch($article["link"]);
+
+				if ($res && $doc->loadHTML($res)) {
 					$xpath = new DOMXPath($doc);
 					$entries = $xpath->query('(//div[@class="post"])');
 
diff --git a/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_pvp.php b/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_pvp.php
index 105d3f490..a27fbca87 100644
--- a/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_pvp.php
+++ b/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_pvp.php
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class Af_Comics_Pvp extends Af_ComicFilter {
 
 				$doc = new DOMDocument();
 
-				if (@$doc->loadHTML($res)) {
+				if ($res && $doc->loadHTML($res)) {
 					$xpath = new DOMXPath($doc);
 					$basenode = $xpath->query('//section[@class="comic-art"]')->item(0);
 
diff --git a/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_tfd.php b/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_tfd.php
index e0216705c..19ca43a24 100644
--- a/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_tfd.php
+++ b/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_tfd.php
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ class Af_Comics_Tfd extends Af_ComicFilter {
 
 			$doc = new DOMDocument();
 
-			if (@$doc->loadHTML(UrlHelper::fetch($article["link"]))) {
+			$res = UrlHelper::fetch($article["link"]);
+
+			if ($res && $doc->loadHTML($res)) {
 				$xpath = new DOMXPath($doc);
 				$basenode = $xpath->query('//img[contains(@src, ".gif")]')->item(0);
 
diff --git a/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_twp.php b/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_twp.php
index 38a8ca32b..6715be3c2 100644
--- a/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_twp.php
+++ b/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_twp.php
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ class Af_Comics_Twp extends Af_ComicFilter {
 
 				$doc = new DOMDocument();
 
-				if (@$doc->loadHTML(UrlHelper::fetch($article["link"]))) {
+				$res = UrlHelper::fetch($article["link"]);
+
+				if ($res && $doc->loadHTML($res)) {
 					$xpath = new DOMXpath($doc);
 
 					$basenode = $xpath->query("//td/center/img")->item(0);
diff --git a/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_whomp.php b/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_whomp.php
index f218890d7..712388449 100644
--- a/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_whomp.php
+++ b/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_whomp.php
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class Af_Comics_Whomp extends Af_ComicFilter {
 
 			$doc = new DOMDocument();
 
-			if (@$doc->loadHTML($res)) {
+			if ($res && $doc->loadHTML($res)) {
 				$xpath = new DOMXPath($doc);
 				$basenode = $xpath->query('//img[@id="cc-comic"]')->item(0);