This statement combines Lemmas 3.1 and 4.3 with the choice of parameters in the proof of Theorem 4.4. There are integers $q\geq 3$ and $A\leq 2^{q-2}$ such that every $q$-critical induced-$C_5$-free graph $G$ contains, either in $G$ or in its complement, a stable hubbed comb with $t\geq 2$ teeth and $|V(G)|\leq At^2|B_i|$ for every block $B_i$. The complementary alternative is required because Lemma 4.3 gives low maximum degree in either $G$ or its complement; both induced-$C_5$-freeness and $q$-criticality are invariant under complementation.