Guardians of the Galaxy Issue #5

Oh my Groot! This issue was wild, my friends. Here's a quick synopsis to give you the basic low-down on what happened:

We open on a supposed Angel who's un-originally named Angela taking down some aliens and declares that she wants vengeance for being ripped from her home, which is (surprise, surprise) named Heaven. The scene turns to Rigel 7 where Peter Quill is running from Spartax guards and gets pulled inside the home of Mantis; who he was looking for in the first place. He tells this green-skinned telepathic lady friend about weird visions he's been having and she tries to see what's going on inside his mind. They find out that someone has messed with the space-time continuum. We can safely assume this is how Angela (who then decided to attack Earth) came into existence in this universe. The scene then leads into a fight between Gamora and Angela with a voice-over of someone talking to Peter about the fact that he's lucky that he didn't get sucked into the space-time rips in the universe and get lost forever. The scene goes dark and opens back up with Peter talking to none other than..... Thanos! No one has ever hated a "to be continued" panel more than I did at that moment. 

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Alright. Let's talk these new ladies.

From what I know about the Marvel Universe, Angela first showed up in the "Age of Ultron" storyline (which I will get to later), but this is her expanded story about how she was intercepted by the Guardians. She's a bounty hunter who has a personal vendetta against whoever took her from Heaven where she was to oppose Spawn. They end up becoming frenemies when Spawn fixes the broken reality she was in. I personally think she could be wearing some more clothes, but hey, what do I know? 

Now I really loved Mantis. She is a half-Vietnamese, half-German daughter of Libra who was left at a Vietnamese temple which was a sect of the Kree. She was mind-wiped and later meets the Swordsman who trains her and they both join the Avengers later down the road. The comic book panel that showed what she was seeing in Peter Quill's head was a really interesting interpretation of how her powers were working. I really really hope that we get more of her as this story goes on because I feel like she will get a really awesome chance show off her excellent combat abilities later down the road. 

Thanos! Say What?!

I audibly gasped when we finally got the view of Thanos on the last page of this comic. All I want to is read Issue 6. I am so freaking stoked about this right now. I was thinking that Thanos would show up a little later, but this works, too. I'm looking forward to so many things surrounding the big baddie. How much face-to-face interaction will he have with the Guardians? Is he going to want Gamora to join him on his quest? Was it him who tore the space-time continuum? Does he currently have any of the Infinity Gems? We will find out, folks!

For any of you who need some background about Thanos, I will give it to you now as briefly as possible because I could go on for a while if I wanted to:

Thanos was born on the moon Titan to the race of beings known as the Eternals. However, he was carrying the Deviant gene and therefore had the same physical appearance of the Eternals' cousin race. Later in his life, he fell in love with Death (who, in the comics, appears as a woman) and wanted to impress her. So he goes on a quest to find all 6 Infinity Gems/Stones and eventually wield the Infinity Gauntlet and become the Master of the Universe. Sidenote: Gamora is his adopted daughter.

This issue almost left more questions than answers, but I can't wait to keep reading to get the answers that I am oh, so craving. Also, just a piece of advice: Listen to the Guardians of the Galaxy Awesome Mix Vol. 1 Soundtrack when you're reading the comics. It makes them that much better. Until next time, I'm not always hooked on a feeling, but when I am, I'm high on believing.