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The Gist
Machine Code is a comic/panel-based meme that involves Doctor Will Magnus looking at a paper and reacting to whatever is on the paper in a way related to the image/text on the paper.
Most “Machine Code” jokes involve existing memes and in-jokes, though there is the occasional that is not meme-based.
Origin
The original was taken from a page of the 14th issue of DC’s comic series 52 published August 2006:

Spread
Google insights shows it spikes in March 2007.
The ED article was written November 2006.
This Facepunch thread is from January 2007.
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Meme Details
Origin
Issue #14 of DC Comics' 52 series
Year
2006



































































































