I think NYC #3 is as hot a seller as its ever been but you don't hear a lot about it here. I hope there is some stabilization in comics. The rapid highs and lows are happening for 2 reasons. The first is people don't want to miss the next big thing so they pay more when something first takes off. The second is that people also don't want to be stuck with a loser so they dump stuff cheap and quickly when something begins to slow. Sheltered experienced this. It started hot, for some reason went cold, now its hot again. Go figure.
I think, its noobs with money to burn buying the so called hot issues for ridiculous prices multiples of cover. Your correct people don't want to miss the next hot thing. Wuts sad is lurkers buying up the stock online after news hits and reselling it for more way more once there shipments comeback from midtown or anywhere online. Annoying to say the least, hope prices stabilize at one point or another. Deals are hard to get now of days.