I feel like there's 14 standard Marvel plots jostling for position this issue...

So we've got the hero trying to keep a younger character from completely breaking bad, a secret-y government agency both hassling the hero and covering their own secrets, wacky roommate secret identity shenanigans, soap opera subplots, a very Marvel-misunderstanding plot, and eventually some bad guys! From 1994, Thunderstrike #13, "Man and Beast!" Written and plotted by Tom DeFalco, penciled and plotted by Ron Frenz, finishes by Al Milgrom.

Although he's trying to keep anyone from getting hurt, the hulking Bison is hijacking a S.H.I.E.L.D. convoy, but gets turned away by Luke Cage, who likewise seems protective of Bison. Agent DePaul, who already seems shifty as hell, tries to arrest Cage, who plays freedom of the press since he had been working for newspaper the Chicago Spectator. (Cage's solo series had come and gone by this point.) Meanwhile, in Manhattan, Eric Masterson has a new roommate, whom he knows as space warrior Stellaris. Eric seems unsure what to do with her, but she seems to have a sense of humor. Luke revisits his old digs, the revamped and rennovated Gem Theater (part of the Times Square update, turning the area into a glossy tourist trap) while at Avengers Mansion, Black Widow and Thunderstrike meet with Agent DePaul. He had planted a bug on Cage, and wanted Thunderstrike to "secure" him for questioning. DePaul's stylish partner 'slips' while handing 'Strike the tracker, letting him catch a glimpse of a folder labeled "Operation Sinkhole." Neither the Widow nor Thunderstrike buy DePaul's story, but Natasha can't get in touch with Nick Fury for the real story, either because he was unavailable, or ducking them. 

Next: a couple pages of subplots, as Eric's ex-wife might be moving to L.A. since her football playing new husband got traded. She isn't sure she's keen on the idea, but young Kevin is devastated. And one of Eric's other love interests, Susan Austin, was having dinner with her doctor, after getting out of a coma...I said "soap opera subplots" before getting to this!

To get the plot really moving, a mysterious shadowy figure tells a lackey that Bison has to bring him the cannister...of Inferno 42! That's a blast from the past, dating back to 1966's Tales of Suspense #75, the first appearance of Batroc! It's a mind-numbingly dangerous explosive element, that could blow up all of Manhattan, and seemingly only makes appearances whenever S.H.I.E.L.D. has to move it through the goddamn city as opposed to any time it might be useful. In the rain, Cage sees Bison gazing longingly from afar at his old girlfriend, but Cage gets jumped by Thunderstrike before he can do anything. After the required scuffle, Cage recounts Bison's tragic origin, or at least some of it: he had been an up-and-coming college basketball star, hit by a tragic injury that destroyed his hoop dreams...then he somehow gained like 700 pounds of muscle and horns, Cage kinda glosses over that part. After sharing some info with the Widow, Cage and Thunderstrike make their way to another greatest hit, the old S.H.I.E.L.D. barbershop front! Which has been abandoned and/or destroyed about a dozen times, but okay.

Deep underground, they are confronted by DePaul in a Mandroid suit, furious that Thunderstrike is too incompetent to be a decent scapegoat. And they were followed by Bison, and Frenz/DeFalco Thor baddies Mongoose and Quicksand! 

Aside from the S.H.I.E.L.D. callbacks, Cage is wearing a number somewhat closer to his classic apparel, including his tiara um, metal headband...thing. Whatever that was.