CGC Announces In-House Private Signing with Comic Book Writer Tony Isabella

CGC is excited to announce an exclusive In-House Private Signing with award-winning comic book writer Tony Isabella! Over the course of his 50-year career in comics, Isabella was an editor and writer at Marvel Comics, and he also worked at DC, where he created Black Lightning, the company’s first prominent African-American superhero.

Isabella is best known for his work on major series like Captain America, Daredevil, Dracula, Ghost Rider, Hawkman, Iron Fist, Luke Cage, Spider-Man, Star Trek and the Living Mummy. He is the author of 1000 Comic Books You Must Read and July 1963: A Pivotal Month in the Comic-Book Life of Tony Isabella and also co-wrote the prose novels Captain America: Liberty’s Torch and Star Trek: The Case of the Colonist’s Corpse.

Isabella received an Inkpot Award from Comic-Con International in San Diego and a Pioneer Lifetime Achievement Award from ECBACC. He was the second inductee to the Hall of Heroes Museum’s Hall of Fame in Elkhart, Indiana. Most recently, Isabella worked on an acclaimed six-issue run titled Black Lightning: Cold Dead Hands.

“The Signature Series team and I can’t wait to have Tony Isabella join us for this exclusive In-House Private Signing,” said Brittany McManus, CGC Signature Series Director. “His career has spanned decades and his contributions to comics are top notch. We’re so happy to have him join us and offer fans an opportunity to get their favorite books signed by him!” 

For this exclusive signing, 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, February 17, 2023.

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

After Isabella signs the submitted books, CGC will grade and encapsulate them with an estimated turnaround time of six weeks. If CCS 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 In-House Private Signing fee for Tony Isabella is $75 per item and includes:  

• Tony Isabella’s signature 
• Estimated turnaround time of six weeks for CGC grading 
• Estimated turnaround time of eight weeks for CGC grading and CCS pressing (an additional $20 fee applies for CCS 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:
  TONY ISABELLA, PRIVATE SIGNING.
• 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 TONY ISABELLA 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. You can purchase window bags HERE.
• 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. If you need a CGC shipping kit, they can be purchased HERE.
• IMPORTANT: Please write TI 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, February 17, 2023, to qualify for this private signing event. No change requests will be accepted after Friday, February 17, 2023.

*No Multi-Sigs included with other signings.

**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.