Some times, long boxes just appear. I’m not sure where they come from, but I know they are mine. I recognize some of the comics. For some reason, those familiar comic books are not in my database (which is Comic Collector 4.2, for those of you wondering), which means that in the grand scheme of things, they don’t exist. I even have piles of loose comics in the database as Location: None.

There has been a long box sitting near my desk for a while now and I have never really paid attention to it. I have always meant to put it with the other boxes, but it wasn’t in the way, so no big rush. Today I decided to take a look at it and discovered that it is not in the database. And like I said, if it isn’t in the database, it doesn’t exist.

Hurray for free comics that spontaneously exist.

I’m not sure what is in the box, but just quickly looking in the box shows:

• a lot of American Flagg (including most of the DeMatteis/Badger run and the Time Squared special),
• Grendel #1 (featuring Christine Spar),
• all twelve issues Howard Chaykin’s Amerikan Flagg,
• Infinity Gauntlet (the entire mini),
• Infinity War (just the first issue),
• Infinity Crusade (just the first issue),
• Infinity Inc (including the annuals),
• Invaders (including the battle against The Crusaders and the return of Union Jack)
• Invasion (the entire thing),
• a bunch of old Iron Man issues (Layton artwork. The stuff around the Sunturion times),
• Judgment Day Aftermath (by Alan Moore and Gil Kane),
• the first 30 issues of Nexus/Nexus Legends,
• Starman Secret Files and Origins (which I didn’t even know I ever bought),
• a bunch of the Millennium Giants crossover issues,
• Superman Red Superman Blue with the 3D glasses and the other Superman reprint issue,
• Superman Forever with the Alex Ross cover,
• Trinity #1 (Green Lantern, The Darkstars and L.E.G.I.O.N.),
• A long run of Walter Simonson’s X-Factor (very underrated stuff),
• The first five X-Factor annuals,
• X-Force #1 (I wonder how much this is worth now),
• Two copies of X-Men #1 (ditto),
• and a lot of grass clippings in the bottom of the box.

It looks like I have to do a lot of bagging because none of the Iron Man or X-Factor issues are in bags and they look like it. The issues are readable, but they feel dirty. I also need to confirm their existence by adding them to the database.

Who knows, I might even get a chance to read some comic books. If I do, then I will shamelessly steal from Just Bill and talk about what I enter into the database.