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References to and Quotes about
John F. Kennedy

Captain America (vol. 1) #122 (Feb. 1970): "The Sting of the Scorpion!", page 5, panel 3:
Captain America: "So I BELONG to the establishment! I'm not gonna knock it! It was that SAME establishment that gave them a Martin Luther King -- a Tolkien -- a McLuhan -- and a couple of brothers -- named Kennedy!"

Captain America (vol. 1) #192 (Dec. 1975): "Mad-Flight!", page 17, panel 2:
Captain America: "Kennedy, this is Captain America aboard Flight Number 9-1-1. The big boy's crippled, Kennedy-- we need a talk-down!"

Note: Captain America radios JFK airport from an airplane he finds himself piloting after the pilot is knocked unconscious.

Flaming Carrot Comics (vol. 2) #23 (Nov. 1989): "...It All Happened So Fast!", page cover:
woman: "It's Earth's first contact with these aliens... and all Flaming Carrot can come up with is to annihilate, incinerate and destroy them?!!"
Flaming Carrot: "Hey... I'm no Jack Kennedy!"

Marvel Knights Spider-Man #5 (Oct. 2004): "Venomous: Part One", page 2, panel 1:
JFK International Airport

Note: Scene on first two pages of story takes place at "JFK International Airport"

Secret Warriors (vol. 1) #1 (Apr. 2009), page 22, panel 3:
Nick Fury (to Pres. Barack Obama): "I've been in this room with Eisenhower, Truman, Kennedy, Reagan, Johnson... Nixon... You know the list.... That !#$%'s lost its luster. Best of luck to you, Mr. President."