Comic Title: Superman:The World's Finest Comics Archives Vol. 2 HC
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2009
On Sale Date: October 28, 2009 Direct Market Date October 28, 2009
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Direct Market Date October 28, 2009
Source: Previews, #246

Direct Market Date October 28, 2009
Source: Previews, DC Comics Previews May 2009

Cover Price: $59.99
Page Count: 224

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "The Books That Couldn't Be Bound"
Pages: 12

Feature(s):
Superman (of Earth-2)

Writer: Alvin Schwartz
Penciller: John Sikela
Inker: Stan Kaye

Reprinted From:
World's Finest Comics #29 (1947)

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Action Comics #110; next appearance in Action Comics #111)

Supporting Character(s)

• Lois Lane (last appearance in Action Comics #110; next appearance in Action Comics #111)

Other Character(s)

• Barney Vellum (a bookbinder; no further appearances)
• A book buyer (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Lois meets Barney Vellum, a bookbinder who uses special materials to bind his books. Three men at Barney's club have insulted him, so he makes a deal with Lois to get rare materials to make three book bindings.

Lois requests Superman's help, explaining that the proceeds will go to charity. Superman retrieves a bracelet from Atlantis, the bone of an extinct animal, and some neutronium from a distance sun. The objects are then made into bindings for Vellum's books.

Lois then wants to make Superman's cape into a binding for her Superman scrapbook. She gets the cape from him, but finds that it is indestructible. Lois gives Superman an ordinary cape in return. He discovers it is a fake, so Lois explains her plan. Superman is pleased with the scrapbook, so he tells Lois he will make another cape.