My Zen Arcade

According to io9, picking up every single issue of Marvel’s Secret Invasion (including prologues) will cost upwards of 400 dollars, and the trades will run 350.
I’ve gotten a little tired of this.  DC and Marvel started playing around with these big cross-overs in the 80s.  DC has run a little nuts with it, but overall have done a better job.
But Marvel…certainly the whole Civil War thing was significant, but it is looking like we are getting a repeat of Marvel, ultimately, being wossy. 
In Secret Wars, everything changed…for about 3 months.  Over the past couple decades, how many times have we had ALL THE MUTANTS FALL DOWN DIE GET POWERLESS TURN INTO APPLE JACKS OR EATEN BY DARK PHOENIX only to have them all be OK at the end of the day?
Luckily, before I spent any of my own $$$ on another round of this crap, I got the heads up
Secret invasion review – io9

Despite telling readers to “embrace change,” Marvel’s Secret Invasion only offered changes that are cosmetic and temporary. With the final part of the big comic event hitting stores this past week, we look at why this latest alien invasion disappointed, and was ultimately all about the status quo.

I really can’t stand how Quesada has handled much of the Marvel Universe.  It smacks of lazy.  It smacks of insult.  It smacks of turning comics back to crap.
And I will never, ever, forgive him for “One More Day”.

Anyhow, it seems to me that, if you want the story of Secret Invasion, you should read Chris’ summary.
The Secret Invasion In 30 Seconds (which I think is 22 seconds long)