Strain on the wallet

Newsarama has an interesting study 0f how much this year's big comics events - Marvel's "Secret Invasion" and DC's "Final Crisis" - will cost you if you buy ALL the tie-ins (which I'm certainly not). The tally for "Secret Invasion" is more than $300 while the "Final Crisis" bill is a bit over $100. That's because "Final Crisis," for the most part, isn't spilling into regular books the way "Secret Invasion" is, though "Final Crisis" does have some special tie-in series.