Barney Vellum
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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!"). | + | 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!"). |
| − | [[Category: Entries]] | + | [[Category: Entries|Vellum, Barney]] |
| − | [[Category: People]] | + | [[Category: People|Vellum, Barney]] |
| + | [[Category:Golden Age (1938-1955)|Vellum, Barney]] | ||
Latest revision as of 13:41, 16 July 2005
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!").
