John was most recently Vice President of Marketing of the Huntington Learning Center, a $100 million privately held company providing tutorial services to elementary aged children through 200 franchised and company owned retail centers nationally. From 1991 through 1997, he was a Vice President of Advertising, Marketing Services & Licensing at Tyco Toys. From 1986 through 1991, Mr. Bohach was Vice President of Marketing Service & International Marketing at Kenner Toys. From 1970 through 1985, he held various senior management positions at LBS Communications, Red Barron Advertising, American Motors Corporation and General Mills, Inc. Mr. Bohach is a graduate of the University of Minnesota.

In his new post at Toy Biz, John will be responsible for the evaluation and acquisition of licensed properties across all forms of media.

Alan Fine, President and CEO of Toy Biz, commented, "We are delighted to have an individual of John's talent and track record join our growing Company. John's many years of experience in youth oriented marketing will prove to be a very valuable asset to us in his new role as Vice President of Licensing."

Marvel Enterprises, Inc. is one of the world's leading entertainment companies with operations in the licensing, comic book publishing and toy businesses. The company was formed on October 1, 1998 upon the emergence of Marvel Entertainment Group, Inc. from bankruptcy and its merger with Toy Biz, Inc. Through its ownership of over 3,500 proprietary characters, the company has published comic books for over 60 years in over 70 counties. Marvel licenses the right to use its characters in a wide range of consumer products such as video games, interactive software and apparel, as well as for television series and feature films. For additional company information visit the company's corporate web-site http://www.marvel.com.

[Updated 02/03/2000]