Uh yeah, no.
While mycomicshop itself is a reputable company, shillers love using its ebay listings to artificially pump up prices of books all the time.
All the time.
-J.
...or maybe a book that doesn't have 400 CGC 9.8s that happens to be around 30 years old, is considered some of Frank Miller's best work, and is called the most important battle in comic's history by Comic Book Resources is finally being recognized for all of the things it is.
I know its no ASM #678 (to you) but to some of us, it happens to be the book that settled years of arguments. Who would win ? Ask MCS if it sold. They are fellow bordies and I'm sure they'd share the info. Either way, its a book on the move.
...or it was just another shilled MCS "sale" via ebay.
A problem acknowledged both by Conan (of MCS) and GPA on these boards. And here's your dead give away right here.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Batman-The-Dark-Knight-4-DC-1988-GRADED-CGC-9-8-WHITE-/272003284940?hash=item3f54a8bfcc:g:L~sAAOSw42JWDWml
And 340+ copies (and counting) of a book in a 9.8 is still a whole lot of 9.8's.
-J.
Funny. I have this on search and receive emails from ebay every day. That book has never popped up. My bet is it will sell now that you've pointed it out.
Someone should thank you. As for the number of 9.8s, demand will decide if that is too many or few. That represents about one fifth of a book like Saga #1. With almost 1700 copies in 9.8, that book was selling for more than TDKR #4 as recently as last year. This may or may not be a $600 book. No one knows. What we do know is that it's on a steady climb and worth mentioning as a book that is heating up. The entire miniseries is undervalued imo. In this day and age, the 1st female Robin might be an overlooked book too.
Take a good look at the label on the book in the link.
It needs to be corrected, and probably scares away potential buyers.