*** (three of five stars)
I'm not really going to review this issue. It's a war story, putting Flash Thompson in the Iraq War. After getting his legs repeatedly shot in an ambush, he uses an amphetamine injection to power through the pain to save an injured soldier. The nerve damage to his legs is extensive and results in their amputation. The story is done well, but it probably should've been a one-shot. It's unclear where it fits in continuity. Flash Thompson was at Harry's welcome home party in issue #545 (and I'm pretty sure he had both legs), and, given that only a few months have passed since then, it's unclear whether or not this story actually happened. I'm assuming it did, since it seems unlikely they would just re-introduced Flash at some point in the future with legs, if they were amputated here. But, it's such a mess from a continuity standpoint that I'm just going to let it go. It conveyed the message it wanted to convey, so I'm giving it three stars and moving to the next arc.
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