BABYLON 5 JUMPS BACK ONTO TRADING CARDS Fleer/SkyBox Announces BABYLON 5:SPECIAL EDITION Trading Cards MT. LAUREL, NJ.....Fleer/SkyBox International is fanning the flames of the hottest property in the entertainment card industry with the anticipated June release of a special edition series of BABYLON 5 trading cards. "Babylon 5" has been breaking the barriers and setting new standards for exemplary science fiction television drama since its debut in 1993. It was the winner of the 1996 Hugo Award, Science Fiction's most coveted honor, for Best Dramatic Presentation, making it just the fourth television show to win this award in its 43-year history. "Babylon 5" has also received two Emmy Awards. In breaking new ground, "Babylon 5" is the first science fiction series in which all the technology, with the exception of the unique "jumpgates," is based on real science. BABYLON 5 trading cards from Fleer/SkyBox are as highly regarded as the television series itself. This new card line will follow two consecutive sell-out BABYLON 5 card series', which have landed these series at the top of the industry's hot lists for months. The new BABYLON 5:SPECIAL EDITION Trading Cards series will be limited to 20,000 individually-numbered boxes with an all-new, 72-card retrospective featuring "The Gathering" (the original pilot episode), "Ships of the Earth Alliance", "Ships of the Shadow War", and "'Babylon 5' Perspectives". "'Babylon 5' has become an incredible phenomenon among science fiction and trading card fans," said Steve Charendoff, Entertainment Director for Fleer/SkyBox. "This new series of cards will serve as a terrific retrospective for long-time 'Babylon 5' fans and collectors, as well as a jumping on point for new followers of the show." BONUS CARDS WILL INCLUDE: ========================= o 36 Trivia Cards 1:1 o 18 Original "Babylon 5" Costumes 1:2 o 8 Worlds of "Babylon 5" Cards 1:6 o 4 Faces of Delenn 1:12 o 1 Hugo Award Card 1:36 o 1 Sculpted Hologram Card 1:180 o 1 Mira Furlan (Delenn) Autographed Card 1:720 BABYLON 5:SPECIAL EDITION trading cards will be available in 8-card packs. "Babylon 5" is produced by Babylonian Productions, Inc. and distributed by Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution. Douglas Netter and J. Michael Straczynski are the executive producers, and John Copeland is the producer. Harlan Ellison, the eminent science fiction writer who contributed to the original Star Trek series, serves as conceptual consultant. Warner Bros. Consumer Products, which includes the Licensing, Studio Stores, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, WB Sport and WB Toys divisions, is a division of Time Warner Entertainment Company, LP. Copyright and Registered 1997 Warner Bros. Consumer Products. All Rights Reserved. Babylon 5 and Related Marks are Trademarks of Warner Bros. Consumer Products.