Mike Carlin Joins CGC for His First Ever Exclusive CGC Private Signing

CGC Signature Series is excited to announce an exclusive Private Signing with comic book writer and editor Mike Carlin, who has had a sensational career in the comic industry spanning decades. During his time in the industry, he worked for both publishing giants, Marvel and DC Comics.

Carlin began his professional comics career writing and drawing for Marvel Comics' Crazy Magazine before becoming an Assistant Editor for Mark Gruenwald, in 1982. Two years later he was promoted to Editor of Captain America and Fantastic Four. Carlin wrote Captain America, Ka-Zar and The Thing while at Marvel. He also wrote and drew a story in Bizarre Adventures #34 and the infamous Marvel Team-Up #137, featuring Aunt May as Galactus’ Herald!

In 1986, Dick Giordano hired Carlin to work with John Byrne and Andy Helfer on the re-launch of the Superman titles for DC Comics which eventually led to the best selling phenomenon, The Death and Return of Superman. Mike also wrote Star Trek, Star Trek: The Next Generation, The Flintstones and The Jetsons and the Metal Men for DC. During this time he was also co-writer, with Helfer, of fifteen teleplays for the syndicated Superboy television series.

From 1993 to 2003, Carlin was Vice President/Executive Editor supervising the entire DC Universe of comic book characters. Desiring to get back to the more creative side of the process he made the unusual move back to hands-on editing. From 2003 to 2010 he was Senior Group Editor at DC Comics for the Justice League of America line of titles. Finally, between 2011 and 2023, Carlin was the Creative Director/Animation for DC working on the animated projects featuring the DC properties on television and in direct-to-video movies. He retired from DC’s staff after almost 37 years in 2023.

For this 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, August 30, 2024. 

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 Carlin 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 Mike Carlin is $80 per item and includes: 

• Mike Carlin’s 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:
  MIKE CARLIN, SIGNATURE.
• 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 MIKE CARLIN 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 MC 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, August 30, 2024, to qualify for this private signing event. No change requests will be accepted after Friday, August 30, 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.