CGC Announces In-House Private Signing with Renowned Comic Book Creator Bob Layton

CGC is excited to announce an exclusive In-House Private Signing with Bob Layton, a Joe Sinnott Hall of Fame Award-winning comic book creator. During his illustrious career, Layton has worked for both Marvel and DC Comics, and he co-founded Valiant Comics, where he was instrumental in developing the Valiant Universe. Layton has stated that this signing will be one of the only opportunities for fans to procure his signature this year, as he will be traveling internationally for several months once he has completed this signing.

Layton is best known for his work on Iron Man for Marvel Comics, where he introduced many important characters like Bethany Cabe, James Rhodes and Justin Hammer. In addition to Iron Man, he contributed to many other well-known Marvel series including The Amazing Spider-Man, Captain America, The Avengers, Marvel Super-Heroes Secret Wars and X-Factor. During his time with DC, he worked on series such as Batman Family, Batman: Dark Knight of the Round Table, Batman: Hollywood Knight, DC Super Stars and Star Hunters.

After co-founding Valiant Comics, Layton co-created one of the company’s most iconic characters, X-O Manowar, and eventually became Editor-in-Chief and Senior Vice President of the company.

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, April 7, 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 Layton 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 Bob Layton is $85 per item and includes:

• Bob Layton’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 event, 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:
  BOB LAYTON, 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 BOB LAYTON 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 BL 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, April 7, 2023, to qualify for this private signing event. No change requests will be accepted after Friday, April 7, 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.