I remember when Hulk 181 hit a $1000, everyone was like "Whoah!!!
NM 98 is heavily submitted. How is a NM 98 trading at 2015 levels not realistic? It's already happened. Hot comics are like the stock market, they go up and down but slowing increase over long periods of time as long as there is demand.
Should NM 98 trade at 2015 levels again? That depends on the market wants to do, some may not like it but pricing isn't dictated by one person very much like how much we all pay for gas.
it will probably go up again