So I've actually called CGC twice in the past about this issue, but it was never addressed, so I decided to just pony up the money and fix the census myself. Unfortunately, when I checked on the submission, the error is in the process of being repeated. I'm not sure how well CGC checks emails, so figured I'd post here as well. And I know maybe a lot of people aren't focused on/don't care about these books, but they're books I care about, and they're books that the census is objectively incorrect about. I sent in 1st printings and (intentionally damaged) 2nd printings with a very specific note regarding the differences between the books so there would be zero room to make any mistakes in the categorizing of these books.
"Hello --
I just checked on my submission [#######] and noticed that several of the books are being mislabeled. I had contacted CGC via phone several months ago to inform them of an issue on their census data, and that it could result in a major issue down the road.
After not seeing anything changed on the census, I sent in some of my own books, and even intentionally damaged two of the books with the sole intention of having the census corrected to notate the existence of those books (2nd printings).
I included a detailed note with the submission to make sure that the books would not be mislabeled, but it appears they are being mislabeled.
Not only do the 1st printings have different covers than the 2nd printings, but the actual indicia is also different -- with differing publication dates. Yet despite this, the books are all being filed together. The singular change that's being made, is a census is now being created for the "Convention Exclusive" which is the 1st print of Overwatch #2.
The second version, that was printed years later, comes with a key chain type toy, and has different indicia and without "Convention Exclusive" in the corner.
The primary issue with this is that nearly ALL of the issue #2's that have been graded by CGC have been the "Convention Exclusive" 1st printings. And those are all therefore listed under the existing "Issue 1" moniker for Overwatch #2 on the census. The books I've just sent in will be resulting (per the information sent to me) in the creation of a "Convention Exclusive" tier for Overwatch #2. Which means that anyone who sends in the 2nd printing toy packaged version will end up in that "Issue 1" tier with no designation of a 2nd printing, which would be okay if 1) The date was correct via its indicia and 2) All of the "Convention Exclusive" printings weren't already assigned "Issue 1". The Overwatch #2 comic I sent in damaged, with a giant fold across its front, is the second printing toy package comic. Which I noted with a sticky on its sleeve. It was printed years later, is reflected as such in the indicia, and it is currently in the process of being labeled and slabbed under the publication date of the 1st printing.
The issue with Overwatch #1 is even more egregious, and is the one that requires more precision grading. The indicia dating is different, between the 1st and 2nd (toy package) printing, but the only other discernable change in covers is that the artwork is cut off at the bottom. I noted this specifically in the submission for the grader, and like issue #2, I intentionally damaged the comic so that the 2nd print category would be created on the census.
Currently, per the data sent to me, these two comics are going to be slabbed with 1) incorrect publication dates, and 2) with incorrect print number notation. People then buying these books slabbed will be buying them under false, incorrect information.
Hopefully this will be addressed and the issue corrected. If you need more information from me, I'm at your disposal.
Thank you"