The
cover to this issue promises an appearance by everyone’s favorite
blonde-tressed Asgardian. No, not that
Hemsworth guy, the actual Thor. Let’s
see how long it takes for Thor to show up.
We
start out with Talon chasing Composite through the caves in the moon, except
Talon sucks, so Composite takes him out pretty easily, with the impact of Talon
on the ground jarring loose his Guardians star. Talon is presumably carried away by Composite,
and the Guardians happen upon his star as they go and look for him. The Guardians are also concerned about Aleta,
but more in a “where the hell is our other teammate” kind of way. This makes for a great segway into seeing the
battle between Aleta and Loki take center stage. The two heavyweights trade blows until Loki
encases Aleta in a crystal which knocks her out.
We then
focus in on Talon, who is freaking out, writhing on the ground. One of the evil Inhumans, the female named
Phobia basically takes your fears and throws you on an acid trip rollercoaster
ride involving those fears. While the evil Inhuman gang is reveling in this display (Talon believes he’s
covered by carnivorous bees) the rest of the Guardians burst through and take the
fight to the Inhumans. Unfortunately
they have no idea what powers these Inhumans possess so they are fighting blind
for the first round and do a pretty good job of getting their asses kicked.
After
Wormhole disposes of Yellowjacket, Imprint tries to go after Nikki. Unfortunately for the Inhumans, they didn’t
do their homework on the Guardians either because Imprint doesn’t realize that
touching Nikki’s skin results in him getting burned, while Nikki is otherwise
unharmed. She then shoots flames out of
the top of her head to throw up a barrier between the Guardians and the
Inhumans. We then see that Yellowjacket
was not transported via a wormhole but instead just shrunk down and pretended
to be so that Wormhole would leave her alone.
This is yet another well plotted sequence by Gallagher, who continues to
write action incredibly well. In fact,
this is also one of best overall issues as West is on top of his game as
well. 
We then
make a quick cut to Mephisto who straight up murders (is it murder if the soul
is already dead and in hell?) someone because they couldn’t find Malevolence
(remember, she is being held captive by the Beyonder).
The
action now turns to the rainbow bridge to Asgard, where Heimdall comes across
Aleta and arouses her from her slumber.
When she is fully awake she sees Starhawk standing over her and uses her
power to try and kill him. Starhawk
eludes the blast and it turns out that Aleta was tricked by Loki into blasting
a doorway into Asgard. At this point the
Inhumans show up to start their assault on Asgard, but who shows up to stop
them…Fat Thor!
Seriously,
it’s fat Thor.
Next Issue: Two words…fat…Thor.
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