Today in Comics History, May 20, 1498: Vasco da Gama claims India through the cunning use of flags

from "The Stories of John Cabot and Vasco da Gama" in All-American Comics #62 (DC, December 1944), script by Max Gaines and W. W. D. Sones, pencils and inks by Allen Simon

Today in Comics History, April 27, 1805: America conquers foreign countries through the cunning use of flags

from The World Around Us #11 [The Illustrated Story of the Marines] (Gilberton, July 1959), pencils and inks by Gerald McCann

Today in Comics History, May 20, 1775: The JLA claims North Carolina through the cunning use of flags

North Carolina variant cover of Justice League of America (2013 series) #1 (DC, April 2013), pencils and inks by David Finch
Déjà vu?

Today in Comics History, March 1, 1867: The JLA claims Nebraska through the cunning use of flags

Nebraska variant cover of Justice League of America (2013 series) #1 (DC, April 2013), pencils and inks by David Finch
Also today: Bully reuses a joke from December 7.

Today in Comics History, December 7, 1787: The JLA claims Delaware through the cunning use of flags

Delaware variant cover of Justice League of America (2013 series) #1 (DC, April 2013), pencils and inks by David Finch

Today in Comics History, Columbus Day Special: Boy Commandos unable to fight any more Nazis; decide to go messing about with history instead

from The Boy Commandos story "Brooklyn and Columbus Discover America" in World's Finest Comics #21 (DC, March-April 1946), script by Jack Kirby, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by George Klein