A week later, Twilight Sparkle surprised visitors to her library when she unveiled a small section dedicated solely to comic books.
“Twilight, I thought you've said you'll never stock comic books in the library,” Spike said, surprised.
“Yes, what made you change your mind?” Cheerilee added. She was bringing her entire class to visit the library for the day when Twilight made the surprise announcement.
“Well, foals being foals, they'll be naturally drawn to comic books. So why not use them to attract more foals to the library? That way, we'll have more opportunities to nurture in them a love for reading,” Twilight explained.
“Wow, I've never read comics myself since I was a filly. Are all the comics appropriate for them?”
“I've personally read and picked them myself.” Twilight had carefully reviewed the comic books, making sure that those that were in the library were for all ages. The nursery comic books with Bunny and Friends took up one shelf. The League of Heroes books and Star Storm's solo series filled the second shelf.
“You know Twilight, maybe the library should have more comics other than Star Storm and talking animals,” Spike suggested. “Captain Equestria isn't bad too, and Beautrix just got her own solo series.”
“Yes Spike, I'll look into it.”
“Alright, I finally got to read another issue of Star Storm!” Rumble said happily as he grabbed the latest issue of Star Storm's comics. His classmates were also starting to crowd around the comic section, jostling to see what other comics were available.
“I want the ones with the bunny!” a filly said excitedly.
“I want Star Storm!” said another.
“Remember, you've to borrow a novel for every comic you borrow,” Twilight reminded the foals.
“Then I shall take another Daring Do's book! She's just as awesome as Star Storm!” Rumble said eagerly.
"Here you go. Have fun reading!" Twilight handed the second volume of Daring Do to Rumble.
When Rumble left, Cheerilee approached Twilight. “Twilight, can I ask you something about the comic books? I've no idea why my students are suddenly so obsessed with this 'Star Storm' superhero character. Surprisingly, it's the fillies who talked about her the most. What's so special about her?”
Twilight shrugged with a knowing smile. “I guess they just want to have heroes to look up to, even if they're fictional.”