OK, before I saw anything else, I have to say that the cover to this issue is ridiculous. I mean, Peter looks like a damn Beatle, for God's sake. I feel like it vaguely has something to do with the movie, but I don't know what.
Anyway, I guess that I didn't realize that no one knew that the New Avengers have Thanos in suspended animation. I re-read that part of "Infinity" #6 and it's clearer now, but it still raises the question why they're keeping it quiet. Interestingly, it also involves at least Captain America, Captain Marvel, the Hulk, Hyperion, and Thor keeping that they defeated Thanos secret, since they also saw Thanos in his cube. Why not let everyone know that the Avengers defeated Thanos? Wouldn't the Avengers' galactic allies want confirmation that he was neutralized? Hickman (not surprisingly) never addressed that question in "Infinity"#6, so I spent most of this issue confused why the Guardians didn't know that Thanos was on Earth. But, it's not Bendis' fault, so I won't hold it against him.
For the most part, this issue is a rollicking good time, with Angela and Gamora tearing through some Badoon slavers in their search for Thanos. Angela and Gamora have excellent banter and one-liners throughout the issue; I loved Gamora telling the slaves that they were enslaved because they "just stand there!!" as she's trying to get them to flee from the Badoon. It's not all fun and games, though: Bendis raises the stakes in Angela's search for information about her past, since one of the Badoon recognizes "her" people (though she kills him accidentally while interrogating him). I'm confused, though, why Peter dismisses the possibility that the Badoon knew the truth. He almost seems to be trying to mislead Angela in order to keep her on the team, rather than helping her get to the bottom of the story; it feels distinctly un-Peter-like. Bendis justifies it by having Peter dismiss the Badoon world as a toilet and not the type of place where she'd get helpful information. I get that, but, if we're supposed to believe that Peter actually believes that, then it's a little too obvious of a ploy to keep the mystery going. It probably would've been better just to skip the mystery angle entirely for this issue. That said, though, it's a fun issue, so I'm not really complaining.
*** (three of five stars)
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