Trenches

The two teams of GI Joe, and Snake-Eyes, all meet up with each other to begin a unified offense against the Terrordrome - the only thing in their way: a wall of innocent captives.

=Transformers / GI Joe #5=

Writer: John Ney Rieber Pencils: Jae Lee Colors: June Chung Letters: Benjamin Lee V/P Editor in Chief: Roger Lee President: Pat Lee


 * Major characters (in order of appearance): Snake-Eyes, Stormshadow, Ravage, Dr. Mindbender, Baroness, Flint, Frenzy, Beach Head, Grunt, Jady Jaye, Wild Weasel, Superion, Megatron, Cobra Commander, Major Bludd, Optimus Prime, Duke, Roadblock, Ironhide, Scarlett, Prowl, Hound, Shockwave

Flint, Zartan, Beach head, Lady Jaye, Grunt, Lifeline, Soundwave, Rumble, Scarlett, Bumblebee, Grimlock, Roadblock,  Destro, Bruticus, Frenzy, Wild Weasel,


 * Cover date: November 2003
 * Release date: December 17th, 2003

Synopsis
Snake-Eyes drags the shark-bitten Stormshadow ashore. Before dying, Stormshadow concedes that it is Snake-Eyes who has become the true warrior. But just then, Ravage returns to again try to defeat Snake-Eyes, but his second attempt is as futile as his first.

Within the Terrordrome, Dr. Mindbender and The Baroness attempt to extract the G.I. Joe's plans from Flint using sadistic torture. Flint however, does his best to resist compromising.

Frenzy, surviving Beach Head's electircal attack, chases after Beach Head, who returns to the airfield where his team is waiting for him, luring Frenzy beneath a plane. After Beach Head is clear, Grunt fires at Frenzy, detonating the plane's fuel supply. The G.I. Joes follow up their ambush with the grenades they have.

In the air, Lady Jaye and Wild Weasel have a dogfight, but Lady Jady manages to use her plane's slow speed to her advantage and catches Wild Weasel off-guard. In the air, she notices the other team of G.I. Joes and their massive ally Superion.

Outside of the Terrordrome, Cobra Commander - now aware of the incoming threat, creates a defensive wall of captured prisoner slaves.

The two teams of G.I.Joes finally unite, but Scarlett is dissapointed that Snake-Eyes is still MIA. But soon as she laments his mysterious nature, Snake-Eyes joins the party. At this point, as the united army of Autobots and G.I.Joe prepares to move against the Terrordrome - Prime halts and considers that perhaps it's not the Autobot's place to get involved in Earth's conflict - but seeing the way Cobra treats it's captives as expendable tools changes his mind.

Ready to make the first move in the final conflict, Cobra Commander orders Shockwave in place. After Megatron validates the command, Shockwave obeys.

As the G.I. Joes and Autobots devise a plan to use Superion, Stalker, and Snake-Eyes to safely remove the captured slaves from danger, Shockwave opens fire, tearing a massive piece out of Superion.

Items of note

 * This issue should not be confused with the fifth issue of G.I. Joe/Transformers Vol. 1.
 * When Optimus Prime considers that perhaps it's not the Autobot's place to fight Cobra, his disembodied dialogue box is colored similarly to Megatron's dialogue. But from the context we can be certain that Prime is the one speaking.
 * Wavelengths also has an article from the desk of Rob Ruffolo