The Thanos Imperative #2

*** (three of five stars)

Favorite Quote:  "Interesting.  You pretend to be superficial and glib, but you understand."  "I bet you say that to all the boys."  -- Thanos and Star-Lord, bantering

Summary
Nova and Quasar continue helping the warships from "a hundred different interstellar cultures" fend off attacks from the Cancerverse creatures.  They receive some help from Silver Surfer, who arrives with Galactus and a horde of Abstracts.  Meanwhile, the Guardians make quick work of the Cancerverse's Defenders, but realize their efforts are for naught given the fact that the Defenders can't be killed.  Thanos regains consciousness and defeats the Defenders (this time, with feeling!), warning the Guardians how immense the task ahead of them is.  They then come face to face with the Cancerverse's Vision.  Meanwhile, in "our" reality, Major Victory is captured by the Revengers and put into a holding cell with the other anomalies, including Namorita.  Nova, Quasar, Silver Surfer, and the Abstracts fight the Cancerverse creatures, only to be awed by the arrival of the Galactus Engine.

The Review
This issue was OK.  It moved pretty fast, given that most of it is dedicated to the Guardians' fight with the Cancerverse's version of the Defenders.  However, although it was a pretty cool fight, it doesn't really do that much to propel forward the plot.  I mean, it's not like it was a bad issue.  I'm just anxious to see where DnA are going with the pretty awesome concepts they're throwing our way, so I'm getting impatient!

The Good
1) Um, the Galactus/Abstracts splash pages were pretty un-freaking-believable.  You could tell Sepulveda had fun drawing it.

2) Holy crap, the Galactus Engine.  It took me a second look to realize that Galactus is in the foreground in the scene, small by comparison.

The Bad
1) Why didn't Major Victory go with the rest of the Guardians?  It seems weird that he was left in "our" Universe, where he was conveniently trapped by the Revengers.

2) DnA refer to Galactus and the other entities with him as the "Abstracts."  But, instead, they look like Celestials, who, if I'm not mistaken, aren't Abstracts.  I don't think it really matters, but it's with noting.