Um....with or without vertigo? Either way, sales would disagree with your assertion I'd imagine. On a personal level, I also disagree. I do agree that Crisis is more popular than House of M. That was just weird. I like the aftermath of it tho.
Hey, at least it wasn't another Clone saga or Onslaught
Besides, you don't get better than The Ultimates right now.
Infinity Crisis is great....if you know everything about every DC charecter ever.
As for Bendis, I'm not a huge fan, but most of what he writes is critically acclaimed.