Inkworks | Angel Season One Trading Cards

ANGEL: SEASON ONE TRADING CARDS

The Start of Another Success Story

RALEIGH, NC – August 28, 2000 - Inkworks has introduced another highly collectible addition to their premium trading card line-up. ANGEL, the powerful spin-off from the hit television series, BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, will be featured in an all new premium trading card. The premiere set, ANGEL: SEASON ONE, will add another chapter to the sold out success story of the related Inkworks BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER product line.

ANGEL stars David Boreanaz as Angel, a 200+ year old vampire. After years of suffering under the effects of a gypsy curse, he leaves Sunnydale and Buffy to move to Los Angeles where he plans to regain his humanity by saving lost souls. Joss Whedon, creator of BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER and ANGEL, serves as executive producer. ANGEL airs on The WB on Tuesday at 9:00 pm (Eastern and Pacific) following BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER.

"I think the grittier, more grown-up feeling of ANGEL has been successful bringing fans from BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER as well as introducing a new audience to the show and to collecting trading cards,” said Martha Modlin, executive vice president of Inkworks. “We expect this set to be very popular with our loyal BUFFY collectors as well as all of the new ANGEL fans. In addition, for collectors who like autographs, we are pleased to announce that six of the show’s top characters have signed autograph bonus cards, including the star of ANGEL, David Boreanaz."

The 90-card base set will include episode coverage from the show’s premiere season (1999-2000) including subsets such as “Demon Compendium,” “The Women of Angel,” “Wolfram & Hart” and “Angel Investigations.” In addition to the base set, there will be four levels of bonus cards:

Dark Avenger – A nine-card foil puzzle of Angel and his friends. (Approximately 1:11 packs).
I Love L.A. – Six foil cards featuring the fan favorite, Cordelia. (Approximately 1:17 packs).

Autographed cards and bonus cards will be randomly inserted into packs of cards. Due to scheduling, David Boreanaz was not able to sign cards in time to insert the actual autographed cards into the production run. Inkworks has inserted redemption cards for his autographed card. However, the David Boreanaz autographed cards are currently in stock at Inkworks, so returned redemption cards will be processed quickly. All other autographs have been inserted into card packs.

In addition to the autographs and bonus cards inserted into packs, each sealed display box will also contain an exclusive “Box Loader” promotional card.

ANGEL: SEASON ONE will be packed seven cards per pack, 36 packs per box. The suggested retail price will be $1.99 per pack. These cards can be purchased at trading card and comic book shops as well as music, video, collectible stores and on the Internet.

ANGEL is produced by Mutant Enemy, Inc., Kuzui Enterprises, and Sandollar Productions, in association with Twentieth Century Fox Television. Twentieth Century Fox Licensing and Merchandising, along with Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, comprise the retail-oriented strategic alliance of Fox Consumer Products. A recognized industry leader, Twentieth Century Fox Licensing and Merchandising licenses and markets properties worldwide on behalf of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Twentieth Television and Fox Broadcasting Company, as well as third party lines.

Inkworks is a Raleigh, North Carolina based trading card company specializing in entertainment properties. Inkworks is the only major card manufacturer that has established an Inkworks Guarantee. The guarantee assures collectors that each display box contains a complete, defect-free basic set. Inkworks pledges the highest quality production, printing and packaging. Inkworks’ licenses include Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Charmed, Elvis Presley, Roswell, James Bond, and The Simpsons.