In Sacramento, you could get convicted for selling comic books to kids. For more than 75 years, a law has been in effect in the city banning the sale of comics that depict crime or violence to anyone under 18 years old.

Local shops like Big Brother Comics have shelves filled with crime-fighting superheroes, but they're the ones that have technically been breaking the law anytime a book is sold to kids.

Eben Burgoon is a local comic book creator who has launched a petition to repeal the archaic law.

"You could go to jail and you could face a fine for giving a kid a comic book," Burgoon said.

He said the ordinance was passed in 1949, at a time when people across the country feared comics were contributing to juvenile delinquency.

"There was a series of really awful things that happened,

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