Why Doesn't CGC recognize 1st Appearance of Timothy Hunter (Books of Magic #1) 0

[jcb193]

So we have 1st appearances of Batman's bicycle and Zantanna's wand (/sarcasm), but we don't have a 1st appearance designation of Timothy Hunter.  A character who is central to hundreds of comic book issues?  

 

Books of Magic #1.  

[divad]

They should; just ask them to. 

[revat]

1 hour ago, jcb193 said:

So we have 1st appearances of Batman's bicycle and Zantanna's wand (/sarcasm), but we don't have a 1st appearance designation of Timothy Hunter.  A character who is central to hundreds of comic book issues?  

 

Books of Magic #1.  

CGC has hundreds of paid employees, including dedicated customer service employees committed to answering the questions of customers and potential customers.  They even have an "Ask CGC" section right here on the boards.  They have emails, phone numbers, multiple physical offices, social media accounts, and even physical mail boxes that where they regularly receive packages and letters.  Why not ask CGC directly instead of asking a bunch of random internet strangers?

[The Lions Den]

Every now and then, a grader may actually have the time to honor your request. The next time you submit a batch of books, there's no harm in putting a note in with the books asking for them to include any pertinent information...

[divad]

2 hours ago, revat said:

Why not ask CGC directly instead of asking a bunch of random internet strangers?

You mean you can't trust these guys???

 

[oldmilwaukee6er]

14 hours ago, jcb193 said:

So we have 1st appearances of Batman's bicycle and Zantanna's wand (/sarcasm), but we don't have a 1st appearance designation of Timothy Hunter.  A character who is central to hundreds of comic book issues?  

 

Books of Magic #1.  

More like first appearance of Harry Potter 

[Real Elijah Snow]

10 hours ago, oldmilwaukee6er said:

More like first appearance of Harry Potter 

I vote that we all send in a request for this specific line: "First Tim Hunter/what Harry Potter blatantly ripped off"

[THE_BEYONDER]

On 11/4/2019 at 2:39 PM, revat said:

CGC has hundreds of paid employees, including dedicated customer service employees committed to answering the questions of customers and potential customers.  They even have an "Ask CGC" section right here on the boards.  They have emails, phone numbers, multiple physical offices, social media accounts, and even physical mail boxes that where they regularly receive packages and letters.  Why not ask CGC directly instead of asking a bunch of random internet strangers?

What’s wrong with asking the question here?

[revat]

23 minutes ago, THE_BEYONDER said:

What’s wrong with asking the question here?

Nothing wrong per se, 

I just don’t follow why getting conjecture from random internet strangers would be more likely to achieve the inferred goal of getting the label changed, rather than contacting CGC directly to ask about a specific policy that they have.

i inferred the intent, though I could be wrong. 

[jcb193]

On 11/4/2019 at 2:39 PM, revat said:

CGC has hundreds of paid employees, including dedicated customer service employees committed to answering the questions of customers and potential customers.  They even have an "Ask CGC" section right here on the boards.  They have emails, phone numbers, multiple physical offices, social media accounts, and even physical mail boxes that where they regularly receive packages and letters.  Why not ask CGC directly instead of asking a bunch of random internet strangers?

I had already asked them before posting here and they gave me a somewhat satisfactory answer (though it didn't help that my books have already been graded).  I was curious if someone knew why they hadn't or whether I was mistaken in his first appearance.  He's a pretty major character in the Vertigo world, so I was shocked when my books came back without it.

CGC response to my inquiry:
"First appearance label notations are made at the discretion of the CGC Grading Team. You can find this information by visiting the CGC Census which will include the Key Comments, Art Comments, and First Appearance notations.

If you would like to request a first appearance update or inclusion to the current label, please include a note along with the book in your submission (post-it on comic bag)."

[divad]

So, send them back for reholdering with a note . . . oy.