You practically need a scorecard to keep up with all the characters packed into this action-filled issue as the “Hush 2” storyline by writer Jeph Loeb, pencil artist Jim Lee, inker Scott Williams, and colorist Alex Sinclair continues.

NYPD detectives Sam Burke and Maximilian “Twitch” Williams first appeared in Todd McFarlane’s Spawn #1 from Image Comics and immediately became central supporting players in the title character’s world.

With his chalk-white skin, the giant red circle in the middle of his chest, and his nanite-given ability to regenerate, Bloodshot has been one of the most visually iconic characters since his debut in the heady days of Unity and the original Valiant.

First seen in Captain America #117, Sam Wilson was a street-savvy crime fighter on the neighborhood level. The Falcon quickly teamed up with Captain America, and by #134 the cover proclaimed a new title: Captain America & The Falcon, which became the first black and white duo in superhero comics.

About 17 years ago, way before he ever dreamed up his highly enjoyable, crowdfunded Savage Sasquanaut, writer-color artist Wes Hartman teamed up with Gold Digger’s Fred Perry to unleash Sky Sharks. The five-issue adventure was told with a manga-ish flare in a dieselpunk style (like steampunk, but a different level of technology). For all its trappings, though, it was Hartman’s self-professed love letter to Dave Stevens’ Rocketeer.