| Issue | #5 |
| Published | June 2009 |
| Cover Price | 3.99 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Andy Schmidt |
| Notes | There is a retailer incentive variant of this cover with no price or logo. |
| Characters | Hawk; Duke; Snake Eyes; Scarlett; Heavy Duty |
| Genre | war |
| Pencils | Andrea DiVito |
| Inks | Andrea DiVito |
| Colors | Chris Sotomayor |
| Letters | Typeset |
| Notes | There is a retailer incentive variant of this cover with no price or logo. |
| Characters | Snake Eyes |
| Genre | war |
| Pencils | Tom Feister |
| Inks | Tom Feister |
| Colors | Tom Feister |
| Letters | Typeset |
| Genre | war |
| Pencils | Various |
| Inks | Various |
| Colors | Various |
| Letters | Typeset |
| Notes | This page contains the indicia and credits for this issue with accompanying illustrations. |
| Characters | Hawk; Duke; Scarlett; Snake Eyes; Stalker; Heavy Duty; Rock & Roll; Breaker; Chimera; Cahill (Death) |
| Synopsis | While the Joes battle their way through Chimera's underground bunker, Snake Eyes infiltrates the compound and tries to rescue Scarlett from the bad guy; Snake Eyes stops Chimera but he has already begun the count down to his master plan and the Joes have to choose between stopping deadly nerve gas attacks or an email that will give certain industrialists the opportunity to wreck the U.S. economy; The Joes decide to make the underground "Pit" their new home. |
| Genre | war |
| Script | Larry Hama |
| Pencils | Mike Hawthorne |
| Inks | Mike Hawthorne |
| Colors | Mike Hawthorne; Erik Swanson (Assistant) |
| Letters | Neil Uyetake |
| Characters | Scarlett |
| Genre | war |
| Pencils | Tom Feister |
| Inks | Tom Feister |
| Colors | Tom Feister |
| Letters | Typeset |
| Notes | Presents full page cover art for next issue. |