I believe it was 1987. He said he initially wanted to get "Bon Jovi New Jersey" like the patch on the back of Alec's jacket (yes, Alec had one prior to the jacket Jon was wearing on the NJ sleeve), but the tattoo artist told him it was too similar to a biker gang's symbol and if he ran into one of them, they'd "rip his arm off and beat him with the wet end of it." A Superan logo was on the wall so he said, "I'll take that one." He said it fit because he was flying during the shows and he felt like Superman.