Mark Spears Returns to CGC for a Private Signing

Posted on 10/2/2024

CGC welcomes back comic book artist Mark Spears!

CGC is excited to announce that the Signature Series team will be hosting an exclusive In-House Private Signing event with Award-winning artist, Mark Spears! Spears is a spectacular talent who has worked for major publishers like Marvel, DC Comics and Dynamite. Spears will be offering a handful of Signature options as well as Remarques and Sketches for purchase. See pricing and details below. 

For this signing, submitters can also send in official trading cards featuring Spears' art, which CGC Cards will encapsulate with our distinctive yellow CGC Signature Series Label. (For instructions on how to submit trading cards for this signing, click here.)



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Mark Spears is an award-winning artist who is currently creating covers for Action Comics, Green Lantern, Shazam, Spawn, and is the mastermind behind his hit series, Mark Spears' MONSTERS, where he serves as both writer and artist. His work has graced titles such as Power Rangers, Green Lantern: War Journal, Kneel Before Zod, Sam and Twitch, King Spawn, Scorched, Gunslinger Spawn, Absolute Power, Vampirella, Red Sonja, and many more. Spears was honored as the 2020 Rondo Hatton Horror Awards Artist of the Year.

For this exclusive event, ALL CGC members, including free CGC members, can submit books directly to CGC headquarters in Sarasota, Florida. CGC must receive all submissions for this event by Friday, November 22, 2024. 

If the Private Signing needs to be rescheduled, CGC will securely store all submissions in its vault until the event can be rescheduled. 

After Spears signs the submitted books, CGC will grade and encapsulate them with an estimated turnaround time of six weeks. If CGC pressing is also requested, the turnaround time is estimated at eight weeks. After grading and encapsulation, the collectibles will be shipped back to their owners.

The CGC Private Signing fee for a Mark Spears Basic Signature is $65 per item and includes: 

  • Mark Spears’ Basic Signature 
  • Estimated turnaround time of six weeks for CGC grading 
  • Estimated turnaround time of eight weeks for CGC grading and CGC pressing (an additional $20 fee applies for CGC pressing)  
  • Encapsulation with the iconic yellow CGC Signature Series label   

The CGC Private Signing fee for a Mark Spears Full Signature is $75 per item and includes: 

  • Mark Spears’ Full Signature 
  • Estimated turnaround time of six weeks for CGC grading 
  • Estimated turnaround time of eight weeks for CGC grading and CGC pressing (an additional $20 fee applies for CGC pressing)  
  • Encapsulation with the iconic yellow CGC Signature Series label 

The CGC Private Signing fee for a Mark Spears Full Signature with Bat is $80 per item and includes: 

  • Mark Spears’ Full Signature with Bat
  • Estimated turnaround time of six weeks for CGC grading 
  • Estimated turnaround time of eight weeks for CGC grading and CGC pressing (an additional $20 fee applies for CGC pressing)  
  • Encapsulation with the iconic yellow CGC Signature Series label 

The CGC Private Signing fee for a Mark Spears Multi-Colored Signature is $85 per item and includes: 

  • Mark Spears’ Multi-Colored Signature 
  • Estimated turnaround time of six weeks for CGC grading 
  • Estimated turnaround time of eight weeks for CGC grading and CGC pressing (an additional $20 fee applies for CGC pressing)  
  • Encapsulation with the iconic yellow CGC Signature Series label 

The CGC Private Signing fee for a Mark Spears Multi-Colored Signature with Bat is $90 per item and includes: 

  • Mark Spears’ Multi-Colored Signature with Bat 
  • Estimated turnaround time of six weeks for CGC grading 
  • Estimated turnaround time of eight weeks for CGC grading and CGC pressing (an additional $20 fee applies for CGC pressing)  
  • Encapsulation with the iconic yellow CGC Signature Series label 

The CGC Private Signing fee for a Mark Spears Remarque is $130 per item and includes:

  • Mark Spears’ illustrated Remarque. Submitters may request the desired Remarque. Important: The final design and subject matter of the Remarque is at the artist’s discretion. CGC cannot guarantee Remarque requests. 
  • Mark Spears’ signature
  • Estimated turnaround time of six weeks for CGC grading
  • Estimated turnaround time of eight weeks for CGC grading and CGC pressing (an additional $20 fee applies for CGC pressing)
  • Encapsulation with the iconic yellow CGC Signature Series label 

The CGC Private Signing fee for a Mark Spears Penciled Head Sketch is $225 per item and includes:

  • Mark Spears’ illustrated Penciled Head Sketch. Important: The final design and subject matter of the Sketch is at the artist’s discretion. CGC cannot guarantee Sketch requests. Submissions must be a blank Sketch cover. 
  • Mark Spears’ signature
  • Estimated turnaround time of six weeks for CGC grading
  • Estimated turnaround time of eight weeks for CGC grading and CGC pressing (an additional $20 fee applies for CGC pressing)
  • Encapsulation with the iconic yellow CGC Signature Series label 

The CGC Private Signing fee for a Mark Spears Inked Head Sketch is $285 per item and includes:

  • Mark Spears’ illustrated Inked Head Sketch. Important: The final design and subject matter of the Sketch is at the artist’s discretion. CGC cannot guarantee Sketch requests. Submissions must be a blank Sketch cover. 
  • Mark Spears’ signature
  • Estimated turnaround time of six weeks for CGC grading
  • Estimated turnaround time of eight weeks for CGC grading and CGC pressing (an additional $20 fee applies for CGC pressing)
  • Encapsulation with the iconic yellow CGC Signature Series label 

Submission Instructions 

For this CGC Private Signing, you can ship submissions directly to CGC with a FREE membership. Paid memberships are also available and include additional benefits. For more information and to join, visit CGCcomics.com/join

To submit books for the signing: 

  • Log onto your account or sign up for an account HERE.
  • Click Submit in the CGC website navigation and select Submission Forms
  • Next to Comics / Magazines, select Online Form.
  • Select Comic or Magazine from the drop-down menu, then select Private Signing and one of the following from the dropdown menu section:
    MARK SPEARS, BASIC SIGNATURE; MARK SPEARS, FULL SIGNATURE; MARK SPEARS, FULL SIGNATURE WITH BAT; MARK SPEARS, MULTI-COLORED SIGNATURE; MARK SPEARS, MULTI-COLORED SIGNATURE WITH BAT; MARK SPEARS, REMARQUE; MARK SPEARS, PENCILED HEAD SKETCH; MARK SPEARS, INKED HEAD SKETCH.
  • Under Services, select Grading and, if you would like it, Pressing. Then hit Next in the top right section of the form.
  • Enter the information requested for your comic, and make sure to check the box next to MARK SPEARS under Private Signing Details.
  • On the next screen, you can add one of CGC’s custom Marvel labels to your submission for qualifying books.
  • Select Add to Cart, and then repeat if there are additional books in your submission. If there are no additional books in your submission, click on the cart icon and proceed to checkout.
  • Note: If you want to submit magazines, please group them together on their own private signing form separate from comic submissions. The same rule applies for any custom labels. Please group them together on their own private signing form separate from non-custom labels. To see the available labels, click HERE.
  • Put ALL ungraded books in window bags or they will not be accepted. 
  • Books that are already certified by CGC, including CGC Signature Series books, can be submitted for this event. CGC will remove a CGC-certified book from its holder for an additional $5 fee.
  • Carefully package books in a box for shipment. 
  • IMPORTANT: Please write MS on all sides of the outside of the box. You must initial outside of the box or we will not be able to honor the submission for this signing. 
  • Books will be received into the CGC system when they arrive and will be safely stored by CGC until the event. (Please note: Payments are processed as they normally are at the time of the collectibles’ arrival at CGC.)
  • Once books are signed, they will start an expedited CGC grading process. 

PLEASE NOTE:

All submissions must be received by CGC no later than Friday, November 22, 2024, to qualify for this private signing event. No change requests will be accepted after Friday, November 22, 2024.

*Cannot be combined with other CGC Private Signing events.

**If you submit a CGC-graded collectible that needs to be removed from its original holder by CGC, the collectible will need to go through the certification and encapsulation process again, and there is no guarantee that it will receive the same grade.

***Paid membership discounts do not apply to In-House Private Signings.

****Marker color requests are welcome, but not guaranteed. Marker color choice and signature placement is at the final discretion of the signer.  


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