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The “My Parents are Dead” Meme became a viral sensation about ten years ago. First appearing in 2008 on websites like Tumblr, Reddit and 4chan – The My Parents are Dead Meme takes a classic Batman panel from a 1965 comic book where Batman slaps Robin with the original text removed and replaced with Batman slapping Robin and interrupting him to tell him his parents are dead.

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The original panel is taken from the 1965 comic book World’s Finest Comics #153.

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Even though the original meme first took the internet by storm over ten years ago – over the past few months copies of Worlds Finest #153 have started to trend up. While a CGC graded 9.0 copy sold in back in March of 2019 for $200 and a CGC 5.5 sold for $85 back in August of 2019 (according to GPA) – raw copies of Worlds Finest #153 have been flying off online marketplaces. In recent months low grade copies have been selling for $30 to $50 and very recently on January 11, 2020 – a copy described as being in Very Good condition sold for just over $100. The my parents are dead panel has become part of the popular culture zeitgeist and isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. For some reason this book has started to catch fire helping make it a great book to start looking for in the wild!

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