DC Superman Club
The DC Superman Club was created in the fall of 1980, replacing the DC
Super-Stars Society established in 1977. Membership in the DC Superman Club
cost $3.00. Letters to Charter Members were addressed as "Superman Fan Club"
from Editor-in-Chief Laurie Sutton. The Superman Club logo was penciled by
Curt Swan and
inked by Murphy Anderson. The logo is derived from the cover art of The Amazing World of Superman, Metropolis Edition
(1973).
The original membership kit included a Charter Member certificate, a gold code
card with serial number, a book cover, an iron-on transfer, and a gold-foil
club sticker. The later printings of membership cards are white cardstock with
blue text. The cards contain a Caesar cipher used to decode "Superman's Code
Message" in each issue of The Daily Planet, Official
Newsletter of the DC Superman Club. Similar codes were previously used by the
Supermen of America,
Superman Junior Defense League, and
Superman-Tim Club.
Four issues of The Daily Planet were published from 1980–1981. The
first issue reported that a Batman film was scheduled to be released in
late 1981. The feature remained in development, eventually being released in
1989. Each issue contains a membership application to join the different club
chapters: Batman, Flash, Green Lantern, Justice League, Legion of Super
Heroes, Shazam, Superman, and Wonder Woman.
The membership kits included a 17.5 x 22 inch poster illustrated by José
Luis García-López. The poster was previously distributed to members of
the DC Super-Stars Society. An edited version was later used to promote
the Super Powers line of figures from Kenner.
DC Superman Club members received discounts on premiums that
included Superman: The Movie Portfolio, a series of twelve
prints painted by Jim Dietz.