In the world of popular culture, a celebrity isn't a celebrity unless he/she/it has a fan club. In a similar vein, the powers that be at DC Comics decided that it was time to produce a fan club of its very own. Similar to the Merry Marvel Marching Society, it formed the DC Super-Stars Society, which it then proceeded to divide into twelve chapters, one for each super-star. The titles which received the super-star treatment included such longtime DC stalwarts as Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman, but some of its less recognizable properties were also slated to become super-star societies, including Black Lightning, Green Arrow, and one of its then best-sellers: the Legion of Super-Heroes.

After full-page and half-page ads appeared in various issues of DC Comics advertising the organization, those who responded received a four page pamphlet in the mail which featured a trivia quiz, information on how to join, and what said member would receive upon joining. The bounty included a cloth path, insignia decal, t-shirt iron-on, and a 17" x 22" poster by Jose Luis Garcia Lopez featuring all of the DC Super-Stars in action. Unfortunately for subscribers, only the follow-up to the Super-Stars Society, the Superman Club, ever issued any of the contents of the package, that being the poster. All branches of the Society issued refunds to would-be members as the Society itself was a casualty of the DC Implosion.

The Legion pamphlet featured artwork by Mike Grell on the front page and a scene from Jim Starlin's Superboy issue (#239) on the back. Prospective members were expected to take the trivia quiz and to inform the proper authorities of their final score upon joining. Those who did poorly on the exam were doubtless pleased to discover that no potential applicant would be disbarred from membership for failing the test. For an entrance fee of four dollars (a giant-sized comic then cost 60 cents) a potential applicant could become a full-fledged member in 8-10 weeks.

Unlike the Superman chapter, the Legion of Super-Heroes did not receive a follow-up organization to the DC Super-Stars Society. For Legion fans in the Seventies, the only fan-based organization centered upon the Legion was the Legion Fan Club, which was initiated by Mike Flynn in 1971. Boasting over two hundred members, the Legion Fan Club was best known for two accomplishments: beginning a letter writing campaign to see the Legion restored to a title of its own, and the publication of The Legion Outpost, a fanzine which had its origins as the club's newsletter. TLO would eventually give way to Interlac, the Amateur Press Association (APA) publication about the Legion which consisted exclusively of contributions by members. Interlac itself would later spawn the APAs Klordny, Inertion, APA-247, and APA-LSH, all of which (including Interlac) are still published to this day.