Well, that certainly explains the timing of the 'said' reprints detailed here:
http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=39158

[Wonder what % residuals Mr Starlin will rake in.]

It will be interesting to see if the cover of Avengers Assemble with the Gems back in hand are indicative of that issue and if we'll see how clever the Illuminati were at a second chance at hiding them.

Thanos was also the conversation on another bulletin board with some random Infinity Guantlet pages so thought to kindly copy&paste 'em here while the links last if you don't mind...

INFINITY GUANTLET 2











INFINITY GUANTLET 3







INFINITY GUANTLET 6











Now, that was some good stuff.