Mark Haspel Taking a Leave of Absense

Mark Haspel, president of CGC Comics has announced he will be taking a leave of absence but will be rejoining the company within a year. Haspel will be taking the time off for personal reasons and looks forward to returning to the company. Mark will continue to work with CGC as a consultant during his leave.

“Our senior grading team has been working together for almost a decade and are fully capable of ensuring there will be no change to the quality of grading our customers have come to expect from us,” said Steve Eichenbaum, ceo of Certified Collectibles Group, CGC’s parent company. “There have been many instances when Mark has been out of the office or on vacation over the years where our other senior graders have taken on his workload and the quality has always been the same,” he went on to say. "We look forward to his return.”

Haspel joined CGC at its inception in 2000. As CGC’S top pedigree expert, Mark has reviewed every book submitted to CGC as a pedigree and has seen more predigreed comic books than almost any other professional. “After a decade of grading books, I need a short break to take care of some personal issues and to liquidate some of my inventory that I’ve had for years as a result of not being able to actively buy and sell as per CGC’s internal code of ethics,” said Haspel.

CGC is the first independent, impartial, expert third-party comic book grading service. A proven and respected commitment to integrity, accuracy, consistency and impartiality has made CGC the leader in its field. In fact, in 2007, CGC crossed the million-book mark and has now graded nearly 1.5 million comic books.