Issue #1.5? What the hell?

One thing I really annoys me about event comics is the periphereal issues. You know the ones. Secret Invasion Inhumans, all of the incarnations of Final Crisis, X-Men Civil War, blah blah blah. Now, periphereal comics are great (in theory at least, X-Men Civil War sucked crusty prison dick), but one thing that gets me is that they are hard to place in the timeline of an event. Maybe I am not that smart. I don't know, but I do always have a hard time figuring out when and where and how a periphereal comic relates to the main comic. Some cases it is better handled than others, but in most cases, I am lost. Even when I enjoy the story, I get lost (not too smart, remember?)