CGC SUBMISSION INFO
WHAT IS CGC?
CGC stands for Certified Guaranty Company, the world’s largest and most trusted third-party grading service for comic books. CGC evaluates your comic and assigns a universally accepted numeric grade from 1 to 10. Every submission is thoroughly checked for restoration to ensure authenticity.
Once graded, your comic is sealed in a tamper-evident, state-of-the-art holder designed to preserve and display your book with maximum protection and clarity.
HOW IT WORKS
🔵 9.8 Guaranteed Pre-orders
You can opt to have any new release (pre-order or subscription) submitted to CGC for a 9.8 grade prescreen.
Once your comic arrives at our shop, we carefully inspect and ship it to CGC on your behalf.
After grading, it returns to us, and we promptly send it to you.
We guarantee a 9.8 grade on all new releases submitted for prescreen.
We do our best to achieve a 9.8, but in the rare event your comic does not pass prescreen, you will receive a refund for the grading cost, and the comic will be sent to you in its raw form or the lower grade item if it was submitted for regular grading.
Shipping:
Shipping to CGC is included in the cost.
Return shipping to you is added at checkout.
📌 Due to the time and care involved, pre-order submissions cannot be canceled once the book leaves our facility.
🔵 Regular Submissions
You may also send your own comics directly to us (in Pennsylvania) for grading.
Upon arrival, we inspect your comic and offer a grade estimate, including cleaning/pressing recommendations if needed.
We then send the comic to CGC’s Florida facility for grading.
Once returned to us, we’ll coordinate shipping the graded book back to you.
Shipping:
Includes shipping to CGC, grading, encapsulation, and return to our facility.
Return shipping to you is billed separately.
📌 As with pre-orders, we do not offer refunds once a submission has left our facility.
TURNAROUND TIME
We ship comics to CGC within 30 days of receiving them.
Pre-orders will take longer, as the book must be released and received first.
CGC’s current estimated turnaround time is 3–4 months, but it may take up to 6+ months depending on their backlog.
Please don’t submit comics you need back urgently—CGC is not currently honoring their listed turnaround times.
HOW TO SUBMIT
Send us a message and we’ll follow up within 48 hours to walk you through the next steps. You may also submit any comic listed for sale on our website.