Barney Vellum

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'''Barney Vellum'''
 
'''Barney Vellum'''
  
A [[Metropolis]] bookbinder whose hobby is binding books with odd materials appropriate to their contents, such as a horsehide binding for a book titled ''The Jockey'' and a binding of skunk skin for [[Adolf Hitler]]'s ''Mein Kampf''.  When some acquaintances attempt to humiliate Vellum by ordering books bound in unobtainable materials, such as material from [[Atlantis]] for a book on ''The Lost Continent'', [[Superman]] helps him obtain them, and Vellum gratefully returns the favor by binding [[Lois Lane]]'s scrapbook of Superman photos, intended as a surprise gift for Superman, in the colorful material of Superman's cape (WF No.29, Jul/Aug 1947: "The Books That Couldn't be Bound!").
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A [[Metropolis]] bookbinder whose hobby is binding books with odd materials appropriate to their contents, such as a horsehide binding for a book titled ''The Jockey'' and a binding of skunk skin for [[Adolf Hitler]]'s ''Mein Kampf''.  When some acquaintances attempt to humiliate Vellum by ordering books bound in unobtainable materials, such as material from [[Atlantis]] for a book on ''The Lost Continent'', [[Superman]] helps him obtain them, and Vellum gratefully returns the favor by binding [[Lois Lane]]'s scrapbook of Superman photos, intended as a surprise gift for Superman, in the colorful material of Superman's cape (WF No. 29, Jul/Aug 1947: "The Books That Couldn't be Bound!").
  
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Barney Vellum

A Metropolis bookbinder whose hobby is binding books with odd materials appropriate to their contents, such as a horsehide binding for a book titled The Jockey and a binding of skunk skin for Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf. When some acquaintances attempt to humiliate Vellum by ordering books bound in unobtainable materials, such as material from Atlantis for a book on The Lost Continent, Superman helps him obtain them, and Vellum gratefully returns the favor by binding Lois Lane's scrapbook of Superman photos, intended as a surprise gift for Superman, in the colorful material of Superman's cape (WF No. 29, Jul/Aug 1947: "The Books That Couldn't be Bound!").

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