The IC series had serious problems with focus, and never really lived up to its potential after issue #1. There were occasional good moments sprinkled throughout the series, but there was too much treading water. I'd say the IC tie-ins were pretty useless as well, although some of the mini-series before the event were damn good.

The CW series is a lot more similar to the IC series than we'd care to admit. The high points were higher than what IC had to offer, but they spent a lot of time treading water too, and they had problems getting both sides motivation straight until, say #5. And the delays was a serious momentum killer. This shouldn't have taken almost a year to tell. Some of the tie-ins were REALLY good, some sucked ass.