Captain America (vol. 1) #154 (Oct. 1972): "The Falcon Fights Alone!", pages 2, 8:
(pg. 2) Jack Monroe: "When I think of how the names of Captain America and Bucky used to make Nazis and Commies shiver in their boots--and then I remember that THIS bum's [Falcon] carrying on that tradition..."
(pg. 8) Burnside: "Your friend is some Pinko who's duped the American public--who's trying to sell out this great nation to the Reds!"
Captain America (vol. 1) #155 (Nov. 1972): "The Incredible Origin of the OTHER Captain America!", pages 15-16:
(pg. 14) radio news: "FLASH! ... [Red Skull]... has come back to plague humanity! This time he's joined our Red enemies to fight against America!"
(pg. 17) Burnside: "It was glorious! ...fighting the Red Skull, who turned out to be a REAL Red who had stolen the name... to battle the clutching hand of all Communism all across the globe--" [more]
Captain America (vol. 1) #191 (Nov. 1975): "The Trial of the Falcon!", page 7, panel 3:
narration: "...the other side ready to dump a figure who has done so much for them, whether it be out of fear for any one claiming a power apart from their own lives... or weather [sic] it be that man's color or his ideas..."
anti-Falcon protestor: "He's a Commie-- a hidden menace!"
Megaton Man (vol. 1) #1 (Nov. 1984): "They Call the Doctor... Software!", page 16, panels 13-15:
advisor: "Mr. President, the nuclear freezers are really breathing down our necks!"
President: "So what!"
advisor: "They're saying Megaton Man had no business being deployed! They demand we send a diplomatic team!"
President: "Diplomacy?!! Those Commie subversives! The only thing a gangster like software understands is FORCE!"
Megaton Man (vol. 1) #4 (June 1985): "News of the World", pages 12-13, panel 1:
(pg. 12) Megaton Man: "Well, this is it, Pammy! Those dirty Commies have developed a Super Soldier, and I've gotta face him in a contest of champions! I may not come out of this alive, but it's better than global destruction in a nuclear confrontation!"
Pamela Jointly: "Please-- be careful! Them Ruskies are dirty fighters!" [more]
Note: Extensive reference to Russian "Commies" in Megaton Man's dream, including detailed references to Marxist/Communist ideology and beliefs.
The X-Men (vol. 1) #14 (Nov. 1965): "Among Us Stalk...The Sentinels!", page 7, panel 3:
citizen watching televised debate between Charles Xavier and Bolivar Trask, thinking about Xavier's comments: "I never even heard of him! I'll bet he's a Communist!"
other citizen: "Nah! He looks more like one of them right-wingers to me!"
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