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References to and Quotes about
The Grand Director (William Burnside)

Captain America (vol. 1) #160 (Apr. 1973): "Enter: Solarr!", page 6, panel 4:
Falcon (to Rafe Michel): "You stupid bigot! You're as blind behind those fancy shades and that 'in' rhetoric as the fake Captain America was behind his patriotic cowl!"

Captain America (vol. 1) #162 (June 1973): "This Way Lies Madness!", page 13, panel 6:
Sharon Carter: "Then, in '53, came the story that shook the nation."
newspaper headline: "Captain America alive! Bucky, too, as duo battles at UN bldg."
Sharon Carter: "We didn't know it was the fake, of course-- but it made no difference anyway, after talking to Peggy's doctors. They said her mental state had become so precarious that..."

Note: 1950s Captain America's face seen in newspaper photo in flashback, as Sharon Carter narrates.

Captain America (vol. 1) #168 (Dec. 1973): "...And a Phoenix Shall Arise!", page 2, panel 2:
Falcon: "...what made that old bugaboo creep up on you all over again?'; Captain America: "A lot of things... I guess it started when I fought the madman who took my place during the '50s"

Captain America (vol. 1) #169 (Jan. 1974): "When a Legend Dies", page 8, panel 2:
Captain America: "They deliberately used negative phrases--distortions! Sure, Dr. faustus was a private citizen! So was Al Capone! And that picture they used of me pushing past the police-- that was taken when I was going through a barricade to capture the fake Captain America!"