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I've not read any Secret Invasion, but I've just been going through the Civil War stuff. I've probably read about a third of the graphic book collections of them, including the Road to Civil War, the main one and the Spider-Man ones.
The Iron Man one was incredible. Having not read Fallen Son (and the story just previous to that one, not mentioning the title because it gives it all away) the end was such a shocker. I knew it happened, I just didn't know exactly where in the timeline it fell, and as such was not expecting it in one of the Civil War ones. The storyline involving Spymaster is rather good, but someone meets a rather untimely end. Fairly hard-hitting for an Iron Man comic.
I'm not a big fan of Wolverine, but I really enjoyed his book. It was rather more 'graphic' than I expected, but it really helps show you the kind of guy Logan is. I've not read any Wolverine titles since I was about 8, so I assume most of his comics are like that, but... still. I'm rambling. His tale really connects some of the dots from the main Civil War storyline, explaining how exactly the Stamford Incident occurred.
The Ms. Marvel one is fairly good, it really shows how the SHRA affects Spider-Woman's life in particular, and Ms. Marvel faces quite the crisis. The last issue of the collection doesn't really have anything to do with the War at all, but it's a good one shot and could potentially have some rather interesting consequences.
The Spider-Man ones are well written as usual. The Peter Parker one (from the Friendly Neighborhood title) shows how Spidey's personal life, wife and aunt are affected by his actions, with a rather horrendous culmination (trying not to spoil anything here) whilst the Amazing one shows the knock-ons to his masked lifestyle. Moral conflicts as ever. Some good stuff.
The Fantastic Four TPB is a fun romp as usual, with a few rather more serious parts to it. Reed has a fairly tough time with the whole Act thing, but the Thing is living it up in gay Paris. Thing's section contrasts perhaps a bit too much with the rest of the story, as it's a tad overly light-hearted, but makes for a few laughs.
The central storyline is really quite good. There's a fair bit of... well I guess the term 'retcon' would suffice here, as it shows that certain more influential superheroes have been meeting secretly for sometime, under the guise of the Illuminati. Stark believes a war is coming, and believes this is the way to avert such a thing. Of course, it's not averted and the Stamford Incident occurs. This sets into motion a chain of events that culminates in the SHRA, or Superhuman Registration Act, and thus the Civil War. There is a rather surprising death in the main storyline, and an even more surprising 'comeback'. In all, Civil War is definitely one of the best things Marvel has done in a long time.
I still have far too many to read though, there are so many of them! Hulk, X-Men, Young Avengers, Thunderbolts... the list goes on and on. Well worth a read, mind you.
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The third movie sucked though. Spider-Man: The Other is one of the best recent ones in my opinion. Marvel: 1602 is a good read, as is Kevin Smith's take on Green Arrow. Also - Batman: Hush.
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