As an aside, J. Michael Straczynski worked as a writer on one of the better cartoon series that came out in the ‘80’s, The Real Ghostbusters.
It was the first of three series, two of which were very good, and one of which, an effort to appeal to younger children, renamed ‘Slimer and The Real Ghostbusters’, was awful and hurt the franchise.
In any event, The Real Ghostbusters had darker, sometimes apocalyptic, themes that later showed up in B5. New York City was in decline, depopulated, and decaying. And while the Ghostbusters were winning battles, the feeling was they were losing the war.
The third series, Extreme Ghostbusters, didn’t have J. Michael Straczynski, but did keep his serious and developed dark story lines.
Interesting. Never saw those. Was working my but off and sitting in commuter traffic.