AVX: VS #1 (June 2012): "The Invincible Iron Man vs. Magneto", pages 6-7, panel 2:
Magneto: "The guards who herded me into Auschwitz liked to say that they were merely following orders. Tell me, Stark, when this is over, will that be YOUR excuse as well?"
Iron Man: "Did a former int'l terrorist just compare me to a Nazi? Wow. Who says irony is dead? The Avengers are here to SAVE lives, Magneto. Your people are the ones..."
Note: 2nd panel on 2-page spread
Captain America (vol. 1) #115 (July 1969): "Now Begins the Nightmare!", page 8, panel 2:
Red Skull (to Exiles): "Silence!! You are nothing without me! It was I who saved you from defeat when the Nazis fell!"
Captain America (vol. 1) #119 (Nov. 1969): "Now Falls the Skull!", pages 3-4:
Red Skull: "A location which symbolizes my earliest days of power... days when I was the most feared, most deadly menace in all the Nazi hierarchy! ...to my castle in Berchtesgarden... where the Fuehrer and I one conspired to rule all mankind! But now HE is dead! Only the Red Skull still remains... to fulfill the Nazi dream!"
Captain America (vol. 1) #129 (Sep. 1970): "The Vengeance of the Red Skull", page 5, panel 4:
Red Skull: "Not since the bygone days of the Third Reich have I felt so close to total victory! The Fuehrer himself would be proud of a plan such as mine!"
Note: The Red Skull's followers are featured throughout this issue, but it is not clear that they are formally Nazis. They may simply be extremely loyal hired henchmen.
Captain America (vol. 1) #131 (Nov. 1970): "Bucky Reborn!", pages 11, 19:
(pg. 11) Captain America: "Baron Strucker! The ex-Nazi Master of Weapons!"
Baron Strucker: "Correction, Avenger! The word is not ex-Nazi! I am STILL a believer in the tyranny of fascism!"
(pg. 19) Cap (thinking): "When I'm destined to fall--in my final battle-- It can't be-- at the hands of-- a Nazi!"
Captain America (vol. 1) #154 (Oct. 1972): "The Falcon Fights Alone!", page 2, panel 2:
Bucky (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..." [other references]
Captain America (vol. 1) #155 (Nov. 1972): "The Incredible Origin of the OTHER Captain America!", pages 8-10, 17:
William Burnside (on how he became 1950s Cap): "I knew all about [Captain America] from the Allied point of view-- but what had the Nazis thought? What had their intelligence reports said? So, early in 1953, I gathered my funds and flew to Germany. Once there, I haunted the archives, where hundreds of thousands of old Nazi records were..." [more]
Captain America (vol. 1) #167 (Nov. 1973): "Ashes to Ashes", page 11, panel 4:
Captain America (to Peggy Carter): "Mademoiselle... You can't fight with me. It just wouldn't be safe for you. The Nazis were children compared to the supervillains of today."
Captain America (vol. 1) #177 (Sep. 1974): "Lucifer Be Thy Name", page 3, panel 3:
Captain America: "...the biggest thing I've ever set my eyes on, and I went through World War II! I thought I'd seen everything, what with the Nazis and all...!"
Captain America (vol. 1) #184 (Apr. 1975): "Cap's Back!", page 3, panel 6:
Captain America: "YOU made me remember what was important about this country, Skull-- the dream it was built on, not the deadwood thrown on top! It was you who made me come to grips with the idea that you're no the only enemy that dream has--that not all our foes are diehard Nazis--but it's also you who threatens the dream NOW..."
Note: Other Nazi references. The Red Skull in this issue is very much a Nazi, and is hatching a plot to mark the anniversary of Hitler's death with vengeance on America.
Captain America (vol. 1) #189 (Sep. 1975): "Arena For a Fallen Hero!", page 1:
(pg. 13) Captain America (hallucinating): "It takes more than that to finish ME off, Nazi!"
Falcon (thinking): "...did I hear that star-spangled storm-trooper call ME a Nazi?!... Boy--is HE spaced out!"
Note: Splash page featuring Cap's flashback showing recent events, including Cap and Falcon battling oddly-uniformed Nazis under the Red Skull's command during Skull's attempt to destroy U.S. economy.
Captain America (vol. 1) #195 (Mar. 1976): "1984!", page 4, panel 5:
Captain America (to Royalist Forces of America soldier): "And that's my answer to the arrogant cause you serve! It'll never succeed here! Ask any Nazi who lives in the ruins of his past!"
Captain America (vol. 1) #196 (Apr. 1976): "Kill-Derby", page 17, panel 4:
Somehow the Nazi ghost never seems to die within man. It marches with insane pride . . . respecting nothing . . . taking everything and ignoring the pain of others. Cap sighs in resignation. He will hve to FIGHT for his shield.
Note: Narration refers to the Royalist Forces of America.
Captain America (vol. 1) #209 (May 1977): "Arnim Zola--The Bio-Fanatic!!", page 11, panel 1:
Arnim Zola: "My name was Arnim Zola! My world was the laboratory--the world of biochemistry! From my window, I could see the flames of war turn the skies red over Germany, but what other men did concerned me little--"
Captain America (vol. 1) #212 (Aug. 1977): "The Face of a Hero!", pages 1, 4, 12:
(pg. 1) narration: "It's Frankenstein in its most horrible form! It's Nazi vengeance in its most bizarre moment! It's the Red Skull in his most nefarious role!"
(pg. 4) Red Skull: "I often regret that the Nazi philosophy excludes the strength of women!"
Note: Also: Nazi characters Red Skull, Arnim Zola, Nazi-X featured prominently.
Captain America (vol. 1) #231 (Mar. 1979): "Aftermath!", page 17, panel 1:
Captain America (to Peggy Carter): "No, not WE, Peggy... ME! This is MY fight. It's been my fight since the days of Auschwitz and Triblinka."
Captain America (vol. 1) #232 (Apr. 1979): "The Flame and the Fury", page 6, panel 4:
Captain America (hitching a ride on a cap): "I appreciate it! I don't have any money on me, or I'd..."
cab driver: "Naw! Forget it! Back in the Big One, you pulled my platoon out of a scrape withsome Panzers in Brittany! I been waitin' a long time to repay ya!"
Captain America (vol. 1) #233 (May 1979): "Cross Fire", page 2, panel 2:
Glitterbug (thug working for Morgan, speaking to Captain America): "We're makin' things worse? What do you think your Nazi frinds're doin'? They started this... and they've gotta be stopped..."
Captain America (vol. 1) #235 (July 1979): "To Stalk the Killer Skies!", page 9, panel 1:
Captain America (thinking): "I should have realized that Faustus was behind the Grand Director and his neo-Nazi cult. The National Force's activities had all the markings of faustus' crazed psychological 'experiments.'"
Captain America (vol. 1) #240 (Dec. 1979): "Gang Wars!", page 5, panels 2-3:
Captain America: "...I've fought your kind before... only back then, they spoke German and wore brown shirts!"
Bobo: "Hey, you got me wrong, man-- I ain't no Nazi."
Captain America: "I don't see much difference."
Bobo: "Sez you, Fearless Fosdick!"
Marvel Knights (vol. 1) #3 (Sep. 2000): "The Destroyers", page 6, panels 2-3:
Black Widow: "My grandfather was at the siege of Stalingrad in Nineteen Forty-Three. They held out against the Germans through two winters. It was a battle the Soviets knew they could not win. But they held and they held and they held. They held to keep the Nazis busy and buy their comrades time to build new tanks and armies."
Marvel Super-Heroes Secret Wars #10 (Feb. 1985): "Death to the Beyonder!", page 9, panel 1:
Wolverine (to Captain America): "Some of the God-fearin' Americans you protect hate mutants -- and when they come after us, it's a lot like how the Nazis went after the Jews!"
Megaton Man (vol. 1) #1 (Nov. 1984): "They Call the Doctor... Software!", page 8, panel 2:
Megaton Man (narrating flashback): "And I'm still plagued with guilt over losing my sidekick during World War II..."
Megaton Man (thinking): "The kid's gonna attempt to defuse that Nazi agent-- alone!--"
Megaton Man (yelling): "Squeaky! No!!!---"
Megaton Man (thinking, in next panel): "I'll never stop blaming myself!!!"
Note: A flashback panel shows Megaton Man rushing toward his sidekick, Squeaky. Only Squeaky's hand, an explosion, and a bra are seen.
The New Avengers (vol. 2) #34 (Jan. 2013), page 28, panel 5:
(pg. 27) Jessica Jones: "We're going to go raise our baby where evil spirits and Nazi robots don't knock on the door every half-hour."
Note: Jessica is specifically referring to the Nazis in massive battle suits who attacked the Avengers mansion during the "Fear Itself" event, led by Sin, daughter of the Red Skull. Seen on page 28.
Police Comics #9 (May 1942): "A trespasser-Dagnab it!", page 10, panel 11:
general (to Dewey Drip): "Young man -- Heaven help the dictators if they ever run afoul of your dear old mother!"
Note: By "dictators" the general is presumably referring to America's WWII enemies at the time - the Nazis and their axis associates.
Police Comics #13 (Nov. 1942): "Blast it men! Put some life in this drill!", page 10, panel 4:
(panels 1-2, 4): Sarge (giving trainees pep talk to rally them during training): "Blast it, men! Put some life in this drill! Pretend it's a real scrap! Imagine yer really bein' attacked! Japs droppin from the skies like flies! Nazi paratroops! Here they come! The enemy right at us! By thousands!"
The Ultimates: Against All Enemies (2007), pages 3, 29, 72, etc:
Pg. 3: "The National Socialist host understood that the imposition of order requires domination and control of cultural production as well as military strength..."
Pg. 29: Nick Fury: "Would more of those good men have died if the Nazis switched to a new code and the war lasted six more months?"
Note: Some other references to Nazis, mostly related to Captain America's past.
The Uncanny X-Men (vol. 1) #137 (Sep. 1980): "The Fate of the Phoenix!", page 8, panel 1:
Nightcrawler (thinking): "As a child, in the circus, I knew people who had survived the Holocaust -- the Nazi death camps. I still cannot forgive the butchers responsible for those atrocities. How then can I forgive Jean?"
Writer's Block (2014), page 7:
Milo: "Well.. there's always..."
Robert: "Don't say it..."
Milo: "Just imagine: Broadway presents a new play... Tony award winner... pulitzer prize winner... The triumphant return of... 'Nazi Werewolves from Space!'"
Robert: "NO. We are not writing Nazi Werewolves from Space."
Milo: "But I have the outline right here!"
Note: Desperate to come up with an idea for a play to write, Milo suggests an idea he has worked on, but discarded, an idea his writing partner Milo hates.
X-Men (vol. 1) #98 (Apr. 1976): "Merry Christmas, X-Men...", page 12, panels 5-6:
Jean Grey: "Where's your swastika, Lang? You don't look dressed without it."
Dr. Lang: "I'm no... Nazi, Miss Grey. Just a man doing his duty."
Jean: "Following orders, huh?"
Lang: "If you like. You-- mutantkind are the enemy..."
Note: Captured by Steven Lang, Jean Grey asks him where his swastika is, saying he doesn't look dressed without it. Lang assures her that he is no Nazi, just a man doing his duty.
X-Men Forever (vol. 2) #8 (Nov. 2009): "Fire on the Mountains!", pages 20-21:
Dr. Zigfried: "[I'm the] granddaughter of Dietrich, heiress to... Sentinels... You... raided a lab back in [WWII] and killed my grandfather."
Nick Fury: "So we come full circle. Your grandfather's science sparked the technology... to build something that could detect people who were different. Hunt them and kill them. A whole new holocaust."
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