I have enjoyed the main series, and all of the tie-in spin offs.

The only Secret Invasion related issues i have enjoyed have been the Captain Britain and MI:13 and the X-Men mini-series. The rest has just left me cold.

I have been reading DC books for years and I can’t tell you what is happening in Final Crisis. Morrisson is hit and miss with me and this is definitely a miss so far, but I will reserve final judgement until I have read the final issue.

I definitely prefer the Geoff Johns written tie-ins for Final Crisis to any of the tie-ins for Secret Invasion. The other tie-ins for FC have not been that great. Hated the 3-D Superman book and could not tell you why Meltzer’s book needed to be a tie-in. But the Rogue’s Revenge and the Legion of Three Worlds … Great Stuff!

FC definately reads like a lot of big huge things are happening. Morrison is much better at showing the DC Universe as a whole. This feels like something affecting the entire Earth, while SI seems to concentrate on America (and even then, mostly in New York). It’s also surprisingly dark, and while a certain amount of darkness is almost the standard these days, it seems to fit the story unlike Infinite Crisis’ rather blase use of gory violence. But I also feel like when I read the main series it seems to have these rather broad gaps for the tie-in issues to fill (the gap between issue 3 and 4 had me wondering if I had missed an issue, especially with the delays), though the few tie-ins I’ve read have been fantastic .

Secret Invasion I think works better as a stand alone story. SI doesn’t have as many twists and turns (which is a bit surprising considering the concept for the story seemed to be ripe with the opportunity), and while I’d argue that many of the tie-ins are a bit more of a mixed bag, but they’re less necessary to enjoy the main story. SI on the other hand seems to suffer from some padding (though I don’t feel it is as bad as others seem to).

Basically I see Final Crisis as being a rather substandard for Morrison (who when he wants to big crazy stories can really deliever), but still rather good. I think Secret Invasion being probably the best “big” story Bendis (who normally seems more in his element with more single character books) has told but still has some flaws. And thus I think they’re about even, more or less. But both still have opportunities to change my thoughts on the matter for good or ill.

I think FC is going to read better when it’s all out. SI will not get any better when you read 1-8 in one sitting.

“Heck, Alan Moore could probably tell this story in about three pages.”

But Alan Moore’s script would have been 25 pages with an appendix and background notes.

I’m really enjoying Secret Invasion, the mini and most of the tie-ins. I think the story has moved along very well, but the main title has become a victim of the many tie-ins. With so many titles coming out under the “Secret Invasion” banner, it feels like so much more should have transpired. However, the main mini has been excellent when read on its own. I’ve been excited for every issue as it’s come out.

Unfortunately, I read the first issue of Final Crisis and was so bored with it that I haven’t picked up any since. I really like the high-concept and based on the fact that many people have raved about it, I’ll probably get it in a trade at some point.

Grant Morrison is great but he doesn’t get a free pass. Crap is crap.

I think I would have liked SI if some of the fight scenes were replaced with some of the reveals and backstory that Bendis did in the various Avengers titles. Seriously, though, this is what Bendis has (in his words) been building up?

I’ll give it to FC, but just barely. At this point, my only interest is to see which series will have a bigger impact on it’s respective universe’s status quo…

Secret Invasion seems to be filled with padding. It’s taking forever for anything to happen.

This has been a fantastic summer for crossovers.

I honestly prefer the approach Morrison is taking which is just a series of minor events building to one big event. The artists switches and and delay are a little disappointing but I like the artists lined up so I can’t complain. It’s developing into a solid coda to his DCU work, so far. And I love Kirby’s 70′s DC stuff.

There’s plenty to like in Secret Invasion. Yu is doing some great work and Bendis has wrote a couple really memorable scenes.So I can’t complain. They are both pretty solid event books. I was excited for both.

Bendis’ strength is in individual character work and small dialogue-driven moments, and he has to get every character in the Marvel U. into 8 issues.

Morrison’s at his best when he can play with freaky, reality warping ideas, and he’s writing an event where he’s ultimately beholden to the continuities of dozens of other books and has to leave most characters’ status quos relatively unchanged.

Sort of weird summer.

Final Crisis benefits better arts but you know how that ends & the 2 artists productions feel kind of stiff & lack dynamism in action scenes.

For the writer….. nothing good to say!!