Superman License Plates Coming to Ohio

If you're a driver in the state of Ohio, you will soon be able to buy yourself Superman license plates. Emblazoned with Superman's (pre-New 52) logo and the slogan "Truth, Justice and the American Way," the plates celebrate that the state is the birthplace of Superman creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. The plates will be available in October, still in the right calendar year for Superman's 75th anniversary, after State Rep. Bill Patmon inserted the license plate legislation into the Ohio budget that was passed last week, Cleveland.com reports. He previously attempted to have the legislation passed but was thwarted. "The last time, there was a problem with another plate someone wanted," Patmon said. "Because of that, the whole thing got delayed. I did not want to take a chance of that happening again, so I put it in the budget. Now, Clark Kent is out of his phone booth." The will cost $20 on top of the typical registration fee of $34.50 plus local taxes. A portion of the $20 will go to the Siegel and Shuster Society. If you already have an Ohio plate and want to replace it with a Superman plate, it will cost $20 plus an $11.75 plate replacement fee and a $4.50 replacement sticker fee, but out of state drivers will not be able to purchase a commemorative edition of the plate, according to the Bureau of Motor Vehicles. In what seems like a preposterous bit of trivia, the source report adds this gem:

Originally, the license plate would have contained the legend, "Ohio: Birthplace of Superman," but DC Comics and its parent company, Time-Warner, objected to the term insisting that Superman was born on Krypton.