A shocking story! And thanks for taking action on this. Unfortunately, you probably can't expect any action from the public library on this. I suggest checking the book out and destroying it.
Yeah, I'm all for book burning, too! I say we should just burn ALL potentially offending books.
Actually, my daughter told me she thought of doing exactly that. But that wouldn't address the problem of the people who selected that book for our children. The head librarian should be called to account for her choice (I am assuming it's a woman, but haven't checked yet.)
Dumb idea. The library will know who destroyed it. It would be better to rip out the pages and put them in the trash in the restroom.
I suggest you don't. Dark horse probably printed more than one copy of the book, so replacing it won't be an issue, it's illegal to deliberately destroy someone else's property, and if there's any publicity over this, it will be bad.
When Madonna's photo book came out the Austin Public Library purchased copies for all their branches, and made them available to children. Their official response to my complaint was, "we don't discriminate on the basis of age."
I called the Austin Police Department Vice Division, and described the content of the book (without naming it), and asked if a local convenience store making this available to minors would be in violation of the law. APD said yes. I said I wanted to file a complaint. They said "against who?" I said, "the Austin Public Library." After quite a bit of haggling, which included comments by me that I could easily get a half-hour on a local radio station to discuss why APD was refusing to investigate a governmental agency for conduct they had already told me they'd bust a convenience store for, they agreed to "look into it."
I never heard back from the officer, but the next day, the local news media carried a story that the APD was investigating whether distribution of the Madonna book to minors was legal. The next day, the Austin Public Library announced they would be keeping the Madonna book behind the checkout desk, and it would only be available to adults.
I'm familiar with Dark Horse comics, though, and they're generally available to people under age eighteen at book stores. I don't think you'll win on this one.
Yeah destroying property that doesn't belong to you is the answer.