Here is yet another method, based on Regexp::Common:

use strict;
use warnings;
use Regexp::Common qw/comment/; # <== 

my $html = <<'END_HTML';
<p><b>Hello World</b>
<!-- This comment would need to be removed from the entry -->
</p><font color=red>It is Sunday!</font>
<!-- also this--><p>this should stay
here</p><!--this should go-->
END_HTML

$html =~ s/$RE{comment}{HTML}//g;  # <==

print "$html\n";

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Result:

<p><b>Hello World</b>

</p><font color=red>It is Sunday!</font>
<p>this should stay
here</p>

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In reply to Re: Comment Removal by rnahi
in thread Comment Removal by lisaw

Title:
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and:  <code> code here </code>
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