CGC Announces In-House Private Signing with Val Mayerik

CGC is thrilled to offer collectors the opportunity to have their comics signed by artist Val Mayerik!

Mayerik broke into comics as a penciler at Marvel in the 1970s with Conan the Barbarian, and quickly became the regular artist of the swamp-monster feature "Man-Thing" in Fear #13. Six issues later, he and writer Steve Gerber introduced Howard the Duck. Mayerik continued to pencil both the "Man-Thing" and "Thongor" series until the former received its own title, for which Mayerik drew the premiere issue in 1974.

While also doing scattered horror/fantasy/science-fiction anthology stories, Mayerik teamed with Gerber on a second series, the Living Mummy, in Supernatural Thrillers, and took over the art on The Frankenstein Monster. With writer Doug Moench, he did a monumental adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes novel The Hound of the Baskervilles in the black-and-white magazine Marvel Preview # 5-6. He also penciled the final six issues of the 20-issue, 1974 to 1977, jungle-lord series Ka-Zar.

He expanded beyond his prolific Marvel work to draw for Heavy Metal magazine and the Warren Publishing line of black-and-white comics magazines; the latter work included the continuing samurai feature "Young Master", reprints of which appeared as backup stories in Mayerik and writer Larry Hama 1987-1989 Young Master series published by New Comics Group.

Mayerik continued to draw for comics through the 1980s and early 1990s, working on series for Eclipse Comics, First Comics, Now Comics, Pacific Comics and Harvey Pekar's self-published American Splendor, in addition to Marvel, but was segueing toward more of a career in advertising art and in illustration for the games industry, including the roleplaying game companies TSR, Inc. and Wizards of the Coast. As a spin-off of this, he drew the four-issue Acclaim Comics miniseries Magic: The Gathering — The Shadow Mage.

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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 August 15, 2025.

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

After the submitted books are signed, 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 Comics Private Signing fee for Val Mayerik is $80 per item and includes:

• Val Mayerik’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

Val Mayerik Remarque. Click image to enlarge.

The CGC Comics Private Signing fee for a Val Mayerik Remarque is $120 per item and includes:

• Val Mayerik’s Remarque. Important: The submitter may request the desired Remarque. The final subject matter of the Remarque is at the artist’s discretion. CGC cannot guarantee requests.
• Val Mayerik’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

Val Mayerik Head Sketch Click image to enlarge.

The CGC Comics Private Signing fee for a Val Mayerik Head Sketch is $185 per item and includes:

• Val Mayerik’s Head Sketch. Important: The submitter may request the desired Sketch. The final subject matter of the Sketch is at the artist’s discretion. CGC cannot guarantee requests.
• Val Mayerik’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

Val Mayerik Full Figure Sketch. Click image to enlarge.

The CGC Comics Private Signing fee for a Val Mayerik Full Figure Sketch is $285 per item and includes:

• Val Mayerik’s Full Figure Sketch. Important: The submitter may request the desired Sketch. The final subject matter of the Sketch is at the artist’s discretion. CGC cannot guarantee requests.
• Val Mayerik’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

Val Mayerik Full Figure with Background Sketch. Click image to enlarge.

The CGC Comics Private Signing fee for a Val Mayerik Full Figure with Background is $335 per item and includes:

• Val Mayerik’s Full Figure Sketch with Background. Important: The submitter may request the desired Sketch. The final subject matter of the Sketch is at the artist’s discretion. CGC cannot guarantee requests.
• Val Mayerik’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

Val Mayerik Two Character Full Figure with Background Sketch. Click image to enlarge.

The CGC Comics Private Signing fee for a Val Mayerik Two Character Full Figure with Background Sketch is $585 per item and includes:

• Val Mayerik’s Two Character Full Figure with Background Sketch. Important: The submitter may request the desired Sketch. The final subject matter of the Sketch is at the artist’s discretion. CGC cannot guarantee requests.
• Val Mayerik’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 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 / Pulps, select Online Form.
• Click Start New Order.
• Select Comic or Magazine, then select CGC Signature Series, then select In-House Private Signing and one of the following from the dropdown menu section:
  VAL MAYERIK, SIGNATURE; VAL MAYERIK, REMARQUE; VAL MAYERIK, HEAD SKETCH; VAL MAYERIK, FULL FIGURE SKETCH; VAL MAYERIK, FULL FIGURE BACKGROUND SKETCH or VAL MAYERIK, 2 FULL FIGURE BACKGROUND SKETCH. Under Primary Services, select Authentication & Grading and, if you would like it, Pressing. Then click Add Comic.
• Enter the information requested for your comic, and make sure to check the box next to Val Mayerik under Private Signing Details.
• If a qualifying custom label is available, you will have the option to click the Custom Label box and make a selection to add one of CGC’s custom labels to your submission for qualifying books.
• Select Add Comic, and then repeat if there are additional books in your submission. If there are no additional books in your submission, click on Review Cart 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 VM on all sides of the outside of the box. You must initial the 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 August 15, 2025, to qualify for this private signing event. No change requests will be accepted after August 15, 2025.

*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 are at the final discretion of the signer.

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